BlackBird is the Thamel cocktail bar of Santosh Faiia, who opened it after coming back from New York, when Kathmandu drank mostly hard liquor. Its own motto is "Bringing NYC to KTM." Low ceilings, velvet couches and bar tops lit in warm orange set the mood. Faiia names every drink after a bird, matching flavors to each bird's color, look and song, and the menu rotates with the seasons. The house BlackBird mixes a rum blend with pineapple, molasses, Campari and lime, and the list has run to a cardamom Vieux Carré and an espresso martini with house espresso liqueur. Faiia also runs the newer Layaa in Thamel.
