Nutcase Etc.
Kolkata, India
Nutcase Etc. calls itself a teeny tiny cocktail parlour: a 650 square foot room in Kalighat, below Skinny Mo's Jazz Club, with 35 seats around a counter where bartenders work in the middle and guests circle them. Founders Rituparna and Avinandan Banerjee gave it an interior Homegrown called Bauhaus gone bonkers. Tangra Town tastes like Indian-Chinese takeout, built on chicken broth, scallion, bell pepper and soy; The Joker stirs brandy with plum ratafia, tonka and chocolate bitters under a cold brew float; Sushi? mixes Bombay Sapphire, sake, nori, gari and mirin, and Papaya Got Goated pairs goat cheese with papaya liqueur. Five-spice smoked eggs and a butter garlic crab dip come from the kitchen.
