An Italian Speakeasy: Sorì Tapas & Wine Bar
Posted: July 29th, 2018 | Author: LumDimSum | Filed under: Foodies & Dining Scene | Tags: Fabio Falanga, FU Tapas & Wine, Gelato, Italian, La Dolce Vita, Ling Xia Gelato Lab, Mediterranean Cuisine, Nico Saladino, Open Kitchen, pasta, Piemontese, Sorì Tapas & Wine Bar, tapas, The Crib, wine | No Comments »The Crib has undergone some pretty dramatic changes recently. As expected, not all of the founding businesses have survived. This is the nature of capitalism and the fickle Beijing F&B scene that keeps us on our toes. On the other hand, there do appear to be some interesting new ones popping up to replace them. Among those, is Sorì Tapas & Wine Bar.
Tucked away behind a hidden door on the 2nd floor behind the yakitori restaurant, Sorì is a wine and tapas bar focused on Mediterranean dishes, a name derived from Piemontese dialect for the part of the hillside where the snow melts first, meaning full southern exposure (and therefore the best place for Nebbiolo vines).
At the helm of Sorì is Fabio Falanga – previously of La Dolce Vita and Fu Tapas & Wine Bar, which died in the brickening. Through Fabio and Sorì, I was also introduced to Nico Saladino, the talented architect (who designed the space for Sorì) and has since perfected Italian gelato in Beijing this summer – read all about Ling Xia Gelato here.
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