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Today in Earthshattering Closures: el Coctel Is Done

More sad news in Shanghai's ever evolving (imploding?) F&B industry. Beloved, long running cocktail bar el Coctel, opened by Shanghai-famous restaurateur Willy Trullas Moreno in January 2010, is now ...
Last updated: 2016-07-12
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More sad news in Shanghai's ever evolving (imploding?) F&B industry. Beloved, long running cocktail bar , opened by Shanghai-famous restaurateur in January 2010, is now closed. For good.

An institution on Yongfu Lu -- the same street shared by and -- el Coctel was a trend-setting success story in the Great Cocktails Bar Explosion of the Early '10s, and roundly regarded in its prime as the best place to get a drink in the city. Alas, it is no more.

Details after the jump.

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