BAR TALKS 020: Jad Ballout - A cocktail bar VS the Beirut Bomb
Jad Ballout is Lebanon's most famous bartender & bar owner. Leading 3 different concepts into the 50 Best Bars in the world all the way from the Middle East he has faced prejudice, the infamous Beirut bomb that shut down the city & his bank accounts frozen due to the financial crisis.
Against all odds he is opening his latest venture - Dead End Paradise in Barcelona, Spain. I sit down with him in an unfinished bar covered in smoke with no heating. To talk about everything…