Article: drinks; Another great year for London's bars and pubs - As the Evening Standard prepares to launch its annual Pub and Bar Of The Year awards, we look back at the past year's most notable openings.

Byline: EDWARD SULLIVAN

The beginning of any new year is an apposite time to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. A little under a year ago the future belonged to an ohsosmart cocktail bar on the fashionable reaches of Chelsea's King's Road.

Apartment 195, a recreation of a Manhattan-style loft apartment, had just scooped London's most coveted bar prize, the 2003 Evening Standard Bar Of The Year award.

A year on and, thankfully, I am happy to report that Apartment 195 is still a worthy award-winner. The quality of the drinks and the standard of service is as high today as it ever was, but each new year brings a glut of new ...

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