About Ethyl
Created to meet a need in the bar and restaurant world, for accuracy, speed and consistency
Alan Frost
One guy who decided that random sheets of paper where not the answer. Alan owns and runs Little Mercies in Crouch End, along with Stacks Wine Bar.
Alan Frost is a bartender and consultant, currently running Little Mercies and Stacks in Crouch End. After starting his career at Hawksmoor Knightsbridge, he quickly moved to Peg+Patriot, an experimental bar in Bethnal Green. Within weeks, under the mentorship of Matt Whiley, Alan took over managing the Lab, producing prep for the bar, house gins, and working on various high profile consultancy projects.
While working alongside Matt, and Constanca Cordeiro, the trio produced three menus, all pushing the boundaries of what drinks could be. The final menu Alan worked on at Peg+Patriot went on to win Timeout’s Most Creative Drinks List 2017.
Working closely with Matt, the pair worked on the details, including bar design, drinks concepts, for what would become Scout. Alan took the position of opening Bar Manager and Scout went on to win numerous awards and nominations, making it to 28th on the Worlds 50 Best Bar list.
After leaving Scout, Alan went on to work with Max and Noel Venning at Three Sheets, the critically acclaimed Dalston bar. It was here that the journey to open Little Mercies started, with the brothers offering to lend their expertise and advice. Before that could happen though, Bar Three, in Spitalfields market was to open. Alan took the management role again and within 2 months it was listed as Timeout’s 3rd best bar in London.
In October 2018 the doors to Little Mercies opened to rave reviews, listed as 12th best cocktail bar in London, and was nominated for Regional Top 10 Best New Bar at Tales of the Cocktail. The team also went on to place 25th in the UK, and won Most Sustainable Bar in the UK in 2022.
In August 2022 Alan opened Stacks Wine Bar, also located in Crouch End, specialising in a mixture of classic and natural wines.
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