AvroKO blended the aesthetic of street corner convenience stores in New York with the 1970s to design this cocktail bar in central London, which features retro checkered floors and bright neon signage.

Occupying a Victorian-era building in London's Fitzrovia neighbourhood, Genuine Liquorette has been designed by AvroKO to feature a host of nostalgic decor details that recall old-school New York City bodegas ? small convenience stores that sell alcohol and groceries.
The second branch of the bar, which hosted a Dezeen party during the London Design Festival, joins another in New York's lower Manhattan that also has interiors developed by the AvroKO team.

Rather than carrying out a complete overhaul, the studio worked on how they could make subtle interventions that maintained the building's historic features while conveying the overarching theme of 1970s liquor stores. "We found Victorian mouldings, original wood and tile floors, fireplaces, wallpapers long covered over ? lots of really amazing stuff," William Harris, principal of the studio, told Dezeen. "At that point, we had the enviable task of overlaying new design ideas, enjoying the juxtaposition and mash-up between new and old."

The ground floor has been arranged so that the main seating area is located at the rear of the floor plan. Finished with zinc tables, checkerboard vinyl flooring, and oak shelves lined with spare drinking glasses, the space is intended to vaguely resemble a typical st...