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Summer might be coming to a close in London, but there’s still a good month at least left in Ibiza! This issue we have a bit of a restaurant special for you, which reflects the island’s incredible current offering. We’re also already looking ahead to next season when [UNVRS], the club that Privilege nightclub will be relaunched as, opens; it’s (literally) going to be a big one. If you haven’t been on the White Isle yet this year, it’s not too late to book a trip, and late September/October are definitely great months to be there. Whatever you do, we hope you find a way to stretch out those final sunshine days.
xx Taryn and Team UJ xx
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 | |  | | | Gare du Nord | | | By the founders of the much-loved Giri Residence is Gare du Nord, a Moroccan-inspired nine-bed hotel located in the quaint, local town of San Juan. There’s a ground floor restaurant, Bistro Mondo, open for lunch and dinner, and you also share the facilities (breakfast area, pool with beds), with the Giri. This is a great place if you’re looking to be in the north – out of the ‘mix’, so to speak, but close to so many great coves and local spots. There’s an excellent artisan market in town here, on Sundays, too.
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|  | |  | | | Tapas Tshirt | | | You know we like our Ibiza authentic, and this t-shirt, to celebrate the recent TAPAS Magazine, The Ibiza Issue, highlights some of the best authentic locations on the island. Add to cart.
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|  | |  | | | CAN CAN Alimentacion | | | A deli/restaurant with Italian products, fresh veg from the garden, merch, drinks, and dishes to share, in Santa Gertrudis. We like their Instagram style, too.
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|  | |  | | | MAC | | | We’ve seen lots of ‘brand’-led events in Ibiza, and often, the events don’t seem to really quite capture the island. MAC’s launch of their new Studio Radiance Concealer, via an immersive party/photoshoot at Six Senses, definitely seemed to get it. The island’s radiance played centre stage, with sunset to twilight paired with high-flash studio lights, creating a magical backdrop for the soirée.
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|  | |  | | | Jondal | | Top Chefs - Round Up | | Ibiza is truly becoming a foodie destination. Global talent – chefs that have worked at some of the best restaurants in the world – that used to head straight for bigger cities are now re-routing and settling there.
For a bit of a round up on top chefs currently making their mark at different restaurants on the White Isle:
Beachside restaurant Jondal, which still seems to be the hardest reservation to get (and for good reason), has an ex-El Bulli head chef at the helm; seafront Nudo has three ex-Noma chefs; the eight-seater Omakase by Walt just received a Michelin star; another Adrià brothers alum, Sebastian Mazzola, is doing private dinners; Boris Buono, also ex-Noma, serves innovative cuisine at Taller Sa Penya, Cas Gasi and Bistro du Monde; Angel Zapata Martin (ex-Barrafina London) recently relocated to Ibiza to work with Grupo Mambo; and this season’s newcomer, Madunia, also has a chef (Ivan Arauz Beusink) who trained at Michelin-starred restaurants in the Netherlands.
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|  | |  | | | Annie’s x Linda Farrow Sunglasses | | | This high summer collection nods to vintage shapes with a contemporary twist, and utilises sunset colours, as well as Annie Doble’s signature orange shade. There are four different pairs; we’ll have the cat-eyes please.
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| | |  | | | Ibiza Spotlight | | Los Nidos | | | Hacienda Na Xamena, which is still one of our favourite hotels in Ibiza, has a new bar with a birds eye view called Los Nidos. If you’re not staying here, come here for drinks before dinner or after an afternoon at their Cascadas Suspendidas.
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| | |  | | | MalaQuita Hotel | | | New this season, MalaQuita is a 20-room hotel in Santa Eulalia. Nestled into the pines, come here for – dare we say it – almost reasonably priced (for Ibiza) rooms, yellow striped pool, and Ibicenco/Caribbean menu.
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With Casa Lhasa Owners, Cassidy Sniatowsky and Ben Shpunt | | As fans of Casa Lhasa, we caught up with its founders and discussed all things natural wine.
Is this an exciting time, on the F&B front, to be in Ibiza?
It is always an interesting time to work in hospitality. We’ve noticed a change in winds on the island in recent years after the pandemic; Ibiza took the opportunity to attract different projects rather than parties, clubs and “low cost” tourism.
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| | |  | | | Pacha Ibiza: 50 Years of Bliss | | | Pacha Ibiza have been 50 for a very long time… All jokes aside, it is a big birthday, and their shiny new (and expensive, at £315) book celebrates their 50 years. Here’s to many, many more.
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|  | |  | | | American Bar | | | And over to Menorca, in Mahón. From pancakes and parfaits in the AM to crispy frites and martinis in the PM, the American Bar is a good stop off if you’re craving a bit of city on the isla.
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|  | |  | | | Ben’s Bio Market | | | Now this we like to see. Ben’s – a small gym in Marina Botafoch – now also has a sleek bio market with products, takeaway dishes, fruit and veg, snacks, bread, skincare, and super powders – it truly feels like a first in Ibiza. Now, let’s see if they are open year round?
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|  | |  | | | An Icon Re-Imagined | | | Look around the island for copies of L’Officiel Ibiza. With a cover that was inspired by a similar photo first taken in 1976, it ‘shines a light on the colourful cast of creatives who embody the island’s enduring spirit of love and liberation’, as they say in their intro.
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| | |  | | | More by Cas Gasi | | | Cas Gasi is one of the chicest agroturismos on the island and ‘More’ by Cas Gasi is their new restaurant. They say it’s ‘more than a restaurant, more than a farm-to-table… More is an ode to Ibiza.’ The aforementioned super chef Boris Buono works with Cas Gasi’s visionary founder, Margaret von Korff, to bring the island’s culinary history to life via flavours here. What mooooooore could you want?
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|  | |  | | | Urchin Extended | | | And over to Sifnos. Urchin, the Notting Hill Fish Shop group’s 10- to 14-course omakase pop up at Pelicanos Sifnos, has been extended until 14 September. There will now be one sitting per night at 8:30PM, Tuesday-Sunday.
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| | |  | | | Boatsy | | | A new tech-driven boat marketplace, Boatsy, matches your selected boat with a recommended itinerary and crew. Apparently, being hit with unexpected costs due to a change in itinerary is a common complaint for people who rent boats, so by selecting the itinerary upfront, they aim to eliminate that surprise factor, which sounds good. There are over 13,000 boats to rent on their platform, ranging from catamarans and yachts to traditional sail and motor boats.
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|  | |  | | | DC10 by White Ibiza | | Dates | | | So, HÏ’s closing, curated by Keinemusik, is already sold out, so if you want to go to some of the big ones, getting sorted in advance is a good idea this year. For a few to note: Solomun + 1 (Gerd Janson) closes on 6 October; Amnesia has a weekend of closings (11 and 12 October); Pacha’s closing with Peggy Gou is 13 October; and Circoloco @DC10 closes on 14 October. See you on the dancefloor!
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| | |  | | | Dinner in the Sky | | | At first we thought this was a joke, but it’s not! At Ibiza in the Sky, 22 guests dine, 50 metres up in the sky. There are three menus – tapas, dinner or DJ and cocktails in the sky – and as it’s in San An, the sunsets will be great.
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