How a 1970s hippie magazine became Stoned Pig, Anjuna’s new cocktail bar

What does a hippie mag person successful communal with a cocktail bar?

In Goa, a lot.

In 1975, Anjuna formation successful Goa was transcendent with hippies. Many of them near a people connected the village’s history, and adjacent culinary scene. One of them, “Tarot” Ray Selby wrote his sanction into posterity by starting a magazine, Stoned Pig. Peppered with stories and accusation (prices of section products, existent speech rates), it became a assemblage mag releasing full-moon editions. It had rules – however to beryllium an effectual beach-goer, wrote astir assemblage issues, it gave recipes – cod seaweed from rocks, and usage it with vinegar oregon spot successful soups. It besides features Poetry, and articles connected zen shared abstraction with advertisements and tarot readings.

Today, 50 years later, Stoned Pig has been resurrected. This clip successful Anjuna, successful a shack erstwhile owned by a hippie. It inactive brings unneurotic community, but successful a antithetic manner.

Stoned Pig is present a bar.

A caller tide

From the unchangeable of Slow Tide, the fashionable edifice by Neil D’Souza connected Anjuna Beach, Stoned Pig offers drinks that are inspired by and dedicated to the hippies that roamed the region.

It occupies a glass-walled country overlooking the beach. The solid windows connection views of a changing landscape, arsenic dusk falls into nighttime and moonlight casts shadows connected the waters. Inside, you cannot perceive the waves but determination is euphony – not meant for dancing and astatine a measurement that allows for conversation.

The vibe is relaxed. The bar, which sits successful 1 corner, is prone to sudden, short, boisterous bouts of energy. The country is low-lit – this is simply a reddish airy that is not perfect for photograph shoots and Instagram reels. It is simply a abstraction that is not trying excessively hard – a fewer paintings connected the walls, books connected a support and curios: it could beryllium your eclectic neighbour’s (spacious) surviving room.

Here, a assemblage has travel together: supermodel Lakshmi Menon designed the space, celebrated decorator Savio Jon created the uniforms, and collector Chiki Doshi sourced collectible pieces that capsicum the space.

Stoned Pig’s paper is meant to mimic the once-popular magazine. Inside, too the nutrient and portion options are ads and artwork that erstwhile graced the magazine.

Much similar the space, the nutrient does not effort excessively hard. It is determination for support, to service a function. Abhishek Deshmane, who is portion of the halfway squad of Slow Tide, curated a abbreviated database of barroom bites. Expectedly, the paper is meaty, offering crispy chicharrónes, a tamarind-heavy inji puli pork bao, spicy Coorg chilli pork, and gooey ham and food croquettes. Small plates, precocious connected flavour. Southern chickenhearted wings get a assistance from a sticky saccharine sauce. Saltiness from the dried mackerel para enhances the briny sensation of olives. Succulent shrimp nuggets are apt to go everyone’s favourite midnight snack.

The focus, expectedly, is connected the drinks.

Riffing connected the familiar

“This is simply a due cocktail bar. We person 24 drinks that are riffs connected the classics,” says Sujan Shetty, main cocktail officer, Slow Tide. “You volition find your portion here.”

There is nary other drama, flourishes oregon fuss. As with beauty, it is what is connected the wrong that matters. The barroom team, led by Shetty, has created a paper that shows immoderate accomplishment (and Goan ingredients similar kokum, chorizo, and jaggery), adding their ain twists to highball, negronis, and martinis.

It whitethorn beryllium retired of season, but the Holy Nog inactive hits the spot – a rum portion that smells and tastes similar eggnog and is perfumed with vanilla. Local dukshiri (coconut feni infused with sarsaparilla root), and anantmool, bring retired the bitterness of java successful the Espresso. Bloody Batanga is similar a Cuba Libre with tequila and vodka, and mellowed down by tomato. The Banana Pandan is simply a tropical and aromatic whiskey highball, with lingering saccharine vanilla and coconutty notes. Much similar Slow Tide’s fabulous signature Acid Eric cocktail, Banana Pandan could good beryllium Stoned Pig’s standout.

The drinks present connected their promises, though immoderate amended than the others. Picano leans much towards the pisco and lime of a chilcano than the expected piquancy of a picante. Frozen Guava suffers from an excess of ice. The Passionfruit Muskmelon Highball leans excessively overmuch to the fruitier and sweeter side.

Be aware, nutrient information sizes are tiny – these are barroom nibbles, not meals. For thing much substantial, there’s ever Slow Tide close adjacent door.

Stoned Pig is simply a amusive caller summation to Goa’s barroom scene, backed by bully cocktails, a vibe that would entreaty to millennials and a large presumption (especially connected afloat satellite nights).

₹2,500 for two. Open 7pm – 1am, closed connected Wednesdays. At Anjuna, Goa. For much details, telephone 8055255277