CONOR O’REILLY
Beverage Director/Bartender
Right here Nor There
Austin, TX
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Conor is bringing Europe to Austin in a glass, as he has been tasked with main Austin, TX hotspot, Right here Nor There’s enterprise’s shopper cultural immersion program, one that’s on the core of the group’s positioning. The duty? Convey European service and mixology to the town of Austin, within the type of authentic, elevated meals and cocktails.
Right here Nor There, situated on East 7th and Brazos Road in Austin, simply celebrated it’s 5th anniversary on Sunday, June 18th. The Speakeasy, hidden below their sister venue, In Plain Sight, is commonly a problem to get into and reservations are at all times wanted, in no small half because of the environment, pleasant workers and most significantly, the revolutionary menu created by Conor O’Reilly.
It began again in April 2018, when Conor, an already established bartender in Dublin, moved to Austin to help the opening of Right here Nor There. It’s right here that he created the bar’s first conceptual menu titled ‘Colours’ – a menu that emphasised colours as a common language that sparks feeling with out voice. “We used coloration to intensify the expertise of every drink, showcasing how we really feel about every coloration emotionally and our interpretation of how a coloration might style”, says O’Reilly.
Since then, Conor has participated in quite a lot of international cocktail competitions, together with reaching the ultimate 15 within the US for Diageo World Class in 2022 – one of the crucial famend cocktail competitions. His craft doesn’t cease there. In Plain Sight has been nominated for Tastemaker Tradition Map Finest Bar Award and Tales of the Cocktail’s “Finest New Bar within the US” ‘23 nominee because of Conor’s contributions and imaginative and prescient.
Conor is at present embarking on his subsequent artistic journey for Right here Nor There by co-creating a brand new conceptual menu that will probably be launched in late July 2023.
