UK - Bristol-based CPM has fitted out a new lounge bar on the city's trendy Baldwin Street exclusively with Martin Audio loudspeakers. Bossa Nostra offers an eclectic cocktail menu and wide range of Mediterranean cuisine with a 2.30am licence. Also famous for its breakfasts (since its days as Café Firenze) it still opens at 10.30am for early morning shoppers.

Owners Dimitris Kantas and Ghalia Collins ran the venue under its original guise before closing for a 10-week major refurbishment, reopening as an authentic continental bar/brasserie, with improved frontage, a canopy and a pavement licence.

CPM proprietor Trevor Brooks opted for a combination of Martin Audio's architectural AQ10 compact two-way loudspeakers, finished in white. A Blackline S15 provides some bass extension, and the rear of this 123-capacity venue is serviced by a further pair of AQ8's, under the control of dbx processing.

(Jim Evans)


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