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The latest bar and bartender news.

Tio’s set to top the town

Alex Dowd and Jeremy Blackmore (both ex-Shady Pines Saloon) are set to open their own Mexican themed venture called Tio’s Cervezeria on Foster Street before the year is out.

Just the Tonic for South Yarra

Melbourne bar operator Davis Yu (The Millswyn) is set to capitalise on his good form by opening another venue, Claremont Tonic on Claremont Street in South Yarra.

Double Bay Bar Developments

Double Bay is set to feel the love with Mrs Sippy (mrs-a-sippy) bringing a little drinking and dining style to the area. The venture is a collaboration between Ben May (Manly Wharf Hotel & The London), Andrew Stanway, Kate Stanway and Angus Abrahams and is will mix classic, industrial style with a retro touch.

‘Bayz’s Bar Back from the Dead?

With the opening of Sydney’s latest Mexican restaurant and bar hope remains that the legendary bar at Bayswater Brasserie may come back from the grave.

BarShow Day Three Wrap-Up

Sydney BarShow Week’s trade-only bar expo got off to a flying start today with a packed house, fantastic seminars and a thong of Australia’s bar professionals filling the Hordern Pavilion.

Bar Awards ‘Grits & Grog’ After Party

This year’s official Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards after party will be held at the Abercrombie Hotel on Broadway, the latest venue from the dynamic operator duo of James Wirth and James Miller.

Dave Wondrich’s Cocktail Workshop a Huge Hit

This afternoon at theLoft Wondrich led 50 of the nation’s top bar enthusiasts through a ‘hands-on’ Cocktail Workshop that not only taught them how to make iconic drinks, such as the Mint Julep and the ‘Imroved’ cocktail, but also many of the wonderful stories that they are associated with.

Delany Strikes Again

Michael Delany Korabelnikova has launched The Bottom End in Melbourne which he describes as, “a hybrid venue pulling together disco, diner, cocktail bar and pub [all] at the dark end of Melbourne’s CBD.”

Big Plans for Fraser Short

Fraser Short has some exciting plans coming up with one of the CBD’s icon venues, The Brooklyn Hotel, set to undergo a revamp in the coming months.

The Milk & Honey Touch

Melbourne’s latest venue to come on line, The Everleigh, is the collaboration between Lauren Schell and Michael Madrusan (both ex Milk & Honey and Little Branch) and the owner of these two iconic venues, Sasha Petraske.

Josh Collins takes on Melbourne

The man behind Perth’s Hula Bula Bar and Deville’s Pad is set to unleash his notorious style and design flair on the unsuspecting Melbourne bar scene with the LuWow Bar.