Introducing Mitch Keane from Perth’s Ezra Pound – Welcome! Mitch has been tending bar at the Perth hotspot for some time now and loves a smokey Martini if he’s having a drink (it was a James Dean favourite). If he’s not behind the stick, you’ll most likely find him cruising on his skateboard.
Month: September 2011
The latest offering from the never ending roll-out that is the Merivale group – and it’s hitting the right chord yet again. Justin Hemmes and Merivale chef Dan Hong travelled to Los Angeles visiting over 40 different venues for inspiration before coming back and setting up El Loco within a matter of weeks.
Day four of Sydney BarShow Week saw another packed house down at the Hordern Pavilion. Bar professionals from all styles of venues were entertained and educated and this year’s show proved once again just how valuable a trade-only bar expo is for the development of the Australian bar scene.
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.
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.
Viva la Revolution! Sydney’s Cuban hotspot, La Bodeguita Del Medio, will be hosting an exclusive tasting of Baranows Emporium’s cigars along with a selection of reserved spirits including
As part of Sydney BarShow Week’s official after-parties Café Pacifico will be hosting the Cuervo Fiesta Mexicana on Tuesday 13, September.
Today saw 94 of Australia’s top barkeeps sit a gruelling written exam to vie for a place in the Top 20 of the Bartender Magazine Bartender of the Year Competition sponsored by RESERVE.
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.
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Surry Hills venue The Winery is one of the hottest spots in town to grab a good glass of vino and tuck into some food. As part of Sydney BarShow Week Keystone Hospitality will be hosting an exclusive ‘Movers & Shakers’ dinner at The Winery to help kick the week’s festivities along.
Philip Duff, globe trotting drinks consultant, writer and founder of the award-winning Door 74 in Amsterdam will once again be presenting exciting and educational seminars at Sydney BarShow Week.