Myrtle is led by Chris Smith and Kirsty McAteer, who have relocated from South Australia after a two-year exploration of short-travelled produce and wine. They believe Australia’s small hands-on artisanal producers deserve to be showcased.
Society, in Melbourne is home to the nation’s largest vintage spirits collection, including a carefully procured and impressive selection of rare and unique bottles from the 1930’s through to the 1970’s.
We sat down with Kayla recently for a behind-the-scenes look at the menu creation for the Speakeasy’s soon-to-open The Sanderson and the reopening of iconic Sydney bar Eau-de-Vie. In the ambitious project, both venues located at 285 George Street will open simultaneously in early May.
The acquisition means PUBLIC (including Oxford House, The Strand Hotel, Lady Hampshire) and The Maybe Group (Maybe Sammy, Maybe Frank, Sammy Junior) will be able to bring venue concepts to life with exceptional food and beverage propositions.
THE 86 CLUB Sunday May 7th, Black Bear Lodge FREE ENTRY | FACEBOOK EVENT ~…
The Maybe Group & Public Hospitality venues are hosting 16 international bars over the next week. Here’s the schedule of events.
Led by the team that runs Sydney’s iconic Lansdowne Hotel, The Shaking Hand, known by locals as Shakes, is set to be Canberra’s next great live music establishment, taking over the Akuna Street basement site that housed Transit Bar until 2020.
Odd Culture Group to launch in Melbourne & Open ‘Odd Culture’ on Fitzroy’s Brunswick Street this May
The group will open a unique iteration of its Newtown venue, Odd Culture – a bar and bottle shop in one located on Brunswick Street in Fitzroy led by General Manager and Melbourne hospo legend, Gerry Nass.
There are three distinct spaces housed in a two-storey building on Newtown’s bustling King Street. The General Store, a 12-seater tropical speakeasy cocktail bar backing onto a cosy courtyard and an upstairs bar slated to open later in the year.
I love to start the day by setting myself and my team up for success. I make sure the bar is stocked up and well-equipped for a busy service. Depending on the day, it’s usually docket after docket after docket, yelling “drink’s up!” It’s hectic, but in the best possible way.
Fast forward 20 years and when asked what he thought was one of the greatest changes in the New York bar scene he had helped revitalise, cocktail legend Dale DeGroff replied: “the growth of the bar team”.
Shanghai is still undisputedly the cocktail capital of China with EPIC named Bar of the Year and Allen Fang (The Nest/Dreamsicle) named Bartender of the Year.