It’s an early start to a long day for Long Chim’s beverage director, James Connolly. Based at Long Chim Perth, when he wakes up the guys running their east coast restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne (their most recent opening) have a three hour head start on him.
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The Barber Shop’s Mike Enright gives his advice on opening a bar, finding a site, budgeting for the build and beyond, and working with builders.
“If I make a beautiful looking menu, but it doesn’t work in the space, I asked the wrong damn questions.” Chanel Liquori on good graphic design for bars.
Today is the last part of this eight part series, and we’re hearing from Tayla Kendall of venerable Melbourne bar, Lily Black’s.
We know that a bad review can make or break a bar. But how does the process work? What does a bar reviewer look for? We put these questions and more to the well-regarded freelance food and drink writer – and critic — Max Veenhuyzen, to learn how a critic thinks.
Today is part seven in the eight part series, What Women Drink, and we’re hearing from Sarah Wongstein of Bomba.
You may have noticed that over the last week or so we’ve been profiling some of Melbourne’s best bartenders, in the series What Women Drink. Well today, for part six in the eight part series, we’re hearing from Rachael Hand of House of Correction.
The cuts to hospitality penalty rates are a “blatant, sustained and systemic attack on the working and middle class in the name of productivity,” says Charlie Lehmann.
Here’s part five of our eight part series profiling some of Melbourne’s top bartenders, What Women Drink. Today, meet Gabriella Payne from Whisky & Alement.
Kittyhawk is a bar that definitely lands in the high-volume category. To find out what a shift there is like, we speak to bar manager Adam Cork.
Here’s part four of our eight part series profiling some of Melbourne’s top bartenders, What Women Drink. Today, meet Sarah Mitchell from Boilermaker House.
Here’s part three in an eight part series profiling some of Melbourne’s top bartenders, What Women Drink. Today, meet Trish Brew from Gin Palace.











