A bar it is and a great bar it is at that. It’s also one of the smallest — if not the smallest — bars we have. Coming from the team behind Tio’s Cerveceria — one of the world’s great tequila bars — Cantina OK! is all about mezcal.
New Bars
New Bars
Bust out the Hawaiian shirts. Blue Kahunas is a new bar that brings a touch of tiki escapism to Newcastle (and a whole lotta rum, too).
There’s a new bar coming for Michael Madrusan and Zara Young, the people behind the Made In The Shade Group which owns some of Melbourne’s best bars, The Everleigh and Heartbreaker. The group plans to open Bar Margaux in May, in a basement on Londsdale street in the Melbourne CBD.
Sydney’s northern beaches are about to get an injection of delicious all day dining and drinking, when award-winning bartender Kurtis Bosley opens Corretto on Dee Why Beach.
Jamie Fleming — he of Masterchef and Diageo ambassador fame — is opening a new bar next month in the Brisbane CBD, Alba Bar & Deli.
The Double Deuce Lounge is the new bar on the way from the award-winning team behind Sydney’s Ramblin’ Rascal Tavern.
Not content with being the co-owner of Sydney bars The Lobo Plantation, Kittyhawk, and Big Poppa’s, award-winning operator Jared Merlino has recently opened his first solo project, Caffe Bartolo.
Jason Scott’s New York bar Peppi’s Cellar has opened up in Nolita; here’s what you can expect from one of Australia’s most influential operators.
‘The idea behind Bancho was to provide a cocktail bar for Chinatown. Every other major city around the world has a Chinatown with an amazing bar.’
The owners of Perth bar Tiny’s managed to squeeze in the opening of another bar right on the close of the year: Panama Social in Northbridge.
Maybe Sammy is billed as a grand hotel bar sans the actual hotel. And that’s where the bar team — which has to be one of Australia’s finest — comes in.
If Tiny’s is a chic, grown-up sort of a place, well expect Panama Social to be its raucous, tropical shirt-wearing cousin.