Shanghai is loud, busy, a city that stretches into the sky for as far as you can see, full of humanity — with some fantastic bars to visit.
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Venues
The Duke of Clarence opened in December 2017, and has had a pretty good time of things since then: they’ve expanded to trade seven days a week, from midday to 2am, and picked up a bunch of awards recognition — like the title of New Bar of the Year at the 2018 Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards.
You’ll find Hope & Sesame in Guangzhou, China — not a city previously fond of Western-style cocktails, by the way — and a very speakeasy-style entrance.
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.
Old Mate’s Place have just completed their fancy new rooftop bar, and we’ve got the…
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.











