8 Hospitality is the group behind Sydney venues The Wild Rover, Grandma’s and Wilhelmina’s, and this year they’re looking to add another venue to their stable when they open a new bar and restaurant in the Sydney CBD.
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Anti-waste popup Trash Tiki has toured the globe, and has popped up in Sydney and Brisbane. Now, come January 22, they’ll be taking over Melbourne bar The Beaufort for a two week run when that bar becomes The Trashfort.
Thanks to the success of their Sydney restaurant and bar, Mjølner, the Speakeasy Group will be opening a Melbourne out-post of the Viking-inspired eatery this year, on Hardware Street where Nieuw Amsterdam once operated. We asked Speakeasy’s Sven Almenning what to expect when Mjølner Melbourne opens this year, and what else they have in store for the year.
Jangling Jack’s in Sydney’s Potts Point is a classic neighbourhood joint: it offers a respite from the madness that comes with living in Sydney, the kind of place where you take a seat at the bar and as regulars come and go and the hours pass you by. But a lot goes into making a place feel so easy, and we wanted to know what that’s like for owners Orlan Erin Raleigh and Jon Ruttan — here, lightly edited and condensed, is a day in the life according to Raleigh.
Above Board was named New Bar of the Year at the 2017 Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards. They’ve just clocked up a year of trade, so we thought the time would be right to check in and see how year number one has been.
When Maurice Terzini’s Bondi Beach Public Bar opens next, you can expect Spritzes, pre-batched Negroni’s, Old Fashioned’s, and a White Mike Russian when you’re at the bar.
Little Big House is housed in a classic, heritage-listed Queenslander house in Southbank that was built in 1889 and has previously been home to the Southbank police station. Expect verandahs, palm trees, fairy lights and a general good-times vibe.
New Sydney bar Duke of Clarence opens tonight, and we’ve got you a sneak peak at the venue — and a look at their cocktail list.
It’s not often that you see a venue get turned around in 10 days, but that’s what the owners of new Sydney popup Lost Luau have just done.
Billed as a “dedicated space for collaboration and getting innovative work done,” Worksmith is set to open in the creative Melbourne hub of Collingwood in early 2018.
New Sydney bar The Duke of Clarence opens their doors this December — here’s a preview of what to expect from the cocktails.
Summer officially begins next week, on Friday December 1st, and that means sun, beaches, and if you’re lucky, some proper tiki action. In fact, if you’re in Sydney’s CBD, you’ll definitely be getting some tikiness in your cup when new Sydney tiki popup, Lost Luau opens on Friday.