It’s that time of year again, when the Small Bar Association of WA asks the public to vote for their favourite WA small bars.
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Made to measure suiting and clothing, we’re told, just fits better than anything you get off the rack. Well, new Brisbane bar The Cloakroom is taking a similar approach to its drinks.
It might have what is the longest entryway into a bar in Sydney, but when you head through a door on Pitt street, skip down a flight of stairs, and come to a large, golden pineapple door knock, you will have found new Sydney bar Door Knock.
Beneath Driver Lane is a new Melbourne bar on the way from Hamish Goonetilleke, the guy behind Fitzroy’s Rum Diary Bar.
Arlechin Mornane Place, Melbourne Melbourne does okay with the laneway bars, right? They pretty mich…
Brisbane bar Electric Avenue has been open a few months now, but it’s fighting the good fight in Brisbane’s Woolloongabba precinct (that’s near the Gabba, for those outside the Sunshine State).
Australian spirits are special. It’s not just the liquid but the incredible characters behind each and every brand. Each has their own story of how they came to be a distiller and what inspires them.
When Chula, opens in mid-October, they’ve got an extra boost of talent with Agave Cartel founder and one of the country’s most knowledgeable agave aficionados, Reece Griffiths, heading up the drinks program.
Take a look at Brooklyn bar Diamond Reef — with drinks of the calibre you’d expect from Ross and co, we’re kind of upset the bar didn’t open here.
Sydney is set to see a new CBD rooftop bar when Old Mate’s Place opens, and it’s coming from some of Sydney’s best bar talent.
Bridge Bon-Appétit is now open. “Like everything that Swillhouse does, it’s dimly lit, with good music, good booze, good times — and chuck in some good food as well,” Irvine says.
Two Sydneysiders, Sam Kennis and Darren Barber left the Sydney bar scene and teamed up with Grant Buckham in far north Queensland. They did what no one before them has ever done in that city. They opened a small cocktail bar.