We brought you the news last year that veteran bartender and Australian Bartender contributor Nick Reed was opening his very own bar with his good mate Paul Marinelli in their hometown of Geelong.
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Rather than looking to the southern states, or further ashore to Europe or America, The Gresham, on the site of a heritage listed building in Queen Street Brisbane, is a new bar deeply rooted in its place: Queensland.
Things have never been better for those on Sydney’s northside when it comes to eating…
As you’ll see in the coming February issue, we’re fond of a dumpling or two when it comes to having a drink — and that’s just what you‘ll find at Love On Top.
Billed as authentic Cuban food, drink, and music, El Cubano is set to open their doors in time for a festive February, at 13-15 Kellett Way, Kings Cross.
Owner Michael Roszbach (ex-Cookie) has drawn on his Dutch heritage for Nieuw Amsterdam, which is being described as a New York-style bar and eatery.
Picture marble bartops, glitzy gold art deco designs and dark wooden panelling and you can see the New York emphasis, which takes it a long way from the site which once housed an Irish bar called Puggs Mahones.
Owner and bartender Collin Perillo (ex-Milk & Honey London, The Roosevelt, Mahiki), chef and owner Tim Dengate and owner/barista/bartender Aidan Morrison opened this little bit of food and drink paradise in Randwick just a few days before Christmas, and decided to open on Christmas Day because, well, they’d just opened and they wanted to play with their new toy.
Shaun Pattinson, former owner and bartender of influential and award-winning Adelaide bar, Cushdy, is getting back behind the stick just in time for Adelaide’s Fringe festival. when he opens a popup bar called Roses & Rye.
Billed as a small bar and restaurant that is inspired by “the golden age of cure-all elixirs” Spring Street Social is a home for cocktails, food and live music in Bondi Junction. They’re offering a big selection of craft beer, some inventive cocktails and a cracking Aussie and Kiwi wine list.
After 13 years in the space on Eldridge Street, Milk & Honey’s owner Sasha Petraske was looking for new digs: a bigger space for a new chapter in Milk & Honey’s life. And one that sparked a new life for the old space: life as Attaboy. We asked Ross and McIllroy how it came to be via email.
We get out for a night of beers, dive bars and eats in Brooklyn. From the Brooklyn Brewery, to award winning Clover Club, Brooklyn has your drinking needs sorted.
2013 has been a busy year for the team at Drink & Dine: not only have they opened Sydney’s messy and delicious new crab shack, House of Crabs, they’ve taken over and renovated The Oxford Tavern.