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Cheers to the end of the year at one of these 12 hot new Melbourne bars
Celebrate with a mango and sake cocktail on a resurrected city rooftop, $15 martinis that come with a loyalty card, or something else frosty.
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Who is drinking all the pornstar martinis?
More Aussies look up the recipe for this noughties-era drink than a Daiquiri. Here’s why it’s back and why you may be drinking it without even knowing.
- Erina Starkey
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First look: After a shock closure, The Everleigh is reborn as a fresh cocktail bar
The team behind a popular Carlton North spot is gearing up to open a Chinese-inspired bar with big ambitions. “We want to be the best bar in Australia.”
- Tomas Telegramma
How Enmore Road dethroned King Street as Sydney’s bar hotspot
After a successful nightlife scheme, one group is urgently calling on the government to make public transport more accessible in Newtown.
- Kayla Olaya
Two-sip martinis, chic snacks, Friday bargains: Melbourne’s 13 best happy hours
Raise a glass this spring without draining your wallet. We have $3 oysters, $5 tacos, $9 mini martinis and $15 Moet all around Melbourne.
- Daniela Frangos
Former Bar of the Year Double Deuce Lounge to close on Bridge St as Friday drinks fizzle
“It hasn’t been the same since COVID,” says one operator as other venues also exit the northern CBD precinct.
- Scott Bolles
The rise of bars where no one wants you to talk
Listening bars started in Japan. Now they’ve inspired Australian venues.
- Barry Divola
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Maybe Sammy team to open new bar, leading new wave of venues in the city
It’ll have water views and be inspired by Mexico’s Riviera. Other venues pivot to attract more people, with one operator saying, it’s “easier to make money with bars”.
- Scott Bolles
Spicy margs, cheesy snacks and big discounts: Sydney’s 10 best happy hours
Raise a toast to drinks from $5, snacks from $4 and a behemoth cheeseburger from a hatted restaurant.
- Isabel Cant
Sydney Theatre Company to transform Bar at the End of the Wharf into upmarket restaurant
The historic waterfront space will revert from a casual bar and eatery to a sit-down venue, in a shift that recalls its days as a landmark restaurant.
- Scott Bolles
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