Cocktails and spirits
Mega beach clubs to micro hangouts: Four new (and very different) Melbourne bars
Size does matter at these new bars. Some are for sipping limoncello slushies in the sun, others are your go-to for elegant cocktails before dinner.
- Emma Breheny
From posh to party, these 10 new rooftop bars and restaurants are built for anything
Around Victoria, you can take your pick of seaside gems, suburban finds and rollicking rooftops, as the options for open-air drinking and dining multiply.
- Emma Breheny
The best place for a Sydney bar crawl this summer is the Inner West Distillery Trail
Your guide to the growing hub of Inner West craft distilleries. Plus, a sneak peek at the new Poor Toms bar and restaurant.
- Bianca Hrovat
What’s the deal with oyster-shell gins?
Want to feel like a merman or mermaid? Do a “Shelly” and slurp down a martini.
- Terry Durack
Raise a glass to the new feel-good cocktail of summer (starring the fastest-growing spirit in Australia)
Move over, margarita. Sayonara, limoncello spritz. This season, it’s all about the citrusy, tequila-based Paloma.
- Katie Spain
This corner terrace in Carlton North is your new go-to for French-ish snacks and pastis
A new owner has dialled up the charm at this double-storey neighbourhood wine bar, adding marble, linen and Euro-leaning dishes.
- Tomas Telegramma and Gail Thomas
The classic cocktail Melburnians can’t get enough of right now – and where to find the best ones
You can order them frozen, dusty and with a deli cabinet’s worth of garnishes. But don’t mess with the fundamentals, say bartenders.
- Emma Breheny
Move over minimalism, these three new bars are colourful, fun and original
One spot is a nostalgic experience for children of the ’70s. Another turns American takeaway dishes into killer bar snacks. None follows the rules.
- Emma Breheny
There’s no more fitting location for a navy-strength gin (and other magical drinks)
A whisky’s being aged using the sea’s motion to help impart barrel flavours; a navy strength gin by Four Pillars and a Lord Nelson beer called Smooth Sailing.
- Sarah Norris
Rule-breaking omakase pop-up Ronin is now a permanent restaurant
The upper echelons of Japanese dining aren’t always about fun. But Ronin is out to change that. Its unconventional culinary mash-ups are just the beginning.
- Emma Breheny
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