It might have a French name (which stands for “water of life” as well as describing a style of fruit brandy) but Eau-de-Vie feels more like a 1930s-style American bar, complete with dark wood, great …
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Except when burlesque artists strip to their garter belts for the Dr Sketchy’s art school nights (which involves drinking and sketching a burlesque artist – this usually happens every second Tuesday) there’s not much drawing going on in the Arthouse, a multi-level bar that used to be an art school.
The ground floor is the main drinking den, filled with paintings and an after-work CBD crowd downing beers and wines, but it’s the Dome lounge on the first floor that impresses me – or, more specifically, some of the cocktails on offer there.
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My love affair with The Clare is unrequited: no matter how many times I have a bevvy there the staff usually just look at me with disdain or, at best, a mild tolerance (I have, …
I fell in love with mojitos in the back streets of Barcelona’s Gothic quarter. There, in a dark tiny bar barely larger than a closet, a man stood behind a counter with bags of ice, …
It’s finally happened: a new bar has opened in Newtown that I can actually recommend. Called Corridor, it’s located just a few doors down from Madame Fling Flong (one of the few other bars in …
The first time I had a martini I was 21, on my first business-class flight (I wasn’t paying), and I ordered one from the hostess because I thought it was the sophisticated thing to do. …
You don’t expect to see a pinball machine in an upmarket restaurant and yet, right in the bar area of bel mondo, there’s an unplugged Maverick (the Mel Gibson film) pinball machine just begging for …
Update: The Stoneleigh pop up bar will next appear at Bungalow 8 from Wednesday 27 January to Sunday 31 January.
Appearing at different Sydney locations this summer, the Stoneleigh pop up bar’s next appearance will be …
You’d be hard pressed to find this late 19th century cocktail anywhere in Australia (although if you do know of a bar that serves it, add a comment below) but we did come across it …
There’s no doubt Melbourne’s bars are amongst the best in the world. From hole-in-the-wall laneway bars that add an extra dimension to the CBD to cocktail lounges where the primary focus is on the drinks, …
