Button – Surry Hills
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Any bar that offers pistachio nuts as a free bar snack has my complete and utter loyalty – which is why Button now has a new regular customer.
Run by the folks who launched Pocket …

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Censorship’s a funny thing. In the American broadcast version of Die Hard 2, Bruce Willis cries “Yippee-kay-aye, Mr Falcon!” instead of “Yippee-kay-aye, motherfucker!”. Never mind the trivialisation of human death – it’s the use of …

New Year’s Eve parties in Sydney – 2011 New Year’s Eve parties in Sydney – 2011

Make your resolutions in style at these New Year’s Eve parties – and if I didn’t list a party you think is worthy, then leave a comment below with its details:
Victoria Room
Inspired by 1950s and ‘60s …

The Dock – Redfern The Dock – Redfern

There’s a stuffed ferret standing metres from where I’m drinking my caipirinha. Pert, feisty and somewhat glazed, I suspect that ferret symbolises all that is good and different about The Dock, Redfern’s latest small bar. …

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