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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The best bars from Darlinghurst to Surry Hills and Potts Point.
Sydney’s best bars from Balmain and Glebe to Newtown.
The best bars from Manly and Bondi to the outer burbs.
The best bars from Neutral Bay to North Sydney.
Whenever I hear the name Löwenbräu a series of mental images immediately triggers in my brain.
First I picture the Löwenbräu ads, which feature busty bar frauleins in cleavage-inducing dirndls. Before feminists start bombarding the illustrious …
After dating two girls who both came from Kurrajong in the Blue Mountains (I wonder what they put in the water up there?) I couldn’t help being curious when I recently went past the Kurrajong …
Being in the Marble Bar on a Thursday night makes me feel like I’m David Attenborough in the wild. As I sip my Vesper martini, which is decent but not spectacular (but more on that …
When I was a teenager and grunge was still cool, a friend of mine went to bartending school (I didn’t mean for that to rhyme) and promptly held a party afterward in which he made …
When I wrote this feature on Sydney’s underground clubs for The Sydney Morning Herald I was surprised not only by the number of illegal venues that were operating but also by the quality of them. …
The Hotel Hollywood has been around for so long I still remember seeing it as a child and excitedly asking my parents if that’s where movie stars come from.
“No, bubeleh, it’s a different kind of …
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, …
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, …
