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 …

When I think of this late-night Newtown bar, whose main attraction is its rooftop area that looks likes a suburban patio that underwent a Kath and Kim makeover, I always think of the feral punk …

One of my friends loves the Carlisle Castle and another hates it with a passion – and I can understand where both are coming from.
On the plus side, it serves some of the best …

“Where I come from, if you can’t lift half a cow then you’re considered a pussy,” says the huge muscular man covered in tattoos sitting opposite me.
The guy is a butcher from an outer suburb …

If you want a real education then keep walking past Sydney University and head into Kuleto’s, where you can drink old and often forgotten standards such as the Pina Colada, Manhattan and the Red Corvette …

Ten years ago people often complained about Newtown’s gentrification and yet now you never hear of it – perhaps because the process is complete. The old dusty King Street shops filled with second-hand guitars and …