Update: The Pond’s time as a pop up bar for Pure Blonde is over – but it’s not the end of the venue. It’s now reopened as The Commons – Local Eating House. When we …

European-style wine bars are popping up all over Sydney but one of my favourites is Vini, a tiny hole-in-the-wall bar on Holt Street that’s easy to miss if you don’t keep your eyes peeled (it’s …

Update: We’ve heard that Ouzo 88 has unfortunately closed down. John Lanzafame, known for his self titled Italian trattoria in Star City, will be taking over the Woolloomooloo venue
It’s good to see Sydney mature as …

Sydney’s Spanish Quarter is doomed, with Chinatown property developers announcing they’ll be taking over that area of Liverpool Street. It’ll be sad to see it go – aside from anything else, the Spanish Club and …

If shopping in the giant Westfields that literally wraps itself around this bar (you can see inside the centre from the bar’s back windows) proves draining, you could do worse than fortify yourself by having …

The most interesting thing about Firefly, a tapas bar with a clean modern design, is that it opened at all – after all, up until now the only obvious places to drink in the area …