Glebe’s nightspots are multiplying like rabbits on ecstasy, with two small bars opening within the same week. One is a casual, sofa-filled affair called Mr Falcon that I’ll review soon – but for now I’ll focus on The Little Guy, which is just a few minutes walk away and looks as if a landscape gardener designed it. I say this because there’s a horizontal ladder, a … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2011
York Lane – Sydney CBD
One of my earliest memories is of York Lane, a dirty tiny thoroughfare behind Wynyard Station. My parents used to take me to the city on Saturdays and park nearby, and one day as we passed through York Lane I saw the Paddle Pop lion (or a man dressed up like him) handing out ice-cream. Why he would be in a dark dirty laneway waiting for children is now, I realise, a little … [Read more...]
Assembly Bar – Sydney CBD
Even though the most exciting moments in my high school life consisted of wagging class to hang out at the local petrol station with my equally ambitious pothead friends, the thought of getting cocktails at Assembly is appealing. Then again, in this case Assembly refers to a new small bar located in the basement of a mini mall on Kent Street. It’s a Thursday night when I … [Read more...]
Baxter Inn – Sydney CBD
Wow. This is my first reaction when I enter the Baxter Inn, Sydney’s latest hidden bar. To get there you go down an unmarked laneway off Clarence Street and then turn right down another lane/courtyard that looks like a dead-end. If not for the large but friendly bouncer standing alone in the courtyard I wouldn’t have found the Baxter Inn's nondescript entrance. You then head … [Read more...]