It’s not often you walk away from a bar looking more beautiful than when you walked into it. Though one certainly may feel pretty darn pretty. Nieuw Amsterdam is rectifying this situation by collaborating with Trophy Wife Nail Art for “Tips’n’Sips”. Debuting on Sunday 30th November from 1-5pm, the event […]
Upcoming Event | Project Botanicals
If you’ve spent much time around certain azure-hued flagons of gin (and I know you have) you’d have spotted 10 curious botanical ingredients etched into the side of Bombay Sapphire’s iconic bottles. From as far flung places as Tuscany, Saxony and West Africa the tipple includes familiar tastes like lemon […]
Upcoming Event | Aperitivo Danzante Act II
See these pretty little gilded cones of gelato up there? They’re even better than you think. The dainty desserts are all grown up; having been infused with The Sticky Italian dessert wine. They are part of a trio of bespoke flavours – alongside Aperol + Campari spritz and Two Italian […]
Upcoming Event | Tanqueray’s Bar Hop | Good Food Month
In between various equine distractions and the realisation that Xmas is next month, another Good Food Month has just begun. There’s a plethora of cider and slider matching, drinks with (or literally in) dinner and good pub food for those of us who rank sipping above snacking. And then there’s […]
Now Open | Chiara
So Chiara – the restaurant – opened a few months ago in modern Italian-by-way-of-New-Yawk style. But only now has its bar emerged with a life of its own via a newly burgeoning cocktail menu and barstool-tailored snacks. Alongside a liquid nitrogen tank for rapid cooling of sorbet destined to pimp […]
Now Open | Doc Martin’s
The Doctor is in. And he just might have the cure for what ails you. The Collins Quarter complex has been opened up into Collins Street for the first time in years with the addition of aperitif and digestif bar Doc Martin’s. It feels rather grand to sit outside on […]
Now Open | Heartattack and Vine
And all of a sudden Lygon Street is experiencing a renaissance. It seems the answer may be refocusing on a few lazy vinos and downsizing food to handily snack while we sip. Stalwarts like Brunetti are putting on aperitivo events with Two Italian Boys and 400 Gradi have opened their own cicchetti bar next […]
Sloe Coach | Brooks
For a place that’s known more for its fine dining (try chef Nic Poelaert’s Vegemite cracker with dehydrated kale – you won’t regret it) than it’s bar, Brooks sure knows how to make a lovely tipple. Bar meister Shae Silvestro works closely with the chef to create aperitifs and digestifs that play […]
Peggy Lee | Le Bon Ton
Meet the one and only Ms. Peggy Lee. She’s a Southern belle with a hint of whisky on her breath and a lazy drawl on her lips: a bespoke drink created for Bar Schweppes by Collingwood bar Le Bon Ton. Bar Schweppes, the forthcoming marquee in the Birdcage at Flemington […]
Now Open | Green Park Dining | Carlton
From espresso to all-day Tanqueray G&Ts: such is the transformation of the former St Ali North to Green Park Dining. Founding partner Jesse Gerner (of one of my fave nightspot’s Bomba) remains at the helm with James Madden (Kirk’s Wine Bar, City Wine Shop) developing the drinks lists. The not all […]