Your guide to Australian craft spirits & Melbourne's cocktail culture
The chinzy Chinese that was Happy Palace is now Grand Trailer Park Taverna. It’s a mouthful of a name – not to be confused with ‘Trailer Park’ the outdoor food truck events – but you’ll probably want a mouthful of their jalapeño studded cheeseburgers (of Dandenong Pavillion infamy). Come for […]
After the brilliant Melbourne Food & Wine Festival rolls around again in February/March, I’m going to be both fat and broke (but very, very happy). Looking at the just-released 2015 line-up there seems to be a lot of dough, more than a fair share of boats and more tipples than ever […]
Inspiration for the name Miss Fitzy’s harks back to the grand old days of 1920s/30s era St Kilda when the thing to do was to head to the seaside to relax or dance the Charleston at the Palais. The new venue has been born from the minds of a trio of friends; […]
The glamorous Liquid Gold Melt Martini looks straight up impressive. And, once you’ve enrobed a batch of olives in preparation, it’s relatively quick and so simple to make – one great way to impress your beloved. This drink was created by Bar Ampere’s Ben Luzz for the wonderful folks at […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]