Drink Me | La Cumparsita by Palermo [Recipe]

So it’s International Coffee Day. A time for all caf-fiends to join as one in celebrating their daily brew. Around here of course, we prefer to take our espresso in martini form. But any old espresso martini recipe simply will not do. So today, Palermo share the secret to their […]

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New Bars & Bar News | January 2018

If “try new things in 2018” was one of your New Year’s resolutions, we have a few suggestions for you. Check out the 11 newest Melbourne bars you should visit this January. Missed last month’s openings? Catch up here. — The Shady Lady The Shady Lady (pictured above) is made up of a […]

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Bar News | November 2017

Wrapping up all the news that fit to drink from the past month… — – Two Australian bars have been awarded places on the The World’s 50 Best Bars list. At number 22, Fitzroy’s Black Pearl (pictured, above) is named as the best bar in all of Australasia and is […]

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8 New Melbourne Bars: May / June 2017

8 new Melbourne bars have flung open their doors in the past month or two. Have you tried them all? In no particular order… — 1. Vinorium Food + Wine When the time of night comes to leave Welcome to Thornbury for more grown-up environs, pop over the road to […]

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9 New Melbourne Bars: April 2017

Here’s your hit-list of new bars to haunt this April! 1. Whitehart A chef and a filmmaker convert an old carpark into a two storey shipping container bar. How Melbourne is that? Visual art and rotating food vendors complete the picture. 22 Whitehart Lane, Melbourne – 2. Xm4 The little […]

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Upcoming Events: March 2017

Avoid the green beer, there’s a whole lot of (way better) whiskey to be had this St Patrick’s Day. Find out where to celebrate the day and drink, plus a few of our other favourite non-whiskey March events in Melbourne below. — First up on the whisk(e)y train is The […]

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All of the New Wine Bars in Melbourne

ReWine Nothing beats a wine plus a whine after having “a DAY”. So here are the newest Melbourne wine bars in which to seek grapeness. Originally published on The Urban List. — Rooftops are heating up, but for our money 2016 has been the Year of the Wine Bar. You can’t […]

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Now Open: Good Heavens | Melbourne CBD

Melbourne’s bar scene is looking up. This year we’ve embraced all things rooftop. Blame it on the (lack of) rain or climate change perhaps. The latest venue to get into the elevated alfresco scene is Good Heavens. Fancy Hank’s BBQ joint has claimed to old Tuscan space atop their restaurant and has […]

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