bars, clubs and pubs

Melbourne Museum Smartbar Giveaway

July 13, 2012 ⋅ 32 comments

The Melbourne Museum is running Smartbar again, opening the museum up at night for an adults-only event. The theme this time is Mind and Body and it promises to be an interesting and fun night. There will be psych experiments, lectures on life-drawing classes plus food and drink for purchase and Andrew McClelland DJing the [...]

HOT: Red River BBQ and BurgerMary Short Order, The Workers Club, cnr Brunswick and Gertrude St, Fitzroy

June 27, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

The dude food trend continues to race through Melbourne, this time in the form of Short Order. Every Wednesday night Texan barbecue specialists Red River BBQ and ‘honorary Texan’ BurgerMary (aka Jess also from Sugadeaux Cupcakes) take over the kitchen at relaxed boozer The Workers Club and sell out their short, affordable menu of Texas-style barbecue favourites. In [...]

HOT: Friday BBQ, Section 8, 27-29 Tattersalls Lane, Melbourne

February 17, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

To celebrate summer (or whenever the warm weather decides to end for good) popular container bar Section 8 are hosting a Friday barbecue of footlong hotdogs. Section 8 is one of my go-to venues for out of town visitors – it’s pretty hidden away in a Chinatown vacant lot, grungy cool in the way Melbourne [...]

HOT: Mad Cow Thursdays, Hotel Nest, 111 Victoria Ave, Albert Park

November 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

A steak for $1? Too good to be true, I hear you say. Well, on Thursdays at Hotel Nest they’ve termed it ‘Mad Cow Thursdays’ when premium John Dee sirloin steaks start from $1 for a 125g steak! The catch is that you’re likely to be spending more than $1 as the larger steaks cost [...]

HOT: The Everleigh, Level 1, 150 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

July 26, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

When I first moved to Melbourne straight out of university, one of my favourite bars was Jet Bar on Gertrude Street (anyone else remember it?). It was quiet, intimate and had a super-comfy red velvet chaise lounge near the front window. Hanging out there, listening to soft jazz, felt grown up. I don’t know what [...]

HOT: Naked for Satan, 285 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

July 6, 2011 ⋅ One comment

When Naked for Satan first opened in September 2010, it was all about the drinking. The bar infuses its own vodka in a polished metal engine-like contraption and as the wall of wine attests, it’s a gathering place for people to drink and be merry. A year later, the focus seems to have turned to [...]

HOT: Marquis of Lorne, 411 George St, Fitzroy

March 7, 2011 ⋅ One comment

I stepped into Marquis of Lorne and the word that came immediately to mind was ‘lair’. The tri-level street corner boozer just has an insouciant air of 70s rock and roll about it. It might have been the Rolling Stones covers that the pub band was playing on a Sunday afternoon, maybe the luxurious Sergeant Pepper [...]

HOT Chat: Alyssa Milton of Lyssy May

December 10, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

I recently received a wallet made from an old Melways map (it covers the area of the CBD) and I was so thrilled with it that I contacted the maker, Alyssa Milton. Alyssa runs a craft label called Lyssy May from a studio in Kensington and today’s HOT chat is with her. Thanks Alyssa! Alyssa, [...]

HOT: Fox Hotel, 351 Wellington St, Collingwood

December 6, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

The Fox Hotel is an old-school boozer which outwardly looks more ‘pub’ than ‘gastro-pub’. The venue is an eclectic conglomeration of sticky-carpet-esque spaces, including the high-stooled front bar, the dimly lit dining area, squishy couches, a small outdoor space and a separate pool room. There’s even a rooftop deck which I didn’t have a chance [...]

HOT: Underground Cinema Speakeasy Prohibition Party, Red Bennies, 373 Chapel St, South Yarra

December 1, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

J: “I’m going to a movie this Saturday. I don’t know what the movie is or where it’s screening, but do you want to come with me?” K: “Umm…ok. I don’t really get it but it sounds intriguing…” Intrigue is the key to the success of Underground Cinema. The premise is this – you buy [...]

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