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Hats & Tatts
How many HATS and how many TATTS, I hear you ask? Hats: minimal. Tatts: infinite! The night I went in search of Hats & Tatts – there was no sign out front, just a security dude hovering by a door. On a not-too-busy street in Melb CBD, I asked: is this Hats & Tatts?! “YEP!”…
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Goldilocks
GATHER ROUND, and let me tell you a tale of a CHICK who walked into a bar… Once upon an evening, she set off in search of the PERFECT bar> The first place she found was nearly empty, the music barely a whisper, and the bartender indifferent. One sip of her drink, and she knew—”Too…
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Fox Friday, Melbourne
FROM the outside it LOOKS like a FOX – A woody WAREHOUSE of a FOX, with a BREWERY inside! SLY move, Fox Friday, I’m onto you.. 🦊 INSIDE: a massive bar awaits, with an even bigger menu – (SPY on the BREWERY behind all those beverages!) MY FIRST visit to the Fox was a catch…
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Evie’s Disco Diner
EVEN THO I was on my way to another bar > when I changed trams: Evie’s Disco Diner was RIGHT THERE. AND with a name like that: I HAD TO POP IN! BLUE and RAINBOW on the outside – PINK and DISCO on the inside!! I love it already. Up to the bar for ONE…
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Dikstein’s Corner Bar
Dikstein’s by day, and Dikstein’s by night! I’ve visited this wine bar several times (and always for the pizza!) From the outside Dikstein’s Corner Bar resembles a European café, situated right in the heart of Melbourne. Love this signage: There are TWO entrances to the CORNER bar: from Little Collins Street & Bank Place –…
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The A to Z of Bar Hopping
SO, you’ve decided to go BAR HOPPING! MAYBE it’s planned? or totally spontaneous: if you’re new to a PUB CRAWL – there’s no better way to dive into the local bar scene than with a little ADVENTURE! Here’s how I got started: My first challenge to myself was to visit 26 bars in Brisbane –…
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Carwyn Cellars
CAN’T complain when I move to Melbourne and it’s CHILLY, right? It was a Wednesday in the middle of WINTER and I caught a tram and a train to Thornbury for Carwyn Cellars, let’s go! Literally here’s me WALKING IN> FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Wow, LOVE a bottleshop that organises it’s BEERS according to HOPS. I’m sure…
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Bar HumBug
BECAUSE I’d been shopping in the CITY all day, WHY NOT tick a B bar off my list? What’s OPEN on a Wednesday arvo in Melbourne? Bar HumBug! A basement bar, near Southern Cross Station. Let’s go! WALKED down Little Bourke Street, to this colourful strip – looking warm and inviting. OK I only stumbled…
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Arbory Afloat
AND so it BEGAN, my first A bar in Melbourne. Armed with a voucher from my mate ANDREW, and assisted by a DELIGHTFUL Saturday AFTERNOON: it was time to find Arbory Afloat! As the name suggests: it’s a FLOATING BAR, on the YARRA River! It was a lovely May DAY, so Melburnians were OUT enjoying…
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RECAP: A-Z – 2023 Brisbane bars
This was my THIRD alphabetical list of Brisbane bars, I’ve now written 80 reviews (this year I added a couple more, as Fick Brewery was HOTLY requested, and I re-visited Viscosity bar after their expansion). At the beginning of 2024: opportunity came up to return to my hometown Melbourne – so I took it! The…
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