Chick Walks Into a Bar – Page 3 – Bar reviews from A to Z and back again!

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 –…

January 18, 2025

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 –…

January 2, 2025

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…

December 14, 2024

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…

November 30, 2024

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…

November 17, 2024

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…

October 26, 2024

Zazu

ZAPPED by Zazu Bar. The LAST bar on my Brisbane LIST before I moved to Melbourne! >Situated in the West Village, West End. The outside gives GLIMPSES of the pretty BAR inside.. I showed up RIGHT on time for my 1pm reservation (after receiving two texts and an email reminding me not to be late).…

October 3, 2024

Yuzu & Co.

YESSS it’s SO pretty from the front! Walking up to Yuzu & Co. Japanese Restaurant & Bar on Park Road, Milton. It just happened to be “game night” – so the dress code was “Broncos jersey” but that’s normal for a Brisbane FOOTY night. The night called for a couple YUZU SOUR cocktails! Then we…

September 20, 2024

XXXX

X-ACTLY what u think it is. The XXXX Brewery in Milton, Queensland. When I turned 18 (legal drinking age in AUSTRALIA) this BEER was one of the first cartons I “went halvsies in” with a mate (it was this or VB when I was growing up..) I can’t ever recall purchasing the product afterwards. Sooo…

September 15, 2024

Working Title Brew Co.

WOW> Newsteadians are SO lucky to have Working Title in their neighbourhood! it’s JUST outside the Brisbane Valley area/Teneriffe way. Woolies nearby provides the parking (2hrs free) and the brewery is RIGHT THERE. Follow the BEER shaped sign> What began as the original site for Newstead Brewery, has (since 2023) become THE Working Title BREWPUB.…

September 7, 2024