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

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

Unbearable bagels

Unbelievable, I had run out of U bars in Brisbane. Not to be deterred – there’s Unbearable bagels, in Teneriffe! Bundled in a little group of shops, Eager bagel eaters lined up to see the menu – Although QR code menus were also available. Reaching the front of the queue was quick! A choice of…

August 12, 2024