Cocktail bars
This brilliant new Brisbane bar is closing permanently
Its owners are blaming its demise on rising costs (taxes in particular) and inconsistent patronage. You have just over a week to see what made it so special.
- Matt Shea
Eight new bars to try, from a secret rooftop to a pub in an old train station
There’s also a Thai cocktail bar hidden above a laneway restaurant, two cosy new spots for Abbotsford locals and a massive beer garden in Melbourne’s south-east.
- Tomas Telegramma
The bars, bakeries and backyards where people are ditching screens to reconnect
Done with doomscrolling, Melburnians are getting off their phones and joining quirky gatherings where bars become reading nooks and bakeries double as dance floors.
- Dani Valent
Seven of the hottest new Victorian restaurants to dine at this summer
The Greek wave arrives in Glen Iris, a Venetian wine bar lands in Brunswick, and 1970s Bangkok comes to Carnegie. Plus, two favourites up stumps – but don’t stray very far.
- Daniela Frangos
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- Hot & new
After-work drinks? Try one of these 12 hot new Melbourne bars
Post-5pm, beeline for mango and sake cocktails on a resurrected city rooftop, $15 martinis that come with a loyalty card, or something else frosty.
Who is drinking all the pornstar martinis?
More Aussies look up the recipe for this noughties-era drink than a Daiquiri. Here’s why it’s back and why you may be drinking it without even knowing.
- Erina Starkey
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- Just open
First look: After a shock closure, The Everleigh is reborn as a fresh cocktail bar
The team behind a popular Carlton North spot is gearing up to open a Chinese-inspired bar with big ambitions. “We want to be the best bar in Australia.”
- Tomas Telegramma
Two-sip martinis, chic snacks, Friday bargains: Melbourne’s 13 best happy hours
Raise a glass this spring without draining your wallet. We have $3 oysters, $5 tacos, $9 mini martinis and $15 Moet all around Melbourne.
- Daniela Frangos
Former Bar of the Year Double Deuce Lounge to close on Bridge St as Friday drinks fizzle
“It hasn’t been the same since COVID,” says one operator as other venues also exit the northern CBD precinct.
- Scott Bolles
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- Coming soon
Maybe Sammy team to open new bar, leading new wave of venues in the city
It’ll have water views and be inspired by Mexico’s Riviera. Other venues pivot to attract more people, with one operator saying, it’s “easier to make money with bars”.
- Scott Bolles