Booze

Food News

I'm going to remember 2013 as the year I fell in love with whisky. It started with The Macallan and their recently unveiled 1824 Series: Amber, Sienna and Ruby.

Wed December 11th, 2013

The Robin Hood Hotel’s distinctive wedge-shaped Art Deco silhouette has long fascinated me on drives through Charing Cross. (If you’re scratching your head, we’re talking about the intersection of Bronte Road and Carrington Road in Waverley.)

Wed December 11th, 2013

A Tavola

Bondi’s newest precinct, ‘The Hub’ is like the graduation program for successful inner-city businesses. Messina, Melbourne’s Sensory Lab, and now A Tavola, the Darlinghurst institution, have all set up shop on Hall Street.

Wed December 11th, 2013

Redoak Boutique Brewery Cafe

As we slide into the season of revelry, padding out our calendars with meetings involving food and cheer, I thought I’d throw in a CBD spot that slides under the radar… This every-woman (and man) restaurant and bar is great for groups.

Wed December 4th, 2013

Food News

Looking like it has more in common with a trendy nightclub than an over-lit supermarket, Mercato e Cucina, is bringing a new style of fresh produce shopping to the good folk of Gladesville. And with parking underneath the 1200 square meter premises, Inner West residents may just love it too…

Wed December 4th, 2013

The Cottage Bar & Kitchen

As the sun sets over the Balmain village, there are worse places to be sitting than the front yard of this picturesque cottage. Throw in a punch bowl of Strawberry Sangria ($32) and you have the makings of a girls’ night out.

Wed December 4th, 2013

Food News

Jason Williams, Group Bars Manager for The Keystone Group can now add 'world cocktail champion' to his curriculum vitae after taking out the London final of the Beefeater 24 Cocktail Competition.

Wed November 27th, 2013

York Trading & Co

Cocktails for breakfast? Well you could here if you really wanted to, anytime from 7.30am. Although I do love a cocktail, I’m not that hardcore (aha) so started testing the waters at 2.00pm on a Monday.

Wed November 27th, 2013

The Morrison Bar & Oyster Room

There’s a certain camaraderie that comes from getting to a bar and knowing that you’re all there for exactly the same thing. No, I’m not talking about sex (though this activity might be a prelude).

Wed November 20th, 2013

Bar Fly: Sky Terrace

Blackjack! Yep, in two out of my first three hands. “Rooftop gambling. Thank God it’s fake money!” My BFF posted on her Facebook. Nah, with that kind of streak, I wished it had been real; but it WAS only for FUN as part of the Sky Terrace launch party.

Wed November 20th, 2013