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Match Bar & Grill

  Posted by Master Radish on Apr 20, 2010 | No Comments

Match Bar & Grill

249 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. (03) 9654 6522
I’d never heard of this place, but given its proximity to RMIT I feared it was going to be a student hangout and I was going to be mutton dressed as lamb. Then, as I got closer, it looked very ‘chain-like’ and a little too commercial for my [...]

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The Mess Hall

  Posted by Master Radish on Jan 6, 2010 | No Comments

The Mess Hall

51 Bourke Street, Melbourne. (03) 9654 6800
This place actually does serve food, but I’ve decided to review it as a bar, because I’ve yet to have a meal there. But I love it.

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mothersMilk

  Posted by Master Radish on Oct 27, 2009 | No Comments

mothersMilk

17 Chapel Street, Windsor. (03) 95214119
The Windsor-end of Chapel Street is maturing into a trendy, fun place to hang out, and mothersMilk is a case in point.

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Double Happiness

  Posted by Master Radish on Oct 12, 2009 | No Comments

Double Happiness

21 Liverpool St, Melbourne. (03) 9650 4488
Double happiness is the Chinese character used to decorate the home of newly married Chinese couples. I might not be getting married any time this millennium, but this particular Double Happiness never ceases to bring me joy.

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Tuscan Bar

  Posted by Master Radish on Sep 28, 2009 | No Comments

Tuscan Bar

1/79 Bourke St, Melbourne, 3000. (03) 9671 3322
When I headed off to Tuscan Bar, I admit I was expecting a level of decadence. Their chandeliers and gaudy art are world famous in Melbourne and I thought I’d be basking in splendour. Not quite.

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Siglo

  Posted by Master Radish on Sep 12, 2009 | No Comments

Siglo

Level 2, 161 Spring St, Melbourne, 3000. 9654 6631
Located on a terrace above sister venue the iconic Supper Club, Siglo opened its doors last year. A lovely venue, but there was something missing the detail.

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Berlin Bar

  Posted by Master Radish on Aug 16, 2009 | No Comments

Berlin Bar

16 Corrs Lane Melbourne, 3000. 96393396.
If you’re looking for a bar with some serious shtick, I think we have a winner. Sliced up into east and west, the theme runs through from entrance to the cocktail menu.

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Boire

  Posted by Master Radish on Aug 16, 2009 | No Comments

Boire

92 Smith Street, Collingwood.
Uber cool doesn’t even begin to describe Boire, with minimalist taken to extremes, and while I did like, it had a slightly cold edge.

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Emerald Peacock

  Posted by Master Radish on Aug 16, 2009 | No Comments

Emerald Peacock

Emerald Peacock
233 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 3000. 96548680.
Before I went to live overseas, the trend in Melbourne bars was a style of old fashioned luxury and opulence, a la Gin Palace. Emerald Peacock harks back to that theme and I just love it.

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Section 8

  Posted by Master Radish on Aug 8, 2009 | No Comments

Section 8

27-29 Tattersalls Lane, Melbourne
Well it seems that in the case of Section 8, some crates, graffiti and shopping containers do a bar make.

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