Newtown Hotel
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Behold, the new Newtown Hotel. A recent facelift of monumental proportions has seen this prime piece of real estate - once a dingy gay pub - transformed into a two storey powerhouse. Drink the day away on the upstairs veranda, if you can get a seat. If not, no worries. You can laze inside at one of the many booths. Or downstairs in the beer garden.
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Love Tilly Devine
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You won't get punched, rinsed or stitched up. Love Tilly Devine is pure class. Its sophisticated aesthetic will please the most discerning palettes. The food and wine list are suitably suave. It's the kind of establishment Devine would have met a policeman she was bribing for a nip of whiskey, before sliding an envelope of cash across the table.
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505
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Try the music venue at 280 Cleveland St; soak up live tunes while playing checkers, order a cheese board between funk classics, or a boozy affogato while swaying to reggae, gypsy beats and contemporary jazz. Perhaps you'd prefer the theatre space at 342 Elizabeth St? There are over 30 shows scheduled in 2015, by emerging and established artists.
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121BC
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121BC sources their nectar from small artisanal producers, only serving Italian local varieties, so you can travel the entire length of the republic by vineyard. Like the wine list, the food menu is strictly Italian fare, packed with shareable dishes that you'll want all to yourself.
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Rooty Hill RSL
Bars
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The complex includes a wide variety of entertainment options, from weekly concerts and guest appearances to a wide range of restaurants and dining options to choose from, ranging from Made By the Hill and Chur Burger to the Zest Grill House. There are plenty of activities for anyone of all ages.
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The Dock
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Redfern has plenty of bars, but this place is on the medal podium. Why? Drinks are cheap. Food is too. And thanks to the bar staff, it's laid-back even when the crowd isn't - dancing like loons until midnight. The staff really do make this place feel like home. So do their playlists - featuring everything you like, from Tom Waits to Run DMC.
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The Soda Factory
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Open most days of the week you can pop in for movie night, dollar dogs or fat bubbas chicken Wednesdays. Every night is a great crowd. Dont be fooled by the outside it may look like a takeaway but just open that coke machine!
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Bondi Icebergs
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It is one of the best things to do in Bondi. Head up particularly if it is windy because the photos of the beach when it is empty is even better. The food is pub food but it is good quality although on the pricy side.
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Coogee Pavilion
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Head out towards the back of the Pavilion and you will find an adults game area where you can play ping pong, giant jenga, wall scrabble or anything else in-between. Great for those nights you don't really want to drink but want to go out.
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The Basement
Bars
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Want to get up close and peculiar with your favourite chanteuse? Like to feel the breath of funk soul troubadours on your cheek as they wax lyrical? This is the place to reach out and touch your faithful lyricist. And with major refurbishments under way (due for completion in Feb 2015) your communion's set to be a blaze of jazzed up glory.
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Arcadia Liquors
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Utopia: a fallacy. An impossibility. We humans are too flawed. We'd never be able to agree on what true harmony is, what real equality is, and yet Arcadia somehow makes you feel like the impossible is possible. Just for the night. Not in a gross, kumbaya, let's all vomit rainbows sort of way. It's just... how life should be. Everyone's welcome.
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Mojo Record Bar
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The manifesto's simple: eargasmic records, flavourlicious drinks, good times. But simple things are often the hardest to pull off. That's why Mojo's such a treat - cool, but not too cool. It's pitch perfect, whether you're meeting for drinks after work, stopping in on the way to somewhere else or drooling over their impressive collection of vinyl.
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Golden Age Cinema
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You won't find another movie house in town like this one: a beacon of refinement in a landscape blighted by multiplexes, with drinks and snacks fit for a legend of the limelight. How fitting that it used to be the screening room of Paramount House, where studio execs watched gelatine prints fresh off the jet from la-la land.
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Carriageworks
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Carriageworks has something for everyone; and it's the gift that keeps on giving. The exhibitions are broad in scope. The performances are too. And the farmers market is brimming with deliciousness - fruit, veg, artisanal street food and simple pleasures. Plus there's an abundance of free samples throughout; olives and dips and chorizo, oh my!
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The Boathouse Balmoral
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Although the food menu is expensive, the furtherest section of the wharf permits alcoholic drinks (the rest is "family friendly"). Find a perch on seats or benches in the sun, send someone inside to the bar, and get ready for an afternoon of relaxed drinking.
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