1a Crossley Street, Melbourne
(behind The Paperback)
Phone (03) 9662 2756
Von Haus has been the darling of the dead-tree media the last few months, which is probably reason why I’ve held off writing about it. The problem is, Von Haus is cool, and oh so cool at that. It is also teeny-tiny, and when EG and I first [...]
275 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
Phone (03) 9663 7994
Prompted by Claire over at the fabulously revamped Melbourne Gastronome, I’ve dragged this post out of my drafts to finally see the light of day (nb. I have been somewhat remiss in blogging due to life getting in the way of things. But rest assured, I have still been [...]
11 Collins Street, Melbourne
Phone 03 9650 3821
Waiting for public transport (which, by the way, is fast becoming a Melbournian pastime) is not such a bad thing occassionally.
I was catching up with some mates for a Laotian dinner over in Bridge Rd, and patiently waiting for my ride to arrive at the corner of Collins and [...]
1 Malthouse Lane, Melbourne Phone (03) 9654 7454
Sake Bar Kura is quirky little hidey-hole restaurant located at the end of a derelict laneway (Malthouse) which runs off another lane (Flinders). The industrial/rustic Japanese entrance, complete with sauna-like cladding and kooky sake barrel, seems kind of surprising in the environment. Which I guess is one [...]
1 Hosier Lane, MelbournePhone 03 9663 3038
Friday. 8.30pm. EG and I were already half tanked after boozing it up at Hell’s Kitchen following a particularly hard week at work for the both of us. By this stage I had sunk four pints of Coopers and was well on my way to feeling [...]
20 Presgrave Place, Melbourneget there from Howie Place running between Little Collins and Collins streetPhone 0408 173 892
Pushka is a mouse hole of a place off a lane that’s off a lane (although it does runneth over into the lane). It has all the hallmarks of somewhere cool and funky - it is slightly [...]
End of Snider Lane (off Drewery Lane), Melbourne
Is it me, or has the hidey-hole laneway bar been done to death in Melbourne? I applaud people for creatively using space in the CBD but it seems these days that bars get a good billing simply for being difficult to find. Where are the new ideas?
Sister Bella [...]
25 Little Bourke Street, MelbourneTelephone: 03 9639 2269
If you like your parmas and schnitzels supersized, then Mrs.Palma’s is definitely the place for you. Not only does this restaurant/bar/pub/bottleshop specialise in a dizzying array of crumbed chicken/veal topped with copious amounts of cheese and other stodgy products, they also serve an impressive range of Victorian microbrews, [...]
98 Lygon Street, Brunswick EastPhone 03 9387 1246
A rather kooky comfy place to rock on is the Comfortable Chair. Yes, there are lots of comfy chairs available (although I must admit I feel somewhat icky reclining into a public velvetine couch that has god-knows-whatever spilt on it over the years), some arcade style coin [...]
212 Little Collins Street, MelbournePhone +613 9654 2471
Hairy Canary is a place where some of the too cool for school set go to eat, drink and be merry. Don’t let this put you off though. The food is pretty darn tasty, despite the fact you may have to wait a wee while to get it. [...]
