How to have fun on a Monday to Friday night and still be home at a reasonable hour. Here we look at places that are best suited to a weekday visit.
There is a book titled ‘1001 Restaurants You Must Experience Before You Die’. For most people it acts as nothing more than a reminder of all the places you will never go to and all the things you will never eat. Turns out that global travel is not the cheapest hobby going around. Thankfully, Crabapple Kitchen in Hawthorn… Read More Friday Night Flights at Crabapple Kitchen
Anyone for a Monday night drink? Having a visitor arrive from interstate comes with a great deal of pressure. As a local you are expected to know your way around the laneways and direct your guest to a bar or restaurant at a moments notice. This should prove no problem late in the week but what… Read More Robot Bar
Have a drink in Melbourne’s oldest building It now seems so obvious that Melbourne’s oldest building would be a pub located down a laneway. Built as a residential home, it was converted into a tavern in 1868 and has remained a drinking hole for inner-city residents and businessmen ever since. The first trick is to remember that… Read More The Mitre Tavern
You wait for the comedy festival every year, study the guide the day it comes out, cram in 28 shows over 12 nights, only to forget about live comedy for another twelve months. It really needn’t be that way. Make an effort to head out for the occasional dose of mid-week comedy and you will be rewarded with big… Read More Mid-Week Comedy
Ever wondered where all those old arcade games went? While many have wasted away or ended up in the homes of private collectors, a whole bunch of them have found their way to a bar in Flinders Street. Aptly named Bartronica, the bar is set up to look and feel like an old arcade. The place is lined with video games… Read More Bartronica
