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1968, every marble slab, wood carving and bronze capital was dismantled, restored, then
reassembled here.
Musos play anything from jazz to funk from Wednesday to Saturday.
GRASSHOPPER
BAR
first of many grungy laneway bars to open in the inner city couldn't have chosen a more
darkly ironic location than Temperance Lane. The heart of the operation is the cool down-
stairs bar; hop upstairs for food.
SPICE CELLAR
(
www.thespicecellar.com.au
;
58 Eliza beth St; club free-$25; bar 4pm-midnight Wed-Fri, club 10pm-late Fri &
Sat; Martin Place)
Saunter down to this stylish underground bunker for cocktails in the
lounge bar, accompanied by live jazz on Thursdays. On weekends the attached club has
one of Sydney's hottest little dance floors, which despite its size attracts the occasional
turntable legend to its decks.
BAR, CLUB
SLIP INN & CHINESE LAUNDRY
BAR, CLUB
( 8295 9999;
www.merivale.com
; 111 Sussex St; club $15-25; 10am-midnight Mon-Thu, to 2am Fri, 5pm-2am
Sat; Wynyard)
Slip in to this warren of moody rooms on the edge of Darling Harbour and
bump hips with the kids. There are bars, pool tables, a beer garden, dance floors, pizza
and Thai. On Friday nights the bass cranks up at the attached Chinese Laundry nightclub;
on Saturdays there's a roster of international and local electro, house and techno DJs.
TANK STREAM BAR
Wynyard)
After work suits head to this watering hole above Sydney's original water supply.
The Tank Stream runs thick with bottled beer, wine and cocktails, with high stools and
flashes of steel enhancing the original warehouse interior.
BAR
REDOAK BOUTIQUE BEER CAFE
BEER HALL
handmade beers available, this place should keep you off the streets for a while. Pull up a
stool among the international crew and work your way through the much-awarded list. If
