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things start to slip away from you, slow your descent with a meal (mains $22 to $29; tast-
ing boards matched with four beer samples $20).
BAVARIAN BIER CAFÉ
BEER HALL
door here you'll feel as though you've put your head inside an enormous chandelier -
sparkling racks of steins dangle above the central bar, waiting to be filled with litres of
Löwenbrau. Soak it all up with some bratwurst, sauerkraut and a schnitzel at long
bier-
halle
tables. Also at Manly Wharf.
CRYSTAL BAR
Place)
Down in the bowels of the GPO building, Crystal Bar is a lavish, clandestine booze
room with smooth-stylin' DJs and 'Crystal Boudoir' - a sassy French knickers-and-high-
kicks cabaret show every Saturday night ($30). Who would have thought camp cabaret
would appeal to 22-year-olds? Don't you dare dress down.
BAR, BURLESQUE
ARTHOUSE HOTEL
( 9284 1200;
www.thearthousehotel.com.au
;
275 Pitt St; 11am-11pm Mon-Thu, 11am-1am Fri, 5pm-1am Sat;
Town Hall)
It's easy to lose your way in this sumptuous, multistorey heritage site (1836),
which was once the School of Arts. After-work punters seem to know their way around
the various bars - follow someone good-looking.
BAR, DJ
ZETA
( 9265 6070;
www.zetabar.com.au
; L4, Hilton Hotel, 488 George St; Sat $20; 5pm-2am Mon-Fri, to 3.30am
Sat; St James)
Ride the Hilton escalators up to Zeta, which captivates a chic young city
crew with its white vinyl lounges, discreet curtained booths (exactly what was Snoop
Dogg smoking in there?) and enormous gas inferno. Here you can sip grilled-fruit cock-
tails and eyeball the QVB dome from the terrace.
BAR
