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number on the door and an entry from a shady back lane (look for the white door before
Bikram Yoga on Foley St), this subterranean honky-tonk bar caters to the urban boho. Sip
whisky and rye with the good ole hipster boys amid Western memorabilia and taxidermy.
VICTORIA ROOM
noon-2am Sat, noon-midnight Sun; Kings Cross)
Plush chesterfields, art nouveau wallpaper, dark-
wood panelling and bamboo screens - the Victoria Room is the spoilt love child of a
1920s Bombay gin palace and a Hong Kong opium den. Don your white linen suit and
panama and order a Raspberry Debonair at the bar.
COCKTAIL BAR
OXFORD ART FACTORY
BAR, LIVE MUSIC
(
www.oxfordartfactory.com
;
38-46 Oxford St; cover charge & opening hours vary; Museum )
Indie kids
party against an arty backdrop at this two-room multipurpose venue modelled on Warhol's
NYC creative base. There's a gallery, bar and performance space that often hosts interna-
tional acts and DJs. Check the website for what's on.
EAU-DE-VIE
strooms' at the back of the Kirketon Hotel's Art Lounge (itself a ritzy bar, with baroque-
style gilt couches and regular live music) and enter this sophisticated black-walled speak-
easy, where a team of dedicated shirt-and-tie-wearing mixologists concoct the sort of
beverages that win best-cocktail gongs.
COCKTAIL BAR
OXFORD HOTEL
GAY
course of 30 years and numerous facelifts the main bar at the Oxford has remained the
locus of beer-swilling gay blokedom. On weekends the Bar Underground basement min-
iclub spins pop and indie. Upstairs, the Supper Club and Polo Lounge play host to an ec-
lectic program of cabaret, DJs and private functions.
GREEN PARK HOTEL
Kings Cross)
The ever-rockin' Green Park has pool tables, rolled-arm leather couches, a beer
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