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(
www.thequeens.com.au
;
520 Beaufort St; 10am-midnight Mon-Sat, to 10pm Sun)
Big, nicely renovated
Federation-style pub, popular on Sunday. A cold beer in the dappled courtyard is the
standard routine.
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Flying Scotsman
(
www.theflyingscotsman.com.au
;
639 Beaufort St; 11am-midnight)
Old-style pub that attracts the
Beaufort St indie crowd. A good spot before a gig up the road at the Astor.
Velvet Lounge
(
www.theflyingscotsman.com.au
;
639 Beaufort St)
Out the back of the Flying Scotsman is this small,
red-velvet-clad lounge with ska, punk and indie beats. Upstairs, the Defectors bar chan-
nels cocktails and chilled dub and dance beats.
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Leederville
Leederville Hotel
(
www.leedervillehotel.com
;
742 Newcastle St; 11am-late)
The good old Leederville has been turning
out beers and Jägerbombs for many years. The something-for-everyone philosophy is
etched out in the sports screens, dance floors and pool tables. Wednesday is big with the
younger folk, and Retro Friday is the go for any lapsed 1980s New Romantics. Next door
is the Garden, the Leederville's decent stab at a 21st-century gastropub.
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Subiaco & Kings Park
Subiaco Hotel
(
www.subiacohotel.com.au
;
465 Hay St; 11am-late)
The Subi's the locals' institution of choice for a
morning coffee with the papers or a pre-footy beer. Middie-clutching men perch them-
selves for hours in the side bar, friends banter in lounges by the central bar and the Sunday
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