Travel Reference
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Southern Cross
(
www.thecross.co.nz
;
39 Abel Smith St; 8am-late)
Welcoming to all - from frenetic five-year-olds
to Nana with her knitting - the fun, easygoing Cross rambles around a series of colourful
rooms, combining a respectable restaurant, lively bar, dance floor, pool table and the best
garden bar in town. There's interesting beer on tap, food to suit all budgets, and regular
events including bingo, gigs and quiz night.
PUB
Laundry
(
www.laundry.net.nz
;
240 Cuba St; 10am-late Wed-Sun, 4pm-late Tue)
Tumble into this junk-shop juke
joint any time of the day or night for a tipple and a taco, and hang out with the hipsters in
a wrinkle-free zone. Carousal is encouraged with regular gigs and deejays, lip-smacking
libations and colourful, carnivalesque decor pasted up with a very rough brush. Trailer-
trash backyard complete with a caravan.
BAR
Molly Malone's
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IRISH PUB
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(
www.mollymalones.co.nz
;
cnr Courtenay Pl & Taranaki St; 11am-1am Sun-Thu, to 3am Fri & Sat)
This highly
polished Irish bar hosts live music nearly every night, and dishes up well-priced pub grub
and a balcony overlooking the bustle. If the
craic
downstairs is too much for you, head up
to the piano bar for a quiet dram.
Havana
(
www.havanabar.co.nz
;
32 Wigan St; 11.30am-late Mon-Fri, 3pm-late Sat)
Go out of your way to find
Havana, a mighty fine needle in Welly's hospitality haystack, hidden down a sidestreet
and squeezed into two adjacent heritage cottages sharing a groovy backyard. Fortify your-
self with tapas and top shelf, then chinwag, smoke or flirt, or all three, then break out your
sexy legs in the microdisco.
BAR
Vivo
(
www.vivowinebar.com
; 19 Edward St; 3pm-late Mon-Fri, 5pm-late Sat)
If your idea of a good time is
fine wine, tapas and conversation, head to Vivo. Match wines off an epic list with any of
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