Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.distillhealth.com.au
; 286 Rundle St; noon-2.30am Tue, Wed, Fri & Sun, 5pm-late Thu & Sat)
Super-sassy Rundle St bar with a tight dress code (to the nines) and a kickin' organic
cocktail list. Cheese boards and pizzas are available, but no-one here looks like they eat
anything with any regularity.
Pier One Bar
BAR
(
www.glenelgpier.com.au
;
18 Holdfast Promenade, Glenelg; noon-midnight Mon-Thu, noon-2am
Fri, 11am-2am Sat & Sun)
A cavernous mainstream sports bar with voyeuristic beach views
and fold-back windows for when the sea breeze drops. As many screens as staff (a lot of
each), and raucous Sunday sessions.
8
PINT OF COOPERS PLEASE!
Things can get confusing at the bar in Adelaide. Aside from 200ml (7oz) 'butchers'
− the choice of old men in dim, sticky-carpet pubs − there are three main beer
sizes: 285ml (10oz) 'schooners' (pots or middies elsewhere in Australia), 425ml
(15oz) 'pints' (schooners elsewhere) and 568ml (20oz) 'imperial pints' (traditional
English pints). Now, go forth and order with confidence!
Clubs
Online, check out
www.onion.com.au
.
Cover charges can be anything from free to $15,
depending on the night. Most clubs close Monday to Wednesday.
Zhivago
CLUB
(
www.zhivago.com.au
;
54 Currie St; 9pm-late Fri-Sun)
At the pick of the West End clubs
(there are quite a few of 'em − some are a bit moron-prone), Zhivago's DJs pump out
everything from reggae and dub to quality house. Popular with the 18 to 25 dawn patrol.
RedLove
CLUB
(
www.redlove.com.au
;
Level 1, 170 Pulteney St; 4pm-late Fri, 9pm-late Sat)
This cool upstairs
club used to be a pool hall (lots of elbow room). Spinning old-school RnB, funk and
house to a 25-to-35 kinda crowd (old enough to remember the '90s, young enough not to
have to hurry home to the babysitter).
