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(
www.cafecuba.co.nz
; cnr George & Cuba Sts; brunch $9-26, dinner $26-31; 7am-10pm Sun-Tue,
to late Wed-Sat; )
Need a sugar shot? Proceed to day-turns-to-night Café Cuba - the
cakes here are for professional chocoholics only. Supreme coffees and cafe fare (risottos,
salads, curries, corn fritters) also draw the crowds. The kumara cakes with avocado,
sweet chilli and cream are magic. Live music Friday nights.
Halikarnas
TURKISH $$$
( 06-357 5777;
www.halikarnas.co.nz
;
15 Fitzherbert Ave; mains $18-25; noon-2pm Tue-Fri,
5pm-late daily)
Angling for an Ali-Baba-and-the-Forty-Thieves vibe, with magic carpets,
brass hookahs and funky trans-Bosphorus beats, Halikarnas plates up generous Turkish
delights, from lamb shish kebabs to felafels and kick-arse Turkish coffee. Takeaway ke-
babs next door.
Drinking & Nightlife
Fish
COCKTAIL BAR
(Regent Arcade; 4-11pm Wed, to 1am Thu, to 3am Fri & Sat)
A progressive, stylish, Pacific-
ally hewn cocktail bar, the Fish has got its finger firmly on the Palmy pulse. DJs smooth
over your problems on Thursday and Friday nights as a sexy, urbane crew sips Manhat-
tans and Tamarillo Mules (yes, they kick).
Brewer's Apprentice
PUB
(
www.brewersapprentice.co.nz
;
334 Church St; 4pm-late Mon-Wed, from 11am Thu-Sun)
What
was once a grungy student pub is now a slick Monteith's-sponsored bar. Business crowds
flock for meals (brunch and lunch $8 to $18, dinner $23 to $29), and drinkers over 25 fill
the beer terrace after dark. Live music Friday nights. You have been warned: 'No untidy
shoes.'
Celtic Inn
IRISH PUB
(
www.celticinn.co.nz
;
Regent Arcade; 11am-late Mon-Sat, 4pm-11am Sun)
The Celtic expertly
offsets the Fish bar nearby with good old-fashioned pub stuff, labourers, travellers and
