Gaffe and blunder prone they may be, but local government in NSW has managed to notch up one success, liquour law reform that has facilitated the (much needed) emergence of small hole-in-the-wall bars in and around Sydney
Success is not a word used often by Sydneysiders to describe the efforts of local and state [...]

Times are booming in Sydney for professional PUAs (pick up artist) with some dating padawans prepared to fork out A$500 for an evening’s worth of instruction in the fine art of pick up artistry.
Twenty-year-old Jeff Martin (not his real name) wants to learn how to seduce women, as taught ”in the field” by Attract Women [...]

Timeout Magazine has published its list of Sydney’s best bars for 2009.
It was mildly amusing to see the Bentley Bar take out the gong for the best wine bar this year, given that it hasn’t always been a wine bar. Back in the day (the mid 1990s), the Bentley was a dimly lit dance music [...]

Not that Sydney gets especially cold during the winter months, at least in my opinion, but this selection of the “warmest and cosiest” bars and pubs in town will nevertheless warm the cockles of your heart.

A little help with mastering the art of a timely departure from a social situation.
Whether at a house party or at your favorite bar, a timely departure is a beautiful thing. Conversely, staying a bit too long can often end in disaster. We have put together a handy flowchart to help you master the execution [...]

Why is the music in many bars so loud that you can’t hear what the person next to you is saying? Because you go to bars to drink not talk, of course.
Because everyone is shouting, the bar becomes even noisier and soon people start to give up trying to communicate and focus on their drinking, [...]

This is something we don’t quite have enough of here in Sydney, ornate, ye olde, style pub signs, that are almost a work of art in themselves.

Uh oh.
This could re-inflame the old Sydney/Melbourne rivalry. As if it’s ever been… un-inflamed
This morning’s paper, the, haha, Sydney Morning Herald, features an article rejecting a “call” for more Melbourne style “hole in the wall” bars in Sydney…
According to John Thorpe, the NSW president of the Australian Hotels Association:
Melbourne – a land of skivvy-wearing, chardonnay-drinking [...]