Newtown & the Inner West
Swinging Earl's serves craft beers and killer cocktails to the Newtown hip-erati. It's hidden behind the down-at-heel facade of the Betta Meats butcher's…
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Newtown & the Inner West
This distillery has made quite an impact with its excellent gins – where better to try them than the place itself? The bar is appropriately industrial…
Newtown & the Inner West
Quite a way down Glebe Point Rd is an excellent independent bottle shop; turn right to find the convivial wine bar it runs downstairs. Staff will happily…
Newtown & the Inner West
Conviviality is assured in this craft brewery bar, where the beer, found on taps all over Sydney, is as fresh as you'll get. Basically, they've filled a…
Newtown & the Inner West
In groovy Erskineville village, this breezy little corner bar lures the neighbourhood's hipsters with food, cocktails (try the Full Scottish Breakfast…
Newtown & the Inner West
The Erko's art-deco glory is something to behold, and it also happens to be one of the area's best pubs. The wood-lined beer garden, local characters,…
Newtown & the Inner West
Somehow or other this teeny bohemian cafe squeezes in live music, spoken word, life drawing (7pm Thursday, $25) and eclectic events – witchcraft salon…
Newtown & the Inner West
Offering something for everyone, this excellent neighbourhood pub sums up the modern Inner West vibe. Sip craft ale in various indoor spaces, watch…
Newtown & the Inner West
A block back from the King St fray, the 150-year-old Courthouse is one of Newtown's best pubs, the kind of place where everyone from goth lesbians to…
Newtown & the Inner West
Redfern shelters a cluster of offbeat hangouts for misfits, creatives, queers and subcultural scallywags, and the Tit is one of the best. A sexy, super…
Newtown & the Inner West
With a friendly, 30-plus local crowd, this is an excellent bar with street-side seating, local live music and a relaxing backyard area if you don't fancy…
Newtown & the Inner West
The art deco Imperial is legendary as the starting point for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. This old, late-opening LGBTIQ+ favourite…
Newtown & the Inner West
This historic corner pub has had a smart makeover and is all exposed brick and hanging garden these days, but the place still has plenty of old-time charm…
Newtown & the Inner West
You know you're in Alexandria when you're sitting in the middle of an industrial estate, staring at a tall corrugated metal wall, but there are plants and…
Newtown & the Inner West
This late opener is famous for its Wednesdays with Birdcage, one of Sydney's key lesbian nights. Over the weekend it features live music and DJs taking up…
Newtown & the Inner West
Band posters and paper lanterns decorate the black walls of this groovy little bar. Expect mellow bluesy/country/rocky sounds and cocktails based around…
Newtown & the Inner West
The latest from the team behind Earl's Juke Joint, this is another nondescript facade that opens into a fantasy world you wouldn’t guess from the street…
Newtown & the Inner West
The Bank didn't always sport the artful heritage-wood look that it has now, but it has consistently been a Newtown classic in its central railway-side…
Newtown & the Inner West
A curious semi-underground layout, offbeat decor and an appealingly louche ambience have put this spot firmly on many Inner Westies' favourites list. DJs…
Newtown & the Inner West
What Chippendale does best is a real feeling of neighbourhood despite its proximity to central Sydney. This backstreet pub takes food and drink seriously…
Newtown & the Inner West
There's something rather magical about the baroque, Italianate courtyard out the back of this pub, a great venue on a sunny afternoon or for candlelit…
Newtown & the Inner West
Hidden away by the bulk of the Broadway shopping centre, this small microbrewery has hanging tankards and the industrial paraphernalia of kettle, mash tun…
Newtown & the Inner West
Right on the most pleasant stretch of Norton Street, surrounded by Mediterranean restaurants, this handsome old pub has a fairly uninspiring (but late…
Newtown & the Inner West
One of many great old art-deco pubs in Newtown, the Marly has a front sports bar with live bands on weekends and a shady beer garden. Head upstairs for a…
Newtown & the Inner West
At heart the Friend in Hand is still a working-class pub with a resident loud-mouth cockatoo and a cast of grizzly old-timers and local characters…
Newtown & the Inner West
The name exaggerates this bar's skinniness, but not by much. Downstairs the bartenders serve old-fashioned cocktails and some zingy, fruity ones – the…
Newtown & the Inner West
Fancy a place where you can sip on a craft beer while your kids play safely and make lots of local friends? This is it. A former bowling club (though you…
Newtown & the Inner West
Once one of Sydney's most famous gay pubs, this is now a two-level forum for craft beer – there's a huge range of the stuff – and reliable food. The beer…
Newtown & the Inner West
Wedged into a typically narrow Glebe terrace house, this livens up the local scene with craft beer, wines, cocktails, events and cosy, almost…
Newtown & the Inner West
This cute cafe-bar has an attractive front bar, with a long, curved wooden counter offset by cheery murals of Australian fauna. Watch them kneading bread…
Newtown & the Inner West
A facelift for the former Ancient Briton has seen it become big on craft beer. The front bar is still fairly traditional, but now there's also a cute…
