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Berlin Bar
With an ultracool design recalling the Black Forest, and Jo'burg's most tortured artists lounging on its retro furniture, this was definitely Melville's hippest hangout when we swung through town.
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Carfax
This roomy industrial space is one of the hottest club tickets in town, with weekend DJs and a music scene that has something for everyone. It's big, loud and a whole lotta fun. Carfax is worth a visit for the artwork alone.
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Cool Runnings
Reggae is a perennial favourite in Jo'burg, so it is no surprise that this franchise of Jamaican-style bars is popular. A relaxed atmosphere, thumping bass-lines and late, lively nights are a sure thing.
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English Pub
Offering plenty of rough-and-tumble action and an English pub-style ambience, this is a good spot on the weekends for determined drinking and lively banter.
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Guildhall Bar & Restaurant
A great place to soak up some history while stoking the fires with a pint or two of lager. There's an upstairs terrace for city-centre people-watching and food available.
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Horror Café
The neon-green décor is indeed a horror, but big crowds, and its proximity to the SAB World of Beer, ensure that this venue is never short of action. It's reggae on Thursdays, while Saturday is gay and lesbian night.
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Laboratory
Also known as The Lab, Laboratory is an offshoot of the Market Theatre that acts as a showcase for community talent. The Lab presents innovative indigenous theatre by young writers, directors and actors. Show times vary, but if you want to sample some local talent head to the free shows every Saturday at .
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Market Theatre
A visit to the Market Theatre complex is a worthwhile way to immerse yourself in some South African culture. It's Johannesburg's most important venue for live theatre, and has been at the forefront of non-racial theatre since 1974. The complex has three theatres, a restaurant and bar and an art gallery.
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Mo Café
This camp, retro-style affair offers beautiful people, stacks of irony and lashings of orange décor. Fashionable facial hair is a must. There's a full food menu for late-night munchies.
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Ratz Bar
This cosy place has rats daubed on the walls rather than running across the floors and is only for over-24s. Try one of its tasty and well-priced cocktails (around R18 ).
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Roxy's
This clubbing stalwart is one of the oldest and best-known venues in Jo'burg for pop and hard rock on the weekends. It's the local clubbing multiplex, in fact, with multiple bars and dancefloors that fill up with a younger crowd of mostly university students. During the week, nights vary from comedy to theme parties to karaoke.
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Six
They haven't pulled out many stops decorating this place - the generous might call it 'industrial chic' - but it stays open later than most during the week, there are some decent cocktails on show, and punters come for the vibrant, unpretentious atmosphere.
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Sundeck Bar
Popular with pathological people-watchers, the upstairs terrace bar at this place is the perfect spot to sip a cocktail and watch Norwood slowly drift by.
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The Red Room
The Red Room's sole focus is music. Every Saturday night The Red Room wakes up when the dance set arrive and do their thing, shaking it to new and old alternative favourites like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Billy Idol, Marilyn Manson, Wolfmother and Nine Inch Nails.
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Tokyo Star
Anime chic and loads of plastic characterise this trendy, noisy Tokyo-style bar where young people nightly learn the rules of seduction and break the laws of attraction. Asian snacks such as tempura (around R22 ) are served.
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Trance Sky
The pun itself deserves a few brownie points, but the whirly decor and trance-style tunes set the pace at this lively, late-night restaurant-cum-club. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays draw the crowds, packing the dancefloor to its seams.
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