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Now Open: Trinket Bar
Written for Broadsheet Melbourne At three years old I was gifted a trinket box by an aunt. There were painted floral patterns on the outside of the wooden chest, a tiny ballerina danced on the inside. Beethoven’s Für Elise played slowly, then in real time after I’d turn the dial. At first, it held jewellery given to…
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A Tiny Cocktail Hideout, Behind a Prahran Cafe
Written for Broadsheet I get a familiar feeling when ordering a cocktail at a bar devoted to them. Scanning a lengthy drinks list, indecision sets in, and I freeze as the bartender waits for my choice. Promise Bar solves that issue. “[We didn’t want] a confusing cocktail menu,” owner Vaughan Marks says. “A lot of…
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An Ex-Barber Shop Filled With Curios Is St Kilda’s Newest Cocktail Bar
Written for Broadsheet St Kilda’s new cocktail bar, the Store Room, was originally one of barber Chris Dunkley’s Men + Co barber shops. After opening two years ago, a back of house area filled with mops and brooms soon became the after-work drinks area for Dunkley and his staff. As more and more barber shops…
Stephanie Vigilante 