Canvas Club: 16B Logan Rd, Woolloongabba, QLD (07) 3891 2111 or www.canvasclub.com.au It seems Brisbane finds a new pocket of territory to forge a hot spot every few weeks. Canvas Club is one of the first to come together in Woolloongabba under Brisbane City Council’s new small bar license. Forging on from her amazing work
Steer Bar & Grill: The Olsen Hotel, 637-641 Chapel St, South Yarra VIC (03) 9040 1188 or www.steerbarandgrill.com.au Photo: Shannon McGrath Steer Bar & Grill has a lot of ’art. Well, really it must. You can’t fly under the banner of an Art Series Hotel dedicated to the one of the finest of Australia’s fine
Tait: www.tait.biz (03) 9416 0909 or info@tait.biz New Zealander Alastair Keating designed the Good One range of stools and matching tables. The stools are available in three heights, a stackable 450 and a 650 and 750mm with footrests. And the Good One tables are available in dining, bar and coffee table heights and in an
The Millswyn: 131-133 Domain Road, South Yarra VIC (03) 9866 5627 or www.themillswyn.com.au Octogenarian Paul Lynch left some big shoes to fill, especially for 21-year- old Davis Yu — the son of property developer David Yu, and once Olympic slalom hopeful. Lynch’s, his South Yarra restaurant on the fringe of the Botanical, was an institution.
New Shanghai: Lower Ground Level, Chatswood Chase, Chatswood NSW (02) 9412 3358 New Shanghai isn’t exactly new, John Chen’s parents built up the New Shanghai brand in Sydney’s Chinatown before expanding to Ashfield and Lemon Grove shopping centre in Chatswood. Now that their son has taken over, with MBA in hand, it’s been an era
Jorg: 203 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North VIC (03) 9482 3002 or www.jorgrestaurant.com.au Photography: Josh Wayn It seems all fine dining chefs want to do nowadays is strip off those pristine white tablecloths and uncover their darker, more ‘casual’ side. And who can blame them? After years of 14-hour days slaving over a hot stove
Dee Why Hotel: 834 Pittwater Road, Dee Why, NSW (02) 9982 1797 or www.deewhyhotel.com.au Photography: Shannon Mcgrath The Dee Why Hotel was famous as a beachside rock ‘n’ roll stopover for a lot of classic Australian and touring international rock acts that rolled through town. But recent plans for the surrounding area meant the old
Colonial Hotel: 156 Victoria Rd, Werrington NSW (02) 9623 1384 or www.vlandisgroup.com.au The Vlandis Group is rounding up its cattle and re-‘branding it’. Last time we checked in, Vlandis had overhauled The Three Swallows in Bankstown and now it’s the Colonial Hotel’s turn. Bergstrom Architects took care of the transformation. Being way out West (of
The Shore Club: 36-38 South Steyne, Manly (02) 9977 6322 or www.shoreclub.com.au Weathering the elements had nothing to do with the state of The Shore Club in Manly when owner Alex Said and licensee Michael Raft got to it. The three-year-old venue looked a decade old purely because it was so busy. In under a
Audio Products Group: 1300 134 400 or www.audioproducts.com.au The Denon DN-SC2000 Controller is an affordable, compact, professional-grade, solid steel MIDI controller for laptop DJs. At just $499, it gives a professional interface for mixing and controlling DJ sets, optimised for use with Traktor Pro. Features include a 105mm touch-sensitive jog wheel, 100mm pitch slider with