Australia 17 - Adelaide & South Australia (Chapter)

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Adel Aide & South Au

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ADELAIDE

Adel Aide & South Au

Str Ali A

DRINKING

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Adel Aide & South Au

Str Ali A

ADELAIDE

noon-midnight Sat,  noon-9pm Sun; W) A hid-
den gem under the flight path in industrial
Thebarton, with an artsy crowd of students,
jazz musos, lesbians, punks and rockers.
Tidy beer garden, live music, open fires and
rumours of a new kitchen opening soon.
Great beer list.


Cork ̈Wine ̈Cafe ̈ WINEBAR
(Map  p718;  www �facebook�com/corkwinecafe; 61a
Gouger St; h4pm-midnight Mon-Thu, 3pm-1am
Fri  & Sat,  4pm-10pm Sun; W) A down-sized
Frenchie hole-in-the-wall wine bar, unex-
pected among the fluoro-lit Chinese res-
taurants along this stretch of Gouger St.
Well-worn floorboards, bentwood chairs,
absinthe posters...perfect for a quick vino
before dinner (see fluoro-lit Chinese restau-
rants, above).


Udaberri ̈ BAR
(Map  p718;  www �udaberri�com �au;  11-13  Leigh  St;
h4pm-late Tue-Thu, 3pm-late Fri,  6pm-late Sat)
Taking a leaf out of the Melbourne book
on laneway boozing, Udaberri is a little
hole-in-the-wall bar on compact Leigh St,
serving Spanish wines by the glass, a few
good beers on tap and pintxos (Basque bar
snacks) like oysters, cheeses, jamon and
tortillas. Why aren’t there more bars like
this in Adelaide?


Casablabla ̈ BAR
(Map  p718;  www �casablabla�com;  12  Leigh  St;
h4pm-lateTue-Fri,6pm-lateSat) Billing itself as
a ‘multicultural tapas lounge bar’, Casablab-
la covers a lot of bases but does it well. The
atmosphere is eclectic: exotic art (a bit of
Morocco, a bit of Bali, a bit of Brazil), hook-
ah pipes, fish tanks, burnt-orange walls...
Sip cocktails in the middle of it all and tune
in to reggae, funk, soul and jazz.


Belgian ̈Beer ̈Café ̈ THEMEBAR
(Map p718; www �oostende�com �au; 27-29Ebenezer
Pl; h11am-midnightSun-Thu,11am-2amFri &Sat)
There’s shiny brass, sexy staff, much pre-
sluicing of glasses and somewhere upwards
of 26 imported Belgian superbrews (we lost
count...). Order some moules-frites to go
with your weiss beer. Off Rundle St.


Apothecary ̈1878 ̈ WINEBAR
(Map  p718;  www �theapothecary1878�com �au;  118
Hindley St; h5pm-late Tue-Sat) Classy coffee
and wine at this gorgeous chemist-turned-
bar. Medicine cabinets, bentwood chairs and
Parisian marble-topped tables. Perfect first-
date territory.


Colonist ̈ PUB
(Map  p732;  www �colonist�com �au;  44  The  Parade,
Norwood;h9am-late) Funky countercultural
boozing on Norwood’s otherwise main-
stream Parade. Wonderfully well-worn, and
bedecked in Gustav Klimt–style murals.
Packed after Norwood FC (Aussie Rules
football) games empty out from the ground
across the road.

Universal ̈Wine ̈Bar ̈ WINEBAR
(Map p718; www �universalwinebar�com �au; 285 Run-
dle St; hnoon-late) A snappy crowd clocks in
to this stalwart bar to select from 400-plus
South Australian and international wines,
and a menu (mains $19 to $36) packed with
SA produce. ‘The scene is very Italian’, says
the barman.

Daniel ̈O’Connell ̈ PUB
(Map p728; www �danieloconnell�com �au; 165 Tynte St, 
NorthAdelaide;h11am-midnight) An 1881 Irish
pub without a whiff of kitsch Celtic cash-in:
just great Guinness, open fires, acoustic mu-
sic and a house-sized pepper tree in the beer
garden (166 years old and counting).

Distill ̈ COCKTAILBAR
(Map p718; www �distillhealth�com �au; 286 RundleSt;
hnoon-2�30amTue, Wed, Fri &Sun, 5pm-lateThu &
Sat) Super-sassy Rundle St bar with a tight
dress code (to the nines) and a kickin’ or-
ganic cocktail list. Cheese boards and pizzas
are available, but no-one here looks like they
eat anything with any regularity.

Pier ̈One ̈Bar ̈ BAR
(Map  p732;  www �glenelgpier�com �au;  18  Holdfast
Promenade, Glenelg;hnoon-midnight Mon-Thu,
noon-2am Fri,  11am-2am Sat  & Sun) A cavern-
ous mainstream sports bar with voyeuris-
tic beach views and fold-back windows for
when the sea breeze drops. As many screens
as staff (a lot of each), and raucous Sunday
sessions.

PINT ̈OF ̈
COOPERS ̈PLEASE!

Things can get confusing at the bar
in Adelaide. Aside from 200ml (7oz)
‘butchers’ − the choice of old men in
dim, sticky-carpet pubs − there are three
main beer sizes: 285ml (10oz) ‘schoon-
ers’ (pots or middies elsewhere in Aus-
tralia), 425ml (15oz) ‘pints’ (schooners
elsewhere) and 568ml (20oz) ‘imperial
pints’ (traditional English pints). Now, go
forth and order with confidence!
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