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    • New Bars and Cafes keep on Coming
      • “Because you can’t, you won’t, and you don’t stop” is the immortal opening line from a Beastie Boy’s song. It also happens to be the best way to sum up Wellington’s fast-growing bar scene of recent times.
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    • The Library - 03 October, Level 1, 53 Courtenay Place
      • God I used to love Cabaret. It was an impressive cocktail bar-slash-music venue that really complimented its neighbouring establishments of Chow and Motel. 2009 brings something different, with the library stepping into Cabaret’s luxurious bar space. My first thought when hearing about the new venue was “what’s with the name?” but in the face of such handsomely titled places as “El Horno” and “Sports Cafe” I was willing to give The Library a pass on this one.
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    • Betty's - 3 October, 32 Blair Street
      • There seemed to be a big ol’ hype machine at work before Betty’s even opened to the public. I guess this could be expected, mostly due to the fact that new bars have been a little thin on the ground in recent times (but boy has that changed, with more rumoured to be on the way for summer).
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    • A designer walks into a bar...
      • Poor Auckland. Even though there are way more bars there than in Wellington, we just keep beating them in the bar awards. This year the Matterhorn won Best Casual Dining - Metropolitan, at the Cuisine NZ Restaurant of the Year 2008 Awards as well as the NZ Bar of the Year Award for the third year in a row. At the same awards, Matterhorn's Ricki Carter was named New Zealand's top bar manager of the year, Motel as the cocktail bar of the year and it was revealed that the Mighty Mighty offers the best music in New Zealand. But wait there's more. The latest accolades for Wellington bars come from the New Zealand BeST Design Awards, where once again, Wellington dominated. Three major awards were won in the hospitality design section by some of Wellington's finest nightspots at the Awards Ceremony held in Auckland last Saturday. Good Luck Bar received a Gold Award, Matterhorn a Silver Award and Mighty Mighty picked up a Bronze Award, all thanks to Alastair Cox, the designer of all three winning interiors. The BeST Design Awards are a national award programme of the Designers Institute of New Zealand, recognising New Zealand's best graphic, product and spatial design. -Stacey
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    • Here come the 2008 NZ Bar Awards!
      • The premier bars throughout Aotearoa are about to do battle for top honours at the 2008 New Zealand Bar Awards. The final will be held on Wednesday 6th of August at Auckland’s Hilton Hotel. Last year Matterhorn took out the award for best bar, and they are again favourites to take out number one spot in a bid for national domination of NZ's burgeoning bar scene. In fact, Wellington establishments have a strong representation across many of the categories, not to mention a ton of Wellingtonians putting up their hand for bartender of the year as well.
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    • Duke Carvell's - A new, cosy and tucked away bar
      • It's easy to get a bit tired of going to the same old bars in the 'grid' of central Wellington. You know, sometimes you just want to have a quiet drink where you won't bump into everyone you know. Times like that, you need somewhere that's tucked away and a bit intimate. For this, Duke Carvell's, the new bar on Swan Lane where Imbibe used to be, is the ideal joint to visit.
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