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• • New Nightclubs Enter Town to Little Fanfare

    • 25 Feb 2024
    • Salient
    • It’s common conjecture at this point that Courtenay Place is either dead or dying. Every few months, Stuff or the Post drags the corpse out to beat it around further. Frequently accused suspects in this murder include freshers, the pandemic, and (perhaps more accurately) price gouging by the small group of businesses that own most of the clubs.
    • Accepted from Salient 2024 31 months ago by tonytw1
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    Courtenay Place, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Wellington beer guide 2023

    • 26 Jan 2023
    • Capital Magazine
    • Quench your thirst with our free, pint-sized beer guide, showcasing the best spots to sip on something good. The post Wellington beer guide 2023 appeared first on Capital Magazine.
    • Accepted from Capital Magazine 44 months ago by tonytw1
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    Lanterns of the Cross

    • 25 Jan 2012
    • Eye of the Fish
    • A short, sharp, sweet and sour chilli post: aren’t the new Lanterns at the Southern Cross garden bar great? Love ‘em ! Thanks for the pix Bambi – and thanks to the Southern Cross Bar for being so awesome. Whoever the architect is, deserves a medal I tell ya ! Gung Hai Fat Choy ! [...]
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 176 months ago
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• • Our Brand New Name!

    • 28 Jul 2011
    • Downstage Theatre
    • No - we haven't changed the name of the theatre! Our first floor bar has had a makeover thanks to Massey University design student Brit O’Hara and mentor Debra DeLorenzo, with help of generous donations from our supporters, and funds raised from last year's Flourish scarf auction. After much thought, discussion and suggestions it has been officially christened: The ½.
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    Downstage Theatre, Cambridge Terrace, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
  
  

• • Social Barfly

    • 21 Sep 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • The Masked Barfly has been busy in the last little while soaking up the scene and hanging around the hors d'oeuvres in our buzzy little town.  As could be expected the Masked Barfly favours fecund environs where one can imbibe a good compost of booze, blood and guts, gossip and culture.    Some bullets of buzz: read more
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    Leaving a paper trail

    • 14 May 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • We've raved about Monterey Bar before, but just quickly, we want to point you to their blog on which they display the best of the artworks drawn on their paper-covered tables. You have to wonder about what was going on when this divorce settlement was written, or what exactly is wrong with these tights - but I could tell you the backstory to Senor Handsome if you ask nicely. 
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• • Review: Lagerfield

    • 3 May 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Last year, for the second time in a row, Team Wellingtonista won the Webstock Pub Quiz (we intend to win it this year too, by the way). Our prize was a $300 tab for Lagerfield at 21 Blair Street. Having been there late at night when it was full of munters, I was not overwhelmed with enthusiasm, but as it turns out, it was a lovely experience.
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• • Bars to spend summer in

    • 29 Dec 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • This is the extended version of today's piece in the summer section of the Dominion Post.read more
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    the 12 Pubs of Christmas

    • 15 Dec 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • People say, sometimes with even a hint of concern in their voices, that we at the Wellingtonista are overly concerned with drinking.
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    Mixing it up at the Havana Club Cocktail Grand Prix

    • 9 Dec 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Those of you who follow us on Twitter might have noticed a reoccuring hash tag yesterday of “cockchamp”.
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• • New Bars and Cafes keep on Coming

    • 25 Nov 2009
    • Texture
    • “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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• • West Hollywood lounge experience

    • 10 Nov 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Today's Dom Post reports that the Loaded Hog will, intriguingly, be redeveloped into a "west Hollywood lounge experience".
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• • What's the story, old sport?

    • 26 Oct 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • While buzzing around Courtenay Place recently, I noticed that the Sports Café was closed for renovations.
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• • The Library - 03 October, Level 1, 53 Courtenay Place

    • 11 Oct 2009
    • Texture
    • 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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    53 Courtenay Place, Wellington
  
  

• • Betty's - 3 October, 32 Blair Street

    • 11 Oct 2009
    • Texture
    • 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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    32 Blair Street, Wellington
  
  

• • Eating our way through the recession

    • 5 Oct 2009
    • Remember a few months ago, when doom and gloom dominated the hospo news? Well, there certainly have been a lot of closures in central Wellington, but many of those places have re-opened, and we've even got a few brand-new bars and restaurants to celebrate.
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    Yet another mystery bar

    • 15 Dec 2008
    • The Wellingtonista
    • I've never been afraid of eclecticism. A dash of Kiwiana and a touch of faded grandeur can go down a treat if served with a generous slug of hipster irony (see Mighty Mighty). A grab-bag of Nana kitsch can turn into something resembling conceptual art if it's assembled with wit and flair (see Auckland's Northern Steamship Company). But sometimes it all goes horribly wrong. I know! Let's grab some
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• • A designer walks into a bar...

    • 16 Oct 2008
    • Texture
    • 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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    Completely unpretentious and apolitical mystery bar

    • 10 Oct 2008
    • The Wellingtonista
    • As a fly, I obviously have some distasteful habits, and I am sometimes accused of buzzing too close to pretension or political bias. Well, I'm hardly going to change the habits of a lifetime, but just this once here's a mystery bar without a hint of pretension.
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• • 2008 NZ Bar Award winners announced - Matterhorn wins! Again!!!

    • 8 Aug 2008
    • Texture
    • For the third year in a row, Wellington’s Matterhorn has been named bar of the year at the 2008 New Zealand bar awards. It has fought off fierce competition from the likes of Auckland and Christchurch (Mainly Auckland), to claim top prize at the awards ceremony held on Wednesday evening, in the ballroom of Auckland’s Hilton hotel.
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    106 Cuba Street, Wellington
  
  

• • Here come the 2008 NZ Bar Awards!

    • 11 Jul 2008
    • Texture
    • 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

    • 4 Jul 2008
    • Texture
    • 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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• • Local bar: Ageists

    • 19 Mar 2008
    • The Wellingtonista
    • I'm appalled to discover that local Wellington sports establishment the 'Big Kumara', home of more giant TVs than your local Harvey Norman, is willing to ban a willing drinker because he's "too old".
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• • New Sponsor Bar!

    • 29 Jan 2008
    • St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
    • SMOG is really pleased to announce a new sponsor bar for the 2008 season – Hope Bros on Dixon Street.
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• • Bar wars

    • 24 Aug 2006
    • WellUrban
    • The Capital Times has begun its 2006 Best of Wellington survey (not online), inviting readers to vote for their favourite things under dozens of categories. However, one category is glaringly absent: best bar. They have best barman, barmaid, music venue and nightclub, but no bar (or best Martini, for that matter).
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• • Mermaid sex bar to outstrip bylaw

    • 15 May 2001
    • Mermaids strip bar will open in Courtenay Pl in the next fortnight, well before Wellington City Council can pass a bylaw to stop it.
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