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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.
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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 34 months ago by tonytw1
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• • A couple of new(ish) bars

    • 19 Jan 2021
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Hey, remember when we used to be on top of all the openings and closings in town and filled with reviews? Yeah me neither.
    • Accepted from Wellingtonista Blog Feed 58 months ago by feedreader
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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 166 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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• • 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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• • 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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• • 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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• • 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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