52 King Street, Sydney Reviewers: Burger Bot, Joe Blogs Review time: Friday lunch
"CBD Hotel. City Burger Diner?"
Big arse 5-floor building in the CBD presents Merivale-run pub, CBD Hotel. It's located, you guessed it, in the CBD, and caters for all your corporate bar, bistro and function needs.
387 King Street, Netown Reviewers, Burger Bot, Joe Blogs, Southy, Macca, FOIL LOG! Time of review: Arvo beers, evening beers
"Stay tuned"
The Newtown Social Club is a new kid in town and takes form in the site which was once the 'Sando' (Sandringham Hotel) on King Street. The sunbaked, cracked and flakey terracotta-salmony coloured exterior is much the same but the inside is completely different. We have a look at the Newtown pub that comes from the team behind Melbourne's Northcote Social Club.
366 Darling Street, Balmain cnr Darling and Montague st Reviewers: Miller & Blogs Time: Friday night
"Frown Hall"
The final stop of this evening's little Balmain pub crawl, The Town Hall Hotel, is a bit of a fizza. The 1879-established pub may have been "favoured by the locals for some 130 years", according to their website, maybe even a happening place 5-10 years ago, but the impression we got was that right now this place is a dried up soul-sucking dead waste land. Too harsh? Read on.
89 Beattie Street, Balmain cnr Beattie & Mullens St Reviewers: Miller & Blogs Time: Friday night
"Dark Dicks"
With many pubs to choose from in Balmain, what makes Dick's stand out? The reason we dropped our dicks in was for its proximity to mini pub crawl starter, Exchange, in that it is right across the road. Two pubs on one roundabout. Which one gets the bigger knob? I mean, nod. Sydney Pube List speaks below...
Cnr Beattie & Mullens Streets 94 Beattie Street, Balmain Reviewers: C J Miller & Joe Blogs Time: Friday night
"Exchange bow tie compliments with the staff"
In an effort to drink away the memories of a job he'd quit and finished up that day, Sydney Pub List member, Mr Miller, kicks off a mini Balmain pub crawl at the Exchange Hotel.
