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Long-running cocktail dive on Crown Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. Late-night daiquiris, the toasted-sandwich menu after midnight, dark room, no fuss.
Signature drink: Daiquiri
Food: Toasties
Tio's Cerveceria is a bar in Surry Hills, Sydney.
Mexican spirits and beer bar on Foster Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. Modelo on tap, micheladas, tortas at midnight, a cult crowd of bartenders.
Food program: Mexican snacks
Address: 4-14 Foster Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010, Sydney
Long-running cocktail dive on Crown Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. Late-night daiquiris, the toasted-sandwich menu after midnight, dark room, no fuss.
Signature drink: Daiquiri
Food: Toasties
Whisky-bar in 1840s sandstone cellars on George Street, The Rocks, Sydney. Single-malt regional flights and an underground room with stone walls.
Signature drink: Whisky flight by region
Food: Snacks
Long-running cocktail dive on Crown Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. Late-night daiquiris, the toasted-sandwich menu after midnight, dark room, no fuss.
Signature drink: Daiquiri
Food: Toasties
House-soda cocktail bar on King Street, Sydney CBD. The team distil their own sodas in-house; the rosehip-and-pepper soda highball is the bar signature.
Signature drink: House-made cola highball
Food: Snacks
Rooftop hotel bar on Cumberland Street, The Rocks, Sydney. Wide-open harbour view to the Opera House, pub-grade lunch and pints from midday.
Signature drink: Beer with a harbour view
Food: Pub food
Seventh-floor rooftop bar on York Street, Sydney CBD. Mezcal-leaning cocktail program and a partly open-air courtyard above the city. Tue-Sun from 4pm.
Signature drink: Smoky margarita
Food: Mexican snacks
All-day restaurant-bar on Carrington Street, Sydney CBD. Italian small plates, oysters at the bar, the city's most reliable after-work spritz address.
Signature drink: Aperol spritz
Food: Pasta and small plates