In the site of the infamous late night dive bar, the Manly Boatshed, an Irish themed bar has opened. The Gopher, named after an Irish gang that allegedly roamed the streets of New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen, opened in May …
Tag: Drinking in Manly
Bower Lager – my first retirement unique
Yep – you’ve read it right. Your correspondent has retired. From a career in financial services anyway. I hope to sling a few beers at beer festivals and things like that, but as for the corporate life – done and …
The Manly Pavilion Precinct – it is a thing
So we’ve already got the Brookvale Arts District and whatever the name is for the Felons Complex (Felon’s World?) – and now we have the Manly Pavilion Precinct. The Espy has been around for awhile and the Manly Pavilion is …
The Felonisation of Manly Wharf continues
The takeover of Manly Wharf by the Artemus Group owned Felons Brewing has continued with Felons Seafood opening in the last couple of weeks in the old Bavarian Beer Cafe site. The makeover has been comprehensive with a totally new …
New bar and happy hour in Manly
In what seems a lifetime ago, my Fairlight home was notorious amongst my friends for extending its boundary by the judicious planting and maintenance of shrubs, ferns and garden beds. The ever-expanding Boathouse Group (with venues at Palmy, Balmoral, Shelley …
Yes Chicken and Cass Beer
Shop 1 46/48 East Esplanade is another Manly venue that has had its fair share of turnover in the last few years. Most recently it was the home of Manly’s smallest sports bar (and a Back of the Ferry favourite …
Wahlburgers Manly
36-38 South Steyne, Manly has been the address of a few high profile restaurants over the years. The strip between Starbucks on the Corso corner and Ben & Jerry’s on the Wentworth St corner is an eclectic and changing mix …
Goodbye 33 Degrees – Hello Taproom
In 2014, the New Brighton Hotel renamed its first floor bar 33 Degrees and went hard on craft beer for some time. Back in the day US, Norwegian and Danish craft beer could be found on their taps. And you …
Goodbye Keller Door, hello Block’s Bar
Quite fortuitously, Back of Ferry had the first beer at 4 Pines’ newest venue – Block’s Bar. Pommy_ch and this correspondent were enjoying a rare trip on the Side of a real Ferry, when an email came through announcing the …
Quakers Hat Brewing – Manly Vale’s first brewery
It is so good to be able to write about visiting a brewery again. Our first Friday night out in 110 days and we are able to coincide that with a visit to a new taproom. Dave and his sons …
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