september-2011

THIRST QUENCHER
THE NEW
BAR
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It’s Friday night in Melbourne and
the city is alive with energy and
anticipation. Packed trams rattle
down the main thoroughfares,
people disappear into restaurants
and down colourful art-covered
laneways, while fi ltering through the
city’s magnifi cent trees, comes the din
of laughter and conversation from a
roof-top bar somewhere above.
Melbourne, like all great cities, is a
constantly evolving mix of the tried and
true with the energetic and new, and
nowhere is this ever-evolving nature
more palatable than its array of bars
and restaurants.
Long-time TV and radio personality
Dylan Lewis is, like Melbourne, an
established, likeable and evolving
character. First beamed to our airwaves
in the mid-’90s as host of ABC’s popular
music youth show, Recovery, Lewis —
who now hosts afternoon radio on Nova
100 — takes us on a night out on the
town, Melbourne style.
First port of call is dinner, and Lewis
points knowingly to Mamasita’s, a
Mexican restaurant on Collins Street.
“This place is wonderful, it’s modern
Mexican and far from your average Taco
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Local Melbourne lad
Dylan Lewis shares his
favourite spots for a tipple
from the CBD to Northcote
WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY CORMAC HANRAHAN
Madame Brussels
makes for a
grand night out
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