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The slightly Bohemian atmosphere of Newtown is one of the first things visitors to the area notice. There really is a dizzying array of shops, café’s, pubs, restaurants, theatres, venues, all with a unique flavour, but also a familiarity that welcomes people from all over Sydney.

Located 4km southwest of the CBD, Newtown started out as a farming community at the beginning of the 19th century. The area was named after a grocery store owned by John and Eliza Webster in 1832. Their sign read ‘New Town Stores’, and the name has stuck ever since.

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Bars & Clubs

1. Madame Fling Flong

Level 1, 169 King Street
The Flong packs in Newtown locals and blow-ins into its teeny little room every night where vintage lampshades, cushy lounges and low-lying tables crammed in the middle ideal for curling up around. If youre without a seat, you may have to make nice and share tables, since the bar isnt made for propping yourself up against. Youll also want to bring along some cash since cards arent accepted. With most bottles around the $30–$40 mark, though, MFF promises to be light on your wallet. The list of...
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2. Courthouse Hotel

202 Australia Street
They do you a ripper steak Diane, they pour legendary schooners (the stout is especially good), and they’ve got one of the nicest courtyards in Sydney where you can lounge around on one of the big sturdy wooden benches or park yourself on the low garden wall where, against all odds and ciggie butts, tropical flowers and citrus plants bud and bloom. The jukebox, if you can get it to play, has an impressive range of Gunners and AC/DC among other legends of rock, and there’s an...
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3. The Marlborough Hotel

145 King St
The Marly, as its fondly known to locals and devotees, is best approached as the sort of place you start out a big night – or end one. On quieter days its good for a casual beer and a light meal, or a glance at the art for sale upstairs. Connoisseurs of the Martini, look elsewhere: its a pub, with pub-standard cocktails tailored for taste over serious drinking (still, theyre $10 apiece, so were not complaining too loudly). Two pool tables and a mod beer garden upstairs are part of recent...
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4. Enmore Bar

130 Enmore Rd

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5. Kuletos Bar

157 King St
If youve spent time aimless and penniless around the inner west, or just happen to enjoy a good bargain, chances are youll know about Kuletos (rhymes with stilletos). The good folks at this Newtown bar offer two for one cocktails 6–7.30pm Monday to Friday and until 7pm on Saturdays. The cocktail list is pretty limited (unless youre a fan of creamy or fruity drinks) but there are a few people on board who know what theyre doing and can make all the basics – Margaritas, Daiquiris, Cuba Libres –...
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6. ZanziBar

323 King St
Don’t go for the cocktails unless blender Daiquiries are a thing for you. Instead, stick to beer, find a pozzy on one of the three levels and claim some space....
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7. Coopers Hotel

221 King St
At street level in the Coopers you can feel a very Sydney cultural battle raging: it’s old-world pokie pub vs chic Newtown hangout. Here young people with interesting haircuts rub shoulders with old chaps clutching form guides. Hell, even the stereo is in conflict, with chilled beats accompanying race calls. Upstairs, the polished pine of the open-air bar and very good bistro allows the city’s remaining smokers to enjoy a puff with their schooner. The newly-fitted kitchen offers...
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8. Kellys on King

285 King St

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9. Kurrajong Hotel

106 Swanson St

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10. Union Hotel

576 King St
The Unions one of the few pubs in the area to have a beer garden. (Weird, huh? Youd think every pub in Sydney would be equipped with somewhere to enjoy our frequently beautiful weather.) The front bar is a large open space and is great in winter. Theres free pool on Tuesday nights and, on Sundays, a $10 roast....
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Cafes & Restaurants

1. Black Star Pastry

277 Australia St
The brainchild of Christopher Thé (former pastry chef at Woollahra fine diner Claudes), this brand spanking Newtown patisserie offers everything from macaroons to individual tartes Tatins and even a toast station where you can apply your own spreads. And its all made in the tiny little kitchen out the back of an even tinier shopfront. Right next door to Oscillate Wildly (who, incidentally, have recently lost chef Dan Puskas but gained Est. chef Karl Firla), Black Star Pastry...
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2. Oscillate Wildly

275 Australia St
This used to be the best value progressive dining in Sydney: a BYO with three incredible courses for just $55. But recently the menu was changed to an eight-course degustation and the price jacked to $95 which alters the dynamic and the hook markedly. The idea behind the change is, one presumes, to better showcase/show off the considerable talents of chef Dan Puskas. And there is no doubting that he has the culinary skills to more than justify the bigger bills. But those who loved the...
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3. The Bank Hotel

324 King St
If youre looking for a dingy dive bar in Newtown to hole up in with a few schooners, the Bank may not be for you. Since its makeover, the Bank has a fancy new interior, a better drinks list and a cleaner floor (a change that divides locals, who either love or hate their shiny new digs), but punters will find the vibe remains friendly, the service efficient and the bar food (courtesy of its subterranean restaurant Sumalee) authentically Thai-tinged. The crowd is a mixture of grungy locals,...
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4. Emmas on Liberty

59 Liberty St
As Lebanese as you’ll fi nd outside the Middle East and bung in the heartlands of the inner west. It’s the rose water Turkish delight we hold so dear, not to mention the cracker baba ganoush....
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5. The Vanguard

42 King St
The trusty Vanguard is an intimate live music venue and restaurant that has long played host to the greats of Australian and international music. Almost vaudeville décor dresses the New Orleans-styled venue, whose owners were inspired by the beautiful, lived in district of LA. Known widely as Sydneys house of jazz and blues, its friendly and unpretentious ambience has been on the radar of the Newtown set for a while. With Dinner and Show tickets starting at only $36, its hard to beat in charm...
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6. African Feeling

501 King St
A playfully decorated African restaurant that offers traditional dishes from all over the African continent....
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7. Guzman y Gomez

175 King St
It may look like little more than a fast food joint, but it aint so. This is the most authentic Mexican food in the city. Their corn chips are legendary and the D.F Steak & Onion burrito is the bomb....
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8. Pho 236

236 King St

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9. Campos Coffee

193 Missenden Rd
At Campos, a cramped corner of coffee-crazed Sydney, the baristas are as much a part of the action as the black magic elixirs that draw connoisseur crowds from all over Sydney. Three men in black - half man, half machine - move as one to background jazz, arms thrusting, wrists snapping, hands thwacking like trip hammers and torsos twisting with the effort of finding and grinding, tamping and clamping. "Speed, calm, passion, power," says owner Will Young, who founded Campos seven years back....
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Bars & Clubs

1. Madame Fling Flong

2. Courthouse Hotel

3. The Marlborough Hotel

4. Enmore Bar

5. Kuletos Bar

6. ZanziBar

7. Coopers Hotel

8. Kellys on King

9. Kurrajong Hotel

10. Union Hotel

Cafes & Restaurants

1. Black Star Pastry

2. Oscillate Wildly

3. The Bank Hotel

4. Emmas on Liberty

5. The Vanguard

6. African Feeling

7. Guzman y Gomez

8. Pho 236

9. Campos Coffee

Arts & Culture

1. Paul Weller

Kids & Family

1. Sydney Fringe Festival 2010

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