As new venues open, many beloved bars and pubs have closed down around Melbourne over recent years.
Which closed-down venue do you find you wistfully miss the most in Melbourne?
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As new venues open, many beloved bars and pubs have closed down around Melbourne over recent years.
Which closed-down venue do you find you wistfully miss the most in Melbourne?
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The Tote.
The Punters Club.
Stylus!
The Albion (Lygon St Carlton)
The Roxy South Melbourne dark, sticky floors,Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday, full to the brim with people ,live music, fantastic.
The Tote.
The Duke of Windsor
The circuit.
Honky tonks
Punters Club
Earls Court/The Venue.
Upper Esplanade St. Kilda
The Old Greek Theatre, Richmond
Honky tonks!!!!
Southern Cross Hotel, South Melbourne. I used to live there with my family. Unfortunatley it’s now turned into a Kittens…
St Jerome’s!
Without a doubt St Jeromes! It was an institution.
I spat laughed at the suggestions of Stylus. What about Jooce and Twister?
The Punters Club for sure. The Melbourne live music scene hasn’t been the same since.
Naughton’s/Naughtos – a Melbourne Uni/Parkville/Trinity institution!
The Arthouse
Lanmbsgo Bar
Punters Club
The Loaded Dog – can’t believe no one else has suggested it. Does anyone else remember it?
Fidels Cigar Bar in the Crown Complex…loved it!
Unfortunately, La La Land, Hardware lane. It burnt down.
Bohemia Cafe, Nth Fitzroy, burnt down in 92. So sad
The arthouse and OneBar moonee Ponds
The Punters
The Continental, The loaded Dog, The Bullring, Melb aint what it used to be!
The Punters Club. Surely it wins doesn’t it?
ET’s! (Edwrads Tavern) Circa ’93-’95
The old cape lounge, not the one on the corner of Brunswick and Johnston. I thinks it’s a cafe now…
The Prince of Wales (aka Jimmy Rowes) in Ascot Vale
punters club easy
The Black Prince – chapel st
Bar None in Camberwell. It burnt down :(
The Glasshouse
THE PUBLIC BAR! Just closed down a week or two ago. $4 jugs no longer.
I’ll put a vote in for the Stockade – Carlton.
Bloody Apartments now
Played my first gig there. Always have a soft spot for it.
This guy seems to have a good view of it
http://music.ianbland.com.au/track/last-drinks
Punters Club
The Royal Hotel, Footscray :(
The original cape lounge, Brunswick st (upstairs)
Cant believe no ones mentioned the Prince Pat in Collingwood
The tunnel nightclub , the metro free beer between 8 and 10 and yes Hoover it had everything pool tables piano bar live bands and a dance floor
The Punters Club, but I can’t help but look back with fond underage memories of Checkpoint Charlie.