LocalGuide
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Introduction
A local guide of businesses in the area for Lunch, Dinner and After Dinner activities.
This might be part of TheGuide, but it's probably more convenient if it's separate (or a lift-out section) - less to carry around when you're out and about.
All
- All venues listed need to be notified well in advance and closer to the dates of the conference
- Might be nice to list approximate distances from the conf venue
- Maps of the area with listed businesses/venues marked
- Maps may cost money (royalty fee) - check with map suppliers on usage
- Probably need maps of various scales to cover different ranges
- eg: Lunch/Snack stuff needs to be close, Dinner and After Dinner activities are further ranging
- Something to consider here might be The Age: either have it able to be picked up from the registration desk, or go around the colleges leaving it outside everyone's doors (or both). It's not tremendously high-cost (less than $1.20/person/day), but I think it's something to consider, again in the light of integrating into Melbourne as much as possible.
Lunch/Snacks
- Make sure it's achievable to get there, eat lunch/snack, and get back to the conf without killing yourself
Vegetarian Restaurants and Allergen specialists
- The Vegie Bar - 380 Brunswick St, Fitzroy (03) 9417-6935
- Shakahari Vegetarian Restaurant - 201-203 Faraday St, Carlton (03) 9347-3848
- Moroccan Soup Bar - 183 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North (03) 9482-4240
- Gopal's Vegetarian Restaurant - 139 Swanston St, Melbourne (03) 9650-1578
- The White Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant - 185 Victoria St, West Melbourne (03) 9326-6040
- Allergy Block - store specialising in allergy free products located close to Melbourne Uni. http://allergyblock.com.au/
- Mr Natural Vegetarian Pizza - cnr Brunswick St/Alexandra Pde (north side) - specialises in vegetarian/vegan pizzas
Halal/kosher/other SDR specialists
- Abla's, Elgin St, Carlton? Excellent Lebanese food, pretty sure it's halal.
- Unfortunately, most kosher seems to be centred around St Kilda/Caulfield, rather than the north side.
Dinner
- Remember that delegates will travel further than for Lunch/Snacks
- May tend to center around accomodation rather than conf venue
After Dinner activities
- Pubs and Bars
- Pubs/pool:
- Unimelb:
- UBar or whatever it's called now, upstairs, Union House: dirt cheap beer, pool, Daytona, outside tables
- PA's, cnr Grattan/Bouviere? between Swanston and Elizabeth: beer, pool tables, excellent food, outside tables
- Naughton's, cnr Royal Pde and Morrah St: ghetto as hell, but literally across the road from Trinity, pool tables, cheap beer, awful food, sticky carpet
- The Clyde, cnr Elgin/Cardigan: ghetto student haunt, cheap, long benches, beanbags
- Brunswick St:
- Royal Derby Hotel, cnr Alexandra Pde/Brunswick St: cheap beer, backpacker accom., pool tables, sports on projector, very comfy couches
- Laundry, Johnston St (near cnr. Nicholson St): decent beer, some couches, a pool table, foosball also, a club on weekends
- Red Triangle, Argyle St? upstairs, near cnr Johnston St/Brunswick St: no alcohol, ton of pool/snooker tables
- Cue Club, Brunswick St, near cnr Johnston St: beer, pool
- Carlton:
- Pugg Mahone's, cnr Elgin/Drummond: pseudo-Irish, Guiness, Kilkenny, some decent but expensive food, outside tables in the summer, horrendous cover band upstairs on weekends
- North Melbourne
- Town Hall Pub
- Courthouse Pub
- The Public Bar
- Unimelb:
- Bars:
- CBD:
- Kaleido Bar, cnr Elizabeth/Lt Lonsdale, upstairs: awesome new CBD bar, pretty laid-back, cocktails, beer, some music
- Workshop, cnr Elizabeth/A'Beckett, upstairs: Daniel's favourite, very laid-back, innovative outdoor smoking area, cocktails, beer, some music
- Transport, Fed Sq, upstairs: very spacious, bit of an A-list (or C-list-wishing-they-were-A-list) vibe though
- Trader Bar, Flinders Ln: price of drinks changes according to supply and demand, displayed on a scrolling stock ticker. Very cool.
- Croft Institute, this little alley somewhere: lots of beakers and random scientific equipment everywhere.
- Honkytonks, this little alley somewhere: vicious door staff (better be dressed well), expensive drinks, three levels, music.
- The place across the alley from Honkytonks: a perfectly acceptable substitute if you don't get in to Honkys.
- Loop, near the top of Lt Bourke: much cooler than you. Lots of new (often digital) art, and sometimes music structured around the art. Sometimes have film screenings.
- Brunswick St:
- First Floor, halfway up Brunswick St, upstairs: very relaxed, couches, usually some graff/stencils on the walls, cocktails and beer, awesome drinks
- The Bar With No Name, cnr Brunswick/Johnston: small, cosy, drinks
- Vertigo?: near cnr Brunswick/Johnston: laid-back hippy-ish crowd
- Smith St:
- The Bar Called Barry, near cnr Smith/Gertrude: rather big and spacious, cheapish drinks.
- North Melbourne
- Jawa Bar
- Prudence
- CBD:
- Cocktails:
- Brunswick St:
- Polly, Brunswick St, nearish Alexandra Pde: pimp as hell, red velvet everything, luscious cocktails at ~$16 a pop.
- Ginger, Brunswick St, just south of Johnston St: much cooler and 'edgier' than Polly; sensational cocktails at around $14 a pop.
- Errol St, Nth Melbourne
- Rrose, 'personal fave of the team-co-ordinator' cocktails av $15.
- Brunswick St:
- Pubs/pool:
- Clubs
- Consult Beat and other entertainment guides, plus locals
- CBD:
- Metro, top of Bourke St: pink polo shirts with the collars turned up and the women who love them.
- Colonial Hotel/Brown Alley, cnr Lonsdale/King: Ridiculously loud breaks and drum 'n bass on the weekends. Three rooms.
- Platform One, Flinders St (Banana Alley vaults): Random drum 'n bass, breaks, house, hip-hop, grime; room to sit down, good drinks.
- Icon, near cnr Bourke/Exhibition: it's one of the stops on the Party Bus, and I think that's about all I need to say.
- Spy Lounge, cnr King/Flinders: basically a Metro crowd. Very big place.
- Heat, Crown: apparently closing down? Not before time, either.
- Brunswick St:
- Laundry/First Floor turn into clubs on the weekend.
- Entertainment
- Cinema
- Midnight Cinema? / Moonlight Cinema
- Local Cinemas
- Kid friendly
- Zoo Twilights?
- Cinema
Partner / day activities
Things to do during the day, both walking distance and further away.
- Parks
- Zoo
- Shopping precincts
- CBD (mainly "how to get there and back")
Longer trips
- Penguin parade
- Puffing billy
- Yarra cruise down to Williamstown/St Kilda or so?
