the people are nice and the bar was pretty chic, it wasn't outrageously expensive, and it was relatively chilled. outdoor in the alley was nice and plenty of room. overall a nice place. i will definitely go there again. we had some beer, some food and relaxed before we headed off to punch lane for some nice wine.
on our way we tried to get to croft institute, but were scared off my the $10 door charge. we were doing so well with some nice graffiti, that i would like to go and get photos of during the day sometime. hard to find, but perhaps i will have a look when it doesn't cost to get in.
punch lane was nice. a bit pretentious, so i fit in well. but the service was nice, the waiter was jovial and brought his bic 'portable ambience' to bring some ambience to our table as he confessed he was on his way out to have a cigarette and was going to use the tool so he didn't look so scummy, smoking in the alley.
a after wine jog to the tram saw us back towards smith street and trying a bar 'alias' which won us over with free covercharge and 2-for-1 drink. not really much to say. it was a nightclub. pretty cool. there wasn't really anyone there but we were there pretty early. my old bones couldn't take anymore though so we up and left, homebound.
overall the night was nice. i saw a few bars that i know where i will take visitors when they come south. my favourite is still berliner bar, but that may just be the theme. and as nice as it was just me and misch, some bars are nice for 2, some bars are nice to party in.
