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Hooch Bar - 20 January, 46 Coutenay Place

Hooch is such a great word.  It rolls off the tongue with that ccchhh sound, like a boy-racer changing gears at the traffic lights. And the name suits Courtenay Places best new bar to a T.  It’s laidback with a sense of old-school sass, like a lady of the night with a heart of gold and a body full of secrets. Hooch used to be known as ...

Review posted: February 2, 09 by Daz

Tagged as: review, bars, bar, drink, Hawthorn Lounge, nightlife, going out, drinks, cocktail

The Watusi, 6 Edward Street

It's been awhile since a new, decent bar has opened in Wellington. Sure, there's been plenty opening along the Courtney Place strip, but I'm talking decent, fresh and cool. The latest addition to this list is the Watusi, at 6 Edward Street, filling the space that Tupelo once did. The Watusi opened last week, and seems to be catching ...

Review posted: September 15, 08 by stacey

Tagged as: review, dinner, bars, drinks, cocktail

Madam Jo Jo's - 17-19 Blair Street (Temperance), Level one

For those of you who have been on a deserted island or running from the law, you might not realize that Wellington is now home to what is being billed as “The biggest bar in New Zealand” – Temperance bar on Blair Street.  This behemoth of a building is really four bars in one, most of which occupy their own level within Temperance’s shopping ...

Review posted: July 20, 08 by Daz

Tagged as: review, bars, cocktails, bar, drink, nightlife, going out, fun

Die! Die! Die! with Riff Rats and Dial - Good Luck, 20 November

What happened to the days of 3 bands for 5 bucks? It doesn’t seem that long ago I was skipping lectures and drinking vodka in the sunny Matterhorn garden before heading along to Indigo to see Rock’n’roll Machine, Grande Cobra and Two Lane Black Top rip shit up. However, when I consider the facts, it’s clear that times have changed. Matterhorn no ...

Review posted: November 22, 07 by chester

Tagged as: review, band, music, bars, Good Luck, events, Rock, Punk, Metal, live music, nightlife

PK Entertainment Launch - Mighty Mighty, September 26

I had never seen Mighty Mighty so quiet, Last time I was there it was a capacity crowd of neon hoodies and drainpipes. Mind you, at 5:30 on a Wednesday night, most bars aren’t exactly expecting a raging crowd. By 6, the tables were filling as bowls of nibbles flowed in from the Matterhorn kitchens below, goat’s milk feta and manuka honey balls, ...

Review posted: October 2, 07 by tina

Tagged as: review, band, music, bars, Mighty Mighty, beats, arts, events, gig, cocktails, live music, The Eggs, nightlife, jazz, going out, The Aviators, food, beer, party

Flowz - Sandwiches, 30th August

Never heard of Flowz? Never mind most people who aren’t involved in the hip hop scene wouldn’t have either. In fact, if you watch a little Juice or C4 then chances are you’ll have seen him. He features in Scribes ‘Not Many (Remix)’ video. Flowz is the guy with the ‘Footsouljahs’ (the Wellington hip hop group he’s a member of) tatt running down ...

Review posted: September 4, 07 by chester

Tagged as: review, band, music, San Francisco Bath House, bars, Sandwiches, Hip Hop, beats, preview, gig, live music, nightlife

Fluro Party - Mighty Mighty, 29th August

There’s nothing like having fun at someone else’s expense, but free alcohol does bring out the worst in the best of people. A table laden with glistening bottles of ice cold beer and bubbles is like a new spring blossom to a bee, impassable. Fluro’s party at Mighty Mighty on Wednesday apparently did the same to a bar full of people… However, I ...

Review posted: September 2, 07 by chester

Tagged as: review, band, music, event, bars, Mighty Mighty, free, drink, live music, nightlife, party

New Zealand Bar Awards

Congrats to the texture folk

Posted to: Drink July 18, 07 by markE

Tagged as: drink, community, bars, bar awards, matterhorn

Masculine vs Feminine?

I was trying out the new Buena Vista Social Club at the weekend, and someone described its decor as ''very masculine''. I guess that's about right, since all the dark wood & leather has something of a ''gentlemen's club'' look to it, but then we tried to think of a bar that we would describe as ''feminine''. But we couldn't! Most of the bars ...

Posted to: Drink July 16, 07 by Tom

Tagged as: drink, community, bars, decor, design

Beer at Bodega

It's no secret that we at Texture take cocktails very seriously, and so do most of the bars we profile. Many of them also have great wine lists, but men and women cannot live by Pinot alone (no matter how much some of us may try). So where do we go for a great selection of beer? Bodega, of course. The ''Bodge'' may have the appearance of an ...

Review posted: June 30, 07 by Tom

Tagged as: review, bars, drink, bodega, beer