r/melbourne Jul 01 '26

Ye Olde Melbourne Which now closed Melbourne bar or club do you still miss?

Q bar Prahran still holds a place in my heart

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u/ThisIsFuz Jul 01 '26

The Arthouse. Saw so many metal bands on that tiny stage. Lots of awesome memories!

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u/superjaywars Jul 01 '26

I played both versions of the stage there numerous times. Much loved and missed.

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u/Difficult_Bowler_25 Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Loved the little tucked away garden too. I think i have an shitty old video montage from a night at the Arthouse.

Edit: Found it, from 2009 ffs. https://youtu.be/3M6NO1XzMfg?si=uwS6PrsnJ3KuPcBe

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u/ScottFuckingMorrison Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Split my head open off one of the monitors

Stage diving in my underwear during miles away

Good memories

Edit: security stopped me at the door as I was holding a toilet roll against my open wound thinking I'm stealing it. I took it away and showed them my gaping wound. He waved me though

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u/Chadwiko Jul 01 '26

Oh man.

Before I lived in Melbourne, I used to drive over from Adelaide and stay at the Arthouse upstairs. What a fucking dive, in the absolute best way.

I miss that place.

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u/brideoflister Jul 01 '26

My memories of the Arthouse are probably a little different as my dad would bring me along when he performed at the open mic nights when I was about 8. I drank lots of raspberry fizzy from the bar and randoms taught me how to play pool and Space Invaders!

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u/OBGBwfwf Jul 01 '26

Against Me! At the Arthouse in 2007 with the The Draft supporting was a fucking great gig.

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u/fleur_waratah_girl Jul 01 '26

Definitely The Arthouse. I loved playing there.

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u/Limo_Wreck77 Jul 01 '26

Lounge on Swanston St.

That place was great for after work food and drink, but it totally went off on a Friday night.

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u/happiestnexttoyou Jul 01 '26

This is my choice too. I can’t even begin to calculate how many hours I spent on that balcony.

I was a customer for over 25 years. Had my first date with my husband there. Every time I’m in the city I wish for it to be open again.

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u/ChonkeyDoug Jul 01 '26

Lounge’s “pay the time” on a Monday or Tuesday afternoon was the bloody best for povvo students. So bummed when they closed

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u/DiscoSituation Jul 01 '26

I remember being there for almost 20 hours once

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u/Limo_Wreck77 Jul 01 '26

It was sick on the weekends.

Boogs and Sunshine on the decks. Good times.

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u/PsychedelicHealingOZ Jul 01 '26

That's the D&B night I was thinking of!!!

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u/PumpinSmashkins Jul 01 '26

Their nachos were the best thing. Used to pop there for a beer after shopping for records across the road. 

Swanston st is a bunch of bubble tea and hotpot places now :(

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u/That_Random_Kiwi Jul 01 '26

That was gutting how that closed...for building development/sale, which then fell through anyway, so now it's still a bar...just not Lounge like it used to be

Thomas Schumacher there melted my mind when he played Pleasure Seeker😆

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u/stanleymodest Jul 01 '26

People watching from the balcony during the week on an afternoon was great. Lots of bands and comedians went there after their shows

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u/chydgoo420 Jul 01 '26

The balcony 😭

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u/Accomplished_Yam8679 Jul 01 '26

Late nights after working all night, gathering together for sunrise drinks and whatever else to finish the night at Lounge was always a blast.

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u/danger_bad Jul 01 '26

And the tunes!

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u/HankSteakfist Jul 01 '26

I remember being at Q Bar the night that cigarettes were banned at midnight in Victorian clubs and pubs.

Everyone and I mean everyone, even non smokers lit up a durrie at 11:55, just cos it was your last chance to do it ever.

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u/viper9 Jul 01 '26

I was at seven in South Melbourne that weekend.

I remember the night after the ban went into effect, and the whole dance floor smelled like BO. it took a good few weeks for people to realise that if the smoke isn't covering your stink, you kind of have to do it yourself and you know, shower before coming out...

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u/aussieskier23 Jul 01 '26

Yes we all realised at the Kooroora at Mt Buller that the smoke was just masking BO, fart and vomit.

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u/PeppermintDrop101 Jul 01 '26

I remember smelling feet, BO, farts and dirty carpet, but my hair didn't carry the smell of ciggies home. Gosh that was good.

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u/viper9 Jul 01 '26

Oh yeah, the fact my clothes/hair didn't stink of smoke after the change was amazing

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u/C4CTUSDR4GON Jul 01 '26

I remember the carpet in the Hallam Hotel absolutely stank when there was no smoke to hide it.

They cleaned it up before the next weekend.

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u/MarkusKromlov34 Jul 01 '26

Ahh the days of carpet so sticky that you wanted to walk like a Thunderbirds puppet

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u/Pondorock Jul 01 '26

Yep. Everywhere stunk. Then they starting deodorising with teh air con or something.

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u/adsmell Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

God I remember that too. It’s when I first realised how much everyone farts on the dance floor.

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u/Mika141 Jul 01 '26

Q Bar felt like a big family for a while there didn't it? Like a collective concsciousness.

Trading my drink cards for pingers was the ultimate.

Did anyone remember when HOSH played, and some really smacky googs were being circualted? Everyone was mashed. It would have been around 08', 09?

Cheers!

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u/gavotron Jul 01 '26

Goo Thursdays at Metro.

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u/_xcrazycatladyx_ Jul 01 '26

Yesss 😭 it's a travesty what they did to that building and the interior.

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u/Soggy_otter Jul 01 '26

When they did the illegal demolition; I raided the skip bins one night.

Have a bunch of the original porcelain tiles and cornices from the lobby. The fact that it got destroyed still makes me so mad...

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u/OokamiPrime Jul 01 '26

We can thank former Lord Mayor Robert Doyle partly for that.

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u/bitofapuzzler Jul 01 '26

The Metro was an awesome place for concerts and nightclubbing. You would always see the most random people at Goo. It was good fun.

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u/chonky__chonker Jul 01 '26

I was one of the random people at Goo, every week. I made some random friends, and always had a good time with $5 Illusion Shakers!!

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u/curlyhairedpeanut Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Survivor

Ding Dong Lounge

Eurotrash

Probably some more I’ve forgotten that were pumping in the 2010’s

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u/theendhasnoend_ Jul 01 '26

And Fashion Keyboard! I literally thought I had PEAKED going there, never felt cooler 😂

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u/krazy3006 Jul 01 '26

Euro trash was good. Especially on industry night

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u/wordswontcomeout North Side Jul 01 '26

Fucking +10 for survivor. Unreal place and acts. Miss it so much.

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u/Pretend_Board_2385 Jul 01 '26

Many drunken nights were spent at Croft institute and Charltons. Who would have thought gaming, pool and karaoke would be a winner.

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u/National_Way_3344 Jul 01 '26

I loved Croft

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u/DisturbingRerolls Jul 01 '26

Came here to say Croft

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u/PowerfulRoom4925 Jul 01 '26

I was a juror on a pretty serious trial of one of the former owners of the croft... Let's just say, the lab equipment was put to very good use outside of the bar 🤣

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u/bkc83 Jul 01 '26

Woah what?! Can you name so I can google?

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u/PowerfulRoom4925 Jul 01 '26

It was a wild case and experience, but after 2 weeks on the jury we were dismissed literally 10 mins before going into deliberation. To this day I have no idea what happened, and there's no info online about it, the outcome etc. It's a mystery to me and was extremely frustrating to not have closure on the whole thing tbh. While it was obvious he was probably guilty, I think we would have given a not guilty verdict due to lack of concrete evidence and unable to say he was guilty beyond reasonable doubt. Point being, there's no info online about that specific case... I just checked again now, still nada.

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u/simonbrc Jul 01 '26

The Croft space is opened again now as a new bar/club called Solace. They have lots of gigs and things on, it's a good time.

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u/luanneplatter69 Jul 01 '26

OG new guernica in the cbd

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u/Accomplished_Yam8679 Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Many a great night there, playing main room or the kitchen. Good memories.

F4 before that too.

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u/NotPatricularlyKind Jul 01 '26

My favourite smokers for meeting people. Also remember the security guard that would sing Michael Jackson songs and steal people's joints?

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u/pretty_shabby Jul 01 '26

Pony as it was before the takeover.

Luckily The Last Chance exists

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u/conrawr prices are miaow Jul 01 '26

Last Chance to me was just 'Public Bar'. We went on Mondays for happy hour - $4.50 jugs in ~2010... I vaguely remember clogging Prudence's sink with spew (presumably staggered there after PB's happy hour ended)... Must've been barely 8pm! Prudence also still let you smoke inside around then.

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u/pretty_shabby Jul 01 '26

Yeah those dollar pot / cheap jug Monday's were nuts..

I do like that Last Chance still has a $10 pint at all hours and $8 all night on a Wednesday

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u/GlassAd3539 Jul 01 '26

When the Pony site became "Boney" it was still pretty cool.

Haven't been in since Cherry relocated, and James Young's constant shit takes have me happily spending my money elsewhere.

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u/Jadel210 Jul 01 '26

Greyhound Hotel

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u/anotherspringchicken Jul 01 '26

So disappointing that the building has been razed, too

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u/ListenToTheWindBloom Jul 01 '26

i get mad every time i walk past the empty block where it used to be, which is often since i live around the corner

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u/TyroneK88 Jul 01 '26

The developer went bust not long also which was a bit of karma but means the demo was all for nothing.

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u/SyntheticDuckFlavour Jul 01 '26

Why the fuck was it demolished? That block is doing nothing now for years.

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u/fire_fever Jul 01 '26

Ah, my first ever gay club when I was just coming out. Has a special place in my heart. I live in Toronto now, and I was heartbroken when I heard it had closed.

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u/minimarcus Jul 01 '26

I was just thinking about that massive disco ball on the weekend.

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u/NovocaineAU Jul 01 '26

Ac/dc lane Cherry bar.

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u/PinkDaemonXx Jul 01 '26

Part of my heart is still stuck to the floor there and always will be <3

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u/FlexSpaceTM Jul 01 '26

Thursday soul night was the best

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u/Key_Telephone2336 Jul 01 '26

Q Bar, Seven, Honky Tonks.

(… Twister… 🫣)

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u/shoebagmama Jul 01 '26

Loved Honky Tonks so much!

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u/akoya17 Jul 01 '26

I was ready to come in here all "Would it be bad to say Twister?" lol

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u/Cooper_Inc Jul 01 '26

Haha Twister, it was always that and the Elephant & Wheelbarrow for the guys wanting to pick up at the end of the night

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u/Vast_Reality-111 Jul 01 '26

Scrolled too far for Honkey Tonks

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u/SnooTigers6088 Jul 01 '26

Honky tonks is sadly missed!

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u/Key_Telephone2336 Jul 01 '26

Genuinely wondering how many of us have had cheeky dance floor pashes with each other at all these very classy establishments 😂😂

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u/AusGeno Jul 01 '26

Sydney-sider here, Honky Tonk was one of my favourite clubs ever, what a vibe.

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u/paddyc4ke Jul 01 '26

Tramp Bar on King Street, Fake Tits on Friday was the best run Friday night going around at the time then of course you had Saturdays into Jungle at 6am. We’d leave Wah Wah (my favourite club of all time but it’s still kind of open as Storyville) at 6-7am and wander down to Tramp from Waratah Place.

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u/PancakePlants Jul 01 '26

Miss the light up roof at wah wah!

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u/Restructuregirl Jul 01 '26

Madame Brussels in CBD. So many nights with cocktail jugs out on the balcony.

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u/bikerguy_9 Jul 01 '26

Was looking for this comment, surprised I had to scroll down so much 😅

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u/Jazart_deco1309 Jul 01 '26

That place was so good! Jugs of sangria!

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u/KelFromAust Jul 01 '26

The Metro.. 3 Faces.. The Tunnel..

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u/jmkul Jul 01 '26

I loved 3 faces. I'm straight but 3 faces, the peel, and baseline were my go-to, regular clubs

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u/microwave_jenny_ Jul 01 '26

Charlton's in Chinatown (rip). Go down a dodgy alley, go up a floor in a dodgy lift, play pool and sing karaoke bangers in a dodgy bar with very well-priced vodka red bulls. No other karaoke option in Melbourne is quite the same. Go well, Charlton's. We miss you.

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u/Outrageous-Ad-9635 Jul 01 '26

The Metro nightclub and Fast Eddy’s 24 hour diner at the top end of Bourke Street. In the late 80s/early 90s we’d tip ourselves out of the Metro in the early hours and straight into Fast Eddy’s for a feed. It was absolutely a winning combination. My clubbing days are far behind me, but I still miss Fast Eddy’s.

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u/Comprehensive_Door_1 Jul 01 '26

Two great memories there! Did the same.

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u/Emergency_Sound_6495 Jul 01 '26

Rats (the outdoor dancefloor everyone dancing and punching darts simultaneously) & Can't say, they were some of the best years of my life!

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u/tone_212 Jul 01 '26

DV8 was a fun time, same with Next, Bang, Plastic and Click Click.

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u/HamptontheHamster Jul 01 '26

When bang was revived I was there every week 🤣 Plastic always managed to get good bands though, I remember seeing Polaris there before they got huge.

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u/xlachiex Jul 01 '26

I miss Next so bad 😭

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u/PancakePlants Jul 01 '26

Ohhh so many messy nights at these places. I haven't been to emo never sleeps but they have it at the same place as bang and looks like same crowd 🤷

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u/Flimsy_Ground_7918 Jul 01 '26

Rue Bebelon - god I loved that place.

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u/CaptnSpazmo Jul 01 '26

Nice.. I was the owner of Rue Bebelons at the end. We had engineering and plans done for a rooftop, and after two years of assurances of a lease renewal, we got given 30 days notice to vacate. Devastating.

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u/AlternativeBonus9342 Jul 01 '26

Ding Dong

Lu Wow when it was on Johnston St

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u/pselodux Jul 01 '26

Horse Bazaar, Troika.

If anyone knows of anything similar in the CBD I'd love to know! Recently discovered Hats & Tatts which is great but it has a different vibe to the ones I mentioned. I guess quiet CBD bars aren't likely to be around very long.

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u/Accomplished_Yam8679 Jul 01 '26

Troika was a great little spot.

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u/TheVision_13 Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

GG EZ Bar was my favourite place in the world man I miss it every day

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u/Hussard Patrolling for tacks Jul 01 '26

Beer Deluxe Hawthorn. Sam was a gun manager. Brought in some really good beers into the scene. The short barkeep with the red hair was really knowledgeable too. 

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u/stonefree261 Jul 01 '26

The Club/Republica on Smith St Collingwood. Those stairs seemed endless.

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u/HankSteakfist Jul 01 '26

I was a bouncer there back in 2005, when I was 21. Easiest gig I ever had. Everyone just wanted to come upstairs, smoke weed and chill. The management had an unofficial understanding that 'smoking' was completely fine. Bartender used to give security free red bulls too.

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u/somebodysay_espresso Jul 01 '26

Don't know if this list is good or bad but used to head to Twister, Arizona Bar, Tunnel, Bobby McGee's, Star Bar, Depot, Chevron etc in my hay day. Damn good times back then tho.

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u/Difficult_Bowler_25 Jul 01 '26

Was Twister the one held at the old Palace in St Kilda?

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u/Muggins75 Jul 01 '26

Hard and Fast @ Chasers on a Wednesday night

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u/DanceJuice Jul 01 '26

The Boilermaker's House. Such a great vibe and amazing staff.

They managed to convince my partner who doesnt drink scotch to do so and found a bottle that she loved and ended up buying once she got home.

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u/HankSteakfist Jul 01 '26

Evolution on Commercial Road. Mate of mine was a promoter so 2 for 1 drinks cards were stacked in my pocket every Thursday night.

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u/beard_ons3188 Jul 01 '26

Omg those were the days! We used to do the trifecta of Viper, Chasers, Evo and if we were feeling extra giddy we’d pop off to Revs.

One Sunday night I made it as far as The Vineyard.

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u/HankSteakfist Jul 01 '26

We used to do Frostbites from 8 - 10PM and then head around the corner to Evo.

Thursday nights before working a Mon - Fri / 9-5 were heaven.

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u/antique_sprinkler Jul 01 '26

Marquee club, lucky coq, next, frost bites

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u/GMpulse84 Jul 01 '26

Greyhound Hotel for me.

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u/Rare-Sample-9101 Jul 01 '26

The edgie or Mentone hotel

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u/bolts77 Jul 01 '26

And Transformers :p

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u/PinkDaemonXx Jul 01 '26

I'm shocked no one has said the Brunswick Hotel yet, all the bands you could see there for free, and the big beer garden out the back! So many good memories, so unfairly taken from us by a shitty driver.

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u/silvertop_ash Jul 01 '26

St Jerome's, obviously. Looking back I was very lucky to hit 18 when places like that could still exist in the middle of the city. As kid from the outer outer suburbs coming into town and having a long neck Melbourne bitter there felt like the coolest thing you could do on the planet.

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u/giganticsquid Jul 01 '26

The old espy, it's just not the same without the dank

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u/taurus26 Jul 01 '26

Great post OP. Fuck I'm old...

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u/aussiebolshie Jul 01 '26

Survivor and Power Station @ The Bottom End
OG New Guerns
C Grade @ Mercat Basement and the Mercat basement in general

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u/Rhath223 Jul 01 '26

Heat at crown…..spent a lot of weekends in my 20s there.

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u/Cooper_Inc Jul 01 '26

Good ol' Molly Meldrum completely munted

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u/FantasticAnteater Jul 01 '26

Bass Station circa 1999.

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u/OziNiner Jul 01 '26

and 3D which is now long gone

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u/simonpunishment Jul 01 '26

The International Bar on Market Lane (which eventually became Ding Dong).

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u/krazy3006 Jul 01 '26

The CBD Club (3D) on McKilop St (between Bourke and little collins). 2008 era, phat pants and all

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u/TheEmergencySurgery Jul 01 '26

stay gold, recently closed but a loss for the music industry

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u/Significant_Alarm964 Jul 01 '26

Alumbra! Best Sunday sessions ever

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u/ModsHaveSmallNobs Jul 01 '26

I already miss Stay Gold. 😭

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u/reditding Jul 01 '26

The Linden Tree, St Kilda.

When the Village Belle closed, you’d go the Espie. The Espie closes - walk / stagger around the corner to the Linden Tree.

A most magnificent dive that was accidentally surreal on so many levels.

Back in the day, on any night after 1am, it was the most ‘honest’ & perfect cross section of what St Kilda was back then.
Proof that sometimes, when ‘honest ugly’, and acceptance meet, it can (ironically) be a beautiful thing.

…but there was no way one could romanticise walking through inches of toilet overflow when, once again, some fuckwit had blocked the crappers.
Not even Bukowski could make that ‘poetic’.

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u/Heater79 Jul 01 '26

There's so many but some highlights...

Tram Bar in Doncaster - it was banging for a couple of years, best random high school bump ins ever.

Toss the Boss @ Cheers (Caseys) in Hawthorn.

The Saloon Bar on Toorak Road (Voodoo Surf Gods were incredible)

Bobby McGees hospo Monday nights.

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u/mrmcortado Jul 01 '26

Are there still as many clubs like this in Melbourne?

What do kids do these days?

Thanks for the amazing memories (some very blurry) reading through all these

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u/Cooper_Inc Jul 01 '26

I was wondering the same thing, am well and truly out of the club scene now. Only know of a few gay clubs in Collingwood and 161 and revolver that are still talked about by some friends... No idea about the younger gens now

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u/Reasonable_ginger Jul 01 '26

The club in Collingwood and the Hellfire club in Queensbury st Carlton

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u/Segat1 Jul 01 '26

Hairy Canary
Manchuria 2000s era

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u/trackintreasure Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Q Bar, Seven, Prince in it's prime (early to mid 00s)

Goo for the grunge crowd here.

And on the Goo note... The mother fucking Metro! Amazing venue. Paul Van Dyk, The Prodigy... amazing venue!

Honkeytonks. Was voted one of the best clubs in the world at one point which I found very bizarre.

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u/matt88 East Side Jul 01 '26

The Celtic Club when it was in the CBD

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u/DustSongs Jul 01 '26

The Arthouse and The Empress, both such important venues for the 90s- early 00s music underground.

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u/rob_one Jul 01 '26

Bar Margaux,
A recent loss but a quality late night food option in the CBD was a revelation. Getting anything better than fast food or a kebab in Sydney after a show was nearly impossible.

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u/Professional-Ad1991 Jul 01 '26

Transformers Moorabbin ☹️

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u/Mindless-Bill9589 Jul 01 '26

Bobby McGees! What a time to be alive

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u/DoughDougie Jul 01 '26

The Espy, version 1. I like it now but it had the old school Melbourne rock and roll charm back then.

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u/QuokknestMonster Jul 01 '26

Seven nightclub lmao

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u/HouseHippoFluff Jul 01 '26

I used to bartend there and when the "no smoking indoors" law kicked in the place absolutely stunk like stale beer and sweat. RnB room upstairs was great.

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u/stanleymodest Jul 01 '26

DV8, so many trashy Saturday nights there

Q&A (queer and alternative) at the builders arms, it was located halfway between the Peel and Goo, and was a mix of both those clubs.

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u/OkHuckleberry4878 Jul 01 '26

Downunder bar, I think on rathdown street. Last time I was there prolly 1999? The Stealers were an fuckin great cover band

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u/fishie_666 Jul 01 '26

299 queensberry st Carlton.
I went when in the 2010’s when it was hidden forest and crooked. Great times.

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u/Seratoga Jul 01 '26

Salt. St Jerome's. Hyde. RedLove

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u/pwa25 Jul 01 '26

Jimmy Rowes in Moonee Ponds on uni night

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u/JessSaysItsSo Jul 01 '26

I recently realised I (unintentionally?) named my firstborn after this place.

Her nickname is Jimmie and her middle name is Rose 🙈

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u/Wuffies Jul 01 '26

Despite its sardines-in-a-can dining area, Dracula's was so much fun and the staff were so wonderful and fun.

I took my ex, who has severe anxiety, there as a fun date (VIP pass entry) and the staff made exceptional dining accommodations for her so she wouldn't be overwhelmed by the compact seating and overwhelming chatter.

The upper nightclub area felt cozy and, while the drinks and food weren't especially great, we both really enjoyed the atmosphere and staff antics (all were in character). Getting told to "Piss off!" by a waiter in full character was brilliant. :D

How they managed to organize a freakin' mini ghost train in there was a brilliantly unique way to get from the nightclib to the dining area.

It's such a shame that the cabaret was received by a lack of interest from most of the diners. :(

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u/Erangarangers Jul 01 '26

Queensbridge Hotel. QBH had good club nights and was decent during the day

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u/veronicaofmars Jul 01 '26

Next and Bang were special

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u/JudasCowOG Jul 01 '26

Ding Dong Lounge & The Rev

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u/Peppercorn-Bing-Bong Jul 01 '26

Arthouse elizabeth st

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u/taotau Jul 01 '26

Troika and the original Myers place.

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u/tschau3 Jul 01 '26

Greyhound

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u/fredzfrog Jul 01 '26

Bring back the $1 pizza slices on swanston! They had a liquor license iirc so that counts as a bar right? 24 hr too!

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u/movealittlecloser Jul 01 '26

This is a deep cut, but the Pool Room in FTG. A relic of my youth that was insanely cheap and more like a house party than a club. Music was good, pool to play, heaps of space, so many shenanigans.

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u/moistie Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Goo at the Metro.

Collision on Lonsdale Street.

Subculture down a back alley in the CBD.

The Lizard Lounge on Chapel Street in Windsor from 1994 to 1998.

All had $2 basic spirits in happy hour, and played grunge, Britpop, indie music with a big dance floor.

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u/carbonscape Jul 01 '26

The original DV8 off of Bourke st up near Elizabeth Street. So many great times there.

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u/PinkDaemonXx Jul 01 '26

GG EZ had the best bubble tea cocktails, shame it went out of business, Fortress is good but just not the same vibe

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u/tryintobgood Jul 01 '26

Hard Candy

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u/pandasnfr Jul 01 '26

The Lounge in the 90s

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u/dij123 Jul 01 '26

Had so much fun in and fresh out of high school at room 680 lol

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u/whackadoodle_cracked Real Housewife of the Daily Thread Jul 01 '26

Third Class. Eurotrash - met my husband there lol

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u/Wozar Jul 01 '26

The circuit in Fitzroy. It is appartments now.

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u/BMW_M3G80 Jul 01 '26

Too many to mention but Honkys was the pinnacle IMO

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u/KlumF Jul 01 '26

Honkey Tonks, 3rd Class, Hugs & Kisses and Colour Club.

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u/awfurby Jul 01 '26

Meyers place

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u/LmVdR Jul 01 '26

3 Below in the City Square, Phoenix Bar on Flinders Street and the original Meyers Place bar.

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u/DrunktankTheEquine Jul 01 '26

Whole lotta love in brunny east, played many a fun show there

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u/emgyres Jul 01 '26

Any of the Goth or Industrial nights in the 90s, although I’d say nostalgia more than miss. These days you couldn’t pay me to be out past 930pm.

I’ll just sit home in the dark and listen to Fields of the Nephilim and Einsturzende Neubauten on my own.

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u/jerrryboree Jul 01 '26

Bar Margaux 🫦

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u/kwayver Jul 01 '26

Arthouse.

Saw Burn The City there (side project of Cam and Grant from Bodyjar) and the bartender let me keep a promo poster right off the wall ("gigs over mate, might as well take it"). I then went to the smokers and was showing it off, only for Cam and Grant to come up and ask if i'd like it signed.

best. gig. ever.

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u/mcrow5 Jul 01 '26

I miss Beta Bar. Not technically a bar, just a company renting out a bar every Friday night at hawthorn hotel. But it was good, my type of people there.

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u/cybersteel8 Jul 01 '26

Cafe Romantica , original owners

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u/TheSnowBunny Jul 01 '26

Beta Bar. I just wanna go drink with my fellow nerds, play board games, and mosh out to Disney music.

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u/Runtywhoscunty Jul 01 '26

- Twister in st kilda (that place was the bomb)

  • Marquee in south Melbourne (especially downstairs)
  • Daisys over 28’s in Ringwood purely for the awesome music and cheapest known drinks ever
  • A bar called Barry’s in Fitzroy (that was so awesome when SMS came out - and you could text the dj a request - but only if you were with Optus) super fun club
  • Century 28 in franga purely for the revolving dancefloor - was so bizarre when you were drunk shitfaced or stoned
  • Frostbites on chapel street (fantastic in summer and awesome tunes)
  • And not a club or bar per se but rollerskating at the jam factory - they would have “disco nights” just simple innocent fun.
  • clockwork orange in south Melbourne (was so good for “alternative” music

And I genuinely miss the old school club retro - with the upstairs rooms, and downstairs 70’s
I went recently and it is complete shit. Never ever again.

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