It's time to celebrate the tastemakers and booze shakers in this fine city in the annual Time Out Melbourne Bar Awards. The 2020 awards will toast the city’s best cocktail bars, new bars, wine bars, bartenders and more at the party for the party-makers at the General Assembly on Monday, December 2. Let's take a look at who made the nominees list, shall we?
Best New Bar
Angel Music Bar
Bar Margaux
Byrdi
Old Palm Liquor
Tetto di Carolina
Best Cocktail Bar
Above Board
The Attic in Black Pearl
Bad Frankie
Bar Americano
Beneath Driver Lane
Byrdi
Eau De Vie
The Everleigh
Romeo Lane
Union Electric
Best Wine Bar
Bar Liberty
City Wine Shop
Cumulus Up
Denton Wine Bar
Gerald’s Bar
Kirk’s Wine Bar
The Moon
O My Bar
Old Palm Liquor
Westwood
Best Bar Food
Arlechin
Gerald’s Bar
Old Palm Liquor
Tetto di Carolina
Westwood
Best Bar Team
The Elysian
Mr West
Paradise Alley
The Shady Lady
Union Electric
Bartender of the Year
Shay Chamberlain, Black Pearl
Meg Mullins, the Everleigh
Darren Leaney, Capitano
Nick Tesar, Bar Liberty
Yao Wong, the Elysian
Legend Award
No nominees – winner to be announced on the night.
People's Choice Award
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Bar of the Year
No nominees – winner to be announced on the night.
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This event is made possible thanks to sponsors including Asahi Premium Beverages, Two Suns, Winterhalter, Buffalo Trace, Fever Tree and Willie Smiths.