When the liquor cupboard is bare, head to one of Melbourne's late-night bottle shops
If you find yourself at a party in the wee hours with nary a bevvy in sight, run down to any one of these handy bottle-os that are conveniently open late to quench your thirst. Some are open until the witching hour and one is even open all day, every day. Now we'll cheers to that.
This live music institution has a bottle-o that is open seven nights a week until midnight. You can also choose a bottle of wine to enjoy inside the venue and you won't be charged a corkage fee.
This family-friendly bistro and bar in St Kilda East also offers a drive-through bottle shop that's open until 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays. The rest of the week it closes at a respectable 10pm.
City Wine Shop is often associated with fine wines, cheeses and European-inspired dishes, but little do people know that they also have a bottle shop that sells beers, spirits and wines. It's open seven days a week until late.
A bar and bottle shop rolled into one, Carwyn Cellars sells booze until 10pm on Thursdays and 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays – so you'll never be without a drink in Melbourne's north. All other days these guys are slinging bevs until 9pm.
Beer, glorious beer! This fabulous beer hall offers a small seated bar with plenty of take-home options, too. They nail the beer memo, but also offer a selection of wine and spirits. On Saturdays and Sundays you can grab a froff until 11pm.
As the name suggests, the Alps is a bar and bottle shop specialising in excellent drops of vino. It's open until 11pm from Thursdays to Saturdays. On Mondays to Wednesdays, it shuts at 10pm, and on Sundays at 9pm.
Right in the thick of the CBD, this traditional English-style pub and backpackers hostel caters to every ilk. Luckily, it's also home to a takeaway bottle shop that's open daily until 4am.
Richmond’s Rising Sun Hotel is a go-to for a late-night drinks run, with the classic pub selling takeaway booze until 1am, seven nights a week.
Open daily until 3am, the Riversdale Hotel’s bottleshop is an oasis for Melbourne’s late-night punters who are keen to kick on at home.
The gang at the Railway Hotel knows its audience well. It supplies hordes of late-night Chapel Street revellers with party fuel at all manner of ungodly hours because it never closes.
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