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Ten reasons pubs will always be better than bars

by Lucy Kippist

19 Nov 05:40am

Filed under: Alcohol, Bars, Cbd, Pubs, Society, Sydney

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There are several truths about the ritual of the Friday night drink.

Who needs glamour, when you've got this view. Photo:Jeff Herbert.

They’ll never make you healthy or help you stick to your holiday or household budget, you’ll always stay later than you say you will and you’ll never, ever, just have one.

And if you’re not among those lucky handful of people whose employer wheels out a trolley of drinks at 5pm every Friday afternoon, then you’ll join the thirsty pilgrimage of office workers making a beeline to the nearest local for a “quiet” drink to kiss the week goodbye. Unless that is, you live in Sydney.

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acotrel says:

07:06am | 24/11/10

I don’t often frequent pubs, especially the public bars! I lived through the era of 6 o’clock closing. I loved my father - he taught me how to handle a nasty drunk! Read more »
Pablos says:

03:36pm | 23/11/10

Every time I’m in Sydney I like to have a refreshing schooner or two in the Pyremont Bridge Hotel in Darling Harbour. Friendly staff that remember what I’m drinking. It’s just a pub and I love it that way. As a Melbournian visiting, it’s great to find somewhere that you… Read more »

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