Concrete Playground's Most-Read Stories of 2017
From mini-golf bars to tiny houses in the wilderness, here are the stories that resonated most with you this year.
As we approach the end of the year, here at Concrete Playground, we stop to take a glance backwards — to take stock of what happened in Melbourne in 2017 and how the city has changed. As always, there's been a lot of notable developments.
Our most popular stories of the year — the ones that resonated with you the most — include new openings and a tiny house that's popped up in the wilderness. But, most of all, you just wanted the city's bars to offer something new. Our story on Holey Moley — Melbourne's first mini-golf bar — has been the most-read story this year, and was closely followed by fairytale-themes bar Storyville and shipping container bar Whitehart. Hopefully this means that we'll see more innovation and creativity in the bar scene in 2018.
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NewsA Look Inside Melbourne's Insane New Two-Storey Mini-Golf Bar Holey Moley
There's 27 holes over three courses, karaoke and a room dedicated to The Simpsons.
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NewsMeet Melbourne's New Fairytale and Literature-Themed Bar, Storyville
Where sipping insect-garnished cocktails from a magical toadstool bar is just a regular night out.
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NewsWhitehart Is Melbourne's New Two-Storey Carpark Container Bar
A dingy CBD sidestreet now houses craft beer, cocktails and art installations.
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NewsSouth Yarra's New Burger Bar Bosozoku Is a Tokyo-Themed Dream
Bosozoku is an outlaw biker gang themed joint with Mario Kart battles, karaoke rooms and a dry ice spa.
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NewsAustralian Startup Unyoked Lets You Stay in Your Own Tiny House in the Wilderness
Get off the grid, disconnect and have your own tiny getaway — but this is not a hotel.
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NewsMelbourne's Got a New Vegan Pub — and There's Not a Parma in Sight
Featuring house-made falafel, halva ice cream and sparkling kombucha on tap.
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NewsA Look Inside Chris Lucas' New Three-Storey Japanese Restaurant Kisume
There will be a restaurant, a sushi bar, a 12-seat omakase table and a wine wall across three floors.
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NewsA Mulled Wine and Hot Cheese Festival Is Coming to Melbourne
A combination guaranteed to warm your cockles.
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NewsTokosan Is Prahran's New Home of Late-Night Katsu, Cocktails and Karaoke
Greville Street's Toko has gone more casual in its new incarnation as a Japanese-inspired bar.
