Bar Paradox

Overview

The city is buzzing back to life with a bang as Melbourne's events calendar fills up. And if you're out and about taking advantage of the action, you've now got a hot new underground bar to add to your itinerary. But you'll want to be quick — Bar Paradox has made its home beneath Supernormal for just two weeks, from Monday, April 11–Sunday, April 24.

Taking walk-ins only, the pop-up drinking destination is showcasing next-level sips by former World Class Bartender of the Year, Orlando Marzo. A five-strong cocktail list is built around the mixologist's signature bottled range, Loro, featuring the likes of a bergamot negroni, a reworked manhattan with cherry and cacao, and the Paradox Bramble — a liquid nod to Supernormal, blending Tanqueray Royale blackcurrant gin with native strawberry gum.

As always, there'll be some solid snacks flying from the kitchen, with bites like the prawn roll finished with bonito mayonnaise and Tasmanian wasabi; silken tofu and sesame crackers; and raw fish sourced from the Sapphire Coast.

Soundtracking each night's antics will be Efficient Space label head, DJ and radio host Michael Kucyk, while the bar's forward-thinking design comes courtesy of creative agency Space Between.

Bar Paradox will open nightly from 5pm until late, except for Easter Monday (April 18).

Jo McGann

Top Images: Parker Blain.