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The disproportionate number of Thai restaurants are still there, but sadly the fruit shops don't stay open late any more, and you're more likely to be visiting Crispy Inn to satisfy late night cravings. Nearly 20 years on, the Landsdowne, Annandale and Sando are still your best bet for pub rock in the area, though thankfully no-one refers to Newtown as the 'Paddington of the South' any more; you can understand why the author didn't go on to an illustrious journalistic career !I'll try and scan post some of the individual reviews if there's any interest.
I think the author would have made a great journalist...
ReplyDeletePS Fancy scanning in the Surry Hills section? ;)
ReplyDeleteOooer, do post the one on the Sando please. The Marly Bar and the "vanished pubs" would be interesting too. Also, weird to read about the "yuppiefication" of Newtown...in 1992. Wow.
ReplyDeleteEarly this year John McGrath, of real estate infamy, declared Marrickville "The New Paddington."
ReplyDeleteSome ideas won't die ...
would be great to read all the newtown reviews... funny to see newtown referred to as an 'affordable' place to live...
ReplyDeleteooh, do The Shakespeare!
ReplyDeleteOk - some reviews shared here. Will follow up with Surry Hills later in the week - hopefully won't shock Inner Westies too much !
ReplyDeletePeople keep thinking that Surry Hills IS inner west - perhaps we share pub mentalities. And thanks!
ReplyDeleteI went to the Student Prince to celebrate my graduation in 1992 (now a brothel on Parramatta Road). The Shakespeare was rough. I am pretty sure there was a shooting there in 1992. Good times. Good times.
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