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DOWNTOWN Bar

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THE COMMONS, wins small bar of the year!

October 27, 2010

We are very happy to announce that THE COMMONS recently won ‘Small bar of the Year’ at the Time Out Sydney Bar Awards, for DOWNTOWN, our small bar beneath the restaurant.

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The Commons’ Atty (featured in Good Living)

October 15, 2010

Ellen Connolly from the SMH Good Living cocktail section, recently interviewed Downtown bartender Ben Light about the Atty Cocktail, and then asked him for his own version of the classic.

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New Orleans Sazerac

Recipe: New Orleans Sazerac

October 3, 2010

Under the watchful eye of manager Colin Elphick, The Commons Downtown Bar team create some potent pre-1950s cocktails. The house made New Orleans Sazerac plays on the original French-Quarter version by replacing brandy with American rye whiskey. Ingredients: 60ml Jim Beam Rye 2 bar spoons Caster Sugar 3 dashes Peychauds Bitters Method: Shake all ingredients [...]

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The Commons Downtown bar

Welcome to Downtown.

September 9, 2010

DOWNTOWN is a classics bar, located in the 160-year-old larder underneath The Commons dining room. While The Commons brings traditionalism back to food upstairs, Downtown takes you back to the roots of good music and liquor. Our bar menu and music are inspired by the golden age of cocktails, jazz and blues, from the turn [...]

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