Back Alley Sally's

Top choice in Melbourne


Here's how you do a dodgy-back-alley warehouse conversion: plonk a great bar in the middle, expose the brick walls, fill it with steampunky wrought iron and light bulbs in lab jars and offer a terrific selection of beer, gin and rum. Finishing touch: entice Slice Girls West downstairs to fill your belly with pizza – and it's $6 during happy hour.


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