23 Bar & Gallery

Chinatown


Irreverence is this subaltern-themed, graffiti-walled bar's middle name. Bartenders here are practising artists in their day lives, the music is more REM than Ed Sheeran and the upstairs gallery features works of resident and travelling artists from time to time. The crowd here is extremely friendly, and happy to have a hearty chat with perfect strangers.


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