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NEWS: Vasco Bar, The Sailors Summer Club, Vicinity Dining & Bar, Santa Barbara, Scarborough Wine

This week’s round up of what’s new, what’s cool, what to drink:

The Sailors Summer Club

The Sailors Club is launching mid December a pop up cafe and events space to be called The Sailors Summer Club. It will be open breakfast and lunch seven days, as well as afternoons and evenings for private events up to 60 perhaps even 80 people.

Vasco

Max Greco, ex Eau-de-Vie Bar is going solo and opening a new small bar in Surry Hills to be named Vasco. The venue is set to serve classic cocktails and bar food with an Italian flavour. Stay tuned for more information.

Vicinity Dining & Bar

Vicinity brings a new dining experience to Alexandria, with a wood fire rotisserie grill, bar food and cocktails. The venue is open 7 days with all day dining. 90 – 96 Bourke Street, Alexandria.

Santa Barbara

Located under the iconic Coca-Cola sign in Kings Cross in what was the Piano Room, Santa Barbara is a huge new eating hall and late night drinking joint set to open next week with a USA.sian and BBQ style diner. Lot 1, 82-94 Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross.

Scarborough Wine “Pledge Local”

Scarborough Wine from the Hunter Valley is encouraging Sydney-siders to celebrate locally with the best local produce and wine and “pledge local” for 2013. Join the home grown celebrations and get back behind this initiative to pledge your support of local business at http://www.facebook.com/Scarboroughwine.

And if you’re looking for something fun to do this weekend, don’t miss the Kings Cross Festival with many art, culture, food and drink events including a free concert on Saturday.

About the author

Corinne Mossati

Corinne Mossati is a drinks writer, author of GROW YOUR OWN COCKTAIL GARDEN, SHRUBS & BOTANICAL SODAS and founder/editor of Gourmantic, Cocktails & Bars and The Gourmantic Garden. She has been writing extensively about spirits, cocktails, bars and cocktail gardening in more recent years. She is a spirits and cocktail competition judge, Icons of Whisky Australia nominee, contributor to Diageo Bar Academy, cocktail developer and is named in Australian Bartender Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential List. Her cocktail garden was featured on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia and has won several awards. She is a contributor to Real World Gardener radio program and is featured in several publications including Pip Magazine, Organic Gardener, Australian Bartender and Breathe (UK). Read the full bio here.