Another place, another drink!

I think it was about a year and half ago that I found myself at the bar. We had been on the usual Friday night alcohol binge - crawling from one bar to another, our victory run after a week of work. As we were entering this place, the security guard asks me to take my tie off: I was in love with the place! Section 8 Container Bar.

The bar is surrounded by a steel fence, like that of a construction site. Shipping pallets placed appropriately to serve as tables and/or chairs. A few empty barrels too. The bar itself is a large modified container. The rest of the decor is simple art made mostly from recyclable items (like the rest of the bar). One image which still is unblemished in my head - a cage filled with bulbs and with only one that is actually lit. The place might remind you an old rundown shed in someone’s backyard), however, there lies true beauty. Since it probably meets the regulations like that of a beer garden, smoking is permitted. Not that I smoke, it does well for my most of my friends. On saying that, as open the place is, the portable heaters situated around the place are more than adequate in a cold winter night.

The music is not too loud, yet not too soft. Various DJs frequently play at this bar. The music scene is ever changing varying from Reggae to lounge to trip-hop. The crowd is perfect (well at least for me) filled neither with suits nor with 18yr olds running around. Majority of the crowd is quite Artsy in their mid-twenties to early thirties.

The selection of alcohol is, simply put, great! A good variety of beer including Cooper’s long necks . During the summer, Section 8 has an abundant number and variety of cocktails.
Apart from serving as the perfect Sunday afternoon bar on a sunny summer day, I love being there for mid-week drinks (anytime during the year).

Check out their site:
http://section8.com.au/

P.s: Been meaning to take a few shots of the place, sadly never got around to it.