Exciting new Sydney bars as well as longtime favourites have been recognised among the nominees for Time Out Sydney’s 2020 Bar Awards.
Bulletin Place, PS40, Maybe Sammy, Double Deuce Lounge and 2019 Bar of the Year, Old Mate’s Place, were among the bars to receive nominations in multiple categories for the awards, which celebrate Sydney’s best bars and bartenders.
Eight categories have nominees this year, including Best New Bar, Best Wine Bar, Best Cocktail Bar and Best Pub.
Sydney’s best drinks makers will vie for the titles of Bartender of the Year and Best Bar Team, while the Rising Talent Award is for an upcoming bartender whom Time Out predicts as a future star of the industry.
Two further category winners, which do not have nominees, will be announced at the awards. They are the overall Bar of the Year winner; and the Legend Award, which acknowledges an individual, team or institution that has made a significant contribution to the industry over a number of years.
“This year’s nominees paint a real picture of just how many dynamite drinking experiences you can have in Sydney,” says Time Out Sydney’s Food and Drink Editor, Matthew Hirsch.
“Small venues are redefining the ‘neighbourhood bar’. Pubs are pouring natty wines and pressing tortillas for tacos. We have a standing-room only mezcaleria. Despite the restrictions that have hampered our city’s nightlife, the talent pool is stronger than ever and the quality of what’s on offer is at an all-time high.”
The awards are judged by Time Out’s impartial bars critics, except for the People’s Choice Award, which is voted on by Time Out readers via the Time Out website.
All the award winners will be announced at the Powerhouse Museum on Monday, December 9 during a ceremony hosted by comedian Matt Okine.
Nominees:
Best New Bar
Bar Clementine
Cantina OK
The Cumberland
Double Deuce Lounge
Golden Gully
Isabel
Little Felix
Maybe Sammy
Prince of York
Scout
Best Cocktail Bar
The Baxter Inn
Bulletin Place
Double Deuce Lounge
Earl’s Juke Joint
Jangling Jack’s
The Lobo Plantation
Maybe Sammy
Old Mate’s Place
Papa Gede’s
PS40
Best Wine Bar
Dear Sainte Éloise
The Dolphin Wine Room
Monopole
Where’s Nick
Wyno x Bodega
Best Pub
The George
The Imperial Hotel
The Lord Dudley
Public House Petersham
The Unicorn Hotel
Best Bar Food
Charlie Parker’s
The Lansdowne Hotel
The Old Fitzroy Hotel
Poly
Wyno x Bodega
Best Bar Team
Bulletin Place
Cantina OK
Double Deuce Lounge
Earl’s Juke Joint
The Lobo Plantation
Rising Talent Award
Emma Bernardi, Rosenbaum and Fuller
Molly Gillis, Jangling Jack’s
Andrew McCorquodale, Old Mate’s Place
Atlanta Pahulu, Bulletin Place
Federica Thorn, Continental CBD
Bartender of the Year
Antonello Arzedi, Scout
Alex Gilmour, Cantina OK
Andrea Gualdi, Maybe Sammy
Wai Christine Lam, Employees Only
