Sugar Glider feels like a little piece of New York, an intimate and classy number that would be right at home in Greenwich Village.
Live Music: A smattering of some of the best DJs in Melbourne inhabit the technicolour fantasy that is Sugar Glider, spinning wax of all sorts with reckless abandon until the wee hours of the night.
Famous for: community. Cramming half the population of Fitzroy into the tiny space seems like a gargantuan effort, but these folks make it a breeze. Walking in feels like a warm hug, and with eye-wateringly cheap pints a plenty, you’ll never want to go home.
Infamous for: a standout comedy night every Wednesday.
Stepping into the office, this glitzy and glamorous affair is but a wolf-in-sheeps-clothing: a dive bar as divey as the best of them, complete with Happy Hour specials that’ll make your brain fall out of your ears.
When you’re ready, make your way down its vibrant halls into the bandroom, adorned with a disco ball and cushy leather booths straight out of the 70s.
The space is chameleon, morphing from a comedy club to an open mic to a trivia stage (complete with prizes!) to a no-holds-barred dancefloor after 11pm, when some of Melbourne’s finest disk jockeys take hold, pumping tunes from all walks of life until three in the morning on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
After drinking yourself silly at the bar, feel free to scour some of the finest late-night cuisine options in Fitzroy, with tantalising libations lying in wait to be enjoyed with your culinary treasures back at the bar.
Overall, Sugar Glider is funky, fresh and a little classy – a bar where one drink turns into five and 10pm becomes but a distant memory. \
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