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Grand Pacific Blue Room Corner of Oxford and South Dowling Streets, Paddington (9331 7108) Bus 378, 380, 382. Open 6pm-3am Tue-Sun. Credit AmEx, BC, DC, MC, V. This relaxed twentysomething bar/restaurant successfully merges dining, drinking, live music and bar DJs. The crowd is hip, beautiful and, occasionally, famous. Portishead popped in when they were last in town. Centennial 88 Oxford Street, Woollahra (9362 3838) Bus 378, 380, 382. Open noon-midnight Mon-Sat; noon-10pm Sun. Credit AmEx, BC, DC, MC, V. A $3-million makeover has turned a shabby betting den into a timber and glass New York-style dining and drinking zone for the eastern suburbs jetset International Bar Top of the Town, 227 Victoria Street, Kings Cross (9360 9080) CityRail Kings Cross. Open 5.30-11.30pm daily. Credit AmEx, BC, DC, JCB, MC, V. The International Bar (formerly Top of the Town) is a prime martini and Prada zone, with 1970s-style booths looking out on to an awe-inspiring cityscape. Psychedelic toons accentuate the Bond movie aesthetics. Leave your sneakers at home Slipp Inn 111 Sussex Street, at King Street, CBD (9299 4777) CityRail Town Hall or Wynyard. Open noon-midnight Mon-Thur; noon-4am Fri; 6pm-4am Sat. Credit AmEx, BC, DC, MC, V. You almost need a map to keep track of the different areas in this building. There's the Slip Bar (a designer pub with pool) on the ground floor; Garden Bar (courtyard bar), Sand Bar (cocktail bar) and the trattoria-style Ristorante downstairs; and two weekend clubbing rooms - Chinese Laundry and Cave Bar - in the basement. On Thursdays, the Sand Bar plays host to the Dean Martini Club, an established martini night. Friday is packed with suits on the make and Saturday is popular with the English backpacker crowd Globe Bar Observatory Hotel, 89-113 Kent Street, Millers Point, The Rocks (9256 2222) CityRail/ferry Circular Quay. Open noon-1am Mon-Sat; noon-11pm Sun. Credit AmEx, BC, DC, MC, V. A 1998 Australian Hotel Association award for Best Bar Presentation and Service in NSW, and a pristine home away from home for visiting celebrities, make the Observatory a glamorous mainstay. The Globe gets its name from the replica of the eighteenth-century Gallileo globe in the middle of the room, and the exploration theme extends into the artwork and bookshelves lined with antiquarian finds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||