Absinthesalon was opened as one of the first bars made possible by the small bars bill which supports an alternative night culture to bars with poker machines and televised sport, and is the same bill that has brought Sydney such unique hangouts as Island Bar and Tio's Cerveceria.
BBC: Sydney brings absinthe down under
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Brown banquettes upholstered in what the French euphemistically call moleskin but North Americans know as leatherette line both walls of the long, narrow railroad-car-like dining room, and there's a little bar just inside the front door where your bill is tallied and taxis are called.
NPR: Excerpt: 'Hungry for Paris'
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When Bill Clinton returned to Texas for his own presidential run, they frequented Guero's Taco Bar in Austin's funky South Congress Avenue neighborhood, which trendsetters like to call SoCo.
CNN: Clinton tested in Texas, where it all began in '72