Forget about putting your records on and come to Jam Record Bar, Merivale’s new Tokyo-inspired pink bar filled with 15,000 vinyl records spinning albums from every genre, era, style and artist. Shimmy on down for a boogie, listen to your favourite album (hello, Rumours), and snack on Japanese-style sandos and skewers with highballs and sake. Sounds like a good time to us.
Located in Merivale’s high-octane Ivy precinct on George Street – home of Bar Totti's, Mumu, Oti', Felix and Jimmy's Falafel– Jam Record Bar will swing open its doors this Friday, April 19, playing tunes and serving eats and drinks seven nights a week. Sushi E head chef Michael Fox is behind the Japanese snack-and-plate menu, and the booze list has been put together by Merivale’s creative cocktail lead, James Irvine. Merivale’s head of music and entertainment, Nick Van Tiel, is spearheading the tunes, which will be played on a vintage JBL sound system.
A passion project for CEO Justin Hemmes and sister Bettina, the pint-sized Jam Record Bar is named after their parents, John and Merivale. As well as founding Merivale in the ’50s, the couple ran a successful clothing shop called Jam, and released their own record titled Jam. (Justin also started a music label in 2003 called Jam Recordings.)
This news comes off the back of Merivale announcing that their Tokyo-inspired Totti’s, called Good Luck Restaurant Lounge, will be opening on Wednesday, April 24, in a hidden basement below the historic Burns Philp & Co building in Sydney's CBD. We're ready.
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