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Time Out Bar Awards 2020: Winners

We crowned the champions of Sydney's bar scene at the twelfth annual Time Out Sydney Bar Awards

By Time Out editors Posted: Tuesday December 10 2019

Time Out Bar Awards 2020
Photograph: Cassandra Hannagan

Where else can you shoot mezcal in a repurposed car spot that's standing-room only, sip Cosmos in a basement inspired by '70s porn, or embark upon a soda degustation in the centre of the city? Nowhere, that's where. Now, raise your glass to the spaces and faces that make Sydney one of the best places to bend the elbow on the planet. 

 

And the winners are...

Bar of the Year
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Bar of the Year

Representing everything that's great about drinking in Sydney

Best Cocktail Bar
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Best Cocktail Bar

The number one spot if cocktails are on the cards

Best Pub
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Best Pub

The local everyone wishes for

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Best Wine Bar
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Best Wine Bar

The place uncorking the really good stuff

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Best New Bar
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Best New Bar

The best addition to our city's bar scene 

Rising Talent Award
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Rising Talent Award

The one to watch in 2020

Bartender of the Year
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Bartender of the Year

Who is the champion behind the stick in 2020?

Best Bar Team
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Best Bar Team

The crew with no weak links

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Best Bar Food
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Best Bar Food

Where the eating might even outdo the drinking

People's Choice Award
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People's Choice Award

We asked, and the people of Sydney have spoken

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Legend Award
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Legend Award

Where would the Sydney bar landscape be without them?

Time Out Bar Awards 2020: recap
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Time Out Bar Awards 2020: recap

What went down at the party of the year?