02-05-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Renowned New York bar to open two Australian venues this year – and they're not pop-ups
Celebrated US cocktail group Death & Co is set to open bars in Melbourne and Brisbane this spring. The new locations will be the group's first permanent bars outside North America.
Australian Venue Co, which operates more than 200 pubs and bars across the country, is partnering with Death & Co to run the Australian outposts. The original Death & Co opened in New York's East Village in 2006 and has expanded to Los Angeles, Denver and Washington.
The New York bar was a key player in the global craft cocktail renaissance of the late 2000s, popularising modern classics such as the Naked & Famous (mezcal, Aperol, Chartreuse and lime).
'We've admired Death & Co's work for some time now and have teamed up with them on a number of pop-up events at our venues in the past, so this has felt like a natural extension of our shared vision,' said Ben Hehir, Australian Venue Co's head of training and development.
