$4 Coopers

Last night we went to Sister Bella - which is in Sniders lane, a stinky lane, off another stinky lane, off a pretty ratty main street (lonsdale). So Melbourne.  It is the new bar from those kids at St Jeromes.  And it's pretty cool.  Apparently, I have heard, the Coopers are only $4 bucks!! Except I didn't verify this because I kept sending my boyfriend to the bar because it was 600 degrees in Melbourne last night and they only had  a couple of (mostly broken) ceiling fans and the building itself is like a glorified tin shed.  But none the less, it was pretty cool.  A good place to go when you are not looking super glamerous (ie sweating like a pig). The way to find it is to look for the cute nana pot plants out the front.

Then we were too hot to function, so we went to find food in cooler pastures so decided on Sahara, which is up some stairs next to Revival on Swanston Street.  It used to be really laid back and you could get this kick ass bagel and a beer.  Now, the room is still really cute and slap dash, but they have given it this 'fine dining' twist (white tablecloths, table service, etc) which is all very nice but kind of doesn't work.  It was pretty empty, but it could have been pumpin'.  The dips we had were nice though - chunky pesto, not like Chris' Skinny on a plate.  Service was really nice too and there was home made lemonade.  mmmm refreshing.