Grasshopper Bar has lived up to its name, leaping over more established rivals to be crowned the nation’s best small bar.
Owner Martin O’Sullivan said snaring the top gong in the Australian Bar Awards was particularly exciting because it is an industry-wide vote. The bar, in Temperance Lane off George St, was also named Small Business of the Year at the Sydney Council’s Small Business Awards.
Sydney City Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP said Grasshopper’s success was a testament to the council’s matched cash grants scheme.
“Grasshopper is an exciting addition to Sydney’s small bar culture, a dynamic and creative small business that’s re-energised a laneway in the heart of our city,” Cr Moore said.
The council recently suspended the grants scheme pending a review, with Greens councillor Chris Harris claiming it represented little more than “corporate welfare”.
Mr O’Sullivan said his bar could not have started up without the grant.
“It took the pressure off for our first two weeks, just knowing we had some money there,” he said.
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