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From humidors to house music: Fumo Blu on remaining relevant

East End cognac and cigar bar turned cocktail lounge Fumo Blu celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, but owner Stev Plos says the next 12 months will bring fresh challenges.

In conversation with Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement CEO Cheryl Axleby

Speaking with CityMag, Cheryl Axleby discusses the negative impacts of state policies supposedly designed to protect Indigenous South Australians, and what changes she wants to see during her tenure with the ALRM.

On International Sex Workers Day the industry remains criminalised, compromised and left behind

The effects of COVID-19 on the still illicit sex work industry are more pronounced than in other sectors, affecting workers’ ability to earn money and access support.

Golden Wattle under pressure to remove pokie machines

The City of Adelaide is working with its Pirie Street tenant The Golden Wattle to remove the venue’s pokies, as per a 2019 decision to remove gaming machines from all council-owned properties.

COVID temperature check: The East End

Adelaide is working from home and reticent to spend leisure time in the city, which means hospitality traders in the East End are struggling to fill their much-reduced venue capacities. They’re calling on the State Government to spread the message that it’s ok to leave the house.

Beers and burgers at small business super venue Hard Days Night

A Wright Street warehouse has become a hospitality nexus, where pints from independent brewery Shifty Lizard Brewing, cocktails and coffee from Caravino and burgers by Whoopi Goldburger meet.

Council defers decision on measures to aid city businesses

A special Adelaide City Council meeting was held last night to find ways to help city residents and ratepayers battle Omicron’s economic fallout – but the majority Team Adelaide faction used its numbers to postpone a vote on possible measures until the end of the week.

Everything that happened at this week’s Adelaide City Council meeting

From an investigation into e-scooter speeds in the city to a revelation that five Adelaide city councillors have not provided proof of their vaccination status – this is everything important that occurred at the four-hour decision-making meeting this week.