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Subculture Galore The kingpin of
AUCKLAND CITY LANEWAYS
1. Quaint little VULCAN LANE is popular for coffee seekers and after-work tipple sippers, with Belgian beer, French bistros, hipster hangouts and a burger joint. 2. FORT LANE doesn’t look like much from the outset but just you wait. Discover Cassia, a modern Indian restaurant by award-winning chef, Sid Sahrawat and Imperial Lane, an airy and industrial eatery that feels distinctly NYC. 3. SNICKEL LANE is tucked between Commerce Street and Fort Lane. The caffeine is strong and the community spirit even more so. Wine, dine and socialise. 4. RUAKAI LANE is tiny but tempting. A bijou nook of bars and bustle, keep your peepers peeled for Caretaker, a secret speakeasy behind an unassuming door. 5. COMMERCIAL BAY’S floor-level walkway is paved to perfection. Flanked by high-end shops, mosey from one to the other, picking up coffee and bagels while you linger.
vintage stores and boho boutiques, as well as drag cabaret, a proud LGBTQIA scene and numerous grittymeets-gentrified dining options.
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Vintage Shopping Thrift shop the day away. Favourite stores include Paper Bag Princess and several op shops on the main road. If you’re a vintage forager, you can’t beat Crushes Vintage, Vixen No 8 and Smoove.
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Mount Eden Caluzzi Cabarete n Ed Auckland’s original drag queen cabaret show,
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complete with three-course dinner. The costumes are outrageous, the stilettos are huge and the humour will have you giggling all the way home.
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Missyion Ba‘Pie-fee’ at Tasteful pie, the patented Bakehouse serves your favourite hot Bay drink in a variety of flavoured biscuit
Pie-Fee A genius blend of coffee and
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Sly Secret Bar From the outside
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Coco’s Cantina, K’ Road • BELOW: Newmarket BOTH: © Auckland Unlimited Inc.
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this is nothing more than a window of picture frames. Step inside and you’ll find yourself in a small closet. We’ll leave it to you to figure out how you get into the bar itself.
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The Wallace Arts Centre, Pah Homestead
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Admire a 9000-strong collection of contemporary artworks curated from the Wallace Arts Trust Collection, then pop into the shop, an emporium of fantastic one-of-akind crafts. There’s a lovely café too, located inside an impressive Italianate heritage building overlooking Monte Cecilia Park.
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Newmarket Westfield Newmarket Mall Where fashion reigns supreme. This Westfield revamped mega mall is the country’s largest. Several floors host everything from designer labels to high-street favourites (including a massive H&M store), a slick food court, rooftop dining plaza and Event Cinema.
Laneway Shopping Delightful backstreet lanes busy with boutiques. Take your shopping
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spree to Teed Street, Morrow Street, Nuffield Lane and Osborne Lane for fashion, homeware and hidden gems.
Mount Foodie Destination Newmarket hosts Duck Island, the king of weird and wonderful ice cream flavours, as well as upmarket restaurants and cafés.
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Event Cinemas Newmarket Live the high life in two decidedly different movie auditoriums: The
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Library and The Gallery. Furnished much like a home theatre with a BOUTIQUE EATS menu delivered to your (designer) seat.
Archie Brothers Cirque Electrique Gamers go giddy for this collection of arcade games, bowling, bumper cars and circusstyle diner serving freakshakes. It’s adults-only after 8pm, when the mocktails turn to cocktails.
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Dress Smart For those
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of us who can’t resist a bargain, get ready to swipe your card countless times at the country’s biggest retail outlet destination. Over 100 stores are ready and waiting to revamp your wardrobe, at discount prices
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