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Hive Bar
$8 schooners of reckless pale ale · $8 schooners of reckless lager +3 more
BarLive MusicOutdoor Seating
4–6pm
Happy Hours in Erskineville
3 venues found
Erskineville's drinking scene runs small and local, with three venues that draw loyal regulars to a stretch of Erskineville Road that feels more like a village strip than inner-west nightlife.
The Erko anchors the corner of Erskineville Road and Septimus Street, a traditional pub that's been pouring schooners since 1882 and now pairs them with American barbecue from an on-deck smoker. Down the road, Hive Bar draws a community crowd to graffitied walls and mismatched furniture, with BYO vinyl nights and their house-made E'ville Pilsner keeping regulars propping up the bar.
Moshpit sits at the Newtown end of King Street with $5 happy hour schooners and live music seven nights a week, from open mic Wednesdays to weekend bands in a 100-capacity space plastered with gig posters. The venue mix skews towards locals who know each other's names - this isn't the kind of strip where you bar-hop between strangers.
Erskineville Station puts you a short train ride from Central, while the suburb's residential streets stay quiet compared to neighbouring Newtown's King Street chaos. It's the kind of place where you pick a pub and settle in rather than crawling between venues.