The Best Places to Drink and Do in Adelaide
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The best places to drink and do in Adelaide, according to the experts: The 50 and Difford's Guide have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Maybe Mae comes out on top.
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Rank 1. Maybe Mae
Contemporary Cocktail Bar
A basement cocktail bar on Peel Street where the drinks menu is divided by landscape: coast, hills, valleys. The idea is that Adelaide's terroir belongs in a glass as much as a bottle, so the team leans into seasonal local produce and genuine technique to make the argument. The crowd that's figured this out tends to come back often enough to be called regulars. Named a Discovery by The 50.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Maybe Mae (this place) 71.400
- #1 Penfolds Magill Estate 71.400
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An urban winery visit where the highlight is a dimly lit underground cellar and a story involving corporate sabotage. In the 1950s, the winemaker Max Schubert was ordered to stop his experiments; he kept going anyway, hiding bottles in these very cellars. That wine, Grange, later became Australia's priciest bottle ever sold at auction. The tour opens at the founders' original cottage before moving underground, where the contraband legacy of one stubborn winemaker is very much the point.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Maybe Mae 71.400
- #1 Penfolds Magill Estate (this place) 71.400
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The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: Difford's Guide
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide