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    Mar 01, 2020 4 minutes
    ELISABETH KING

    THINGS change fast in Stanley Street, Darlinghurst, even in the same building. Over the past few years, four restaurants have filled the two-storey terrace at number 77 in the city-fringe eat street - Johnny Fontane, Rabbit Hole, Wood and Smoke Bar and now The Big Easy. The name is a giveaway that the latest iteration takes its cue from New Orleans from the extensive cocktail list to the Cajun and Creole-inspired food.

    The brainchild of co-owners, and , The Big Easy's bar is the heart of the action. Laming is a gifted mixologist (ex-The Smoking Panda and. Natty B takes credit for the equally eye-catching artwork upstairs in the hoodoo lounge with its dusky strip lighting and hanging ferns reminiscent of the bayous.

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