Footy Fever: Top Spots for the Big Game

100 Swan St, Richmond

Bauhaus inspired furnishings and rustic wooden motifs threaten to steal your sanity and keep it locked away, leaving you no option but to spend the rest of your days at that Richmond Club Hotel. And that wouldn't be such a bad thing.

Cnr Church St, 254 Bridge Rd, Richmond

433-435 Church St, Richmond

Ideal for a boozy lunch or a cosy night out with friends for tapas, this bar is all things to all people.

57 Swan St, Richmond

Pub grub, a decent beer garden and one of Melbourne's best bandrooms has made the Corner an icon.

327 Punt Rd, Richmond

344 Victoria St, Richmond

238 Lennox St, Richmond

36 Swan St, Richmond

6 Queensbridge Sq, Southbank

Commanding views of nature have always been able to make up for poor company, average alcohol, or a crappy venue. Luckily at Boulevard the venue almost outshines the views of the Yarra.

290 Collins St, Melbourne

316 Queen St, Melbourne

A strict regimen of sporting events and live, Irish music keeps this pub from becoming just another Pokie-blighted eyesoar.

94 -96 Bourke St, Melbourne

106-112 Hardware St, Melbourne

This is one Irish pub that comes up trumps in the converted-spaces stakes. A perfect fit-out combines with plenty of booze and live music to make any visit one worth remembering, or possible, forgetting.

25 Little Bourke St, Melbourne

Flinders St, Melbourne

This bar is guaranteed to get you from Sober Town to happyville, all via Romantic Misunderstanding Valley - hop on board the booze train!

240 King St (Cnr Lonsdale St), Melbourne