The vibrant inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern was musician Mickey Kojak’s first home away from his family, holding a special place in his heart.

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Carriageworks

Art center
245 Wilson St, Eveleigh NSW 2015
Carriageworks

"So much happens at Carriageworks — art exhibitions, markets on the weekend, fashion week. It's a huge hub for creativity and innovation, in terms of art and fashion and food, and all that sort of stuff."

Mickey KOJAK

Seventhwave Coffee & Tea

Coffee roasters
Warehouse B/15 Cornwallis St, Redfern NSW 2016
Seventhwave Coffee & Tea

"Seventhwave coffee is just a guy in a warehouse. He's roasting coffee beans and is making beautiful, old-school Italian coffee, with the crema. It's really incredible. There's a coffee that I had there once: two shots of espresso with Campari soda. It was amazing."

Mickey KOJAK

Atomic Brewery

Brewery
158 Regent St, Redfern NSW 2016
Atomic Brewery

"Atomic Brewery — the beers are very creative. They recently won a GABS, which is like the beer competition in Australia. They won an award forthebest beer, which was a lemon sour with a meringue on top of it, and it's incredible. It's not something that I would ever really think of."

Mickey KOJAK

Abbotts Hotel

Pub
47 Botany Rd, Waterloo NSW 2017
Abbotts Hotel

"The Abbotts Hotel is almost as old as Redfern. Growing up it was like the cheap pub — you'd go there and it was full of eclectic characters and lots of people from different walks of life. Redfern is a huge multicultural hub."

Mickey KOJAK

The Lord Gladstone

Pub
115 Regent St, Chippendale NSW 2008
The Lord Gladstone

"The Lord Gladstone is iconic in terms of pub culture, and also live music. It's kind of where all those Australian bands grew up. And above they've got Goodspace Gallery — art, music, lots of hip-hop happening there now as well."

Mickey KOJAK

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