A new bar owner in Newcastle is banking on customers looking for a more distinguished and boutique experience when Roxanne opens on Hunter Street around the end of March.
Tim Bone, the former manager at the Prince of Merewether and one-time manager at the Delany, has been waiting to see Roxanne - the city's newest small bar with an artsy film noir aesthetic - come to fruition for years. Like many ventures in the late night entertainment scene, the plans to open in 2020 ground to a halt when the pandemic descended, but the idea came out of hibernation in the last 12 months as the long-time barman secured the former bank building on the corner of Bolton and Hunter streets and began the fit-out.
