Tote Hotel | 71 Johnston St | Collingwood

“Just a few weeks ago I came here on a Sunday arvo and saw a dozen bands play in the front bar, the cobra lounge upstairs and the main band room. Myriad of styles with differing audiences all getting along in harmony. The beergarden hosted the customary free bbq which explained the mustard all over my shirt the following morning. We also come here afterwork a few times a month, because the jukebox is awesome and the front bar is old school. Everyone is crap at pool.”