Blondie Bar

Restaurant and Bar Hospitalityblondiebar.com.au

Company typePrivate
Founded2011
HeadquartersSouthbank, Australia
Headcount11–50
GTM typeB2C
OfferingServices

Blondie Bar firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Blondie Bar
Legal name: Blondie Bar
Website: https://blondiebar.com.au
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2011
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 11–50 employees
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Blondie Bar industry classification

Industry

Product category: Restaurant and Bar Hospitality
NAICS: Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (72241)
SIC: Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)
akta.pro primary industry: Karaoke Bars & Entertainment Bars (THAFAEAH)
akta.pro secondary industry: Neighborhood Bars & Taverns (CRANACAA)

Keywords

Restaurant and bar
Live entertainment venue
Cocktails and dining
Outdoor dining
Arts precinct hospitality

Where Blondie Bar is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Southbank
HQ country: Australia
HQ region: Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

Blondie Bar business model

Business model

GTM type: B2C
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

Food & Beverage Sales: Primary revenue from selling food, cocktails, wine, and beer for dine-in and takeaway. Menu includes dinner, lunch, supper/light meals, and classic cocktail range.
Event & Entertainment: Revenue generated through venue patronage driven by live entertainment events including Friday Jazz Jams and Melbourne International Jazz Festival sponsorship.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Blondie Bar product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Blondie Bar operates a single-location restaurant and bar in Melbourne's Southbank arts precinct, offering dine-in and takeaway food service alongside a beverage program of cocktails, wines, and draught beers. The venue hosts free live entertainment including Friday Jazz Jams and sponsors the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, operating with a 266-patron capacity across indoor and outdoor seating.

Product overview

Blondie Bar is an arts precinct restaurant and bar established in 2011, located in the 'Heart of the Arts' Southbank area of Melbourne. The venue operates as a unified hospitality offering combining dine-in and outdoor dining services with a capacity of 266 patrons. The product portfolio includes food service (lunch, dinner, light meals/supper menus), a beverage program featuring cocktails, wines, and draught beers, takeaway ordering via mryum.com, online table reservations through nowbookit.com, gift cards, and free live entertainment including Friday Jazz Jams. The venue is vegan and vegetarian friendly, offers happy hour promotions from 3pm–6pm, andwelcomes dogs in outdoor areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Dine-In Restaurant Services
Outdoor Dining
Takeaway Service
Classic Cocktail Range
Wine and Beer Selection
Live Entertainment Programming
Gift Cards

Companies that use Blondie Bar

Customer profile

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Blondie Bar technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Blondie Bar partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

Melbourne International Jazz FestivalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Blondie Bar is a proud sponsor of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival since 2011. The partnership includes encouragement of emerging musicians through Friday night Jazz Jams. This sponsorship positions Blondie as the 'Heart of the Arts' in Melbourne's Southbank precinct.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Blondie Bar competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Cookie: Long-running Melbourne CBD bar and live entertainment venue with a similar multi-floor format, DJ/music programming, and bar-led food offering. Comparable in scale, late-night positioning, and target customer mix to Blondie Bar.
The Crafty Squire: Melbourne CBD craft-beer-focused bar and pub with live entertainment programming and a broad food menu. Closely comparable in venue type, capacity range, and Southbank-adjacent catchment.
The European: Iconic Melbourne CBD bar and restaurant with a long operating history. Comparable in scale, mixed bar/restaurant format, and Melbourne cultural-precinct customer base.
Howler: Brunswick/Melbourne bar and live music venue combining bar service with a ticketed entertainment program. Comparable as an independent Melbourne venue anchored on music-led GTM.
The Toff in Town: Melbourne live music and late-night venue with food and bar service. Directly comparable event-driven programming model and downtown-arts positioning.
Bar Margaux: Melbourne cocktail bar with full dinner service and a Parisian-bistro atmosphere. Comparable as an independent Melbourne bar-restaurant targeting a similar dinner-and-drinks occasion.

Broad incumbents

Australian Venue Co. Large multi-venue Australian hospitality operator running dozens of bars and pubs nationwide. Operates broadly in the same bar/restaurant category as Blondie Bar but at materially greater scale and geographic footprint.
Sand Hill Road: Melbourne-based multi-venue hospitality group operating pubs and bars across the city. Comparable operating category and Melbourne focus, but with a portfolio model versus Blondie's single-site footprint.

Regional players

Bird's Basement: International jazz club and bar operating outside Australia. Comparable as a music-anchored bar/restaurant but geographically distinct and with a different operating model.
Jazz Cafe: London live-jazz venue with restaurant and bar service. Comparable in concept (jazz programming integrated with bar/restaurant service) but operates in a different geography and at larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Blondie Bar financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Blondie Bar leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Blondie Bar funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Blondie Bar M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

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Frequently asked questions about Blondie Bar

What does Blondie Bar do?

Is Blondie Bar a public or private company?

Blondie Bar is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Blondie Bar founded?

Blondie Bar was founded in 2011. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Blondie Bar based?

Blondie Bar is headquartered in Southbank, Australia, in the Oceania region.

How does Blondie Bar make money?

Two revenue lines are on record. Food & Beverage Sales are the primary driver. The others are event & Entertainment.

Who are Blondie Bar's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Cookie, The Crafty Squire, The European, Howler, The Toff in Town and Bar Margaux. Broad incumbents are Australian Venue Co. and Sand Hill Road. Regional players are Bird's Basement and Jazz Cafe.

Does Blondie Bar have an API?

No public API is recorded for Blondie Bar.

What industry is Blondie Bar in?

Blondie Bar's product category is Restaurant and Bar Hospitality. Its primary akta.pro industry code is THAFAEAH, Karaoke Bars & Entertainment Bars, with a secondary code of CRANACAA, Neighborhood Bars & Taverns. Its NAICS code is 7224 and its SIC code is 5810.