New bars Barbary Coast and No Sleep Club breathe new life into heritage buildings

New all-day restaurant-bar No Sleep Club on Keong Saik Road. ST PHOTO: MARCELLIN LOPEZ
The first floor of Barbary Coast, named DeadFall, is characterised by concrete and exposed brick, and will pump out beers, wines and quick cocktails. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH
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SINGAPORE - Two additions to the bar scene are breathing new life into locations rich in history.

Along Keong Saik Road - once known for its sordid past as home to brothels from the 1960s to 1980s - all-day bar, coffeehouse and restaurant No Sleep Club, which opened in October, has put a modern spin on a clan-owned three-storey shophouse.

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