Oct 11, 2024 – 5.00am

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Ice buckets are being hastily filled before the midday open outside Neil Perry’s Double Bay institution, Margaret. Behind the glass facade, waiters crowd around a sommelier rotating a bottle of red as he explains the day’s drops ahead of the lunchtime rush.

As I wait on the corner for my guest, celebrity real estate agent Monika Tu, Double Bay is delivering. To my left, a woman sporting a gravity-defying blonde bouffant sips on a $4.50 piccolo, while on my right, local member and teal powerhouse Allegra Spender strides past.

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