Michael Madrusan is the founder of The Everleigh and The Elk Room, a golden-era cocktail bar overlooking Melbourne’s Gertrude Street, Fitzroy. The Everleigh, which opened on 4th July 2011, was named Bar of the Year by Gourmet Traveller in 2013, Time Out’s Cocktail Bar of the Year 2014, Bar of the Year 2015 and Cocktail Bar of the Year 2016. The Everleigh has also placed in the highly coveted Drinks International’s World’s 50 Best Bars list 2013, 2014 and 2015. Michael spent many years bartending in London and New York before returning home to Australia to open the country’s first and only outpost of the Milk & Honey family. He has worked in some of the most revered bars in the world, including New York’s Milk & Honey, Little Branch and PDT.