Bar 9

Tuesday, June 02

Bar 9 liquidator 'can't see significant return to creditors'

The administrator of the company that pioneered Adelaide’s specialty coffee movement – Bar 9 – has warned that creditors are unlikely to see significant returns from its liquidation.

Adelaide coffee pioneers forced into liquidation, owing millions

EXCLUSIVE: The company that led Adelaide’s specialty coffee movement has been forced into liquidation, leaving behind unpaid employees, debts totalling millions, and questions over whether director Ian Callahan – who now styles himself as a “hospitality, business and marketing consultant” – used any company funds for personal benefit.

East Borough lights up former Bar 9 space

A couple with plenty of café clout in Adelaide have filled the sizeable hole left by Bar 9’s exit from Glen Osmond Road.

Bar 9 enters the wholesale market

Inspired by the espresso martini trend, the owner of Adelaide’s Bar 9 cafes has developed a new concentrated coffee product called Ice Drip.

Bar 9 joins charity in new cafe venture

Coffee entrepreneur Ian Callahan will this week open a new café run in conjunction with St Vincent de Paul on Whitmore Square.