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The Age
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
There's only room for 15 guests at this tiny Brunswick East bar
Previous SlideNext Slide Contemporary$$$$ There's nothing tricky about the name of Tiny. It squeezes 15 people along two walls, has a kitchen pass that doubles as a high-table, and serves a tight menu from a studio apartment-sized cooking set-up. It helps that couple Zac Shearer (The Lincoln, French Saloon) and Jamila Fontana live three minutes' walk away, allowing mid-service dashes home to get more ice or beer. Tomato tarte tatin on house-made puff is finished with a red-wine burnt caramel, smoked quail egg with potato foam and beluga caviar makes an elegant snack, and abalone is tossed through a bold seaweed butter. Josh Fry, the opening chef for Rocco's Bologna Discoteca and Poodle, helped write the menu. Seven cocktails, 10 wines and three no-frills beers (including VB longnecks) get the job done, drinks-wise.
Sydney Morning Herald
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
There's only room for 15 guests at this tiny Brunswick East bar
Previous SlideNext Slide Contemporary$$$$ There's nothing tricky about the name of Tiny. It squeezes 15 people along two walls, has a kitchen pass that doubles as a high-table, and serves a tight menu from a studio apartment-sized cooking set-up. It helps that couple Zac Shearer (The Lincoln, French Saloon) and Jamila Fontana live three minutes' walk away, allowing mid-service dashes home to get more ice or beer. Tomato tarte tatin on house-made puff is finished with a red-wine burnt caramel, smoked quail egg with potato foam and beluga caviar makes an elegant snack, and abalone is tossed through a bold seaweed butter. Josh Fry, the opening chef for Rocco's Bologna Discoteca and Poodle, helped write the menu. Seven cocktails, 10 wines and three no-frills beers (including VB longnecks) get the job done, drinks-wise.
The Age
02-05-2025
- Business
- The Age
Ian Curley's luxe new Brighton restaurant and wine bar has arrived
Previous SlideNext Slide European$$$$ Ian Curley (French Saloon, Kirk's) has opened Baix in Brighton, beneath luxury apartment building The International. Five years in the making, it seats nearly 200 diners across a wine bar, restaurant, private dining room and an al fresco area. The door on the left is for Baix Dining restaurant, the door on the right leads to 81 Bay wine bar. At the latter, go for spontaneous champagne and oysters (Appellation or Albany) in the afternoon. More serious snacking includes smoked cheddar puffs drizzled with hot honey, and beef crackling made by poaching beef tendon, then slicing, dehydrating and deep-frying it until it reaches potato chip texture. It's served with malt vinegar for splashing. Baix-branded house wines, made by Tasmanian winery Ghost Rock, are reasonably priced but punch well above their weight. On the flipside, big-ticket burgundy and barolo populate a glass-walled cellar you can peer into from the 20-person private dining room.
Sydney Morning Herald
29-04-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Baix & 81 Bay
Previous SlideNext Slide European$$$$ Ian Curley (French Saloon, Kirk's) has opened Baix in Brighton, beneath luxury apartment building The International. Five years in the making, it seats nearly 200 diners across a wine bar, restaurant, private dining room and an al fresco area. The door on the left is for Baix Dining restaurant, the door on the right leads to 81 Bay wine bar. At the latter, go for spontaneous champagne and oysters (Appellation or Albany) in the afternoon. More serious snacking includes smoked cheddar puffs drizzled with hot honey, and beef crackling made by poaching beef tendon, then slicing, dehydrating and deep-frying it until it reaches potato chip texture. It's served with malt vinegar for splashing. Baix-branded house wines, made by Tasmanian winery Ghost Rock, are reasonably priced but punch well above their weight. On the flipside, big-ticket burgundy and barolo populate a glass-walled cellar you can peer into from the 20-person private dining room.
