Collins Quarter
What:
Collins Quarter
Where:
86A Collins St, Melbourne
When:
Collins Quarter opened on Mon Sept 3
His mother demanded he have a Collins Street address. His pink-cravated bartenders have served cocktails at Madam Brussels on Bourke Street and his Gin Palace has infused romance into Flinders Lane. Now Vernon Chalker has nudged his way in between Franco and Makers Mark jewellery merchants on the fancy end to land his quarter.
Collins Quarter has the exclusive charm of the Melbourne Club but welcomes any codger. Well, the codgers who prefer oysters, cucumber sandwiches and bloody-mary shots.
While the menu of chicken liver parfait with drunken cherries and crostini sounds decadent, the Collins Pub manages to breath a genuine bistro air. Then the Magnolia Courtyard suggests something dainty enough to belong in Anne of Green Gables. But the said codger can be seen nursing a pint of Mountain Goat under the humble shade of the Magnolia tree.
We should pepper some "ooh-la-la's" and "oh daaaarling's" to describe this venue. But like the street Vernon's Mother prefers, The Parisian trimmings might be fancy but it inhabits even the most shozzled and unshaven working-dog.
Venue: Bar
Meal: All day
Keywords: High-end, collins street
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