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Old Homestead Inn
Ph: (03) 9489 2861; 170 Queens Pde, FITZROY NORTH 3068 www.thehomestead.net.au
English, $$ -
Open Tue-Fri noon-2pm; Sat-Sun noon-3pm; Tue-Sun 6-9pm, Closed Christmas night, Boxing Day New Years Day, Good Friday lunch; Licensed; AE DC MC V EFT, Seats inside 60, Outside seats, Private room 20
Chef Ayai Nathan (7-11-07) Owner Traci & Chris Lourey (7-11-07)
Mietta's Review
There's an old fashioned public bar here with a bar menu and 12 different beers on tap. Then there's the restaurant with its old world leather seats for dining. Clubs meet here for special dinners. At weekends bands play in the bar. Out back there's a courtyard and the whole of the Old Homestead has a warm country feel in the city. The recent arrival of a new chef producing traditional pub dishes completes the package.
Other published opinions
Age Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 13/20 "Behind the Homestead's humble rural pub exterior lies a dining room invested with the welcoming spirit of a well-to-do country club"
Herald Sun Stephen Downes, 6-03-07 Score: 15/20 "I'll be going back to Homestead. It's cheap, it cooks offal well, lists a good choice of real beers and has a well-priced wine list - seven table whites and seven reds available by the glass. Add fine service and this place has a warmth and character all its own."
Gourmet Traveller 2006 Australian Restaurant Guide Best pub dining "And with a young chef whose mentor was Fergus (St John Restaurant) Henderson back in London, The Old Homestead Inn has a menu of down-to-earth, produce-driven British classics that may be enough to make a flew ex-pats homesick."
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