Bar Of The Week: The Bearded Tit

Welcome to The Bearded Tit, the happiest bar on Earth. A revolving door of the avant-garde, the absurd and the downright cheeky. Let your senses be blown gently with our free DJs and live performance every night of the week. Spontaneous, unexpected and always free, come try your luck at Redfern’s clubhouse for misfits, locals and creative spirits. The décor is a fantastical trip down Alice’s rabbit hole, with some tequila and your grandma’s medication thrown in, guaranteed to whisk you away from the everyday. The drinks and staff aren’t bad either.

What’s on the menu?

Our version of the humble cheese board, aptly named the Jacuzzerie Board, is a large selection of mouth-watering treats designed to massage your taste buds. Creamy, dreamy cheeses, both local and imports, and succulent treats from FUMO Meats, a local all-natural smokehaus of fun, are waiting for your call. All selections are served with Redfern’s own Wild Cockatoo Bakery bread, crackers, and a selection of fantastical condiments
from Cornersmith and FUMO.

Not into posh nosh? Well, our piping hot pies from our old-school pie oven stock four tasty options at $6 a pop, with the cauliflower, leek and cheese keeping the vegos happy as well as the infamous Roasted Jumping Beans from Kitty’s Fruiteria next door. If your appetite starts to wander we have some collaborative offerings with our favourite local kitchens, Wah Fung BBQand Lorentto Pizzeria.

Care for a drink?

We love making cocktails from the classic to the kitsch, but you can’t beat our Sunday Bloody Sunday $10 Hail Marys, spicy as hell and guaranteed to bring on stigmata. They’ve got Ketel One vodka, tomato juice, lemon juice, Worcestershire and three kinds of hot sauce, served with fresh coriander and cracked pepper. A religious experience.

Sounds:

The Tit List comes out every week with a list of what to do, who to see, and it’s always free. We have a very eclectic, some might say schizophrenic musical taste that we love to share with our fellow Tits. From disco to pop to alternate country to hip hop to vintage classics and guilty pleasures, we have it all. Whether spinning on vinyl or part of our Tits Live gigs on our stage, your ears will be as happy as your taste buds.

Highlights:

The Tit isn’t just a place for drinking; it’s also a place for venturing the new and showcasing the fabulous. With five exhibition spaces, a stage that hosts weekly art performances and an in-house open mind policy, there’s always something to stimulate your senses. With a ‘no dickhead policy’, it’s a place where everyone is family, locals are celebrated and strangers quickly become BFFs.

The bill comes to:

Grab three friends, or a hot date if you’re hungry, and go for one of our custom built-for-sharing Jacuzzerie Boards. The Bearded Tit’s go-tos for dairy indulgence and smoked meaty fun, favourites include Gippland’s Tarago Shadows of Blue, Maffra cheddar, Bourbon-smoked beef and tequila-cured salmon. Follow this with our Not So Old Fashioned cocktail artfully transformed into gelato by our talented neighbours Ciccone & Sons. With this coming in under $50, we promise you won’t go home alone.

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