Bar Of The Week: Johnny Fontane’s

Tell us about your bar:

The best way to describe this brand new bar is, imagine if the King of Swing and a mafia kingpin opened a bar together. It features four distinct spaces: a Rat Pack/swing-themed bar, a Sicilian-style courtyard with a large citrus tree and vines on the staircase (sourced from the film set of The Great Gatsby), a ‘gangster lounge’ for drinking and dining on the first floor, and the Cuban-style cigar deck where you can enjoy some cocktails while smoking on a cigar.

What’s on the menu?

Johnny Fontane’s is the first venue in Sydney where you can get Chicago deep dish [below right]. We recommend The Capone, which is the original Chicago deep dish flavour with pork and veal meatballs. We offer other Italian light bites such as arancini balls, bruschetta with wild mushrooms and sage, or tomato and basil.

Care for a drink?

We have a range of signature cocktails such as Nonna’s Lemon Pie (Absolut Citron vodka, Crème de Cacao White, vanilla and lemon syrups shaken hard with fresh lemon juice and egg whites) and The Flamingo(a mix of Amaretto, Mozart white chocolate liqueur, Massenez Fraise, strawberry puree and a dollop of crème fraiche).

Sounds:

On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, we play classic Italian swing music, and on Thursdays through Saturdays, there’s a mix of Italian swing and old-school hip hop. A true hangout for the classic gangsters!

Highlights:

When you step inside Johnny Fontane’s, you’re entering the Rat Pack era. Smoke a cigar on the cigar deck (Cuban cigars available to purchase) while enjoying our signature cocktails or feast on some delicious Chicago deep dish upstairs at the gangster lounge or outside in the Sicilian courtyard. The Sicilian courtyard also has a romantic feel to it – the perfect spot for a romantic date.

The bill comes to:

Deep dish + cocktail = $46.