Tell us about your bar:
Knox Street Bar is already on its way to becoming a local institution. Located in a garage basement, it offers genuine hospo service, classic cocktails, craft beer, tasty food and entertainment with an eclectic twist. Our guests can launch their latest EP and party with 60 friends in our showcase Drum Room, chill out in the newly opened Panic Room, or enjoy a quiet drink, meal and conversation with locals at the bar.
What’s on the menu?
Our chef, Sebastien Wilde, has created a menu with some seriously tasty yet fun bar food. Currently and back by popular demand are two favourites: the fried chicken and watermelon bánh mì ($15) with sambal cucumbers, jalapeño, crispy onions and coriander; and the incredibly flavoursome buttermilk fried cauliflower ($17) with romesco, pickled onions and Grana Padano. This week’s blackboard special is meat and two veg: ($25) grilled pork chop, kipfler potato salad, and apple, pistachio and raisin salad.
Care for a drink?
We take cocktails seriously at Knox Street, as Sydney’s only specialist sour bar. Tyrone McCulloch and Jacob Fleming have created a cocktail menu that takes you from the classics to Yuzu Boogaloo – Botanic Australis gin, yuzu concentrate, fresh lemon, ginger, whites, blood plum and dehydrated ginger pop rocks, served tall. We also have on tap a changing selection of local beers, organic cider and a healthy wine list. Better still, if you want to try your luck and have fun, any cocktail is just $16 if you take your chance and spin the cocktail wheel.
Sounds:
We like to constantly mix it up, with the music choice entirely depending on the crowd. On Wednesdays we have our regular after work disco with ’70s and ’80s music video projections. Then you might drop by on a Friday night and see Rodrigo, our resident DJ, playing whatever vinyl he wants (and it’s so good) on the driveway entrance ramp next to a projection of slow TV on the garage wall. On Saturdays there could be an EP launch and a party in the Drum Room.
Highlights:
On Saturday December 19, the bizarre is back. Yes, it’s the Knox Street Bizarre Christmas Show where you can again experience the unexpected. Limited tickets are for sale at the bar or online from our website, knoxstreetbar.com. Everyone is welcome at Knox Street, so we are always open to discussing and hosting your events and projects.
The bill comes to:
Start with a Garage Slapper ($18 whisky sour with urban honeycomb from our beehives on the roof, pictured above), then match the fried chicken and watermelon bánh mì ($15) with a glass of Riesling ($10-$12) or Batch summer ale ($8). Our sparkler, Sieur d’Arques Cremant De Limoux Brut ($14), is dynamite with fried chicken, and you will still have coin to spin the Cocktail Wheel.
Address: Garage, Corner Knox and Shepherd St, Chippendale
Phone Number: (02) 8970 6443 Website: knoxstreetbar.com
Opening hours: Sun – Thurs 4-10pm, Fri – Sat 4pm-Midnight
