Old Palm Liquor

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Wood-fired flatbread with sumac & labne; Otway pork chop (VIC) with Cape Malay spices and green tomatoes; Southern Ranges flank steak with berbere butter.

Expect fare with a South African twist and delicate smokiness on the menu at Old Palm Liquor on trendy Lygon Street in Brunswick East. This moody wine bar and dining destination delivers an eclectic vibe of timber panels, rattan ceilings, fans with blades like canoe paddles and a vintage pokie room with padded stools, making this the ideal place to linger over a vino and bite to eat with someone special. Start an evening to remember with coconut creamed lentils, tomato, curry leaf and a cracker, or pickled mussels, chorizo and confit fennel; from the fire come mains such as whole flounder with garlic, parsley, lemon and sides of charred glazed carrots, fries and garlic mayonnaise. Perhaps striploin and smoked spiced butter hit the mark with salad leaves, shallots and whey vinaigrette.