It's only fitting for Dolly Gray to call the town of Fitzroy home, with its all its quirkiness, bespoke bars and cosmopolitan flavours on offer. Part cocktail bar, part restaurant, this little treasure is a collective mix of influences with retro styled interior of brown leather banquet seating, little nooks to nestle into surrounded with original exposed brickwork of the building. The food too is collective with a mixture of modern European and Australian dishes featuring on the menu.
On the site of the former Pireaus Blues restaurant comes Dolly Gray, a new cocktail bar and restaurant channeling old-school vibes with its timber facade and leather banquettes . Headed by Rhys Blackly (Matteo’s, Circa), the kitchen’s offering is diverse - plating up organic jerusalem artichokes and stinging nettles as well as slinging wood-grilled lamb shoulders and hangar steaks on their custom made barbecue. Come for $20 bottomless mussels on Thursdays, and stay for a Squizzy Highball, made with scotch, apple, pomegranate molasses and a hint of spice.
