Palookaville

LOCATION
In the heart of Fitzroy’s thriving Brunswick Street precinct.

PROFILED BY DE GROOTS MEDIA
With its comfortable couches, recycled furnishings, pool table and relaxed attitude, you can walk into Palookaville any time and feel right at home. Bearing a resemblance to an old American saloon, and with rustic touches such as the faux weatherboard house towards the back, it’s an inviting place to idle away a few hours. The menu is a straightforward one, but you are guaranteed a good, reasonably priced meal every time, whether you choose a well-cooked steak or parma, tempura of King George whiting, saganaki or Moroccan spiced lamb. They do a mean weekend breakfast too, and Palookaville may very well serve the best chips in town – thick, hand cut and perfectly cooked.

While Wednesday’s $10 steak night used to be a drawcard, Palookaville now offers $10 meals all week, and they are great value, with no skimping on size or quality. Touches like these make this eatery a great pub alternative. You can head down here for a few pots, sink some pool and have a cheap, tasty meal any night of the week. Free live music six nights a week might see you enjoying a low-key, local blues, rock or folk performance, and the gallery space upstairs is also available as a private function room.

Angela Costanzo