Bar Open
317 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy Tel. 9415 9601 www.baropen.com.auSearch for more pubs, bars and nightclubs
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Venue type: Bar
Review: Julie Whiting
Nestled among the plentiful eateries and shops in Brunswick Street, is this welcoming gem of a bar. The cosy ground floor is supplemented by more space to drink and chat upstairs. In winter red wine in front of the open fireplace downstairs is highly recommended.
While patronage is considerably less early in the week, Bar Open attracts a lot of people, especially due to its late opening hours.
While patronage is considerably less early in the week, Bar Open attracts a lot of people, especially due to its late opening hours.
Outdoor Area / Beer Garden
A pure Fitzroy style beer garden awaits. Many would call it the best party in town.
Live Music Venue
It's a music venue at heart, and live bands feature upstairs most nights.
Second Opinion
One of the better original bars in Fitzroy, and still popular. We couldn't work out what was better: the dim, intimate downstairs, or the lounge gone wrong band room upstairs where people enjoy sitting on the floor more than on a couch?
And why does the band corner look so cool, so empty, once the band has departed? And how does the doorman know you'll go around the block and probably come back later on? Everything just feels so right in here. Miss it and you miss an integral part of Fitzroy.
And why does the band corner look so cool, so empty, once the band has departed? And how does the doorman know you'll go around the block and probably come back later on? Everything just feels so right in here. Miss it and you miss an integral part of Fitzroy.
Mark Davies
Readers' Reviews
This place was great. To be honest, I wasn't expecting all that much, coz I'm not really a Brunswick Street kinda person, but I was very pleasantly surprised. It's cosy and everyone's friendly. There's a band upstairs, and a quieter downstairs area where there's heaps of couches and chairs. Bar Open is a really good place to meet up with friends and have a few drinks, coz you can actually hear the conversation there! Definitely worth a visit, even if you're not a Brunswick Street type.
Liz, West Brunswick, 08/03