beer at bimbos

A quiet night was on our agenda that Sunday night: a simple Sunday dinner, a movie in bed and an early night in. But it was not to be. We were on our way back from shopping from (the newly refurbished Fitzroy) Coles when we got a message from Pete.

Heya Fitzroy dwellers. Either of you guys up for a drink/bite to eat? If so let me know. I’m headed past in about 40mins. Hope you’re both playing nice

Jack and I looked at each other, and said “meeeeh. why not.” So Pete was told to drop by our flat to suffer through my mediocre cooking skills and then we’ll skip out for a few pints. Hella, the flatmate, came home just in time when the dishes were washed and the boys were just about finished with the beers they dug out of the fridge.

So off the four of us trouped downstairs to the freezing Brunswick Street. We let the one Kew dweller decide where to go and he chose Bimbos as he claims he hasn’t been there since 2007.

And there we . . .

walls in stalls & $4 pizzas

Went to Bimbos for $4 pizzas for Philippa’’s birthday. Man.. even on a Monday that place was packed! Good thing they came a little before 7 and they were able to secure a table. But even then seats had to be shared.

The first time I went there, I was expecting real rubbish pizza but for $4, those pizzas are amazing! My personal favourite is the Calabrese with a generous amount of salami with just the right kind of zing. If you manage to make your way to the bar to place your order the pizzas would come within 10 minutes. As the night progresses though.. the wait gets longer. But who could complain with $4 pizzas anyway? Plus.. they have a good selection of beer on tap to wash down the pizza with.

I could have taken photos of the adorable lamps in the courtyard or the interesting ambience downstairs (although it might have been too dark to take a photo of anything) but what really tickled my fancy was the ‘decor’ in the stall at the ladies.. Am I weird? But it was cute and uh… informative.