Patsy's

A restaurant called Patsy's promotes vegetarian renditions of traditional northern Mediterranean cuisine. The atmosphere inside Patsy's, a two-story Art Deco structure from the 1920s of a remote roundabout on the outskirts of the city, is very different on each floor. With stained glass arches, oak paneling, blue-green wallpaper with hand-painted geometric motifs, and antique sideboards, the upstairs have a classic appeal. With terrazzo tables and a glass-framed bar downstairs, it feels like a Mediterranean beach bar. If your dinner reservation is at 6 o'clock, arrive ten minutes early to take advantage of half-price happy hour cocktails with names like "My Vegan Friend" and "Gwyneth's Daughter", or order a local or imported wine—the majority of which are vegan and all of which come from vineyards that practice sustainable farming.

Patsy's menu may need some searching and hesitant finger-pointing when your waitstaff arrives if you're not familiar with regional European cuisine. Unsurprisingly, the cuisine draws inspiration from France, Italy, Spain, and Greece. Each dish created by chef Dallas Reilly is inspired by a drop from a list of northern Mediterranean wine regions that wine director Sebastian Zotti has painstakingly put together. The Corsican chestnut flatbread is more like a tiny crêpe; it is stuffed to the gills with fresh mustard leaves and, thanks to the crushed hazelnuts and tiny wedges of mandarin, effectively blurs the line between savory and sweet. Patsy's pâté aux champignons are one of those potent meat-like meals that has nevertheless been met with startlingly similar vegetarian incarnations. The salty, garlicky pâté, as any good one should be, is a pleasure with the thinly sliced, crisp baked croutons. It is similar to onion mushroom soup in a buttery mousse-like texture.

Detailed Information:
Address: 213 Franklin St, Melbourne
Phone number: 03 9328 7667
Website: https://www.patsys.com.au/

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