Bar/Kitchen
find out more below
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Our bar, which was once a beaten down and thoroughly assaulted old work bench, is now the gateway to classic cocktails, inspiring creations, refreshing local beers, engaging wines and an ever-evolving seasonal menu of special beverages.
Our kitchen has been born out of the desire to be provide you with our delicious food in a streamlined and relaxed manner. The idea is that you can go up to the bar, order some drinks and some plates of food right there at the counter – grab a table and get social. The menu is vibrant, street-food style, local, seasonal and mainly plant-based with a little fish. Dishes are satisfying, healthy, delicious and quick! The perfect companion for a tasty beverage.
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Interesting cocktails, created in-house, seasonally influenced – quality beer and cider, local producers, weekly specials, alcohol-free creations, engaging wines – organic and biodynamic producers who care about their craft.
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Brunch is served from 10-11.30AM.
Small plates, appetisers and puddings are available from 12PM–10PM. More elaborate specials and main dishes are available during our lunch service from 12-3PM and dinner from 5-9PM.
Our dishes are freshly prepared using local, seasonal and use mostly organic ingredients – guided by sustainability, quality, flavour, seasonality, provenance and fun!
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If you are a group of 8 or more, please visit our bookings page.
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Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat
10am – 11pmSee our instagram for holiday or special event opening hours
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In order to make our service, and your experience more efficient and social we have decided to go back to old fashioned ‘ordering at the bar’ – simply go up to the bar and order your drinks and ‘Bar Kitchen’ food at the large bar counter, pay as you go at one of the 2 tills – and we will then pour them there and then for you or make them and bring them over to you … easy! Old school!
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We always strive to use locally sourced ingredients, work with local farmers and producers to get the best organically grown fruit and vegetables, sustainably caught and humanely treated animals – mainly fish, for our dishes. Mostly veg and a little fish. For more info see our Food Philosophy below.
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We feel incredibly privileged to be working alongside our team. All our staff at 45 are some of the most talented, passionate and inspiring individuals we have ever encountered. A kaleidoscope of ages, backgrounds and experience - a true tapestry of what it means to be human - and they knock out some exceptional plates of food, exciting cocktails and experiences that will last a lifetime. They are what makes 45 Queen street what ever it is!
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Balance. So easy in theory – yet elusive in the real world.
We are a space filled with great food, laughter, community and joy. We always strive to use locally sourced ingredients, work with local farmers and producers to get the best organically grown fruit and vegetables, sustainably caught and humanely treated – mainly fish, for our dishes. Our menu generally consists of mostly veg and a little fish.
Ideally it’s been…
Caught - Dived for - Dug up or Picked
We are aware that we are a ‘multiplier’ in the sense that whatever food decisions we make for our menus are multiplied and have a compounding ripple effect on a wider scale – as such we need to be conscious and deliberate in our decisions. We are not perfect – but we are always learning, adapting, and improving all the time. We need to be a positive change that can help our fragile, struggling food systems, while running a viable and vibrant small business.
We live in an incredible corner of the world – it is such a joy to be able to use seasonal, local ingredients as the foundation of our dishes – we are privileged and excited to share our exploration of what is possible in the world of food and drink with you.
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A great cocktail has the potential to be utterly enchanting. They should be fun, captivating, sophisticated, unpretentious, delicious, surprising, accessible and somewhat of a mystery. We love a classic with a twist. Martini, Mule, Negroni, Margarita, Tom Collins, Bloody Mary, Old Fashioned, Mojito – the variations and subtleties are infinite. We will rotate our offering, and play with your senses, guided by the seasons – what we have foraged, collected, bounty from our shores and fields… brought to life in liquid form!
Many of our cocktails use our own Tinkture Rose Gin – the beverage that started it all.
Rose Gin by Tinkture. If you know… you know.
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by Hannah Lamiroy
I wasn't actually planning on creating a Pink Gin – I was really working on a rather different concoction (something we are still working on and very excited about, but you will have to wait a moment until it's ready). I was playing with flavours and fresh ingredients including English Roses, trying all sorts of different combinations, processes and distilling methods.
One of these recipes was quite simply beautiful. The taste was like nothing I had ever experienced before, the subtlety of the fresh roses and the lingering warm caress of the gin – and then, when I mixed this strange Amber Golden elixir with tonic it revealed it's true colour - a delightful, exuberant pink!
It was just too good to ignore or put in the corner. So here it is - you've discovered my accidental classic. Cornish Rose Gin.
Love, Hannah x
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First up – and this is important, the true nature of a rose is delicate and complex. Not the concentrated, dried out, hyper bright, sickly sweet, perfumed caricature we are subjected to by commercial onslaught.
Light, delicate, a hint of citrus. The Juniper and Coriander provide a complex depth and warmth. The colour is a golden amber that changes to beautiful pink when mixed with tonic.
A classic ‘London Dry’ style gin, with one key purpose…
…to let the Rose sing!
The Perfect Serve
Rose Gin is versatile as hell. There are plenty of unique recipes, mixer ideas and taste journeys in our guide to creating beautiful cocktails. Including our take on the classic Gin and Tonic – introducing the Tink and Tonic.
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We use a secret blend of fresh, hand-picked, English roses, all created by David Austin, grown with love, by a force of nature called Jan, on a small, Certified Organic farm, in the South West of England. Her knowledge and enthusiasm about genuine Organic farming is inspiring and infectious - as long as we follow her advice and guidance I think we'll be alright!
