Bespoke beverages meet innovative design at GRAIN – Sydney’s newest neighbourhood local.
Sydney, Australia, 2012-09-21 — /travelprnews.com/ — Sydney’s Rocks precinct has just become an even more desirable meeting place, with the addition of the neighbourhood’s newest local – GRAIN – a bespoke bar by Four Seasons Hotel Sydney.
Stunningly positioned overlooking George and Alfred Streets at Circular Quay off the Hotel’s lobby, GRAIN combines an overwhelming collection of fascinating artistic and design elements with a cozy year-round indoor/outdoor feel.
Local Brewers Play a Starring Role
Helmed by Spanish Bar Manager David Ramos Hernandez, GRAIN is dedicated to the journey of ‘The Fine Craft of Drinking’ – from hand-crafted local tap beers by specialist Rocks brewers to a largely organic and biodynamic wine list and roving international cocktail list with a contemporary twist.
Hernandez is an intuitive international Bar Manager with a canny knowledge of the Sydney market. He latterly set up and managed popular small bar Low 302 in Surry Hills. His credits also include The Argyle, Bayswater Brasserie and Sydney’s famed Longrain.
Palate Pleasing Cocktails
GRAIN’S drinks list reads exotic: Pink Lady, Charlie Chaplin, Left Hand, Diamondback Lounge, Eastern Promise and Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. Equally the beer menu is expected to enthrall all hop specialists, including a bespoke GRAIN lager, sure to create a new wave of bar habitués.
Australian Produce Shines
Chef Hamish Ingham – also an import from Surry Hills who owns popular eatery Bar H – worked closely with Hernandez to match cocktail, wine and beer lists with fine bar food. The unique menu includes the likes of native Australian deep fried old man’s saltbush with aioli, oysters by Steve Feletti, yabbies with lemon and herbs, and GRAIN’S own dry aged beef short rib burger.
A Sustainable Head-Turning Design
Designed by award-winning architect Michael McCann, GRAIN brings a strong local bar feel to the city’s harbour front. It sports an eye-catching central island bar clad in giant curved slabs of sustainable Queensland blackbutt timber over a frosted glass inner core. Other highlights include a floating up-lit bottle wall, large grained wooden artisan entry doors giving access directly from George Street as well as the Hotel lobby; a large central fireplace, and retractable glass windows that open to views of the Quay over a beautiful native garden. There are also commissioned artworks that reflect the personality of the bespoke venue.
“GRAIN is a meeting place for locals and Hotel guests to enjoy hand-crafted, lovingly prepared food and drinks day and night. It’s a bar that pays homage to the origins of alcohol and the intricate grains in the hand-made timbers. As they say, anything worth waiting for takes time and we hope you will spend a little time with us at GRAIN,” says Four Seasons Hotel Sydney General Manager Vincent Hoogewijs.
Hotel Press Contacts
Sarah Vickery
Director of Public Relations
199 George Street
Sydney, NSW, Australia 2000
Email Sarah Vickery
T. 61 (2) 9250-3315