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Bar Miette

Thursday: 11:30 AM – 10:00 PM
433 Queen Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000
Phone
(07) 3524 2024
Website
barmiette.com
Instagram
@bar.miette

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Posted 30 Aug 2024

By
Pat Nourse

The outlook at Bar Miette in Brisbane

A beautifully realised European-style, day-to-night cafe-to-bar from a hugely influential chef-restaurateur makes a strong case for heading to Brisbane’s riverfront, stat.

European-style day-to-night cafe, Bar Miette
Why you goIn some ways, it depends whether the words “Andrew McConnell” ring any bells for you. If those bells are ringing, there’s a good chance they’re saying “top-flight Australian chef and restaurateur, the guy who opened the kind of venues like Cumulus Inc, Cutler & Co, Marion, Supernormal and Gimlet that have played a big part in defining what you’d call the Melbourne restaurant style”. If those words mean nothing to you, meanwhile, you’re probably here because you were walking past and thought, “Wow, what’s this sweet little pocket of bar-cafe gorgeousness tucked away right here on the riverfront? I wanna get me some of that action.” Either way, this is a new deal. Downstairs you’ll find a new branch of Supernormal, McConnell’s runaway-success modern Asian restaurant. But Bar Miette is not a Sunshine State transplant – McConnell dreamed it up just for Brisbane, just for this beautiful little sun trap, and it’s a real treat.
Why you stayWhichever side of the coin you’re coming from, you’ll be curious, and Miette, though small, has lots of little details to reward that interest. In the morning it’s breakfast and snacks, and then from noon until close, it’s snacks and drinks. It’s inspired in part by the little bars of France, Italy and Spain that roll right through the day, answering whatever your need might be, whether that’s a late-afternoon coffee or an early-lunch glass of fizz, and it’s decked out with classic Parisian cafe chairs and a beautiful timber bar to set the mood.
The bar at night inside Bar Miette, Brisbane
Pouring a Martini at Bar Miette
What drink to orderWhat time is it? If you’re still in your runners and/or on the way to work, maybe it’s an iced oat latte, maybe it’s an espresso, an iced matcha or a glass of watermelon and smacked mint. Is the sun setting? Time for Campari, sweet vermouth and orange, aka a Milano Fizz. Is it Martini o’clock? The Miette Martini is a brisk blend of Tanq 10 and house-made vermouth with an olive garnish. Is it time to drink something further from the beaten track? How about a Margarita Frappé, a perfumed fiesta of Don Julio blanco tequila with citrus gelato (!) and orange-blossom water? Do you need something richer and sweeter to send you home on a high? How about a Café con Leche made with rum, caramelised miso and dulce de leche cream? And all of this is before you’ve even cracked the wine list. It’s been put together under the care of McConnell’s wine boss, Leanne Altmann, and is a thing of joy, roaming from the Mediterranean to the Yarra Valley to Sicily and back again.
What to eat

We have four words for you: mortadella stack milk bun. (Five more words to complete that picture and get your hands right up in the air: salted butter, smoked maple syrup.) But there’s plenty more going on here. You’re probably getting the idea that Miette is all about flexibility. Snacking at the bar? Plates of oysters, Spanish jamón ham and poached prawns with rouille, the spicy southern French mayo, are at your beck and call. Something more substantial? Cold roast chicken with horseradish, capers and a tarragon mustard dressing sounds like the perfect partner to a fine bottle of chilled white wine, and that goes double for the crab mayonnaise. And if you’re here before 11:00am, you’ll be greeted by one of Brisbane’s best breakfast menus. Five more words to leave you there: crisp bacon bap, gentleman's relish.

 

Food and drinks served at Bar Miette in Brisbane
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Pat NoursePat Nourse is a writer, critic and editor with a passion for great bars.
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