Bar Francine is a neighbourhood wine bar located on Vulture Street in West End. It comes from the team behind El Planta, who have crafted a casual home-like space for all comers to enjoy good food, great wine and disarmingly playful service. The 50-seat venue features vintage and recycled furnishings, with original elements like restored VJ panels and exposed green tiles creating a throwback character that is bright and welcoming by day and dark and vibey at night. Like El Planta, Bar Francine’s menu is veg-forward with seafood playing a supporting role. Head chef George Wassif is weaving some European influences across the offering, which includes grilled bug and prawn dolmades with labneh, pipis escabeche with smoked tomato, braised octopus with caramelised apple sauce and smoked chimichurri, and smoked fish croquette, sauce moutarde and lacto cucumber. As for the drinks, Bar Francine pours an all-Australian wine list showcasing new-wave and established vino, which is joined by nostalgia-inducing cocktails and old-school Australian beers.
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