The Rainbow Hotel is a fabulous watering hole on St David St in Fitzroy between Brunswick St and Smith St.
The Rainbow has a small front bar, an old style pub dining room with an open fireplace (great in winter) and a pleasant beer garden area just off St David St.
They have about 10 taps and regularly rotate different beers through them. Carlton Draught and Moon Dog's fabulous "Love Tap Lager" seem to be the regular tap hogs but there are always interesting tipples running through the others. The Rainbow also has a very good range of bottled beers.
Some of the craft brewers you are likely to find on tap here are 4Pines, 2Birds, Kooinda, Bridge Road, Mornington Peninsula and Hargraves Hill (and many others).
I strongly recommend you visit either on a Wednesday evening for "The Great Steak" night or on a Thursday to get a matched free pint with Chef's special for the day. The Great Steak deal (currently $14) is seriously great bargain steak meal that you can wash down with an equally great beer. The Thursday "Food & Beer Match" special usually has 2 menu choices each matched to 1 of 2 selected beers currently on offer. You get the pint with your meal at the price of the meal only, an absolute bargain.
Yours truly by the fireplace in the Rainbow's Dining Room.
The latest events, new beers and meal deals can be found by following the Rainbow on Facebook.
1 comment:
excellent stuff. will look it up when next in Melbourne!
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