Small Bar Perth – Fremantle (Mrs Brown)
I acknowledge it has been a while since the last small bar review because life seems to have its way of insisting to apply more attention to where it’s needed most.
So it was refreshing that to get back into a small bar late on a sunny afternoon in Fremantle.
Mrs Brown is the name. And she ain’t as boring as she sounds.
As the story goes Queen Victoria had a little thing for a Scottish servant called John Brown. Perhaps it was more than the companionship he offered or how he fiercely protected her. Either way, Vicky and John became something of an informal item, hence her name Mrs Brown. The location of the small bar (not the late monarch) is on Queen Victoria Street. The location of the bar is a good enough excuse for that name, I say.
You could be forgiven into thinking that this place brings back memories of The Stanley. In some ways it does.
There is a Flipside burger bar next door, and patrons are welcome to bring food over.
Even decor of the bar feels the same. Shabby-chic. Retro meets federation. Have a squiz at the portrait of Mrs Brown and spot the 10 modern elements. Check out the crazy welded lighting feature or play with the magnetic words. It’s mature-age fun.
Wines appear from across the international board, there is one tap beer and the rest are well selected bottles. A top range of spirits crown the shelves, Hendrick’s Gin appears to make an impromptu feature along the stairwell wall.
Grab a burger from next door, sit down with a G & T and watch the world blur by.
Mrs Brown
241 Queen Victoria Street
North Fremantle
P: 9336 1887
Monday to Saturday – open to midnight
Sunday – open to 10 pm.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:37 pm
you do of course realize that the parallels with the stanley are due to the fact the same guy owns both the bars and the burger places,
if you did know that i would have thought it was worth noting
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:47 am
Love the story behind the name. Hilarious!
November 6th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Sorry Smiths, but a common misconception, same guy does not own noth the Stanley and Ma Browns. The owner of Flipside in wembley and North Freo only owns Ma Browns. The stanley is under seperate ownership.
November 27th, 2009 at 9:32 am
That’s pretty cool. I love to read trivias and stories behind the name of a store or a known personality.