Tannic Teeth

For all the council development going on along William St, Northbridge, you’d hope some of the businesses would follow suit. This has happened on an interesting strip of shops, number 399 to be precise. It’s a small bar, cafe, diner eatery thingy which is hard to describe exactly. Call it what you will, the bottom line is it works. Utilising a limited menu (a kind of eat it or starve philosophy), you’ll eat the food – trust me. It works because they change the menu daily and the food is by default, always fresh. The wine list is limited but still well selected. Mulled wine on a winters day? I needed no convincing.

The third shop front next to a Vietnamese Noodle house and another cafe. Decked out in a baroque cum-rustic charm with delicious use of South West timber, Marri if I’m not mistaken. There is a charming little back courtyard complete with solid timber benches and plush cushions. Pull up a chair to the bar, or cozy up in a booth big enough for 6. It’s right in the Asian heart of Northbridge, with the good Yum-Cha scenes a stones throw away. Cafe during the day, small bar at night. Not that you’ll be craving Yum-Cha after a bacon and egg roll and Bloody Mary special ($15) on Sunday. Bloody ripper.

Bar 399. 399 William St, Northbridge.

Mon – Fri 8am to midnight Sat 10am to midnight Sun 10am to 10pm

Find the graffiti art mural and you’re there.

The second brainchild of the crew that brought us Hula Bula Bar, Devilles Pad is an awesome 60’s style diner-cum-dance pad set in a fiery volcanic magma chamber. One can lounge amongst the booths with decent bites to eat;namely American bible-belt meals of the 1950’s, and once you have consumed more than your fair share of kilojoules for the day, burn it all on the dance floor. Music seems to be a hotch-potch of all eras, but all great for dance to.

Devilles Pad has a 25 yr old and over preference, but if you are dressed well and look like you’re not going to cause trouble you should be let in. There is a dress code that seems to be enforced with zeal; the code is classy and kooky. And like most places,  ’aggro’ behaviour that is displayed, will find perpetrator quickly acquainted with the cold hard bitumen of the parking lot. With all that said, it’s heaps of fun and a fresh alternative to the stale clubs mostly on offer in Perth.  Dress up in your ’sunday best’. This is classy fun.