Thursday, August 5th, 2010—Bar 207

Day 207—Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
The Creek Bar (Downstairs in the Eight Mile Creek restaurant)
Anybody who’s followed this blog for a while knows that Australia has been very good to the 365 Bar Crawl. I’ve done a lot of radio interviews over there, have been written up in the press and was even on national TV down under on their Morning Show. And I’ve got some loyal Aussie followers and commentators as well. I’d start to name you by name, but I’d probably forget someone, so let me just say thanks to the lot of you, mates! I thought I’d celebrate Australia tonight by going to a genuine Aussie bar called The Creek Bar. Okay,  it’s time to go berko, mates, off to the Creek Bar we go.

Here's the Eight Mile Creek restaurant.

But we're going to the bar down under.

Two happy hours, a true sign of an Aussie bar, these mates know how to drink!

And here's the bar down under. I'll be ditching my flash for a lot of the shots to show this place in all its basement, darkened, Aussie glory.

And here's a Cooper's Ale which I learned to love months ago from a suggestion from my mate, Brooksy! Paul is the bartender and he's a great guy who moved was born in Brisbane and moved here this year from Melbourne.

Cheers, mates!

Here's a group of people that were partying next to me. From left: Camacho, Jennie, Hector, Susan and Brent in the back.

P.D.A. duly noted.

It's nice and dark in the bar with single bulbs illuminating it.

There's candle-lit wooden nooks outside of the bar to relax at.

Speaking of candles...FIRE!

Let's go see who this group of people are.

Hee's Andrew who was enjoying a drink at the Oz bar.

And here's Brittany, the lovely female portion of this friendly ensemble.

And here's Brittany with her friend Trevor who bartends at the Ace Bar. I tried to go there a while back, but it was too crowded.

Here's the candle-lit back room.

Ian, Kelsey and Evan were enjoying the darkened ambiance back there.

Meanwhile back at the bar Paul is pouring out the suds for a thirsty customer.

There's tables, wooden booths and a stone wall opposite the bar.

Here's Ben and Simmy. Ben's a film maker and you can check his work out here: Dawn Of Man Prodcutions. Simmy also has a website and you can check out her work here: TS + Projects.

Paul and Brittany in conversation at the bar.

Here ya go, Fitzy mate, this shot's for you and the Koala's at the hospital.

Okay, up the stairs and back to New York. Goodnight, everybody!

Review
The Creek Bar is located in a perfect location: Down under. Well, down under the Eight Mile Creek restaurant to be precise. Walk down a flight of stairs on Mulberry Street and you’ll find a nice slice of Oz-land right here in New York City. The walls are rough-shod rock and wood and the bar is small and cozy. There’s wooden booths and candle-lit nooks strategically placed in the dark, basement Aussie watering hole. The bartender is a friendly transplant from Melbourne and the crowd is mainly neighborhood locals with a tourist here and there thrown in for good measure.

It’s a full bar stocked with a good selection of draft and bottled beers. Some of the bottled beers include: Coopers Pale Ale, Toohey's New Draught, James Boag's Premium Lager and Lucky Lager. There’s a good selection of wine here and some of the specialty cocktails featured are: the Flying Kangaroo which is a mixture of,]Malibu rum, splash of Galliano, pineapple and orange juices, a Kiwi Martini which is 42 Below Kiwi vodka, a splash of Midori, fresh lemon and pineapple juices and an Aussie Illusion which mixes Stoli vodka, Bacardi rum, Blue Curacao, Cointreau, Midori, lemon and pineapple juices. This down under saloon also has bar food and the menu includes: a Classic Aussie Meat Pie, 'Coopers Ale'-battered Fish and Chips, Wallaby Wings and Meyers’ Brand Bangers & Mash. There’s a daily happy hour from 6:30pm to 8pm and another from 11pm to 1am with five dollar well drinks and one to two bucks off beers.

G’day, mates!

The Creek Bar (Downstairs in the Eight Mile Creek restaurant)
240 Mulberry St. (Near Prince St.)
212-431-4635