Stitch Bar in the Sydney CBD ain’t no sweatshop.

Finding a good seamstress is like finding a good bartender. Find your perfect match, and life will be better, free of dragging hems and feeling parched.  I’ve already found my perfect seamstress; she knows me well, we’re on a first-name basis, and she knows the precise length I like my sleeves. Thankfully, the latest small bar in Sydney’s CBD has nothing to do with its name, or I’d have no reason to step off York St, down the stairs, and into Stitch Bar.
Without any signage, scattered sewing machines and hanging shirts lining the entrance, you may be forgiven for thinking you’re at the wrong place. Rest assured, Stitch is no sweatshop. Hand over a ripped shirt for mending and you’re likely to be tossed out. Ask them for a ‘Beetlejuice’ and you’ll get a cocktail made with fresh beetroot and ginger juice, gin, sweet vermouth, and ginger beer.

Feeling peckish? Order a Bulldog, a Hot ‘n’ spicy dog with black eyed beans, spicy tomato salsa, avocado and jalapenos or a French Poodle a Troulouse style sausage, red wine and garlic with Tarago River Gippsland brie, picked pear and dijon mustard. Not into dogs, try a Big Bird Burger, turkey with sun-dried tomato mayonnaise, vintage cheddar and lettuce or a Stitch Burrito and a side of Curly Fries.  Craving sweet, order ‘Battered Grannies’, battered and fried granny smith apples with quince liqueur chantilly and cinnamon.

We have Karl Schlothauer and Christophe Lehou to thank for this CBD small bar. Finally, city dwellers have somewhere decent to drink after work, with Grasshopper opening just over a year ago and Grandma’s opening late last year. Let’s hope it’s a sign of things to come for Sydney’s small bar scene.

Stitch Bar
61 York St (near the corner of Barrack)
Open 4pm-late Mon-Sat
http://stitchbar.com/