Frankies Pizza (http://frankiespizzabytheslice.com/) is a basement bar and pizza joint on Hunter Street with a focus on good food, even better beers and a dash of rock and roll to keep you in the mood for more pizza, beer (see the clever loop??). This is a place that has worked hard on its look, vibe and what it offers in a bar to really differentiate itself. Is it a pizza joint serving good beer, or is it a bar serving pizza, who cares it works.
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| Damn the pole ruining my photo of the interesting range of beers on tap at Frankies! |
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| Its served in a cool plastic cup, well easy to be a glass collector in this place! |
We went on a Friday night and it was packed with a real mix of people - from the rockers, to the suits to geeks checking out the new beers on tap. It is not often you see such a mix, especially in a small basement bar.
They really maximise the space in this place - high tables, chairs at the bar and all along the wall means that you can grab a seat, (yes, I am getting old - that is a key bit of information) allowing you to enjoy the music and vibe (being a basement bar it has low ceilings and therefore gets load).
The pizza slices available changes and do the beers on tap (see their twitter account for the up to date beers on tap). As I have always said, to be a top craft beer pub, you need a venue that continually changes their taps. So great work guys!
I drank a Hargreaves Hill Pale Ale. It keeps its head and has a really great upfront fruity, bitter hoppy taste, but the taste doesn't hang around - it is quite thin bodied. Really easy drinking and reminds me of the Rocks Brewery ISA - a beer you can happily drink all night. Really solid effort.
I then had a few Bridge Road IPAs. It worked really well as it is similar to the Hargreaves Hill Pale Ale (fruity, lemony etc) but this isn't thin bodied and it leaves a much bigger taste in the mouth. You couldn't drink a Bridge Road followed by a Hargreaves: that's not to knock Hargreaves, it just a lighter beer...
My one leaving thought about Frankies is around price, for a glass of wine and a beer, every time it was over $20... (I changed beer and the wife changed wine a few times) which is a little steep, so after a few we left and headed to Palmer & Co - being in there though made me realise I just wanted to be back in Frankies... better atmosphere, better beers, better everything, but I just wish Frankies was a $1 or so, per drink, cheaper.
Overall, great place...
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| With the glasses above the bar, it kinda looks like the Cheers bar set doesn't it? |
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| Booths in the corner, a big amount of high tables and a few normal tables maximises the seating of this place |
The pizza slices available changes and do the beers on tap (see their twitter account for the up to date beers on tap). As I have always said, to be a top craft beer pub, you need a venue that continually changes their taps. So great work guys!
I drank a Hargreaves Hill Pale Ale. It keeps its head and has a really great upfront fruity, bitter hoppy taste, but the taste doesn't hang around - it is quite thin bodied. Really easy drinking and reminds me of the Rocks Brewery ISA - a beer you can happily drink all night. Really solid effort.
I then had a few Bridge Road IPAs. It worked really well as it is similar to the Hargreaves Hill Pale Ale (fruity, lemony etc) but this isn't thin bodied and it leaves a much bigger taste in the mouth. You couldn't drink a Bridge Road followed by a Hargreaves: that's not to knock Hargreaves, it just a lighter beer...
My one leaving thought about Frankies is around price, for a glass of wine and a beer, every time it was over $20... (I changed beer and the wife changed wine a few times) which is a little steep, so after a few we left and headed to Palmer & Co - being in there though made me realise I just wanted to be back in Frankies... better atmosphere, better beers, better everything, but I just wish Frankies was a $1 or so, per drink, cheaper.
Overall, great place...
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