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Albert’s Wine Bar

Where small plates pull no punches.

Sesame-encrusted crab toast is the Pontings’ must-order dish at Albert’s Wine Bar.
1 / 7Sesame-encrusted crab toast is the Pontings’ must-order dish at Albert’s Wine Bar.Wayne Taylor
Inside the Armadale venue.
2 / 7Inside the Armadale venue.Wayne Taylor
The go-to dish: Spanish beans with chorizo and a mandarin dressing.
3 / 7The go-to dish: Spanish beans with chorizo and a mandarin dressing.Wayne Taylor
Casarecce pasta with a mellow, meaty duck ragu.
4 / 7Casarecce pasta with a mellow, meaty duck ragu.Wayne Taylor
Burrata is accompanied by a zippy salad of shaved fennel and citrus.
5 / 7Burrata is accompanied by a zippy salad of shaved fennel and citrus.Wayne Taylor
Ricotta doughnuts with chocolate anglaise: puffy, warm and satisfying.
6 / 7Ricotta doughnuts with chocolate anglaise: puffy, warm and satisfying.Wayne Taylor
Grab a pavement table outside Albert’s Wine Bar for a bite of something delicious.
7 / 7Grab a pavement table outside Albert’s Wine Bar for a bite of something delicious.Simon Schluter

Albert’s Wine Bar

European$$

Albert’s is a destination for slow sipping and gentle grazing.

Naturally, there’s a cracking wine list, full of small Australian producers and well-priced European expressions, and the restrained menu by new chef Tom Ferne leaves no room for sub-par ingredients.

Take a seat under the wide on-street verandah or slide into an olive-green leather banquette for wildly decadent crab toast encrusted with sesame seeds, or creamy Spanish beans studded with chorizo in a subtle mandarin dressing.

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A beautiful casarecce pairs with mellow, meaty duck ragu. Puffy ricotta doughnuts with chocolate anglaise are warm and satisfying, as is the inclusion of free, good bread: a rare and welcome treat.

With its traditional fitout – linen curtains, whitewashed walls and hand-drawn illustrations – it’s the type of place you walk past and immediately wish you were inside, with someone you love, sipping something delicious.

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