Vibey from the outside, and on a very pretty night I finally popped into The Vic Bar in Richmond.
Whenever I walked past: it always looked buzzing with tradies and locals, so I’d been curious to actually go in..
First impression was good — the bartender offered me a seat at the bar, perfect!
Hard Pash was on tap (an Aqua Boogie concoction I’d been dying to try), so ONE PINT please.
Alcoholic passionfruit soda, 4.5%, brewed by craft beer legends Wolf of the Willows.
Paid with cash and he genuinely seemed happy about it, which was a nice touch.
Then out of nowhere someone yells “NOAHHHH!!!” across the venue — very chaotic energy.
I’m sitting there taking a few photos when I realise there’s a girl smoking AT the bar.
Like fully smoking a cigarette indoors. I turn around and notice more cigarettes in the same small space. It was smelly.
Ended up moving over near the window just to get some air and watch the trams go by instead.
Vaguely cool in theory, but very much not my scene. 3 out of 5.
