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Locals stake their claim Subiaco locals Richard and Sarah Bellamy have opened a brand new bar in an old favourite’s spot on Rokeby Road appropriately enough called Your Local. WORDS | Gail Williams.
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SUBIACO: EAT DRINK SHOP
A Subi resident walks into a bar. Or is it Monet’s garden? Without saying a word the bartender pours a generous glass of La Violetta riesling while the punter sinks back into a comfy banquette set against a floral background worthy of the French impressionist. “Would you like your usual ham hock croquettes with that?” asks the bartender. Such is the welcome for many customers at Your Local, the brand new Rokeby Road bar modelled on a London gastropub, and where friendly
banter is the side serve with drinks. How so, when the paint is barely dry on the huge refurbishment of the old Spruce Goose – previously Purl Bar – which was rescued from decay by Richard and Sarah Bellamy after eyeing it off for seven years while running their nearby interior design and commercial fit-out business, Bellfort? Let’s start with two words: Sean Cassin. He’s Your Local’s manager who hails from Kilkenny in Ireland, but is also a Subiaco hospitality stalwart, having done a long stint at
