Simple meals such as a burger and fries should be available in places serving alcohol, no matter the time. Photo / Thinkstock
Late-night nibbles are a necessity for hungry punters, writes Don Kavanagh.
It used to be easy - if you were thirsty you went to a bar and if you were hungry you went to a restaurant. It's a bit more blurred these days, isn't it? You have gastropubs that attempt to recreate restaurant-standard food in a bar setting (and some even
succeed, but they are few and far between); and you have top-end restaurants that are quite happy if you just want to sit at the bar and sink a few coldies.
Food in bars is always a tricky thing. Do you go for simple and filling? Or do you try something a bit more upmarket and, inevitably, expensive?
There are things to be said for both approaches in Auckland. Spitting Feathers in Wyndham St, for instance, was set up to be somewhere to go for a drink, rather than a restaurant alternative and it works very well.
Galbraith's, by contrast, aims for serious food, offering a menu as well done as many restaurants.
