For homesick British expats, we have very good news. Stanley's salt beef beigel pop-up has been extended through July.
Born in London's famous Brick Lane, freshly filled salt beef bagels are the late night snack of choice for the city’s clubbers, pubbers and taxi drivers. Not familiar? Imagine moist, slow-cooked, cured salt beef (or ‘corned beef’, or ‘silverside’) carved from the slab and layered onto a boiled then baked bagel with zesty mustard and pickles. Get that in my belly, right?
Biegel’s first hit Sydney last year, keeping late night punters fed and happy (as well as takeaway and delivery eaters alike) at the now-closed SlyFox Hotel on Enmore Road. With the Fox now sitting empty – like a tomb to more than two decades of history as an inclusive 24-hour hub of drinks, boogies, and sneaky pashes – it’s former owners are excited to revive their popular baked bun snacks along with some experimental cocktail combinations with this pop-up at their Miami Vice-style Darlinghurst bar, Stanley’s.
We got down to Stanley's on the first weekend, and can confirm that we'd like to see these beigels as a tipsy snack on the regular. The bread is less dense than your tradtional American-style bagel, more fluffy and brioche-like in texture, and goes down perfectly with the melt-on-your-tongue slow-cooked meat and crunchy pickles. This combo bastardisation of Americana and British grub is one we can get behind.
After kicking off on Friday, June 19, the pop-up has been extended past its initial one-weekend run, now serving up from 5pm every Friday, Saturday and Sunday until July 26. You can grab a salt beef bagel for just $10, or for the non-meat-eaters, you can munch on a bagel with signature cream cheese for just $5. They’ll be trialling some new cocktail flavours, however you can expect to get your mitts on house favourites like the Flamingo Run (with watermelon juice, vodka, pomegranate and basil) and Everything’s Peachy (with gin, Aperol, peach liqueur, lemon and Prosecco) from $18-$20.
Capacity at the bar will be limited, so bookings are recommended, which you can make over on the OpenTable app.