Iconic Movie Drinks at Mary Fortune

Overview

There aren't many upsides to winter in this town, but one of them is the return of the Melbourne International Film Festival. Running for two and half weeks from July 29 through to August 14, Australia's oldest and most prestigious film festival will once again bring some of the biggest names in world cinema to the screen. And if that's not enough to get you out of the house, then how do you like the sound of a little pre-film tipple?

This year's MIFF is sponsored by Grey Goose, who've teamed up with Flinders Lane bar Mary Fortune on an exclusive festival drinks list. Bibulous film lovers can swing by the Flinders Lane bar any time after 5pm throughout the course of the festival, where they'll find a number of cinema-themed cocktails, including the beef bacon and thyme-infused Dick Tracy, the Bloody Pulp Fiction (with spiced tomato juice, no less), a hazelnut and butter martini named The Man with the Golden Goose, and classy A Streetcar Named Desire, which stars the Amarena cherry. If you want the full fancy film-goers' experience though, order the classic Grey Goose Le Grand Fizz, which is a simple concoction of vodka and St Germain.

Mary Fortune is open 5pm till 1am Tuesday to Saturday.