Gemini
From hosting community gatherings and co-working sessions to doubling as a pantry and bottle shop, Gemini is versatile.
Overview
The strip that houses 50-seater Coburg wine bar Gemini hasn't traditionally been home to such establishments. But Gemini is part of a wave of wine bars that are coming to Sydney Road, started by Coburg-based Geminis Tresna Lee and Shane Farrell.
There's a true community spirit at the crowd-funded Gemini, which pays it forward by hosting local gatherings, tastings and co-working sessions while defying easy categorisation. It's an all-day eatery that doubles as a pantry and bottle shop. You're as likely to get a perfectly brewed coffee as you are a hand-selected wine.
Saskia McCormack-Kuijpers
The European-leaning menu includes a daily-changing Gemini bar sandwich. By night, the menu has share plates that spotlight the likes of skewered octopus in sweet gochujang, wagyu beef carpaccio, delicata squash with Mount Zero beluga lentils and miso-candied walnuts.
Wines mostly feature local producers, with a smattering of French wines, while beer, cider and non-alcoholic drinkers are well-catered for. If you fancy a cocktail, there's the house negroni and tommy's cocktail or what's fashioned a 'flawless' martini with milk and honey vodka.
Sit amid Gemini's exposed brick walls and warm timber and feel at home in a space that's a true local.
Third top image: Grace Petrou.
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