Easey’s Rooftop Burger Bar Is Doing Frosties-Coated Fried Chicken for Breakfast

If you have reservations about eating non-traditional breakfast food before midday, Easey's may not be your scene. Or maybe it is. After all, if there was ever a good place to turn those preconceived Western ideas about what defines 'breakfast food' on their heads, it's a place that takes Frosties and Pop Tarts and pairs them with fried chicken.

Having just opened for business on Friday night after many months of hype, Easey's is now flipping burgers and frying chicken at 48 Easey Street in Melbourne's heaving hospo suburb of Collingwood. The five-storey venue — where you can eat in the disused train carriages that sit on the roof — comes from Jeremy Gaschk and Jimmy Hurlston, the guy behind the legendary burger-reviewing blog, Jimmy’s Burgers. But it's not just the burgers that's got us intrigued — it's the breakfast menu, too.

They're not the first to offer fried chicken in the early slot — Belle's Hot Chicken does theirs with waffles and a dusting of icing sugar for brunch on weekends, as do Bowery to Williamsburg — but they're certainly the the first to pair it with two of America's most celebrated sugary breakfast foods. The fried chicken is covered in finely crushed, crunchy bits of sugar-coated corn flakes (otherwise known as Frosties), and comes with a serve of deep-fried Pop Tarts. It's a double whammy in all senses of the word.

But take note: this is strictly breakfast food, and it's only available from 8–11am. For all other times, you'll just have to be satisfied with Jimmy's all-day Easey Cheesy beef burger. And for the health conscious, Fare, a wholefoods cafe, will open on the ground floor of the venue shortly.

Easey's is located at 48 Easey Street, Collingwood and is open Mon–Thurs 7am–11pm, Fri–Sat 7am–1am, and Sunday 7am–11pm.