Pickett's Deli and Rotisserie Is Queen Victoria Market's New All-Day Eatery and Bar
Drop by for a hot chook, or hang around for cocktails, cheese and charcuterie.
By day, it's a casual eatery, takeaway joint and source of fresh roasted chooks and high-end pantry staples. By night, it's a bar and restaurant. Sounds like our kind of place. It's not surprising then that the venue, Pickett's Deli and Rotisserie, comes from Melbourne chef and restauranteur Scott Pickett. He's already given us Estelle and Saint Crispin — and with the opening of his new Queen Victoria Market eatery, it's clear he knows what we want.
Whether you're in need of some brekkie sustenance, a hot chicken to take home with you, or cocktails, cheese and charcuterie after work, Pickett's Deli & Rotisserie has it covered. Plus, they're doing some damn fin chicken and chips. Officially opening its communal tables to hungry patrons on Thursday, September 29 after a quiet test run over the weekend, it's a fresh spin on the classic market deli, that also aims to showcase the fresh produce available in the market.
Indeed, Pickett's fondness for the new deli's iconic location is one of the eatery's motivating factors. "I've always been enchanted by the market's bounties and have many friends and suppliers here," he says. "It's a special moment for me to be able to now work alongside them with my own offering at this unique Melbourne destination."
Plus, in good news for anyone in the area on a Monday, the deli and rotisserie won't be taking a day off at the beginning of the week. While the rest of the market around it is quiet, it'll be trading across seven days from 7am to 11pm.
Pickett's Deli and Rotisserie is now open at the Queen Victoria Market, 513 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. For more info, check out their Instagram.
