Bopp & Tone Is Sydney CBD's Elegant New Bar and Eatery Inspired by the Post-WWII Era

Prepare to party like it's 1945 when newcomer Bopp & Tone arrives on Carrington Street next month. The latest, and first CBD venture, from hospitality group Applejack (Della Hyde, The Butler, Endeavour Tap Rooms), the bar and eatery takes both name and inspiration from the founders' grandfathers — Keith 'Bopp' Evans and Anthony 'Tone' Adams — revisiting the era of optimism and opulence enjoyed by post-WWII Australia. Without the food rationing, we hope.

Inside, award-winning design firm Luchetti Krelle (ACME, Matinee Coffee) has helped to create a welcoming space that nods stylishly to the past, combining marble, warm timber and old-world elements with a vibrant collection of greenery, as we've come to expect from most Applejack venues.

From the kitchen comes a contemporary Australian menu, prepared by Head Chef Sa Va'afusuaga (The Botanist), with influences from across the Mediterranean. The woodfired grill and charcoal oven get a thorough workout, and are used to deliver dishes heroing free-range spatchcock and chargrilled whole calamari from the Hawkesbury River. Va'afusuaga has also included a bistecca alla Fiorentine steak on his food lineup — a bold move, considering Bistecca, around the corner, is a restaurant dedicated to the Tuscan dish.

The cocktail offering works to the same Oz-Mediterranean brief, featuring classics reimagined with Aussie ingredients — including a martini made with tomato — while the wine list champions sustainably produced drops from both overseas and closer to home.

Find Bopp & Tone at 60 Carrington Street, Sydney, from mid-November.

Venue images are renders.