May Street Larder opens second venue at The Mezz.
Mt Hawthorn residents will no longer need to travel to East Freo for a Soul Sandwich when the owners of May Street Larder open a second venue at The Mezz on Friday 15th March, 2019.
“When I saw the last operator close its doors, I did think to myself that May Street Larder would do well in the area but decided not to pursue the space due to my family commitments and an already solid workload! A few months later we were approached by Hawaiian Group who had the same idea, so I saw that as a sign and we started to figure out a way to make it work,” says co-owner Eamon Sullivan.
May Street Larder’s menu, created by executive chef and co-owner Scott Bridger, strives for balance above all else, serving up a mixture of healthy, convenient and delicious food with a few indulgences thrown in for good measure. The May Street Larder staples, such as the beef brisket hash, breakfast burrito and vegan bircher have made the cut, along with the famous Soul Sandwich, which has been consistently voted one of WA’s top dishes! The rest of the opening menu will be new additions, bulked out with a plentiful cabinet of fresh salads, gourmet sandwiches, croissant and house made sausage rolls and pies. Wash it all down with a house-made kombucha, newly released nitro and cold brew from Campos Coffee, or perhaps a specialty gin & tonic with a May Street Larder twist.
“Our food direction will be on point with the original May Street Larder ethos of locally sourced, community-based food with a naughty and nice theme - that is to say there is something for everyone whether you are feeling like a treat or looking for something healthier,” says Scott.
In addition to dining in, May Street Larder @ The Mezz will also incorporate a new and improved Larder, with all of its most popular house-made items such as jams, preserves, pickles, plus cookbooks, gourmet cheeses, butters olives, dips PLUS a selection of ready-made meals to take home.
“In Victorian times, a lot of pickling, fermenting and preserving was done in certain seasons to prolong the use of items that were seasonal and the larder where you stored it before it was cooked and served. We’d always wanted to bring that ancient art back into fashion in a modern way and so will continue to make our own in-house fermented, pickled, cured and preserved items – all the stuff we have been making for years now that have become part of our DNA at May Street Larder” said Eamon.
The new venue is child-friendly with a custom-made, interactive play area in one end of the function room (the children’s items are able to be cleverly stowed away during functions). Choose from the internal dining space or leafy, alfresco area if you fancy a bit of fresh air. Local residents need not cook if they don’t feel like it – simply choose your favourite dish from the Grab n Go section featuring house made, fresh options to takeaway for dinner.
MSL is always striving for ways to improve and the new venue will also see the Braille menus available for vision impaired customers that were launched last year at both Bib & Tucker and the original MSL. Eco initiatives include the One Straw concept; for a gold coin donation the customer receives a reusable straw, with all proceeds going to fund ocean, beach and marina clean ups here in Perth. MSL also encourages locals to bring in their excess home-grown citrus fruit to receive 10% off their next meal in an effort to reduce waste.
May Street Larder @ The Mezz officially opens on Friday 15th March.
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