fitzroyalty

Ink seafood restaurant (single page site only, no menus Update 24 July 2008 – Ink now have a beautiful looking website with menus) is located on the corner of Alexandra Parade and Rae St in the southern border of North Fitzroy. Alexandra Parade divides Fitzroy and North Fitzroy and is not the greatest location for a restaurant – several lanes of constant traffic, no other entertainment venues on the same block and little passing foot traffic compared to Brunswick St or St George’s Rd.

This is probably why I’ve looked at it from across the road many times and made a mental note to eat there, but then gone somewhere else based on a spontaneous decision that does not include walking along the north side of Alexandra Parade.

This is the issue Ink faces, and it is a shame because once I tried it last Wednesday night, I realised that Ink is one of the secret dining treasures of the Fitzroy area, and one that should be much better known and appreciated. I can’t find a single web or blog review of Ink, and that too is sad, but also good for me in that I can be the first to rave about how good it is!

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Lake Wendouree in Ballarat is completely dry, and has been for over two years. It’s surreal to see signs warning you not to swim when there is no water to swim in!

In a fantastic community initiative, Safeway Fitzroy and the City of Yarra are promoting art work by young people created at Napier studios. Read the brochure at the bottom for details. Now Safeway has an art isle!

The Brunswick St Gallery‘s small works show earlier this month was a triumph, and Mark and the gallery team should be congratulated on one of the Fitzroy art highlights of the year. It was fantastic to see the show and also to see how popular it was. Instead of the usually busy stairwell the white walls were bare, but once you got to the top floor the crammed walls exploded in colour.

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