X & Y Bar
Fortitude Valley
X & Y Bar has closed in 2019.
The atmosphere at Fortitude Valley's X&Y Bar is moody, dim lit and raw and reminiscent of drinking in an underground bunker, albeit one that serves a mean cocktail.
Wire cages encase drinking booths and live bands perform on the street level stage.
Out back is a tiny courtyard with a bricked up escape hole that hails from the days the venue was occupied by notorious Pinocchio’s Restaurant, a front for a gambling den and various illegal goings-on. Back then all the nooks and crannies were frequented by gamblers and bribe-taking cops, which all came to the fore in the Fitzgerald Enquiry.
If the band gets too much or the bunker is full, downstairs you can escape to a subterranean bar with space age plastic bubble seats.
X&Y Bar
648 Ann St
Fortitude Valley
Brunswick St Station
Daily 6pm-late
32113866