Bistro Grenier

Bistro Grenier is a playful French restaurant on the mezzanine level of favourite Newtown wine bar Odd Culture.

“Our restaurant is now three years old, and with almost our full opening kitchen team still on the pans, we decided it was time to shake things up a bit,” says Odd Culture Group founder and director James Thorpe.

Group executive chef James MacDonald and head chef Jesse Warkentin’s menu blends French culinary tradition and creativity in dishes like pisaladierre; baked scallops in fermented piperade butter; a côtelette de porc served with braised boneless trotters, prunes and sugarloaf cabbage; and a self-saucing maple syrup pudding chômeur with buttermilk ice cream.

Bistro Grenier offers a largely French wine selection including back vintages and little-seen releases pulled from Odd Culture’s cellar, plus French favourites like chartreuse and Picon Bière.

Odd Culture remains unchanged on the ground floor, continuing its menu of ferment-forward, broadly European-inspired eats and natural wine, while Bistro Grenier boasts deep burgundy peaked ceilings and walls, dark timber elements, and soft diffused lighting.

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Image credit: Odd Culture | Phillip Huynh