Forget the sticky carpets. It’s waiters in white jackets, sunset views from the rooftop, and a house jazz band at the three-level venue, which opens today.
After a five-year hiatus, Jacksons on George – the Sydney CBD venue affectionately known for its sticky floors and pub grub – opens today, reborn as a three-level mega venue with a glam rooftop bar, smart bistro and ground-floor public bar with tables spilling onto George Street. It’s within Lendlease’s massive Circular Quay development, Sydney Place.
Jacksons’ creative director, Maurice Terzini, says waitstaff will wear white jackets on all three of its levels, including the bar.
“I know what people will say: ‘What a bunch of yuppies’,” the founder of Bondi’s upmarket Icebergs Dining Room says with a laugh. “But I don’t think traditional Australian pubs were always as egalitarian as they made out they were. We want Jacksons to be inclusive of everyone. We want it to be a modern-day public bar where a tradie is next to a politician.”
The pitch might be inclusive and egalitarian, but the public bar food hasn’t been dumbed down. Public bar customers will be able to snack on $18 duck and mustard-fruit sausage rolls and $26 Aussie burgers while downing a beer.
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