The Bite Magazine - Spring 2016 - Issue 15

Recently re-opened in February 2016 under a new name, Jada Brookes visits Dickie Fitz to discover their new styled Australian and Pan-Asian cuisine. O nce known as the Newman Street Tavern, the revamped Australa- sian restaurant on the corner of Newman and Goodge Street in London has had new life breathed into it and is now called Dickie Fitz. Gone is the dark dreary décor of typical pubs of yesteryear and in comes a much brighter and sophisticated place to wine and dine with warm art deco and stunning canary-yellow booths, as well as a few grey padded chairs. You may think the name ‘Dickie Fitz’ is some kind of cockney slang but it’s actually the name of a real person: Richard Fitz to be precise.When you first walk into the restaurant, your eyes are immediately drawn to the canary yellow booths and the huge chan- deliers hanging from the ceiling. A number of high bar stools are at the bar on the lower floor where you can enjoy your drink of choice whilst waiting for your table or socialising with friends or colleagues. Upstairs via the wooden stairs with stained window-like panelling is another dining area with grey booths and yellow padded chairs, with most of the tables covered in white table- cloths. A number of black and white pictures of land and sea creatures are found dotted around the room while another bar serves drinks with a set of booths backed onto it. bitecuisine