Review

Restaurant review: Bar Rochford a modern-day classic

By Chris Hansen
Updated May 24 2022 - 9:19am, first published 5:30am
 Anchovy toast, gribiche. Picture: Keegan Carroll
Anchovy toast, gribiche. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Back in the very late 70s when Kool and the Gang was top of the charts, the Civic Pool top tower was a rite of passage. Teenagers would start with the springboard, then second tower, and then only the very bravest ones did top tower. I get a slight shiver, as that's what greets us at Bar Rochford, at the top turn of the stairs on the coldest night of the year. It could be the cold, but it could also be the anticipation that we are about to try something at great heights.

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