bar humbug

I like puns. Maybe that makes me a bad person, someone lacking in intelligent humour but show me a pun and I'll show you a look of glee, especially when that pun is combined with food and alcohol.

But first a bit of the back-story. Every Tuesday night is Date Night in my circle.

Like every great habit it started by accident - I was bored, lonely and prepared to force JJ to see me but it has now expanded to include the other single girls in the friendship circle.

We meet every Tuesday at the Flinders clocks and then head off to do something. Usually drink, always eat and occasionally a shitty movie.

(Make It Happen.. I'm looking at you. It's the burlesque Flashdance of our time - I can't wait for the atrocity!!)

One place we recently tried was Bar Humbug - go the corner of Little Bourke and King and head back a little along Little Bourke towards Spencer St and you'll find it - a sunken pun.

We love a sunken pun bar.

Most importantly we love a sunken pun bar with a fantastic selection of wine and even better food.

The wine list was a little bit more expensive than most but that was because the quality was better than most so that's a trade-off I'm more than willing to take.

What made it fantastic though is the food. The friend and I had the chicken fajitas and trio of dips to share and oh-my-frickin'-god were they good. And all the mains are the 18-20 dollar mark!

But don't just take my word for it - check our their site!

It has definitely made it to my list of places to go for awkward-first-date time - especially for an awkward-first-date during the week. It was busy enough that you wouldn't feel even more conspicuous than you already felt and the music and background noises from other patrons comfortably masked individual table talk. So no need to feel even more conspicuous than you already feel on your awkward date. Lighting is dimmed, bar sunken so no staring passersby...

Remind me of it when I have a date in about oh... 15 years time.

Yes, yes woe is me. Move along now.