The Lame Duck Bar
tepping off Gertrude Street into The Lame Duck is like a entering a vintage fever dream. After walking through the reflective gold front door, up the stairs and past cardboard Cher at the DJ booth, you’ll find ’70s wooden wall panelling, hot-pink zebra-striped doors and giant glowing lightning bolts. The bar feels like an alternate universe in which the disco kids and the hair-metal rockers decided to stop fighting and party together. And it’s got a late 4am licence.
There’s a purple-topped pool table and Playboy pinball machine featuring groan-and-moan sound effects. But among all the ephemera the focal point is the original Big Mouth Billy Bass. The singing fish is the genuine article from 1999.
Music is a big part of The Lame Duck experience – it would be hard to pull off the kitsch decor without a great soundtrack. Expect funk and soul on Friday and yacht rock on Saturday. At all other times, be prepared for impromptu group singalongs to Phil Collins’s In the Air Tonight.
https://www.thelameduck.com.au/
