I have passed the Royal Oak many times. Smack dab in the middle of Nicholson Street we have driven past it on the way to pretty much every parma we have done in Fitzroy, Collingwood, Abbotsford and beyond - Yet it never really caught my eye as a place to try a parma. So last night we loaded up the parma bus and headed to Fitzroy North's Royal Oak Hotel.

I think the reason the Oak never caught my eye is that the exterior could use a bit of TLC. From the outside it looks like a bit of a dive - However walk through the doors and you'll find a quaint, cosy, almost country style pub in the middle of busy Fitzroy.

There were a few folks sipping on after work beers in the public bar, but we opted for the quiet Bistro instead. It was clean, spacious and even had a selection of board games to crack out on a quiet night, and if it weren't 35 freakin' degrees I would have been stoked to see multiple fire places dotted around the pub, this place could be quite cosy on a chilly winter evening.

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