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TROPIC • COVER STORY

ECLECTIC EATERIES

Bailey’s food and beverage options are
wide-ranging and all-embracing. Here’s
what’s on offer...
MILK BAR
Drawing on the suburban milk bars of Australian
yesteryear, the Milk Bar serves up childhood
favourites with a strong dose of nostalgia. Along
with drool-worthy milkshakes, lollies, jaffles Q&A
spiders and sundaes. The space is inspired by retro
50s Australiana and a playground will keep the
youngsters entertained.

Myles Minter
Food and Beverage Outlets Manager

What does your typical day involve? My day always starts
CC’S BAR AND GRILL with a coffee! Then typically there are planning and action
CC’s celebrates the best of Australian strategies to formulate, meetings with our team, the
produce through hearty, flavoursome venue managers and suppliers and staff training sessions.
chargrilled bliss. The finest local dry-aged I also spend quite a bit of time working with our incredible
beef bred by Crystalbrook Pastoral is the star marketing department and our group area manager to
of the show here and there’s even a room come up with new and creative ideas to promote our bars
dedicated to displaying it. Red leather lounge and restaurants. There’s never a dull moment!
seats throughout and the impressive brass
panelled feature walls are inspired by an How would you describe the mix of food and beverage
outback sunset. The restaurant also includes offerings at Bailey? In one word: Variety! There’s a world
a climate-controlled glass wine cabinet of flavours to choose from, including CC’s Bar and Grill
to house the 150 different Australian and offering relaxed, fine-dining, world-class wines and a
international drops. sophisticated menu that showcases some amazing steak
– including our own, Crystalbrook Signature Beef, to Milk
Bar which will be serving up fun, nostalgic, childhood
favourites with a modern, Crystalbrook twist along with
some of Cairns’ best coffee. Add in our exciting poolside
bar and restaurant and some fresh global flavours and
there really is something for everyone to enjoy.
How big a factor does the wine play? We are super
serious about wine. Our wine list at CC’s alone features
over 150 premium wines to choose from that have been
hand selected by our venue manager, and in-house wine
PACHAMAMA expert, Mark Sinclair. Mark’s put his extensive training
A stylish fusion of Latin flavours from Barcelona and experience with fine wines to good use, pairing
to Buenos Aires, Lisbon to Lima. Pachamama CC’s diverse and delicious menu with some exceptional
means Earth Mother in Spanish, which is reflected wines from Australia and abroad. The collection includes
in the restaurant’s colourful, bountiful and a selection of back vintages; sensational drops from
passionate style. Enjoy rooftop caipirinhas or boutique producers, some single-site wines and a few
a pre-dinner pisco sour before embarking on a sophisticated favourites and rare treats. All this is stored
cultural culinary journey. in our temperature controlled, cellar and – when occasion
allows – served from a stunning Riedel Mumba Decanter.

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