DEADBEAT BY BONEHEAD

A new, neighbourhood dive bar from the team behind cult fried chicken success story, Bonehead, will open in Stirchley on June 1 before inviting a rostrum of top Brum chefs to provide pop-up eats throughout the opening months. 

Deadbeat will be a lo-fi creative space showcasing music, wine, beer and, of course, food. There's a handpicked wine list by Wine Freedom, six rotating beers on tap (Spatten Helles, Bitburger Pils, Duvel 666, Shofferhoffer Raddler and two IPAs) plus house cocktails.

With a brutalist dive bar aesthetic, dim lighting, walls clad with posters embracing alternative music and art, Deadbeat looks to be, maybe, Bonehead's quieter older brother. Which is probably for the best. 

On food, local genius chef Lap Fai Lee will kick off proceedings with his full pig pop-up, SWÏNEBAR, June 21 to 25 followed by short residencies by an extraordinary set of talented chefs from Koba-Ko (Sam Hill), Riverine Rabbit (Ash Valenzuela-Heeger) and Kings Heath's Upstairs (Matt Wilden). Brad Carter may also be swinging by with kebabs at some point.

After all that, and perhaps in between too, expect an in-house menu consisting of six plates and bar food. But that's all they're saying just now. Follow