Bells MilkBar

A working relic of the Australian milk bar, trading on Patton Street on the site of a confectionery and cordial business that dates to the 1890s. The interior was reworked in the 1950s and holds its era of laminate, chrome and a soda-fountain counter. Milkshakes, spiders, sundaes, waffles and ice cream come flavoured with syrups and cordials still made on the premises to old family recipes, more than fifty of them, and sold by the bottle to take home. A small museum documents the milk-bar era and the shop's own long history. Open daily, it functions as much as a piece of living heritage as a place to eat, and remains a fixture for locals and a set-piece stop for visitors reading Broken Hill's mid-century streetscape.