Mr West

Below a bar of the same name on Nicholson Street, an independent bottle shop stocks more than 500 beers alongside low-intervention wine and rare spirits, run as its own retail operation rather than an afterthought to the bar upstairs. The range favours small producers over the mainstream labels that fill most Footscray bottle-o's, with cold storage and careful shipping for anything ordered online. It has built a reputation among Melbourne's west as a genuine specialist rather than a convenience stop, open seven days for anyone after a considered beer or a natural wine rather than whatever's cold in the fridge. The bar upstairs keeps later hours again on weekends. A solid detour for visitors exploring Footscray's food and drink strip who want to take a bottle home as well as drink one there.