Our Roots on Palmerin Street
You'll be sitting in a former saddlery — Bushland Court has kept the sandstone walls and much of the district's old habit of careful, quiet work.
What Palmerin Street Used to Make
You're standing where a saddler once cut and stitched harness leather for the district's working horses — Palmerin Street ran thick with that trade once, and the sandstone shopfronts still show it in their wide doors and deep counters.
We took the building on in the early 1990s, and you'll still find the original counter used today, now for supper orders rather than harness fittings.
Nothing about the trade survives except the building and its habits — careful, repeated, quiet work, whether that's stitching leather or dealing a fair hand.
1890s
The sandstone shopfront was built for a saddler and harness-maker.
Early 1990s
The building became a restaurant with a card room behind it.
Original Counter
Still standing, still in daily use for supper orders.
Habits We Kept From the Old Trade
- You'll find the same counter used for supper orders that once took harness measurements.
- Chips are counted out by hand at the start of every session, the way stock was once counted here.
- Nothing rushes on Palmerin Street — supper and cards both run at their own pace.