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June 20, 2026

Locals’ night at Three Blue Ducks

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Every Thursday is Locals’ Night at the Three Blue Ducks: there’s a two-course menu for $49 and drinks for $10. 

Guests can select from a menu of the Ducks’ most popular dishes from their recently refreshed dinner menu including: beef tartare, stracciatella, rye cracker and sesame; charred squid, roast chilli and lime, fried garlic and coriander; polenta gnocchi, green pea, sugar snaps and tomato pesto; mussels, charred zucchini, cannellini beans and fennel; lamb shank massaman, parsnip, coriander and peanuts; and eggplant parmigiana with cos salad. 

The locals’ night drinks menu features wines by the glass from M&J Becker and MEREDITH and Seven Mile beers, all for $10.



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