Yeast Side (Farrer Park)

Yeast Side's Farrer Park outpost sits inside lyf @ Farrer, the co-living building at 2 Perumal Road (#01-06), a short walk from Farrer Park MRT station. It pairs naturally leavened sourdough pizzas and focaccia with a rotating lineup of craft beer. Like its sister branches, the focus is on doing a few things properly — slow-fermented dough, good ingredients, and beer worth ordering a second round of — rather than chasing an exhaustive tap list.

Yeast Side describes itself as a neighbourhood bakery-restaurant as much as a bar, so the day starts with coffee and moves through quick lunches to easy dinners, with the pizza and beer pairing coming into its own in the evening. The beer list is short and changes regularly, and the group bills some of its pours as exclusive to Yeast Side. If you want to know what is pouring, ask at the counter or check the group's Instagram.

The lyf setting gives it a design-forward, co-living-lobby feel rather than a classic beer bar vibe, with comfortable lounge seating that makes it an easy spot to linger over a pizza and a pint. Seating is indoors only, which is no bad thing on a humid evening. It keeps generous weekend hours, opening from 9am Saturday and Sunday for those who want lunch to run long, and from 11am to 11pm Wednesday to Friday; the website lists no opening on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Tables can be booked online, and pizzas can be ordered for pick-up or island-wide delivery through the website or the usual delivery apps. The sister branches are at King Albert Park, Serangoon Gardens' myVillage and Exeter Road near Somerset, and the outdoor, pet-friendly seating at those is the thing to choose if you have a dog with you.