Peeps is a neighbourhood bar on Kitchener Road in Milford, on Auckland's North Shore, and its 4.8 Google rating points to a loyal local following. A good suburban bar lives or dies on its regulars: the ones worth returning to know their people by name, keep the pours honest, and read the room between chatter and quiet. Timing matters too, since neighbourhood bars tend to fill out towards the evening and stay quieter early in the week, and kitchen hours are often shorter than bar hours, so it pays to check before planning dinner around a drink. The regulars' trick is to take a seat at the counter, where whoever is pouring will tell you what's good that night. On Milford's main strip, a short walk from Milford Beach, Peeps makes a fair case for staying local on the Shore.