ARC Dining set for major renovation, menu revamp

The restaurant awarded top honours in Queensland’s delicious100 is set to undergo a major transformation that will see it closed for weeks.

THE delicious100 Queensland No.1 restaurant ARC Dining at Brisbane’s Howard Smith Wharves is closing.

But rest assured, it’s only for six weeks.

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The critically acclaimed riverfront restaurant will be undergoing some major renovations along with its sister pop-up Ciao Papi.

While Ciao Papi was only designed to be a short-term eatery, residing in the former bar area of ARC, plans have now been made for it to become a permanent fixture, with the two venues to be separated in the renos.

The tiny Italian will score its own kitchen, head chef and become a destination in its own right with an entire new fit-out, allowing for ARC to focus on its next chapter.

ARC Dining will undergo major renovations.

ARC head chef Alanna Sapwell says she wants to dramatically change the menu at the restaurant, moving to a more clean, fresh, vegetable-orientated offering using produce grown in the restaurant’s garden and from great Queensland suppliers.

“A lot of dishes are usually two-thirds meat, one-third vegetables; I want to make it two-thirds vegetable and have veg be the hero,” she says.

The restaurants will be closed from December 23 to February 2, allowing staff to have a break before returning recharged for the changes ahead.