Black Hide menu fit for a Queen

Brisbane restaurateur John Gambaro is preparing to open his flagship Black Hide steak eatery at the brand new Queen’s Wharf location. See what diners can expect.

The Gambaro brothers (L-R) Donny, John and Frank on the deck outside their new restaurant at Queen’s Wharf.

Brisbane restaurateur John Gambaro is a busy man these days as he prepared to open his flagship Black Hide steak eatery at the brand new Queen’s Wharf location next week. “I’m living the dream,” Gambaro tells your diarist. “It’s a great spot and people will love it.” The 240-seat restaurant, which draw is inspiration from the Gambaro family’s other Brisbane restaurants at Caxton Street and the Star Treasury building, will open on September 11. Located on The Terrace level of the new development, the venue boasts spectacular views of the Brisbane River.

Gambaro says the eatery has made significant enhancements to its menu with the addition of a variety of seafood dishes, featuring fresh Queensland catches to complement its renowned steak offerings, as well introducing a cocktail lounge bar, where guests can indulge in small plates from the menu while enjoying panoramic views of the river.

John Gambaro.

Queen’s Wharf opened last week with thousands of people flocking to the $3.6bn development to get the first views of what is set to become one of the city’s most iconic venues. The new steak and seafood restaurant joins a smorgasbord of dining options already committed to the Queen’s Wharf precinct, including Japanese star Sokyo Brisbane, Luke Nguyen’s Asian street food favourite Fat Noodle, authentic Italian restaurant Cucina Regina, Sky Deck’s Aloria, Babblers and Cicada Blu, live entertainment venue LiveWire and a sports bar.

Sky high

Defence industry and technology company Black Sky Industries has formally launched in Australia, announcing the establishment of its multimillion-dollar headquarters in Logan as well as launch, test and manufacturing facilities throughout Western Queensland.

Black Sky, formerly known as Black Sky Aerospace, is Australia’s only sovereign developer and supplier of solid rocket propellant and solid rocket motors to the defence sector.

Black Sky tests a prototype training missile

Black Sky Industries was founded by aerospace, defence and manufacturing industry veterans Blake Nikolic and Karl Hemphill, and Dr Vu Tran, who co-founded $3 billion-plus technology start-up Go1. Black Sky has ambitions of creating hundreds of advanced manufacturing and defence industry jobs over the next decade. Recent key hires at the company include former L3Harris Technologies director David Johnson as general manager, enterprise development and defence innovation veteran Stephen Delo

Silver service

Milton jeweller Claude Downing is using his craftsmanship to help raise much-needed funds for the Small Steps 4 Hannah Foundation. Downing, who runs Claude & Me at Park Road, Milton, has produced 150 special commemorative pieces that will be sold by the foundation at its gala planned for this weekend. The silver pendant that feature the foundation’s name and butterfly logo is a nod to a pendant that Sue Clarke wears all the time and that was worn by her daughter Hannah on the day she was killed by her husband.

Sue Clark at a candle lighting vigil for National Domestic Violence Month.

“I think everyone in Queensland admires the strength and courage of the Clarke family in campaigning for coercive control laws, and creating a safer place for families today and in the future,” says Downing. “I was honoured to be invited to help them, and we hope we have come up with something that not only helps to raise money and awareness, but will be something that people will wear with pride to show their support as well.”

Small Steps 4 Hannah Foundation chair Mark Woolley said for more than four years the foundation has been blessed with many generous businesses and individuals who had joined in our battle against coercive control and domestic violence.

Originally published as Black Hide menu fit for a Queen