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A home-style Greek pop-up is now a fully fledged restaurant in Collingwood

The Pontian Club is a 60-seat diner serving affordably priced dishes from a weekly changing menu.

Tomas Telegramma

Inside The Pontian Club in Collingwood.
1 / 4Inside The Pontian Club in Collingwood.Supplied
Pork mid-loin with pencil leeks, carrot tops and vine leaf sauce.
2 / 4Pork mid-loin with pencil leeks, carrot tops and vine leaf sauce.Supplied
Grilled Squid with pickled cucumber, roasted red grapes and vine leaves.
3 / 4Grilled Squid with pickled cucumber, roasted red grapes and vine leaves.Supplied
Inside the Collingwood restaurant.
4 / 4Inside the Collingwood restaurant.Supplied

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What started as a pop-up serving home-style Greek cuisine is now a fully fledged 60-seat diner, with exposed brick walls and pressed metal ceilings carefully preserved in a century-old site.

Opposite Masses Bagels on Smith Street, Oscar Tan (ex-chef de partie at Gimlet) dishes up affordably priced Greek dishes from a blackboard menu that changes weekly, save for a couple of staples: crusty white bread (“a mix between baguette, focaccia and ciabatta,” says Tan), and taramasalata made with the leftovers of the house loaf.

Meaty mains could include a chicken steak, the thigh seared hard to create a crispy skin, or a slow-cooked lamb dish, with sides such as traditional Greek salad.

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Tomas TelegrammaTomas Telegramma is a food, drinks and culture writer.

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