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Scott Bolles

Scott Bolles

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Scott Bolles writes the weekly Short Black column in Good Food.Connect via email.

Chef Neil Perry (inset) and his Double Bay restaurant Song Bird.

Neil Perry to replace Song Bird with Italian restaurant

Take three: after the Cantonese and modern Asian menus failed to resonate, Perry’s multi-storey Double Bay site will be overhauled into Gran Torino.

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Chef Big Sam Young has his sights set on Potts Point.

‘Big’ Sam Young set to open old-school Chinese restaurant

The Sydney chef and his long-term partner Grace Chen hope to launch an “elevated neighbourhood suburban” venue.

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Sake in Manly.

‘People want new experiences’: Manly’s Sake to shut as hospo giant changes direction

The operator of the beachside spot will also close El Camino, while the business puts greater focus on “unique venues” and pulls back on its Bavarian chain.

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Rockpool team to open restaurant serving only steak frites

Plus a salad and cheesecake tart, making it arguably Sydney’s smallest menu.

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The Alexandria premises of Pino’s Vino e Cucina in its original.

Restaurateurs locked in ‘custody battle’ over venue name

The sale of a popular Italian restaurant in Alexandria has prompted a stoush over the use of its moniker.

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Rudi Dietz at a 1984 Tanqueray Gin promotion at Stuyvesant’s House.

‘Sometimes I lose it’: Famously direct restaurateur sells up after more than 50 years

German-born Rudi Dietz took over Stuyvesant’s House in Crows Nest in the 1970s. Now he’s set to serve his last pork knuckle as he farewells his life’s work.

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From left: Artemus co-founder Adam Flaskas, Artemus culinary consultant Corey Costelloe, Felons brand director Dean Romeo and head chef at Felons Seafood Luke Bourke.

Three former Rockpool chefs to lead new Manly wharf restaurant

Including the 2025 Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide young chef of the year.

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Mitch Orr has been appointed as culinary director at 25hours Hotel The Olympia in Paddington.

Former Kiln chef Mitch Orr joins hip London spin-off at Oxford Street hotel

The three–in-one hospitality hub is set to open at the former home of the Grand Pacific Blue Room.

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Bobbie’s co-owners Linden Pride (left) and Neil Perry at their new bar last year.

Chef Neil Perry closes basement jazz bar Bobbie’s in Double Bay

The veteran chef opened his first standalone bar last year. Now the venue is set to close after only eight months of operation.

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Parlar’s signature 1970s tapestries will be removed.

Upmarket Catalan restaurant Parlar shuts in Potts Point

The upmarket Catalan venue only traded at night, whereas the incoming Le Frerot will be an all-day operation.

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