Former Baba’s Place chef opens 50-seater that’s ‘fun, a little bit loud, a lot of regulars’
“It’s not going to look flashy, but there’s going to be a lot of care in what we do,” said Lo Presti, of the Mediterranean-leaning menu featuring grilled pork with local pipis, ling wrapped in vine leaves, and an avgolemono sour cocktail, inspired by the Greek lemon chicken soup. It’s a two-storey corner terrace, with one of Lo Presti’s father Greg’s old sketches repurposed into an illuminated sign out front.Opening a restaurant of his own was always part of the plan, Lo Presti said. He grew up in the family’s Darlinghurst restaurant of the same name and watched as regulars became friends.
- ▪“It’s not going to look flashy, but there’s going to be a lot of care in what we do,” said Lo Presti, of the Mediterranean-leaning menu featuring grilled pork with local pipis, ling wrapped in vine leaves, and an avgolemono sour cocktail, i
- ▪It’s a two-storey corner terrace, with one of Lo Presti’s father Greg’s old sketches repurposed into an illuminated sign out front.Opening a restaurant of his own was always part of the plan, Lo Presti said.
- ▪He grew up in the family’s Darlinghurst restaurant of the same name and watched as regulars became friends.
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