Porteno Reopens After January Fire

Sydney's barbecue barons are back at the ranch. Porteno has reopened after a fire damaged their Surry Hills restaurant in January.

More than 40 firefighters flocked to put out a fire at the Cleveland Street barbecue joint on January 3, 2015. The SMH reported that 21 staff were in the building at the time the fire broke out, and all evacuated it unharmed. Duty Commander for City of Sydney Kernin Lambert said that about 80 percent of the restaurant was saved, but the fire was in the kitchen and was believed to be related to the kitchen exhaust.

The Porteno lads didn't let this slow them down, cranking out the delicious goods at their Double Down Diner pop-up with Gelato Messina in Hyde Park for Sydney Festival, then heading over to Rushcutters Bay to open their Popteno pop-up for the last few months. Now they're back in action at the Surry Hills homestead from today.

Find Porteno at 358 Cleveland Street, Surry Hills. Officially reopened from Tuesday, April 21.

Image: Rima Sabina Aouf.