Three New Eateries Have Been Announced for Auckland's Commercial Bay Development

Earlier this year we revealed that Auckland's new transportation hub, Commercial Bay, will arrive with the addition of an 800-seat food hall, three floors of retail outlets, a restaurant named after two prize-winning racehorses and five "buzzing restaurants".

A handful of those buzzy openings have now been revealed as the work of some of Auckland's hospitality elite. From Mimi Gilmour, the dynamo behind Burger Burger and former co-owner of Mexico, will come the fourth outpost of the popular burgerie. With locations already in Ponsonby, Newmarket and Takapuna, the new venue will open up a whole world of delicious eats to inner city dwellers. Also revealed to be part of the development are Depot and Federal Delicatessen's Al Brown and MasterChef judge and Michellin-starred chef Josh Emett. The lid is being kept firmly sealed on their respective concepts.

The eateries will join New York-born Saxon + Parole, an equestrian-themed restaurant with a core focus of meat-centric eats and housemade whiskey. The menu will also feature the Impossible Burger: the infamous plant-based patty that looks, smells and bleeds like beef.

The loose opening date for Commercial Bay is 2019. Find more information here.

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