Overview
In one of the saddest announcements for Sydney hot dawg lovers in recent times, Goodgod Small Club's beloved eatery and absolute Sydney institution, The Dip, will close in just four weeks. Head chef and co-founder of the go-to late night nomfest, Andrew Levins, announced the news on his website as "the end of an era". One half of the brains behind the 2012 SMAC Award winner for Best Sydney Eats, Levins explained that he and his partner in crime Bianca would like some time with their tiniest new family member.
"At the beginning of this year our son Archie was born. You’ve probably seen him all over Instagram. Having a kid changes your life – mostly it meant that Bianca needed to be at home with him almost every day, keeping her from The Dip. We have been blessed with incredible staff who were more than capable of running The Dip without B — even without me — but The Dip was something that B and I started together, and the idea of it existing without both of us just didn’t seem right.
"So rather than The Dip morphing into something less like the restaurant we opened together three years ago (potentially better, potentially worse, we’ll never know!) we’re gonna go out on a high note," says Levins. "It’s hard to believe that we even got The Dip up and running. Between Bianca and myself we had a total of zero years experience in the restaurant industry, but with a bit of help The Dip opened for business in May 2011 and since then we have enjoyed three awesome years of serving the food we love to eat to thousands of happy faces. We’ve worked with a few of our food heroes and have been honoured to be a part of the amazing funhouse that is Goodgod Small Club."
Levins plans to focus on his baller rap party Halfway Crooks, his top notch arts organisation Heaps Decent and being a "kool dad." Lovers of a few Lev Dawgs and Young Cheezys before gigging in the backroom are mopping up the tears Sydneywide.
The Dip’s last night of trade will be Saturday, July 12. We're not crying, no way, that's just hot sauce in our eyes, yeah that's it.
