Overview
Pinbone's great Kensington pop-up might have just wrapped up over the weekend, but the good news is that fans won't be left hanging for long. The pop-up pros have already announced their next culinary venture, which will see them (surprisingly) teaming up with Merivale and taking over an unlikely space within the Tennyson Hotel, which the group acquired for $37.5 million last year.
The Botany Road pub's drive-through bottle shop is set to be transformed into Mr Liquor Dirty Italian Disco, as Pinbone chefs Mike Eggert and Jemma Whiteman turn their focus to American-accented Italian fare. In true bottle shop-style, guests will be able to select their own booze out of the walk-in fridge. What's not so typical is that they'll then be able to order food at the counter and pull up a chair at one of the 90 seats set up in the driveway.
It's all kicking off in October, with Eggert promising a food situation that's "fun and fast, simple and delicious". Expect everything from pasta and bruschetta, to succulent meats from the wood-fired oven and grill. The venture is another new direction for the Pinbone trio, who, after running their much-loved Woollahra eatery and doing a takeover at 10 William Street, were most recently doing exceptional Chinese food in a no-frills restaurant space on Anzac Parade.
Mr Liquor Dirty Italian Disco by Pinbone and Merivale, will pop-up at the Tennyson Hotel, 952 Botany Road, Mascot. It'll take over the pub's drive-in for six months, starting this October. We'll keep you updated with more info and an opening date.