Melbourne's East End bets on a dining-led recovery
Crisis? What crisis? Melbourne hospitality operators are shrugging off the state's dismal economic forecasts and investing heavily in a restaurant-led revival of the CBD.
From a 200-seat glam bar and grill in a new 'vertical village' to an ambitious new Roman restaurant and bar in Collins Street and the rebirth of a Melbourne institution, the slew of major openings over the next 12 months will see restaurateurs investing well over $100 million into the CBD, mainly in the city's famed East End.
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