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Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Agnes team set to open debut Brisbane CBD venue
More than three years in the making, Anyday group will next week open Golden Avenue, its much-anticipated Middle Eastern restaurant in the Brisbane CBD. Occupying a new build on Edward Street adjacent to the heritage-listed former Coal Board building – which Anyday also holds the lease to – Golden Avenue marks a return to the cuisine that helped define group co-owner and culinary director Ben Williamson's early career, when he worked for Gulf Air in Bahrain, before returning to Australia to take up a head chef position with James Street icon Gerard's Bistro. It was during his time at Gerard's that he and now Anyday co-owner Tyron Simon first bonded, and eventually began talking about going into business together. 'Back when we had Longtime [closed in late 2019 and rebranded on Ada Lane as Same Same] I was working six days a week, but when I wasn't, I was going to see Ben at Gerard's – they used to do an incredible breakfast on top of lunch and dinner,' Simon says. 'And he was always on the pass. There was this real respect for his work ethic.
The Age
2 days ago
- Business
- The Age
Agnes team set to open debut Brisbane CBD venue
More than three years in the making, Anyday group will next week open Golden Avenue, its much-anticipated Middle Eastern restaurant in the Brisbane CBD. Occupying a new build on Edward Street adjacent to the heritage-listed former Coal Board building – which Anyday also holds the lease to – Golden Avenue marks a return to the cuisine that helped define group co-owner and culinary director Ben Williamson's early career, when he worked for Gulf Air in Bahrain, before returning to Australia to take up a head chef position with James Street icon Gerard's Bistro. It was during his time at Gerard's that he and now Anyday co-owner Tyron Simon first bonded, and eventually began talking about going into business together. 'Back when we had Longtime [closed in late 2019 and rebranded on Ada Lane as Same Same] I was working six days a week, but when I wasn't, I was going to see Ben at Gerard's – they used to do an incredible breakfast on top of lunch and dinner,' Simon says. 'And he was always on the pass. There was this real respect for his work ethic.
