Ananas is a modern French brasserie in The Rocks, back in its original building after a near decade-long pause, with the same Hunter St. Hospitality team and a confident, less fussed-over read on classic brasserie cooking.

Bar Ferdinand is a 21-seat cocktail bar on Alfred Place in Melbourne’s CBD, built around the idea of an imagined botanic garden

Vitelli’s Upstairs in Wunderlich Lane, Redfern, is a New York–style Italian restaurant where the menu reads like a greatest-hits list, built around fresh pasta and Milanese and designed for big flavours and easy ordering.