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Mystery solved: Percuoco has left the building

Scott Bolles
Scott Bolles

Closed: Acqua Pazza restaurant.
Closed: Acqua Pazza restaurant.Marco Del Grande

City-centre diners last week were asking if chef Mario Percuoco, son of Buon Ricordo's Armando Percuoco, had called time on his Bent Street restaurant Acqua Pazza? The restaurant's phone line was inoperative, and Mario didn't return calls left on his private number.

The chef opened the restaurant in late 2010 after departing Intermezzo restaurant at GPO earlier that year.

Alex Berentsen from Colliers International was able to confirm its closure. ''The tenant did walk away, we've been appointed by the landlord,'' he says.

Berentsen says higher-end dining with a steep price point is difficult terrain in Sydney's city centre.

It doesn't sound like it'll be empty for long. There are already three food and beverage operators interested in the site.

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Scott BollesScott Bolles writes the weekly Short Black column in Good Food.

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