Pig & Pastry joins cafe push

Restaurant Blancmange's last service will be on May 4, with the Petersham restaurant set to join the cafe push sweeping the inner west.

Ian Meggitt, owner of the nearly eight-year-old restaurant, confirmed its sale. The new owners, Katherine and Iain Smart, will open the Pig & Pastry mid-June, following a six-week makeover.

Despite Iain's background at Michelin-starred restaurants, such as London's Chez Bruce, she says he's now ''perfecting his sausage rolls''.

''It'll be a daytime cafe, no evenings,'' Katherine says.

''Partly Ottolenghi-inspired with a bakery.''

She has the runs on the board for a daytime push. She was the cafe manager at La Fromagerie in London and now works front-of-house at Kitchen by Mike in Rosebery. Meggitt has no immediate plans.

''I want to spend more time with my family,'' he says.