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Rockpool Bar & Grill to re-open after fire

Scott Bolles
Scott Bolles

Huge undertaking: Neil Perry is re-opening Rockpool.
Huge undertaking: Neil Perry is re-opening Rockpool.Dominic Lorrimer

Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney will reopen for business tomorrow, three weeks after a fire closed the restaurant mid-service.

Neil Perry says the closure has cost the group $1.5 million.

"It was a lot more water-damaged than anything, but all the walls and chamber ceiling had to be cleaned," Perry says of the delay in reopening.

Drying the restaurant proved a huge undertaking. "Massive machines and tubes are running everywhere," Perry says. RB&G has been fitted with new carpets and a replacement ceiling on level one.

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It is the latest in a string of expenses for the restaurant since the incident.

The night of the fire was particularly costly at a restaurant where a black-lip abalone meuniere costs $60 and a packed house was in attendance.

"The guests had to leave, so no charge," Perry confirms.

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

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