Semi-Permanent wine bar pops up at Lee Ho Fook site in Collingwood

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Two hospitality professionals will be keeping the site warm at 92 Smith Street, Collingwood – recently vacated by Lee Ho Fook – until it is transformed into Goldfish, a Chinese diner from chef Victor Liong and restaurateurs David Mackintosh and Peter Bartholomew.

The honestly named Semi-Permanent is a collaboration from Liz Carey and Paul Guiney, two front-of-house pros with a swag of high-end experience between them, including at Nahm and Roka in London, Christine Manfield's Universal in Sydney, and Verge, Movida and the Town Mouse in Melbourne.

Described as a "pop-up wine bar serving food for wine", Guiney and Carey have employed chef Tanya Bertino​, most recently at the Gem in Collingwood. Bertino trained with Paul Wilson at the Botanical, and then went on to work at Vue de Monde and for Sean Donovan at the Station in Footscray. There will be terrines, rillettes, old-style glazed leg ham with condiments, daily tarts and confit duck leg to match the wines. Semi-Permanent will also "host industry friends and peers with a series of special dinners and roaming sommelier nights".

Semi-Permanent opens this Thursday, September 17 for 14 weeks.

Open Mon-Thu and Fri from 5pm; Sat-Sun from noon.

92 Smith Street, Collingwood, 0484 323 834