Two for the road as Glebe shows signs of recovery

Hands up who thinks the Glebe dining scene has been feeling a little, well, tired? Finally, there's some action to report. And, while it isn't a rash of new eateries, a small, promising posse of new players is rolling into Glebe Point Road

A new Italian restaurant, Ombretta, has applied for a liquor licence at 355 Glebe Point Road and La Boheme is headed for the strip.

Tony Gibson, the former head chef at Astral, has been working in the kitchen at Despana, a new tapas bar, while he looks for a site in the city for his New York deli concept.

''The area is going ahead,'' Gibson says.

''The Little Guy [small bar] is booming and some young [people] have just taken the old a'Mews site.''

Clarification: An earlier version of the story incorrectly gave the name of Ombretta as Ombra.