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Liston pops up north

Hilary McNevin and Roslyn Grundy

Northern soul: Glen Bagnara (left) and Adam Liston have teamed up at Northern Light.
Northern soul: Glen Bagnara (left) and Adam Liston have teamed up at Northern Light.Supplied

The site of the former Gigibaba will reopen as Northern Light by the end of next week. Chef Adam Liston, who most recently ran the pop-up catering concept Borrowed Space with chef Joel Alderson, has gone into business with Glen Bagnara (ex-Chester White) and has employed Emily Pullen, former co-owner of Northcote's Next Door Diner, to run front-of-house.

Describing the changes made to the dining room as more of a "paint job", Liston has kept the exposed lightbulbs that hang over the bar from Gigibaba days; in fact, it's where the name came from. "We're in the north and we love those lights," Liston says. The menu has 20 to 25 same-size dishes with "some Japanese and Chinese influences", designed for sharing.

Northern Light is at 102 Smith Street, Collingwood.

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Roslyn GrundyRoslyn Grundy is Good Food's deputy editor and the former editor of The Age Good Food Guide.

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