Matteo Double Bay and Maybe Frank spinning off into Sydney CBD

The siren call of the Sydney CBD continues for many of the city's up-and-coming operators.

Double Bay's thumping Matteo has long-held ambitions to open a city spin-off, and it is believed to be close to achieving this.

Co-owner and chef Orazio D'Elia, who earned good reviews at Da Orazio in Bondi before departing to Double Bay, couldn't be reached, but word on the city streets is his ambition will soon be satiated at a site at the George Street end of Bond Street.

A city spin-off from Surry Hills' well-reviewed pizza destination Maybe Frank is also on the way.

"We're opening a new place [July] on Harrington Street, just across from Rosetta restaurant. This one will be more of a funky cocktail bar," says co-owner Vince Lombardo.

Tapping mid-century Hollywood chic, it'll continue the moniker snatching approach of Maybe Frank.

"It's inspired by the old Vegas signs which said Dean Martin, Maybe Frank [Sinatra], Maybe Sammy [Davis Jnr]. So we're calling it Maybe Sammy," Lombardo says.