Three Blue Ducks to open nightclub in Byron Bay

The Three Blue Ducks crew has tackled cafes, restaurants and even a farm. But a nightclub? Yes, the north coast tree-and-sea changers are dusting off the mirror ball, snapping up La La Land, the moodily lit Byron Bay venue not far from their sprawling farm.

"We've exchanged and paid the deposit. [The current owners] are still in there for another three weeks; we'll open in September," Three Blue Ducks co-owner Jeff Bennett tells Good Food.

The relaunched venue won't carry the Three Blue Ducks moniker but it will include a separate restaurant. "I don't actually know the difference between a bar and a nightclub, but we want it to be somewhere people can come in for lunch and still be there when the music gets louder later that night…The grand plan is something like EP & LP (in Los Angeles)," Bennett says.

The original concept was Mexican, but with a number of new Mexican venues popping up recently in Byron Bay, they'll tackle a broader sweep of Mexico and South America, with co-owner chefs Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy overseeing the menu.

The name remains something of a moveable feast. The Three Blue Ducks boys won't call it the Three Amigos, particularly as there are now five owners. "We registered Los Patos, which is Spanish for The Ducks. But we're not sure we want to saturate the market with the Ducks name. We're calling it Mean Time at the moment," Bennett adds.