知名厨师Andrew McConnell在墨尔本Crossley Street开设新餐厅Cote Basque，这是一家100座位的欧式烤肉餐厅，于8月7日正式开业[1]。该餐厅位于25 Crossley Street，接替在该空间运营28年的意大利餐厅Becco[1]。
Cote Basque是McConnell旗下Trader House集团自2020年Gimlet餐厅后在墨尔本推出的首家此类概念餐厅[1]。菜单融合西班牙巴斯克地区的烹饪特色，采用包括新南威尔士州草莓蛤蚌和David Blackmore's Rohne牛肉等食材[1]。McConnell对巴斯克烹饪风格的兴趣由来已久——他在1990年代早期曾在西班牙三星米其林餐厅Arzak用餐[1]。
Trader House集团目前拥有9家餐厅、1家酒吧Apollo Inn、4家Meatsmith肉铺和2家Morning Market咖啡馆[1]。集团还计划在春季接管St Kilda's Stokehouse[1]。
Acclaimed chef Andrew McConnell is launching Cote Basque, a 100-seat European grill restaurant, at 25 Crossley Street in Melbourne on August 7 [1]. The venue takes over the space previously occupied by Becco, an Italian restaurant that operated there since 1996 [1].
Cote Basque represents the first European grill concept opened by Trader House, McConnell's hospitality group, since 2020 [1]. The restaurant's menu draws inspiration from Basque culinary traditions and features dishes such as NSW strawberry clams and David Blackmore's Rhone beef [1]. McConnell's connection to this style of cooking traces back to the early 1990s, when he first dined at Spain's three-Michelin-starred restaurant Arzak [1].
Trader House currently operates nine restaurants alongside Apollo Inn bar, four Meatsmith butcher shops, and two Morning Market cafes [1]. The group has further expansion plans, with preparations underway to take over St Kilda's Stokehouse in spring [1].