Saint Gorge (previously generally known as The Saint Resort) has swung open its doorways in St Kilda with celebrated chef Karen Martini main the cost as Culinary Director.
Saint George is the work of Martini and companion Michael Sapountsis plus rising hospitality group Public Hospitality.
The venue has two sections: The Grill and The Tavern the place Martini is serving up a menu that includes Italian dishes and elevated pub classics.
The Grill is Saint George’s sit-down, bookable area with a menu of Italian primi, antipasti, handmade pasta, and reimagined pub classics.
A number of the highlights on the menu embody a paccheri marinara pasta and a beef tartare with chives, shallots, and horseradish served with chips.
The Tavern is a extra informal area on the venue, which solely caters for walk-ins and boasts a menu of approachable dishes reminiscent of a house-spiced hen schnitzel, fish burger, and gnocco fritto.
Martini’s function on the venue was introduced final month, and sees the chef return to her roots within the city she grew up and spent her first hospitality roles in.
“St Kilda holds a particular place in my coronary heart, however this return isn’t for waxing lyrical in regards to the previous,” says Martini.
“Saint George is a totally new and of-its-time enterprise for us, and a problem to completely reinterpret a venue that has lived many lives … Perhaps it’s a well-earned pub stint or a correct sit-down feast with mates — Saint George is what you need it to be relying on the event.”
Saint George is now open at 54 Fitzroy Avenue, St Kilda, Victoria.
