Chris Lucas, Greek-Australian Restaurateur, Brings Grill Americano to Sydney’s CBD

Renowned Greek-Australian restaurateur Chris Lucas, whose begetter was a Greek migrant, is acceptable to unfastened Grill Americano Sydney, a New York-inspired grill restaurant, connected 19 November successful the bosom of Sydney’s CBD. Following the occurrence of its Melbourne counterpart, which debuted successful 2022, the Sydney outpost volition elevate the acquisition with a paper crafted by enforcement cook Vincenzo Ursini and Lucas Collective’s caput of culinary, Damian Snell.

Housed successful the iconic Qantas House astatine No. 1 Chifley Square, a historical 1950s gathering erstwhile location to Qantas’s headquarters, the 160-seat edifice volition diagnostic 2 backstage eating rooms and a 60-seat bar. “I’m drawn to humanities buildings,” Lucas shared with Gourmet Traveller. “Chifley was Sydney’s tallest erstwhile it was built, and it carries a unsocial legacy.”

The paper blends Italian-Venetian influences with a New York flair, offering signature dishes similar the tableside tiramisù Americano, a instrumentality favourite from Melbourne. New additions tailored for Sydney see prawn panzerotto with caviar, Sicilian-style seafood risotto with saffron and chilli, and a earthy barroom featuring regular crudo, oysters, and crustaceans. The unfastened kitchen’s Josper grill and wood-fired oven volition spotlight premier beef cuts, specified arsenic Angus Chateaubriand and a 700-gram Chauvel wagyu striploin, marinated for 2 days successful olive oil, garlic, rosemary, and oregano, past finished with a lemon-infused olive lipid brush.

Freshly made pastas, crafted by Chef Simone Giorgianni, including buffalo ricotta ravioli and lobster tortellini successful Sauce Américaine, volition complement the grill offerings. The beverage program, led by Master Sommelier Paolo Saccone, features an extended vino database and classical cocktails, including a Bellini inspired by Venice’s Harry’s Bar, a idiosyncratic favourite of Lucas.

The opulent interiors, designed successful collaboration with Lucas’s wife, Sarah, volition echo the Melbourne venue’s aesthetic, featuring bluish velvet banquettes, a 30-metre marble bar, and the building’s soaring ceilings and expansive windows. This marks Lucas Collective’s 2nd Sydney venture, pursuing Chin Chin successful Surry Hills, with a portfolio spanning 11 brands crossed 4 cities.

Bookings unfastened mid-October astatine grillamericano.com/sydney.