Taking its name from a neighbourhood in central London, just above Oxford Street in the West End (not to mention the Italian expression for Fitzroy Street), Fitzrovia: Fine Food Republic is internationally recognised chef Paul Jewson’s latest venture. A St Kilda local since returning from London in 2009, Jewson has worked all around England and Europe for the past two decades and takes over the site of where the Waldorf Diner once stood…

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THE former Waldorf Diner on St Kilda’s Fitzroy Street reopened last Friday as Fitzrovia, an all-day-dining restaurant. Chef Paul Jewson and his partner, front-of-house manager Marco Pugnaloni, are behind the venture, named after an area of central London where the couple lived for many years and a play on the street on which the business sits…

Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, is getting a lot more interesting with partners, chef Paul Jewson and front-of-house manager Marco Pugnaloni taking what was the Waldorf Diner and turning it into Fitzrovia. The pair ran South Yarra’s Outpost for entrepreneur Salvatore Malatesta for two years, testing the market after coming to Melbourne after 20 years in London. Melbourne boy Jewson and Italian native Pugnaloni were determined to open their own place, but took the time to understand the Melbourne market. What they’ve developed is a menu full of local ingredients treated simply and well, with some signature dishes already being established such as slow-roast pork belly with caramelised sweet potato mash, and cock crab with Asian mushroom and wasabi salad. Jewson has loads of experience, cooking at places like the River Cafe, Terence Conran’s Bluebird and Mezzo, as well as Soho House in his years in the UK…

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Since moving on from Outpost, Paul Jewson has been a busy man. I’ve seen him in the kitchen at St Ali, he’s been working at St Ali in London and turns out he’s and partner Marco Pulagni have been turning the Waldorf in St Kilda into the beautifully rendered Fitzrovia. At 155 Fitzroy St, it’s just near the newly opened Golden Fields, Baker d Chirico and Miss Jackson in what’s becoming a fine-food hotspot…

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