{"id":33059,"date":"2024-05-02T16:20:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T06:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infrastructuremagazine.com.au\/?p=52080"},"modified":"2024-05-02T16:20:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T06:20:17","slug":"new-dining-precinct-for-melbourne-airport-terminal-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=33059","title":{"rendered":"New dining precinct for Melbourne Airport Terminal 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seven new cafes and restaurants are now open inside Melbourne Airport\u2019s new $20 million Terminal 1 dining precinct known as The Square.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The venues include local favourites like Rustica, Pope Joan, Veneziano and ST. ALi, as well as Mobo Moga, owned by Gary Mehigan, The Local Taphouse, run by Stomping Ground Brewing Co, and The Grace Wine Bar and Eatery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restaurants in the 2,400m\u00b2 precinct open as early as 4:30am, serving travellers up until half an hour before the last Qantas domestic departure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne Airport Chief of Retail, Jai McDermott, said that the exciting redevelopment builds on the city\u2019s food culture, connecting travellers to some of Melbourne\u2019s finest cafes and restaurants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMelbourne is widely regarded as Australia\u2019s foodie capital, so we carefully selected food and beverage operators that showcase our city\u2019s finest coffee, food and bars,\u201d Mr McDermott said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe redeveloped dining precinct is designed to reflect our city with brands people know and love featuring food and cuisines that can be found in the CBD, Richmond, Collingwood, St Kilda and South Yarra.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr McDermott said that the new space, directly after Qantas security screening, encourages guests to dine-in rather than eating at communal tables like a traditional food court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere\u2019s something for everyone inside The Square with restaurant-style service, and grab-and-go options, creating an elevated dining experience featuring fantastic views of the airfield.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re excited to unveil the new eateries in the lead up to Christmas as we anticipate strong passenger numbers over the festive season.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Terminal 1 Square redevelopment created around 120 jobs during construction and 160 ongoing hospitality roles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image credit: WSmushroom\/shutterstock.com<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven new cafes and restaurants are now open inside Melbourne Airport\u2019s new $20 million Terminal 1 dining precinct known as [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1054,471,1291,163,8203,5,8205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airport","category-news","category-projects","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","category-spotlight","category-transport","category-vic"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33059"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37868,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33059\/revisions\/37868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}