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Although planning for the venue that will be at the rear of the Westend is in “very early days”, Camorra said the venue was following a similar formula to that of his highly successful Original MoVida on Melbourne’s gritty and graffitied Hosier Lane.<\/p>\n
“That precinct seemed like a perfect location for us – it’s a completely derelict unused space, a laneway off a laneway,” he said of Short’s Place site off Little Malop Street.<\/p>\n
“There’s definitely a demand there for eating, entertaining\u2026 you can see it.<\/p>\n
“We’re just starting to work with designers, but it’ll be a MoVida restaurant with high and low tables and an open kitchen for theatre.”<\/p>\n
As with Melbourne, the venue will have seating for about 80 diners, including at the bar, where they’ll be served tapas, sharing plates and drinks.<\/p>\n
Presently in Auckland where he and his team opened a MoVida at the end of August, Mr Camorra anticipated it would be the end of summer before the Geelong site opens.
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“March\/April we’ll be open, we’ve got plenty of time to get there so we should be good.”<\/p>\n
Westend publican Cam O’Keefe said he had been in discussions with MoVida for the past six months, “now it’s all systems go.”<\/p>\n
“It’s not only exciting for us, but for the precinct that is Little Malop and the community down here, and for the wider food scene of Geelong.”<\/p>\n
Camorra’s return to the street and venue where he started to cook and see live music will also be a return to family, as his cousin George Camorra owns the 18th Amendment Bar and Manhattan Bar, both within a minute’s walk.<\/p>\n
“It’ll be good to be back,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Publicans of the old Eureka Hotel in Geelong are preparing for a new tenant with the announcement that Corio-raised chef Frank Camorra will bring his renowned Spanish restaurant MoVida to the location. Mr Camorra first flagged he was on the hunt for a new venue in the region in March after confirming that the redevelopment […]<\/p>\n