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Sapore is a much loved Fitzroy Street veteran that was awarded a Chef’s Hat in The Age Good Food Guide both in 2010 and 2011.

Stylish, warm and cosseting, the restaurant offers accessible Italian inspired food, a wine list of exceptional quality and friendly, professional service. If it is a function you have in mind, Sapore boasts three separate dining rooms that can be configured in a variety of ways to suit any occasion. All rooms enjoy glorious views out over the St Kilda foreshore and the bay.

“There’s nothing like a Chef’s Hat to elevate the reputation of a restaurant. While Fitzroy Street stalwart Sapore has never suffered from infamy, its recent ‘hatting’ in The Age Good Food Guide (2010) sees it hit a more modish stride. Head Chef Simon Moss can take much of the credit for this, with his contemporary European menu dancing with delicacies including Potato Gnocchi with braised rabbit, truffle e butter and Parmesan and Veal Osso Buco with parsley and lemon risotto, confit garlic fritti and saffron brodo.

But it’s not just the food that’s attracting the accolades. Sapore’s 145-strong wine list balances boutique locals with Italian specialties and comes highly recommended with a Two Glass rating in Gourmet Traveler’s Wine List of the Year Awards.

Then there’s the architecture. The sleek, curvilinear interior has turned plenty of heads since Sapore opened in 1996. Internationally renowned architect Tom Kovac challenges the diner’s sense of scale, with plunging ceilings and few straight lines. Giving innovative definition to the dining room is a waved wall, which morphs upwards into a 10-metre high ceiling, before curving back down towards the front window. The lighting is also something special, with clustered pendants of articulated, seamed, cast glass spheres reminiscent of floating champagne bubbles.

When the owners took over in 2006, only cosmetic changes were required to enhance the lavish warmth of the original fit-out. Luisa Lucchesi has used textured wall panels, customised upholstery and hand-crafted furnishings to soften the space. With further lighting installations and a full renovation of the private dining room under consideration, it seems there’s more to come from this One Hat wonder.” (Red Food, October 2009)



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