Pastarami

Peter Roddy’s French bistro Noir closed in March 2024 after 13 years in business. Now Roddy, along with business and life partner Ebony Vagg, runs casual pasta bar, Pastarami, in its place. The venue is bright and light with butter-yellow walls, cream and biscuit chequered vinyl tiles, gleaming backlit bottles of wine, a marble kitchen pass and a Tasmanian oak bar.

Pastas are made in-house daily. Some of the dishes came from Noir, like the garlic prawns with chilli, tomato and prawn bisque on spaghetti; and confit duck with smoked cinnamon and mushroom on casarecce. Others pastas include a beetroot and ricotta raviolo, and a pink peppercorn cacio e pepe mafaldine inspired by the celebrity-fave dish that chef Missy Robbins made famous in Brooklyn.

On top of pasta, fine antipasto-style plates and an indulgent dish of hand-cut roast potatoes, coated in a gremolata with Wagyu pastrami. Plus, freshly churned ice-cream and sorbet for dessert. The chefs also serve loaded focaccia sandwiches at lunchtime.

There are smashable local wines by the glass as well as cocktails including a Paloma, an Amaro Spritz and a Tim Tam Mocha Martini.

Roddy previously worked for Gordon Ramsey’s Amaryliss in Glasgow, Michel Roux Jr’s Le Gavroche in London and did a stint in New Zealand before moving to Australia.