A Culinary Melting Pot & Compact City, Is Wellington's Food World-Class?
A hub for diplomacy and dining, these restaurants are shaping food culture and community.
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That’s good news, given the many dire predictions last year as the country wrestled with its response to Covid and the prospect of lockdowns and economic collapse. Berl research for the Greater Wellington Regional Council forecast retail spending to drop by 16.3 per cent in 2021, regional GDP to fall 8.3 per cent and unemployment to move towards 6 per cent and beyond. But the latest statistics from StatsNZ and Dot Loves Data present a much more optimistic picture. Eftpos NZ figures for the three months to the end of January show spending in the city is down by just 2 per cent compared wi...
The Restaurant Association's annual report shows eateries were struck hard by Covid-19 but are slowly recovering. A new bar and restaurant on the former site of Covid-19 casualty The Bresolin will offer patrons a different twist on a Wellington classic, its owners say. After operating The Bresolin for 14 years, brothers Lorenzo and Leonardo Bresolin, sons of local restaurant legend, Il Casino owner Remiro Bresolin, were heartbroken when they were forced to shut up shop for good when the city came out of lockdown. The Yu Group, which owns several eateries, including Wellington hospitality...