Michelin Guide restaurant to become bar in cost crisis

A CITY centre restaurant celebrated by the Michelin Guide for its high-end menu, is to turn from a restaurant into a bar, scaling back its food offering to a snack menu.

- BEN ARNOLD

Thai-inspired barbecue restaurant District cited 'extreme economical pain' as the reason for the change in direction.

The Oldham Street eaterie let customers know about the imminent changes in an e-mail.

"Recent events have taken their toll and we are facing extreme economical pain," the e-mail said. "A final coming together of the off-world vigilantes to overthrow the tyrannical rule is the only route to survival."

The restaurant, run by chef Ben Humphreys, had not long revamped its menu, moving its focus from a full tasting experience to separate dishes. Humphreys will still be on board, curating the drinks, the bar's soundtrack, and the scaled-back snack menu.