Maz Salt

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Maz Salt is an Australian impresario and restaurateur. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] His venues are in Melbourne and Sydney in Australia.

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He known in part for his role in establishing prominent hospitality businesses, including the venue Section 8, Ferdydurke, and the burger chain B.East. [1] [7]

Career

Salt first gained prominence for establishing Section 8 in 2006. The bar was built inside a shipping container relocated onto a disused Chinatown car park. The venue has since become one of Melbourne's prominent music venues, regularly hosting laneway festival shows. [1]

In 2012 he established two venues, the burger chain B.East in Brunswick East, [3] and a neighbouring venue to Section 8 named 'Ferdydurke', styled as a New York themed bar. [3] [1] In 2015 he opened Belleville, a venue inspired by a visit to Paris. In 2019 he took over the license of the nightclub Lounge, re-opening it under the name Radar. [8] Other venues associated with Salt include Globe Alley, and Park Melbourne. [9]

In November 2021 Salt announced all but three of his venues would be permanently closed, primarily due to strains associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] [5] [1] [2] His remaining venues are Section 8, Ferdydurke, and B.East.

Ferdydurke

Ferdydurke is another bar operated by Salt based in Melbourne, Australia. [10] The interior of the venue is themed after New York, and it was named for the polish novel. It opened in 2012, and neighbours Section 8 in Tattersall lane.

The venue hosted an event for the MEL&NYC festival in 2018. [11] It hosted a wedding on the night same sex marriage was legalised in 2018. [12]

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  2. 1 2 "'Fatal error' forces string of Melbourne bars to close". The Australian.
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  4. ↑ Palmer-Derrien, Stephanie (2021-11-21). "Melbourne hospitality industry is far from recovered, says beleaguered bar owner Maz Salt". SmartCompany. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  5. 1 2 Hope, Bianca Hall, Zach (2020-10-27). "Despite widespread relief at hospitality reopening, now the real work begins". The Age. Retrieved 2023-06-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Eddie, Rachel (2021-01-28). "'Bring the buzz back': Council looks to nightlife experts to get CBD pumping again". The Age. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  7. ↑ Radbourne, Lucas (2022-10-31). "Brunswick's B.East expanding in 2023: Bigger gigs and more of them". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  8. ↑ Cribb, Dan. "New Venue To Open In Melb CBD Replacing The Much-loved Lounge". themusic.com.au. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  9. 1 2 Palmer-Derrien, Stephanie (2021-11-10). "Four of Maz Salt's Melbourne bars become latest casualties of lockdown". SmartCompany. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  10. ↑ Hope, Bianca Hall, Zach (2020-10-27). "Despite widespread relief at hospitality reopening, now the real work begins". The Age. Retrieved 2023-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ Francis, Hannah (2018-05-17). "Melbourne's latest arts festival offers slice of Big Apple life". The Age. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  12. ↑ "Australia's first same-sex weddings – in pictures". the Guardian. 2018-01-09. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-06-28.
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