Simon Kardachi

by Dan Cunningham and Holly Bodeker-Smith

Updated May 2nd, 2019

Hospitality is in Simon Kardachi’s blood. His grandfather opened Adelaide’s first restaurant, Little Amsterdam, in Gays Arcade in 1959.

Kardachi got his own start in 1999, with The Melting Pot on King William Road. Since then he’s built a small empire and made himself an integral part of Adelaide’s eating and drinking culture.

Here's a complete list of all the venues he owns and part-owns.

Nido
Restaurant
A suburban aperitivo bar with handmade pasta and a tight Italian wine list.
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Melt
Restaurant
Pizza all round. Also in the CBD.

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Maybe Mae
Bar
Some of the city's best cocktails ... if you can find the place.

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Proof
Bar
One of Adelaide's original small bars.
Bread & Bone
Restaurant
For late night burgers and dogs.

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Press Food & Wine
Restaurant
Low-lights and wood downstairs; white tablecloths upstairs.
Shobosho
Restaurant
An Asian-inspired "fire-house".
Osteria Oggi
Restaurant
Beautiful pastas in beautiful surrounds.
West Rooftop
Bar
A retro beachside rooftop bar from Maybe Mae's Ollie Margan.
Melt Henley
Restaurant
An all-day diner and cocktail bar that brings the outdoors inside.
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