Parcs, the 20-seat wine bar on Little Collins Street, has announced via an Instagram post that it will have its last service on Saturday July 13.
Owner Adi Halim (The Windsor, Aru, Sunda, Kudo) tells Broadsheet that limitations due to the small size of the venue is the main reason for the closure. “It has outgrown itself, I think it deserves something better,” he said.
Parcs – “scrap” spelt backwards – came out of the sustainably-first ethos that opening chef Denis Yong championed when he worked at Sunda. The wine bar and restaurant became known for its umami e pepe, a tangle of miso-spiked noodles made using stale bread which was named one of Melbourne’s best dishes of 2022.
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SIGN UPYong departed and the restaurant closed almost a year ago to the day in June 2023, before reopening in October last year under the direction of former Brae chef Damien Neylon. Neylon introduced monthly changing menus that stayed true to the venue’s sustainability ethos.
Neylon is departing the restaurant group for what Halim says is “something exciting”, but will lead the kitchen until final service.
Halim says he plans to open another venue in the current Parcs space, but is unsure what the concept will be. “Now that we have actually operated in such a tiny spot, we will be more mindful of what’s possible and what’s not.”
As for the Parcs brand? “We’ll definitely bring it back, but it needs to be on the right site with suitable facilities,” Halim says.
Parcs
198 Little Collins St, Melbourne
(03) 9972 7015
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