Chef Peter Gunn Announces Next Move, Five Months After Closing Ides on Smith Street
Words by Nick Connellan · Published on 26 Aug 2026
When chef Peter Gunn closed Collingwood restaurant Ides and adjoining bar March earlier this year, he made clear his next project would be one that let him spend more time with his partner and two kids.
Enter Shogunn, a 12-seat yakitori counter in the handsome dark room that was previously March. Since closing Ides, Gunn has done a few private chef gigs and debuted Shogunn at Malin in Carlton North earlier this month.
“I had to go and get one of the hibachis I had [at March]. I came back and the space hadn’t been touched for six months. I spoke to the guys who’ve taken over the lease on it and said, ‘What’s happening?’”
They’ve given him six weeks to do his thing – a decision that Gunn only received on Friday last week. He’ll nonetheless welcome his first guests this Friday, seven days on. Shogunn is on until October 4, with two seatings most Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
“This is a one-man operation,” Gunn says. “A big part of me wrapping up Ides was just there were just so many moving parts. A big passion of mine is the small Japanese izakaya, where it’s your dedicated livelihood, but it’s dictated on your own terms, you know? You’re not relying on massive margins or trying to make a big profit. It’s just grassroots-level hospitality.”
The 10-dish, $97 per person set menu is fixed for the duration and includes skewers of chicken neck with nori, thigh with onion, skin with tobiko (fish roe) and meatballs with sansho pepper. Non-poultry sticks include shokupan with pâté, miso-glazed eggplant, and chawanmushi and mushroom. The nine-item drink menu lists Tasmanian sparkling wine, Akishika Shuzo saké, Yebisu beer, yuzu soda and whisky highball.
When things wrap on Smith Street, Gunn plans to open Shogunn permanently elsewhere.
“I want the business to be something that’s not all-encompassing and controlling,” he says. “It’s just about finding the site, the space, and everything that sort of fits the vibe, you know?”
Shogunn is open from August 29 to October 4.
Shogunn
90 Smith Street, Collingwood
No phone
Hours
Fri–Sun 6pm and 8.15pm sittings
shogunn.com.au
About the author
Nick Connellan is Broadsheet’s Australia editor and oversees all stories produced across the country. He’s been with the company since 2015.
