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James Viles on regional restaurants and the closure of Biota Dining – News + Articles
James Viles talks with Max Brearley about the heartbreak of closing fine-diner Biota and the value of regional restaurants.
“We had no intention of closing. I love that place,” says chef James Viles, his voice breaking. The stress and emotion of the past months are evident in his every word. Biota, his Bowral fine-diner rooted in seasonality and a sense of place, is one of the highest-profile restaurant closures attributed to the confluence of the ruinous summer bushfires and the Covid crisis.
Viles describes standing on the balcony of his restaurant and seeing the leased acreage cloaked in smoke, obscuring a polytunnel just 100 metres away, as the…
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