We've already seen two new venues open their doors at The Lawns of the Lobby, but in a couple of weeks, there will be a third. Subscribe now for unlimited access . Login or signup to continue reading $ 0 / $ NaN /year All articles from our website & app The digital version of Today's Paper Breaking news alerts direct to your inbox Interactive Crosswords, Sudoku and Trivia All articles from the other regional websites in your area Continue And until the announcement last week, it was a venue that many Canberrans didn't even know was coming - even though it's the location of former icon The Lobby and sister cafe Porkbarrel.
Dave Young out the front of Ballyhoo ahead of its opening in August and, inset, the wood grill and pizza oven are the driving force behind the Ballyhoo menu. Pictures by Gary Ramage, supplied "It feels like the best-kept secret, right?" said Dave Young, the man behind the soon-to-be-opened Ballyhoo . "People would try to peer in behind the blinds and have no idea what was going on behind them.
"I'm not from Canberra. I'm not too familiar with The Lobby or Porkbarrel. Everybody talks about it.
"But I think part of why I was interested is that there is a bit of history behind this, and that's really interesting to be part of that, to be part of an icon reemerging. "There's a bit of that going on, so it's really good to be, at least at the start of that, and help mold it into something." For Young, Ballyhoo is the latest step in his culinary career, after closi.