The fit-out in Fifty Gorillas Grill & Venue includes exposing brick walls, building a kitchen wall from beer crates, and creating a serving counter from parts of a salvaged Commer van. "That's sentimental for me - my family owned a Commer van in the 1980s and we used go camping in it to Omarama.'' The venue hosted Northland te reo thrash metal band Alien Weaponry and a full house of 285 patrons last month. When the kitchen was in Brimstone, it served just enough food to meet the requirements for the business to get an alcohol licence. Now the kitchen served food from two menus - adults' and children's.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 13, 2019 16:30 UTC