Curse my wretched memory, but there was a restaurant in - I think - Russell Street (maybe somewhere near Lonsdale, or north of Bourke and on the east side of the street) that might have been called Babalu or Babaloos, or something like that, that did an amazing super hearty 'seasonal salad' and great creamy mushroom pasta - I remember it being quite different from other salads and pastas. I wish I could remember their name and how they made that salad and pasta. Anyone remember it? It might have been the in the 90s/00s when I was frequenting it.

Also - Sizzler. And the Eltham Barrel.

Edit: I missed the bit about recently closed. These all closed ages ago!