PHOT
OGRAPHY JULIAN KINGMA (DAINTY SICHUAN) & WILL HORNER.
SARAH DOYLE &
ELVIS ABRAHANOWICZ
Porteño, Sydney
Things could have been very diferent. Sarah Doyle
was a balloon artist at Australia’s Wonderland, while
Elvis Abrahanowicz considered selling vacuum cleaners
door-to-door. Luckily for diners, they met and, six years
later, opened Bodega with Ben Milgate and Joe Valore.
Abrahanowicz had cooked professionally, but Doyle was
new to hospitality, so her crash-course in front-of-house
came between her Bonds marketing job on weekdays,
and nightclub shifts on the weekend (a financial
necessity at the time). “We had no idea what we were
doing,” says Abrahanowicz. Now they’re involved in
12 venues, and their belongings, including vases, rugs
and signs, adorn them all. “Every restaurant has our crap
in it,” says Doyle. A pizzeria called Bella Brutta and a
second Continental Deli are next, but they have been
delayed. Which, for once, the pair is grateful to hear. It
means they can focus on another collaboration: their
daughter, Maybelline, is about to be joined by twins. ➤TEAMS
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The restaurant trade
is famously tough on
relationships. But what
about when you’re working
together? LEE TRAN LAM
talks to the couples behind
some of our top eateries
about the secret to working
with your other half.