Ball & Chain Welcomes the Post GFC - June 2023
In exhilarating style, the GFC reconstituted for 2023 at the delightful Ball & Chain Grill, under tutelage of maître d'hôtel Craig Farrer and Matthew at the grill. 20 larger than life likely lads assembled around the front of house bar for pre-luncheon refreshments, after (no doubt) grueling strategic and logistical exercises: ie getting dressed and into a cab to the city of Hobart. Birthday boys Merv Simmons and Roger Kimber were marched in to the tune of 2001 A Space Odyssey - totally fitting the circumstances. Merv had been in the Good Paddock, but was still able to walk through the menu, hauling in vast quantities of beef from King Island. Image: Matthew Davis at the helm of Bistro Central - Ball & Chain Grill centrepiece Image: Jim Paltos of Melbourne, flew direct to the Ball and Chain from Tullamarine - he will do anything to get away from Desparate Dan's Victoria Jing made sure we had a booking, provided us with Pale Ale Cascade for starters, and delivered the m