Eat at the Bar

In Eat at the Bar, Matt McConnell and Jo Gamvros share their love of Europe’s bar dining culture through incredible, vibrant recipes from tapas to mezethes. Retracing their travels through Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece, they explore the amazing flavours and relaxed hospitality that inspired them to embrace and redefine bar dining culture in Melbourne.

From clifftop restaurants overlooking the Bay of Naples, to family-run bars in back alleys of Seville, seafood specialists on the Portuguese coast and the incredible, bustling markets of Athens, Matt and Jo leave no snack uneaten, no market unexplored, no hidden bar undiscovered, and no recipe unwritten.

About the Author

Chef Matt McConnell and front of house pro Jo Gamvros are partners in life and work, having established Bar Lourinha together more than 10 years ago. In that time, their central Melbourne restaurant has established itself as one of a handful of beloved stayers in the city's competitive restaurant scene.