Double Bay338–340 · 1985–2017
Places

1985–2017

Goldman Lane

Dated records, source images and the qualifications needed to read them.

13 April 1988

The approved restaurant plan, from front to rear

The approved drawing runs from the New South Head Road entrance and dining area, past the servery and central kitchen, to the rear Garden Room and Courtyard at Goldman Lane. It also labels loading and first-floor private-function space.

Approved restaurant plan, 13 April 1988
Approved restaurant plan, 13 April 1988. Woollahra Municipal Council approval stamp; reproduced as Appendix A to later correspondence. Only the drawing page is shown.
Sources and record notes

The front dining strip is marked 340; the adjoining 338 area is not labelled as restaurant space. An approved layout does not establish continuous actual use or the use of every part of both shops. The displayed drawing carries the council stamp dated 13 April 1988.

c.1988–1989

The lanes behind the shops

Villa’s map places Short Street and Goldman Lane among the shops and landmarks of late-1980s Double Bay.

Short Street and Goldman Lane, c.1988–1989
Short Street and Goldman Lane, c.1988–1989. Villa thesis, Figure III.1, UNSW repository. Drawing explicitly not to scale; source licence applies.
Sources and record notes

The drawing says “not to scale”. It is not a cadastral plan or an approved tenancy plan.

23 May 1991, recorded retrospectively

Separate-tenancy use: consent was required

A photographed later council appraisal records correspondence to “Binima Pty Ltd” about kitchen expansion and separate-tenancy use. It says subsequent correspondence advised that development consent was required and that the backroom did not enjoy existing-use rights. The same later council-history page also records DA 91/026 approved on 12 March 1991 to establish a real-estate agency; this is distinct from the later separate-tenancy correspondence.

Historical appraisal: correspondence of 23 May 1991
Historical appraisal: correspondence of 23 May 1991. Detail of a supplied photograph of a later council appraisal, not the original letter.
Sources and record notes

The displayed detail is the historical correspondence paragraph only. It is a later account, not the original letter or a formal refusal determination. The appraisal date and evidence of delivery have not been established.

    8 November 1996

    Through the bougainvillea-covered gates

    A published review describes the entrance, intimate courtyard and menu of Village Grill at 3 Short Lane.

    Village Grill review, 8 November 1996
    Village Grill review, 8 November 1996. Australian Jewish News, 8 November 1996. Supplied review clipping.
    Sources and record notes

    31 March 2004

    Village Grill in the local newspaper

    Woollahra’s newspaper index records a Wentworth Courier article about Village Grill at 3 Short Lane, page 42.

    Sources and record notes

    This is an index record; it is not a reproduced copy of the full article.

    30 May 2006

    Inside Village Grill

    A Sydney Morning Herald photograph records the restaurant’s dining room, timber ceiling and tiled floor. View the photograph at its publisher’s source.

    Sources and record notes

    Photograph by Domino Postiglione / Sydney Morning Herald. The publisher’s image is linked, not reproduced here.

    3 September 2013

    A meal and photographs of the restaurant

    A contemporary food blog describes a visit to Village Grill and includes photographs of the courtyard, dining room and food.

    Sources and record notes

    Some image filenames contain 25 August 2013. That is not independently verified capture metadata; the date here is the article’s publication date.

    By 11 November 2016

    Brick Lane at 3 Goldman Lane

    Contemporary coverage places Brick Lane at 3 Goldman Lane and describes its courtyard setting.

    Sources and record notes

    The article date is a latest-known published date, not a verified first day of service.

    25 April 2017; article published 28 April

    The Thai restaurant at number 340

    A contemporary food-blog entry identifies Spice Market, a Thai takeaway, at 340 New South Head Road and shows the shopfront, seating and menu.

    Sources and record notes

    The article’s restaurant address is kept distinct from the rear-lane restaurant address. No access arrangement is inferred from a frontage photograph.