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Giovanni Battista opened the Grotto Restaurant in 1955 and it was a Kensington fixture until it closed in 2011. What made it remarkable was the the concrete and chicken wire simulation of Neptune's watery world complete with blue lighting and fish tanks. It became one of Sydney's "go-to" places for a romantic seafood dinner or anniversary celebration for over 60 years. It was featured as a backdrop on an episode of the Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities TV true crime drama, which revealed that it was a favoured eatery for some of Sydney's top "hoods". Read More about the Grotto Capri and Kensington's past night life.

Grotto Carpri building in 2014, at 97 -101 Anzac Parade, Kensington

Inside the Capri's watery eating world

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