Restaurant workers not paid tens of thousands as Red Spice Road reopens with new staff
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The reopening of a beloved Melbourne restaurant sounds like something to celebrate, so why isnât the resurrection of Red Spice Road an unmitigated good news story?
The hugely popular pan-Asian restaurant announced its permanent closure in early May 2020, a victim of the pandemic. In mid-January 2021, the restaurantâs founder and first head chef John McLeay posted on Facebook that the restaurant heâd left three years ago was to reopen as a restructured company.