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Middle Eastern restaurant Bar Saracen to close in Melbourne s CBD Roslyn Grundy Photo: Supplied Melbourne CBD favourite Bar Saracen has announced it will close on January 30, almost three years after opening. In a post on Instagram, owner Joseph Abboud (who also owns Rumi and the Moor s Head) said the effects of COVID-19 on trade at the top end of the CBD, including the loss of international guests, city workers and passing foot traffic, had left the restaurant in a precarious financial situation. When Abboud opened in the Punch Lane site in March 2018 – originally in partnership with front-of-house pro Ari Vlassopoulos – he set out to create an experience more refined than at his 15-year-old Brunswick restaurant Rumi. ....