It’s a truth universally acknowledged that the opening of a new Andrew McConnell restaurant will raise the pulse of many Melburnians. Côte Basque − the first new restaurant from McConnell and his partner Jo McGann’s Trader House in Melbourne since Gimlet in 2020 − has added to the raised expectations by setting up shop in the iconic former Becco site. It’s enough to make even a serial restaurateur a little trepidatious.
Good news then that, even in the early weeks…

