By Zoisa Fraser

Beauty queen Olive Gopaul and her fiancé Ron Morrison, managing director of Hanes Guyana will, from mid-next month, bring a taste of New York trendiness to Georgetown. To be precise, they are seeking to import the famous eclectic, artsy flavour of SoHo to the Courtyard on Robb Street – at least in terms of the cuisine.

Together the two, both of whom have experience in the business arena, have meshed their skills to bring something different to these shores when it comes to food. The idea is to provide international cuisine with a few local dishes as well as an international salad bar, ensuring that not only the locals can get to taste something different but that overseas-based Guyanese coming home, tourists, the diplomatic community and expatriates can get the dishes they like or are accustomed to eating. The restaurant will be managed under the careful eyes of Gopaul.

The Scene was recently given an exclusive tour of the proposed site and while it is a bit small Morrison said the restaurant’s seating would be extended to the outside giving an outdoor feeling to the entire set up.

The construction work is about 80% complete and pretty soon the chairs and cooking equipment purchased in the US would be here to provide the finishing touches. The interior will be fully air-conditioned, insuring the comfort of the customers……