I lament the loss of the Flint restaurant in the fire of 23 June. I most recently ate there with journalist Jacqueline Maley of the Sydney Morning Herald. 

Flint was a fine and civilised restaurant where one could carry on a conversation (and be heard, easily). The building was formerly the Library of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). Many researchers, myself included, spent time there in former years, engaged with that valuable and unique collection.