When Beau Nelson found out a Sydney institution was going to be turned into a fish-and-chip shop, “it felt like physical pain”.
“I think I was in fairyland a little bit of the time,” she says. “I loved drawing. I loved animals, I loved music and plants and rocks and things.”
For lunch, she has chosen the Eveleigh Hotel, adjacent to Redfern’s historic Block precinct. It’s an atmospheric, old-school venue with a strong community vibe and an unfinished charm. It was also recently bought by Beau’s elder sister, Paris. After attending St Andrew’s Cathedral School in the CBD, Beau studied law. She didn’t go on to practise, but the experience was far from wasted.
“I think people are generally good,” she says. “I think a lot of people have been through things that they don’t understand or can’t explain or aren’t able to work through but that doesn’t make them bad people. That just makes all of us imperfect.“The more disconnected you are the more you have to fear. We’re social animals and we need each other to survive. When you threaten that with fear you’ve taken away the very thing that is our primal need.
“You treat them like guests, much-loved guests,” she says. “And then, afterwards, people say, ‘We’ve never been treated so well. We had such a beautiful experience. Everyone was so kind and generous. Nothing was too much trouble. They thought about things before we had to ask. We felt respected and we felt like it was a good experience.’”After four years, strains were showing in the mother/daughter working relationship and last month she quit Phoenix.
Beau’s vision for the refurbished Vanguard – she’s invested heavily in a new look for the venue and a state-of-the-art sound system – is for five nights of diverse acts, from burlesque to rock and from heavy metal to comedy.
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