An iconic venue in Winnipeg is preparing to once again start serving people. Dos Pampas Skyline Restaurant will be taking over the spot where revolving restaurant Prairie 360 used to be and will be run by Alfonso Maury, who was previously the chef at Prairie 360. Maury owns Argentinian restaurant La Pampa and previously owned Corrientes with his wife, Rosana, until June 2025. He said the idea for him to reopen the restaurant came six months ago following a discussion with Edison Properties, which owns the space, while purchasing a parsley chopper from the restaurant. Maury said administrators from the company told him they were looking for the right candidate to open a new restaurant in the former Prairie 360 location, which closed in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’ve had a couple of propositions, they said, but we don’t like them. It was just people with money to invest, and they told me they didn’t want that. They just wanted someone running a restaurant, no big projects, no VLT machines … just bring the restaurant back to life for the city and the community," said Maury. Maury presented a business plan for the restaurant, which will be a steakhouse influenced by Argentinian cuisine with some Manitoba touches, such as bison empanadas and venison schnitzel. The restaurant is located on the 30th floor of Fort Garry Place and offers a view of Winnipeg. “I don’t think there is any other space with this view in Manitoba,” Maury said. “This space is beautiful.” Maury said opening this new restaurant is a passion project for him. “I’m not doing this for the money; I’m doing this because I love the project, and I think the city will love it too,” he said. An opening date has not been set, but Maury is aiming for early October. Maury said he is currently working on getting a liquor licence for the space, cleaning, installing a new refrigeration system and hiring staff. When it eventually opens, it will be open from Tuesday to Saturday. As for the most important question, will the restaurant revolve again? Maury said it will. “We are working on the mechanism and it’s coming back,” he added. With files from CTV News’ Joseph Bernacki
