WHEN Nick Favos started working at the Darby Street restaurant Hawaiian Steakhouse in 1983, he could never have known how long and entwined his life would become with the Cooks Hill terrace that houses it.

But after a long association as the restaurant's owner, landlord and then restaurant owner once again he has put up the for sale sign of the 1850s-era terrace in a prime position on the popular eat street.