AN old Rosella canning factory in the light industrial area of Rosebery in southeast Sydney is an unlikely backdrop for a restaurant revolution. But for 12 months Mike McEnearney has been quietly changing the face of Sydney dining with Kitchen By Mike, a canteen with its focus firmly on food, not frippery. Together with designers Russel Koskela and Sasha Titchkosky, who own the upmarket Koskela furniture store separated from Kitchen By Mike by a small chicken-wire fence, McEnearney has given the 4000sqm derelict factory space a new lease of life. Original features - the weathered concrete floors, replete with a small rail track that used to serve the Rosella production line, vaulted wooden ceilings and roller doors - have been incorporated into a new lifestyle space (designer Megan Morton also has a studio and school here), enhanced where possible with recycled or reclaimed materials, such as a new front deck made from packing crates.