The aftershocks continue but Nick and Sarah keep working to get a bigger and better Freemans Restaurant re-opened in Lyttelton. They finally open on December 23rd 2011. Their insurance comes through five minutes before the 6.0 tremor strikes at 1.50 pm, and they start cooking pizzas in their new oven two hours later. By the end of January their hard work is paying off as the combination of their new layout and business model and the limited number of restaurants open in Christchurch means their turnover is twice what it was pre-earthquake.