Pilar Mitchell

Pilar Mitchell is a freelance writer and long-time Broadsheet contributor. Her work spans hospitality, design and culture. She is currently co-authoring Sydney’s Local Knowledge series.

I Can’t Stop Thinking About: Kariton’s Scoop of Turon Gelato
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A dessert of champagne-coloured swirls laced with chunks of jackfruit and citrusy saba banana, with crunchy fried pastry atop, took one Broadsheet writer back in time.
Now Open: Lune and Its World-Famous Croissants Have Finally Arrived in Sydney
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink After a years-long journey, Kate Reid’s beloved baked goods are at last available in Sydney. First up is the flagship in Rosebery – with a Martin Place metro shop hot on its heels.
Pasta and Piedmont Wines Star at Neptune’s Grotto, The Pellegrino 2000 Team’s Latest
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Northern Italian cuisine is the star here, the latest dining room from the Clam Bar and Pellegrino 2000 crew. There’s excellent pasta, a terroir-driven wine list and a towering statue of Neptune in the dining room.
Home Visit: A Micro-Terrace With a Music Studio, Library and 200-Year-Old Gadi Tree
09 Jan 2025
Home & Lifestyle Owners Mariam Ella Arcilla and Mason Kimber host intimate artist talks, pop-up exhibitions and library readings in their Redfern home.
First Look: Martin Place Gets the Wine Bar It Deserves – and It’s Called The Wine Bar
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The Wine Bar, between Harry Seidler’s iconic “modernist mushroom” and the MLC Centre, is one-third of The International – the new multi-level venue from the team behind Shell House.
Local Knowledge: At New Shakthi, Lines Snake for Brekkie Dosa and Sri Lankan Curries Made From Scratch
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Punters queue from morning till night at this tucked-away Homebush eatery that’s been around for nearly two decades.
Explainer: What Is Fish Sauce, the “Fifth Dimension” of Flavour in Southeast Asian Cuisines
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Chat Thai’s Palisa Anderson has it on cheesy toast. Anchovy’s Thi Le is making one with single-origin status. Fish sauce is used widely in Southeast Asia – but it’s more than just a proxy for salt. Here’s how to choose, taste and store this pungent and powerful condiment.
First Look: Pioneering Greek Australian Chef Peter Conistis Opens Ela Ela, a Meze Bar in the CBD
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The 80-seater is one part of the new era for the Bristol Arms, now a five-storey Greek bar and dining precinct. Ela Ela is the chef’s take on a mezedopolio, with his mum’s-recipe spanakopita, dirty Greek Martinis and chilled ouzo “for the purists”.
I Can’t Stop Thinking About: This Laksa Lemak, My Favourite Lunch for 15 Years
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Malay Chinese Noodle Bar’s family recipe has remained unchanged since 1987. It’s creamy, but not heavy. Spicy, but not fiery. Savoury, sweet, complex – perfect.
Everything We Know About Junda Khoo’s Tam Jiak, in the Flash New Fish Market in Blackwattle Bay
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The massive 180-seat waterfront space will be the largest in the Ho Jiak family, celebrating Khoo’s creative take on Malaysian classics plus polished Malay-Western dishes.
First Look: Ama’s Family-Recipe Beef Noodle Soup Gets a Permanent Home in Surry Hills
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s the only place in Sydney to get the comforting bowl of spiced soup, plus a raft of other dishes seen in Chinatowns all over Thailand, like steamed pork buns and fried pork rolls wrapped in bean curd.
Local Knowledge: The Tart Sisters, With Its No-Fuss Vibe, Is Ashfield’s Sweetest Secret
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The no-frills bakery has been a neighbourhood favourite for decades, courtesy of its golden galettes, cinnamon scrolls and old-school charm.
Purple Reign: What Is Ube, the Electric-Violet Yam Taking Social Media by Storm?
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Ube desserts are blowing up online for their striking colour – but the starchy root vegetable they’re made with has been a staple of Filipino and other Southeast Asian cuisines for centuries. Here’s where to try it.
Explainer: What is Teff, the Key Ingredient in Ethiopian Injera?
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The ancient grain is eaten with every meal in Ethiopia, but unlike quinoa or farro, the nutrient-dense food is largely unknown to the rest of the world.
Allta’s 15-Course Korean Degustation Is a Knock-Out From the Very First Dish
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Chef Jung-su Chang brings a Michelin pedigree to Sydney’s Korean dining scene, working in an open CBD kitchen, in near silence, with incredible precision.
First Look: Ennui Takes to Historic Haymarket Digs, With a Riff on the Carrot XO From Love, Tilly
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A two-storey space that’s housed a presbyterian minister, a beehive maker, a blacksmith and a Thai grocer is now the spot for a border-crossing menu with wild wallaby, family-recipe kimchi and shatteringly crisp chicken wings.
First Look: One of Sydney’s Sourdough Superheroes Now Has Another Beachside Bakery
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Curl Curl marks the fifth location for Staple Bread & Necessities, with all the outstanding stone-ground organic-flour sourdoughs, 48-hour laminated viennoiseries and golden rough-puff sausage rolls you could want.
First Look: Specialty Coffee in Mascot, a Japanese Bakery’s Sibling, and Fantastic Sangas to the West
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A food truck is jazzing up a car park with one very impressive Reuben, there’s a minimalist cafe championing strawberry cold brew, and a popular Japanese bakery is marrying Japanese ingredients with European pastries in its second shop.
Local Knowledge: At Olotl, One Taco’s Made Every 50 Seconds in an Upstairs Hideaway
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink At this weekend-only Newtown taqueria, a former architect and her mum pump out handmade tortillas topped with beef and salsa guajillo, or a generations-old mole recipe. And they’re worth the wait.
First Look: Cafe Tanja Brings Vibrant Tagines and Zaazaa to a Bright Space in Surry Hills
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink At this new family-run North African spot, find slow-cooked stews, house-made bread and buttery couscous. And, of course, plenty of fragrant minty tea.
First Look: Newtown Scores Comedor, a Suave Backstreet Joint Where Alejandro Huerta’s on the Pans
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Inside a 100-year-old warehouse there’s a welcoming dining room. Enjoy kingfish tostadas, a 25-ingredient mole, and a massive menu of matched agave and tequila cocktails – with a particularly good Margarita Fuego.
First Look: Katsu House Taku Taku Whacks Jumbo Cuts of Slow-Cooked Pork Atop Curries in North Sydney
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This small eatery serves crunchy katsus plus Hong Kong-style French toast alongside specialty drinks – like matcha revved up with coffee and coconutty hojicha.
First Look: Tokyo Lamington’s New Marrickville Digs Are an Ode to the Suburb’s Migrant History
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink There’s a smoky Vietnamese coffee number and cheesecake lamingtons made with fresh ricotta from a new neighbour.
First Look: A Meal at Mesa, From Sydney Cebu Lechon, Must Include Shatteringly Crunchy Suckling Pig
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Add a visit to Will Mahusay’s homely new Rooty Hill joint to your to-do list. He’s tackling rising costs with a creative and affordable menu, and rent partnership – and his portions of pancit and five-spice beef pares remain generous.
First Look: Filipino Barbeque Haven Smoky Cravings Opens a Kings Cross Outpost
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Moving beyond their Campsie flagship, the husband-and-wife team delivers juicy pork and chicken skewers glazed with banana ketchup, pork sisig, Filipino sweet spaghetti and kare-kare at a compact eatery underneath the glittering Coca-Cola sign.
First Look: Rooty Hill’s Mix Mix Co Serves Halo-Halo and Desserts From the “Streets of Manila”
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink At this vibrant new store, traditional shaved ice and sweet milk drinks come with corn, sugar banana or avocado, and taho silken tofu pudding is served warm with tapioca pearls.
Ayrburn Is a New Dining Precinct on a 60-Hectare Sheep Farm on New Zealand’s South Island
09 Jan 2025
Travel The original stone farm buildings have been revamped to house restaurants and bars, vineyards supply the grapes for the property’s wine label, and a luxury hotel is coming.
First Look: Mogu Mogu, a Too-Cute Onigiri Stop, Moves Onto Cleveland Street
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Sydney’s having a major onigiri moment, and this is the latest to join the fold. Choose from 12 ready-to-go flavours – like nanko-ume plum with shiso or marinated onsen egg – plus a few flash made-to-order options like flame-grilled M9 wagyu.
Five Minutes With Dan Hong on the Most Surprising Dish He Ate While Filming His New SBS Food Show
09 Jan 2025
Entertainment The award-winning Merivale executive chef travelled to Hong Kong to film a new season of The Streets. He shares a beef and egg sandwich that really hit the spot.
Five To Try: Seriously Good Gluten-Free Baked Goods in Sydney
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink These loaves, doughnuts, tarts and cakes stand up to our city's best gluten-stacked options. And they're well worth your time – whether you need (or want) to avoid gluten or not.
I Can’t Stop Thinking About: Soul Dining’s Clay-Pot Rice With Toothfish
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The buttery grains of koshihikari rice are glossy and perfectly level in the black clay pot, where a juicy piece of crisp-skinned fish – piled with trout roe – sits on top. And Broadsheet writer Pilar Mitchell’s dreamt about it since she first ate it.
Neil Perry Reveals the Launch Menu for Song Bird, His New Three-Level Cantonese Restaurant
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink When the celebrity chef’s Double Bay restaurant opens, there’ll be classic dumplings, a nine-part seafood section and the XO sauce he's been busy perfecting. And that’s only the beginning.
Studio Visit: Artist Ellie Sutton on Her Distinct Canvases of Rippling Ribbons
09 Jan 2025
Art & Design Two years ago the Blue Mountains artist developed debilitating symptoms that forced her to quit her day job. Then, last year, she won a national art prize. Sutton shares how chronic illness gave her the courage to become an artist – and the meaning behind her specific style.
First Look: The “Godfather of Craft Beer” Opens Chuck & Son’s, a Brewery and Taproom for St Peters
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Hahn, James Squire, Kosciuszko and Malt Shovel are all Chuck Hahn’s handiwork. Now he’s partnered with his son Scott, to offer pilsners, pale ales and amber ales (plus rotating limited releases) in a 700-square-metre industrial space with a rooftop kitchen and patio.
First Look: Melbourne’s Kariton Sorbetes Brings Its Ube Halaya Scoops and Tofu Soft Serve to Sydney
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink There are 16 frozen flavours representing the Philippines and Southeast Asia, plus nostalgic Filipino desserts like a halo-halo made with brown-sugar slushie.
First Look: Morena, From the Farmer’s Daughters Team, Adds Refined Latin American Cuisine to the CBD
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Ceviche is prepared tableside and Brazilian lamb pincanha, Cuban suckling pig and Uruguayan dry-aged rib eye are fired over a Josper grill. There is also Australia’s biggest selection of Latin American wines.
First Look: The Kurumac and Mapo Teams Unite To Open Domo 39, a Konbini-Inspired Cafe in St Peters
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Japanese takeaway classics include generously filled onigiri, a selection of bento boxes, soft-serve ice-cream and, as always, coffee by Sample.
First Look: With Goldie’s, An Ex-Bloodwood Chef Brings a Palm Springs Edge to Dulwich Hill
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s a joint for anything from tacos to outstanding vegan granola (with a cheffy edge). Plus, a nugget-free kids’ menu and plenty of space for pram-parking.
Coming Soon: When the Ormeggio Team’s New Osteria Opens, It’ll Be a Red-Letter Day for Summer Hill
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink With salumi, Italian wine and a breezy stand-at-the-bar energy, Postino Osteria will deliver a “totally different charisma” to the adored restaurant that once sat in its place.
Family Rules: We Three Is a Charming Small Bar From a Mother-Daughter Duo on Illawarra Road
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Visit this petite Marrickville boozer with your dog for a glass of natty wine and a snack – or stay for a hearty plate of pasta.
Now Open: Short-Lived, Intensely Loved Turkish Diner Izgara Finds a New Home in the CBD
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The team behind Above Par and Malika Bakehouse has resurrected its Potts Point diner with a new menu, but the “famous” sandwich – “typically eaten after a big night out” – remains.
My Sydney: Chaotic Social’s Chrissy Flanagan On Making Friends and Her Favourite Places to Eat
09 Jan 2025
Entertainment Plus, the inner westie shares an essential Sydney song, where she takes her pet Bobbin and what’s in store for Chaotic Social’s pop-up at All About Women.
“The Best Dessert I’ve Ever Had”: Matkim Is Leading Sydney’s Korean Omakase Revolution
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Settle in for a good time (and a long time) at this 18-course spectacle. You’ll be one of eight guests watching the chefs sear dry-aged striploin on the smokeless grill, using liquid nitrogen to make butterscotch ice-cream and more.
First Look: “Tiger’s Milk” Ceviche, Pisco Sours and Peruvian Flavours by the Sea at Lima 2.0
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The Warike team has closed its Walsh Bay nikkei eatery, pivoting to fresh, flavourful ceviche, tiraditos and causas by the beach.
First Look: The Donut Papi Team Opens Tita, a Filipino Carinderia in Marrickville
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s breakfast sandwiches on just-baked pandesal, pork adobo silogs and bibingka burnt Basque cheesecakes – plus vibrant swirls of ube soft-serve.
First Look: Yello Brings Matcha-Cream Croissants and Kimchi Pizzas to the CBD
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink An ex-Brickfields pastry chef is on the tools in Wynyard, and alongside her fellow co-owner is focused on fusing French pastries with Asian ingredients in a daily-changing spread.
First Look: Sydney Common, the Luxurious New Restaurant in the Sheraton Grand
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Meet the elegant restaurant making a strong case for hotel dining rooms: view over Hyde Park, a fire-powered open kitchen and stunning mortadella-filled agnolotti.
First Look: The Team Behind Kurumac Just Opened Poketto, a New Japanese-Inspired Cafe in Chippendale
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The onigiri sets are going strong, alongside comforting curries, cod roe toasties and confit fish on shokupan, plus a succinct cocktail menu.
Kitchen Hacks: Ho Jiak’s Junda Khoo Swears by This Versatile Cooking Appliance
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The Sydney chef has relied on his rice cooker since he was a teenager. He uses it for pasta sauce, hot pot and braising meats. He’s so fond of it that the humble rice cooker gets a special section in Khoo’s new cookbook. And he has tips for buying a new one.
Now Open: The Lumi Team Fires Up the Oven at Avoja, a Contemporary Neapolitan Pizzeria in Manly
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Delicate crusts are the base for both classic pizzas and more adventurous options like four-cheese dressed up with truffle honey and candied walnuts. Plus, snack happy with parma ham atop twice-cooked pizza fritta.
First Look: Sweet Beirut, a Family-Run Two-Level Lebanese Sweet Shop, Just Opened in Bexley
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink There are over 170 different sugary creations on offer, including hard-to-find Southern Lebanese delicacies that sell out almost every day.
The Team Behind Old Mate’s Place Deliver Old Love’s, a Basement Rum Bar in the CBD
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink On the menu are seasonal fresh fruit Daiquiris, rums from all over the world and one super-rare spirit that costs $2100 a shot. “Who knows when you’ll ever get a chance to drink it again?”
A New Wave of Locally Made, Small-Batch Panettone Will Make You Rethink the (Divisive) Christmas Bread
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Tried the Italian loaf and swore you’d never eat it again? These Aussie bakers are making theirs with a sourdough and croissant consistency, and adding almonds, cherries, Belgian milk chocolate and even green ants. Trust us – it could soon rival hot-cross buns for your seasonal bread of choice.
First Look: Khamsa Palestinian Eatery Has Found a New Home in St Peters, and There’s Now Meat on the Menu
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Verdant green falafels, fried cauliflower and stuffed wrap breads are back, alongside new menu items like makloubeh, sayadieh and kofta. And night-time dining is coming soon.
Newtown Stalwart Steki Taverna Reopens on Enmore Road
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink After a yearlong hiatus, the 39-year-old late-night Greek icon is back – with the same familiar menu and dance floor around the house band, but new digs.
Snack City: The Bouillon l’Entrecote Team Opens Deux Freres, a Basque Pintxos Bar in Circular Quay
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink In the compact laneway bar, sample jamon iberico, Basque cheeses and a tapas offering so authentic, you’ll think you’re draining your glass of txakoli in the middle of Bilbao.
First Look: A Former Baba’s Place Chef Opens Derrel’s, a Casual Indian Diner Celebrating His Anglo-Indian Heritage
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The kitschy Parramatta Road eatery serves up outstanding curries – plus tandoori chicken platters and smashed samosas – until 2am.
Now Open: Frenchies Bistro Is Baking Its Lockdown-Famous Pastries and Breads at a New Rosebery Bakery
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink All the French classics are made daily: chocolate eclairs, layered opera pastries, entremets and viennoiseries alongside crusty baguettes and sourdough loaves.
Now Open: Inspired Surry Hills Izakaya Ito Celebrates the Connections Between Japanese and Italian Cuisines
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Pull up a stool at the raw bar to watch chefs slicing Hokkaido scallops and yellowfin tuna, or settle in to the upstairs dining room for aglio e olio spaghetti with togarashi and spanner crab – or katsu John Dory with umeboshi gribiche.
First Look: The Team Behind The General Just Overhauled the Diner at Marrickville Golf Club, Opening Wharf St Kitchen
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Take in views of the green and tuck into steak frites with a lathering of house-made gravy, 18-hour-braised beef brisket lasagne or moreish chicken pie, then head out for nine holes.
First Look: With Burger Park, Joel Bennetts and the Fish Shop Crew Are Bringing Simple Hand-Held Beauties to Bondi
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Try outstanding panko-crumbed chicken burgers with “KFC-vibe secret ingredients”, a barra burger and a secret off-menu double-patty smash burger.
Now Open: The Father-Daughter Duo Behind Métisse Have Returned to Their Roots With Experimental Bengali Fine Diner Khanaa
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Deconstructed singara pastries, fall-off-the-bone sticky beef ribs and shami kebabs draw on classic Bangladeshi cuisine reimagined in a hot new Surry Hills venue.
Now Open: The Team Behind Peruvian Diner Warike Opens a Nikkei Restaurant, Lima, in Walsh Bay
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Down by the harbour, nigiri and sushi rolls combine fresh produce with punchy sauces, six variations of ceviche and a delicious offering of smoky robata-grilled meat and vegetables.
Now Open: The Team Behind Newtown’s Sydney Cebu Lechon Opens Australia’s First Filipino Karenderia in Blacktown
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Modelled after affordable roadside eateries in the Philippines, the casual diner offers marrow-rich clear beef soups, tomato-based beef stews, homemade caramelised pork sausage and Cebu-style lechon – roast pork belly with plenty of crackling.
A 400-Seat Cantonese Diner, Royal Palace Seafood, Opens in the Ex-Golden Century Digs
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Resurrecting the iconic dining room, the venture ushers in a new era for Chinatown. The fish tanks are full, the yum cha trolleys are back in action and late-night dining runs until 3am.
Now Open: Meet Funda, the Immersive Neon-Lit Korean Diner in the CBD That Brought a Top Seoul Chef to Sydney To Stay
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The pulsing restaurant pushes the envelope of dining in the city, uniting classic Korean dishes and European ingredients and techniques – think burrata with soy-marinated prawns and batched cocktails featuring pickled kombu and perilla – with a futuristic backdrop of lights.
First Look: Potts Point Welcomes Caravin, a Parisian Restaurant and Wine Bar From the Team Behind Bar Suze
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The dream format for the team’s Scandi Surry Hills original is here with twisted French classics – think smoked beetroot tartare and artichoke vichyssoise – and a wine list that’s strong on both natural and typical French drops.
Cheese Dreams: An Ex-Poly Chef Is Serving His Small-Batch Jersey Fromage at Two Buzzy Inner-West Locations
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Using fresh milk that goes from paddock to cheese basket in just 18 hours, Colin Wood grills his soft, textural cheeses over coals and slathers them with honey. Consider us sold.
Inside Look: Sprawling CBD Venue Jacksons on George Is Open Now With a Refined Menu and Stellar Sunset Views
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The complete reinvention of the city stalwart has been a long time coming, but it’s set to make a splash. “Everyone has a story of Jacksons on George … We want it to be the first place people go, and we want them to stay all day.”
Now Open: The Family Behind The Fold Returns With Kurumba, a Sri Lankan Restaurant and Wine Bar in Surry Hills
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Get a front-row seat at the hopper bar, share fragrant curries featuring native Australian ingredients or go for wow-factor with the WA lobster kottu with roasted lobster head curry.
Now Open: Sydney’s Only Dedicated Specialty Hot Sauce Shop Launches in Manly, With Fiery Drops and an Aussie-Powered Tasting Bar
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This red-hot Northern Beaches opening’s got a huge selection of fiery sauces from Australia and abroad, and it’s the only place in the country where you can get the Hot Ones official season 20 sauce pack.
Now Pouring: A Father-and-Son Winemaking Duo Open Frankie & Mo’s, a Natural Wine Bar and Bottle Shop in Blackheath
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This Blue Mountains spot takes the intimidation out of low-intervention wine with preservative-free drops, spontaneous pours by-the-glass and a strictly organic menu.
Now Open: Ommi Don, Where an Ex-Aria Chef Is Cooking Taiwanese Food in a Broadway Arcade
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This tiny Ultimo spot offers crispy pork in black pepper sauce, house-made kimchi and a side dish inspired by Matt Moran’s famous mashed potatoes.
Pandan: An Explainer
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s known as “the vanilla of the East” and its use varies between countries and regions in Southeast Asia and South Asia – you’ll find it in coconut rice, curries, cocktails and bright-green desserts. As it makes its way onto a growing number of menus across the country, we unpack what it is, what it adds to dishes, and where to find it.
Now Open: Hurricane’s Cronulla Has a Focus on Local Seafood and a Mediterranean-Style Fit-Out
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Tried and tested classics – including lamb and pork ribs and burgers – are on offer, and there’s a raw bar serving kingfish ceviche and scallops crudo, plus a 1.5 kilogram dry-aged tomahawk.
An Ex-Bella Brutta Pizzaiolo Joins The Dolphin Hotel in Surry Hills To Launch Delfino Pizzeria
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink There’s a new woodfired oven turning out chewy fermented dough with classic toppings such as pepperoni and buffalo mozzarella, as well as more experimental numbers – like a “surf’n’turf” with king prawns, pancetta and XO sauce.
Now Open: Brooklyn Bridge Deli Launches at World Square With Reubens, Cheesesteaks and a Hip-Hop Soundtrack
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s the fourth location of the hit chain serving all-out New York-style sandwiches including a hefty Reuben with corned beef on rye. But those in the know order it a different way.
A Bennelong Alum Is Behind the Bar at Bartega, a Luxe New Cocktail Bar in South-West Sydney
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This Belmore spot features expertly crafted cocktails behind a dark marble bar, plus a menu of share plates that ranges from Euro-leaning salty snacks to pairs of bao buns and wakame-dusted lotus chips.
It’s a Dumpling Bonanza at Lotus Dining Group’s Sun-Soaked New Two-Level Sydney CBD Diner
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Try chicken dumplings fried crisp, XO scallops with chewy Chinese doughnuts to soak up the sauce, twice-cooked blackened char sui pork belly – made with a Vegemite-laced marinade – and a massive by-the-glass wine list.
New Korean Barbeque Soot, in Barangaroo, Is All About Communal Dining, Good Times – And Topnotch Meat
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Start with entrees like Sydney rock oysters with mandarin and Jeju Island balsamic mignonette, then fire up the smokeless tabletop grills to cook Wagyu.
Now Open: Swillhouse’s Le Foote Brings an Audacious and Alluring New Wine Bar and Restaurant to the Rocks
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The grand, multi-level venue has a Mediterranean-inspired menu, a cracking wine list, massive mosaics shipped from Italy and views of the Harbour Bridge and MCA
Dine Among the Gumtrees at Enchanting New Blue Mountains Destination Diner Megalong Restaurant
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Its six-course degustation offers a genuine farm-to-table experience, with almost everything grown or reared on the restaurant’s 242-hectare property, which is home to 70 egg-laying hens, a flock of sheep and a herd of cattle, plus an abundance of fruit and vegetables.
Gelato Messina Opens a Huge New HQ – With a Gelateria, Chocolate Counter and Factory – in Marrickville
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Choose from 40 flavours at the gelato counter, including pistachio praline with fior di latte gelato, Super Dulce de Leche, and a coconut and pandan sorbet. At the adjacent factory, 7000 litres of gelato are made each day.
Dulwich Hill’s Sausage Queen Has Reinvented Herself As the Chaotic Socialite – And She Wants To Help You Make Friends
09 Jan 2025
Entertainment Her new “aggressively orange” space in Stanmore is kitted out for classes in sausage-making, “shit macrame” and stand-up comedy lessons. But at its heart, Chaotic Social is about creating a safe environment for adults to make friends.
At Baharat, the New Turkish Bar by Efendy, There Are Sumac Margaritas and Crisp Falafels
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink In a space that last housed the group’s kebab shop, Tombik, there’s a concise menu of pide, cured meats and dips complementing a spice-driven menu of cocktails made by bartenders who improvise as well as they mix by the book.
Belles Hot Chicken Is Serving Its Famously Fiery Nashville Fried Chicken at Its First Restaurant-Style Venue
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Come to the new Circular Quay spot for all the Melbourne-born chicken joint’s classics – chicken wings, tenders, thighs and sandwiches – against iconic Sydney Harbour views. Plus, Australian natural wines, Belles Original Draught on tap, and whisky and Coke slushies.
Now Open: Promenade, a Refined and Relaxed All-Day Eatery in Bondi’s Newly Refurbished Pavilion
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Whether you’re barefoot or in heels, ravenous or merely peckish, the breezy restaurant, terrace and takeaway kiosk is ready to serve you. Choose from fresh seafood and vegetables, casual pub-style food and classic beachside fish’n’chips.
First Look: The Bentley Group Opens a Luxe 120-Seat Brasserie in the Sydney CBD
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink In the new Capella hotel, the team behind Bentley and Monopole has pulled out all the stops with a modern Australian menu and an encyclopaedic wine list that accesses all the rare wines in the Bentley Group cellars.
The Crew Behind The Woolpack Opens Glory Days, a Breezy All-Day Venue at the Beautifully Restored Bondi Pavilion
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Rock up to the beachfront patio for oysters with mignonette and kingfish ceviche, or settle in for a breakfast and lunch menu full of easy classics.
Takam and Don’t Doughnuts Bring Hearty and Refined Filipino Cuisine to Darlinghurst
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Before now, you could only taste Takam through home delivery. Try northern-style garlicky longganisa, chicken inasal, a vegetarian version of okoy (shrimp fritters), and round the meal off with exquisite pastries and doughnuts.
Ricos Tacos Is Now Open for Dinner, with a Revered Recipe Returning to the Menu
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink At Toby Wilson's taqueria, crispy, caramelised slow-cooked pork meets elaborate salsas and minimalist toppings that are simple, unadorned and fresh. Now, you can enjoy it at night.
Now Open: Golden Century BBQ in Darling Square Serves Quintessential Hong Kong Style Barbeque
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The classics are all there: roast duck, chicken, crisp pork belly and a selection of dim sum. Plus the Golden Century Group’s legendary XO sauce to stir through the egg noodles.
Sydney Pantry: Vannella Cheese
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The local cheesemaker's handmade buffalo milk cheeses are found on menus across Sydney and beyond. Here’s why its “pasta filata”, or stretched curd, cheeses have become a staple in restaurant – and home – kitchens across the country, and what makes them unlike any other around.
Deep-Fried Ice-Creamery and Gelato Shop Duo Duo Opens a Fancy New Flagship in Strathfield
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Try the taro glazed doughnuts or mango sticky-rice gelato, or come for OG pandan and toasted coconut deep-fried ice-cream.
Bar Copains Is a Surry Hills Wine Bar By Good Friends Morgan McGlone and Nomad’s Founding Chef, Nathan Sasi
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s the culmination of a decades-long friendship – with a deeply personal and gloriously vast wine collection, and an evolving menu by “one of the best-skilled masters of this generation of chefs”.
Sydney’s Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings of 2023
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink What a time to be alive. On the horizon is world-class croissanterie Lune; a New York-inspired seafood grill and steakhouse by the Bistrot 916 crew; two new ventures by Josh Niland; a deli and wine bar by Nomad; and an Italian restaurant with its own beach.
Now Open: The Resch House, a George Street Pub Honouring “A True NSW Beer”
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Resch’s is on tap, gourmet farm-to-pub meat pies are on the menu, and you’ll probably rub elbows with one of the thousands of members of the Resch’s Appreciation Society.
At 16-Seat Fine Diner Carte, in Glebe, Dine on an Eight-Course Degustation in a Charming Art-Lined Room
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The menu changes monthly, with classic French cooking techniques applied to Australian and Japanese ingredients, in contemporary dishes such as matcha financiers, toothfish with shio koji foam, and squid gnocchi with preserved lemon and pickles.
Now Open: The Chairman, a New Hunanese Restaurant in Darlinghurst by the Team Behind Chairman Mao
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink You’ll find Chairman Mao’s signatures in the elegant new digs, including its popular house-smoked pork, served with smoked bamboo or smoked tofu and chilli, along with its deeply caramelised braised pork.
Bondi Institution Icebergs Dining Room and Bar Has Had a Major Glow-Up (and It’s As Wonderful as Ever)
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink “There are restaurants all over the world, but how many of them become institutions? To be custodian of a place like this, it’s a body of work. It’s about dedication,” says restaurateur Maurice Terzini. It reopens 20 years to the day since the restaurant first launched, and like then it's about creating an "invisible restaurant".
Long Live the Sausage Queen: Dulwich Hill Bar and Restaurant The Sausage Factory Is Closing Forever
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink “Sometimes you have to let go of things you really, really love. It was precious, and it’s over.”
First Look: Brewdog Opens Its First Sydney Taproom, in a Historic South Eveleigh Locomotive Workshop
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The venue – which has 40 taps and capacity for more than 900 punters – is pouring classics from the Scottish brewer, including its Punk XPA, Hazy Jane and Elvis Juice, as well as some exclusive Australian brews. Plus, a menu that’s half veg, including burgers and pizzas.
The Whole Bowl’s Outstanding Meal Packs Give New Mums the Gift of Good Food
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink There’s lasagne with slow-cooked beef, nutrient-dense soups and curries, lactation cookies and plenty of hearty snacks. It’s the perfect way to show a new mum you love her.
The Culinary Curator Behind Emmy Award-Winning Show The Bear Doesn’t Think Hospo Has To Be So Toxic
09 Jan 2025
Entertainment “There are restaurants where the energetic tension isn’t aggressive. We wanted to show how a kitchen can go either way – it can have a really good rhythm, or it can go off the rails,” says The Bear’s culinary producer Courtney Storer. She also talks Chicago Italian beef sandwiches and how food is affected by gentrification.
Vinyl Revival: A Guide to Australia’s Japanese-Inspired Listening Bar Scene
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Modelled on Japan’s jazz kissatens, the growing number of local takes have extensive vinyl collections and exceptional hi-fi systems. There’s a rowdy joint in Melbourne with lights that respond to the music, exceptional food and sake at a Sydney bar, and a Perth spot in a former Chinese herbalist’s shop. Brisbane joins the party with a next-level sound system, while Adelaide’s take makes for an intimate party vibe.
Sydney Eats: Four New Diners To Try This Month
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Italian comfort-food classics with a twist (including dumplings in cheese sauce with corn and crab); a chicken shop whose chips were rated nine out of 10 by Hot Chip Guy; and French techniques mingle with east Asian flavours at a new patisserie.
At Little West, a Petite New Haberfield Cafe, You’ll Find Old-World Hospitality and a “Flavour-Intensive” Muffuletta
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink In a space that’s sat empty for two decades, a dedicated team is serving modern spins on classics, including smoked brisket sausage rolls with bush tomato sauce, and chocolate and golden syrup dampers.
Ex-Movida Chefs and a Carlton Wine Room Manager Are Giving You Reasons To Visit Murwillumbah’s Outstanding Bistro Livi
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Spain and a less-is-more approach influences the menu of this regional NSW restaurant, which has reopened after the floods devastated the Northern Rivers. Start with jamon with anchovies – “it’s a ritual we carried on from Movida” – followed by spanner crab poached in curry butter.
Sharon Kwan Kitchen Swaps Its Petersham Digs for a Roaming Food Truck With Outstanding Curries
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Its beloved char kway teow is off the menu – but you’ll find fiery beef rendang, chickpea masala, chicken wings, curry puffs, roti wraps and a rich sago pudding.
First Look: Bar Conte, an Intimate Italian-Inspired Bar in Surry Hills Dedicated to the Negroni
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Named for the inventor of the Negroni, there are 20 classic Negronis and Negroni adaptations, Negroni-infused smallgoods, and a collection of aperitivi and digestivi so rare they’re hard to find even in Italy. You won’t find anything else like it in Sydney.
Save Up to 30 Per Cent on Organic and Sustainable Household Staples With Part & Parcel
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Has your weekly shop gotten more expensive? For a small membership fee you can get organic oat milk, raw honey, compostable bin liners and more than 1000 other products at near-wholesale prices.
After a Massive $15 Million Renovation Sans Souci’s St George Sailing Club Reopens – And It’s a Beauty
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The new space appears to float over the water – and it has a fresh menu to match, including seaside classics (seafood platters and fish’n’chips included) and a sophisticated raw bar serving tuna tartare with pickled fennel and lemongrass, and salmon sashimi with black bean ponzu.
Inside a Massive Coolroom in Alexandria You’ll Find Australian Meat Emporium
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Don a cosy puffer jacket and step inside for prime and secondary cuts that use up the whole animal (perfect for those on a budget), a free butchery service and trained chefs to offer recipe advice. And it’s not just about beef – there’s also free-range pork, grass-fed lamb, wild kangaroo, wild venison and goat.
There Are Views for Days at Cook Terrace, a Bar in Mona Vale Surf Life Saving Club’s Stunning New Clubhouse
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Take in the magnificent panorama while sipping on wine or craft beer. A restaurant is in the works, and the surf club also hosts Pilates and yoga classes.
A Sydney Chef Is Making Beautiful Vegan Cheeses From Basmati Rice, Sweet Potato and Miso
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink There’s a delicate ricotta that takes two days to make, and a block of crumbly, sharp parmesan to grate over pasta and soups, as well as feta and bocconcini.
Ixta Belfrage on Her First Solo Cookbook Since the Yotam Ottolenghi Co-Penned Flavour, and Why Fusion Doesn’t Have To Be a Dirty Word
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The cook draws on her diverse family history for her colourful cookbook Mezcla and explains why, although she writes and tests recipes, she hates cooking from them (and why you don’t have to either). She taps into authenticity, too. “Inspiration comes from all over, but I think we have to acknowledge the bloody history of appropriation, and whatever you do has to be done with consideration and respect.”
First Look: The Poernomo Brothers Open Koi Flagship – Part Restaurant, Part Bar and Full-On Dessert Experience
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Start with cocktails and noodles at the new Monkey’s Corner, move on to a 10-course deg that’s more sweet than savoury, then pop into the cafe to take home a box of extravagant cakes.
Now Open: Get Fine Dining-Calibre Burgers at Burger Head’s Two New Western Sydney Diners
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Like its other restaurants, everything but the milk buns is house-made. And an opening special riffs on KFC’s collab with rapper Jack Harlow – it’s a 16-spice fried chicken (with extra cayenne) burger topped with sriracha mayo and served with chips and mac’n’cheese.
At New Martin Place Restaurant Kazan Dining, Japanese Dishes Are “Rearranged” and Given “Surprising Twists”
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The group behind Canberra’s Inka arrives in Sydney with exquisite sushi and nigiri from a sushi master, as well as Wagyu Scotch fillet and black Angus beef tenderloin grilled on the robata, all served from a dramatic space in the new 25 Martin Place precinct.
Reconnect With the Food You Eat and Support Ethical Farming at Feather and Bone’s New Butchery and Providore
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Like the Marrickville original, it champions sustainable and regenerative agriculture, educating customers and, above all, selling outstanding meat. At its new Waverley store, it’s also doing takeaway sandwiches and take-home ragus and curries.
First Look: Hurlstone Park Gets a Small Bar in the Form of HP Bowlo (and There Are Friday Arvo Meat Tray Raffles)
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Its name is a nod to the inner-western suburb’s bowling club, which was demolished in 2017. It’s serving local craft beers and tinned cocktails, and its meat trays come from an outstanding butcher just a few doors down.
A True Lego Lover Opens Brickville – a New Shop for Rare, Retired and Hard-To-Find Sets – in Kensington
09 Jan 2025
Entertainment Lego sparked joy for Sean McConville at a time when he needed it most. Now, he’s passing that joy on to everyone from curious kids to serious collectors. Settle into an armchair and do some free building.
First Look: Lotus Dining Opens a Moody Dumpling Bar in Summer Hill
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Platters of fresh dumplings, smoky and spicy dan dan noodles, plenty of vegan options and a cracking good cocktail list at Lotus’s first foray into the inner west.
Sydney Eats: Four New (and Refreshed) Diners To Try This Month
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink An inner-south-western suburb gets a fish’n’chip shop, a harbourfront Mexican restaurant with rare tequilas, and a rock’n’roll refresh for a Surry Hills Italian eatery.
Vodka Pasta Is Having a Moment – But Why? We Ponder the Enduring Appeal of the Creamy, Chilli-Spiked Dish
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Whether it’s rigatoni alla vodka or vodka penne, people are obsessed. It’s the number-one seller at Melbourne’s Capitano (which is made to a controversial recipe), Sydney’s Da Orazio can’t take it off the menu. As it pops up at more places, we explore why it’s beloved – and where to order it.
Now Open: A Bright and Colourful Kingsgrove Cafe for Roaster Ickle Coffee
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s brewing up a range of single-origin coffees, and serving pastries from Tuga and gluten-free fare from Little Secrets Bakehouse.
Add Texture, Umami and Heat to Your Meals With Oomami’s Sydney-Made Chilli Oils
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Its founder’s a condiments guy – he jars and bottles his creations between working his day job at Merivale. And he’s selling so much of the stuff he’s brought his mum onboard to help.
Sydney Continues To Ride the Mexican Wave As Pop-Up Tacos Muchachos Finds a Permanent Redfern Home
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Quesabirria tacos with consomme for dipping, slow-cooked beef nachos, and burritos stuffed with adobo-rubbed chicken remain on the menu, alongside feisty new additions like tacos al pastor.
Now Open: Civico 47 Brings Paddington’s Former Lucio’s Terrace Back to Life With Home-Style Italian Comforts
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Its chef wants to offer a moment of respite from the chaos of the world, putting unexpected twists on classic Italian dishes, like ricotta ravioli with smoky black garlic, or lamb rump with linseed and desert limes.
As With the Fast-Fashion Industry, There Are Major Ethical Questions We Should Be Asking About Flatpack Furniture
09 Jan 2025
Art & Design We unpack a few issues with the fast-furniture industry, including certification loopholes and illegal logging. Plus, we hear from small Australian makers using locally grown timber to provide sustainable alternatives.
Sydney Eats: Five New Food and Drink Spots To Try This Month
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Get all-you-can eat Vietnamese for $35.90, visit a refurbed rooftop terrace bar with ace platters and steak frites, and settle in for the long haul in a richly textured waterfront dining room plating up bistecca alla fiorentina and whole lamb shoulder.
NZ Roaster Coffee Supreme Has Opened Its Flagship Sydney Cafe in a Beautiful Brookvale Warehouse
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Sample a rotating roster of single-origin brews, a bolognaise toastie or a burrito made with house barbeque sauce and quesillo.
New Rocks Diner Ploos – by a Pioneering Greek-Australian Chef – Celebrates the Cuisines of the South Aegean
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Dig into spanakopita-inspired dumplings and chargrilled octopus with carob glaze in the handsome heritage-listed sandstone dining room. Or snag a seat outside for cocktails with one of the country’s most iconic views.
At the Majestic Shell House Development, the Grand Dining Room Is the Heart and Soul of the Building
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The ambitious CBD drinks-and-dining complex has many components: a ground-level bar, a rooftop bar, a seductive cocktail bar and an impressive ninth-floor restaurant, where culinary director Joel Bickford and head chef Aaron Ward are serving beluga caviar, Fremantle octopus, and WA spanner crab.
Now Open: Ante, a Newtown Sake Bar From Black Market Sake’s Matt Young and Pinbone’s Jemma Whiteman
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Modelled after the Japanese concept of jazzu kissa (a record-spinning jazz cafe), Ante has 60 pure rice sakés and a menu that references some of Sydney’s groundbreaking restaurants.
Sydney Eats: Five New Food and Drink Spots To Try This Month
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Hearty Turkish breakfasts with coffee from Deluca, Biscoff thick shakes and baclava, and a florist-cafe hybrid (with pastries from Tuga).
A Small Factory in Sydney’s Inner West Is Churning Out Speciality Goat’s Cheese and Exceptional Toasties
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Sit in for a Single O filter and a haloumi and harissa croque, or take away crinkly mould cheeses and fresh goat’s curd that goes in almost anything.
Embrace French “Fundamentals” and Evening Baguettes at Loulou, a New Bistro, Bakery and Deli in Lavender Bay
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s all about celebrating French customs and cuisine. Pick up a coffee and kouign-amann in the morning, pop in for salade niçoise and chardonnay at lunch, and get a fresh baguette at any time of day.
Sydney Eats: Six New Diners, Pubs and Bars to Try This Month
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A sprawling rooftop bar – with views of the CBD and Blue Mountains – opens; sourdough pizzas at a neighbourhood Italian diner; and a Newtown stalwart heads into the city.
Rubia Gallega: Australia Has a New Premium Beef That’s More Tender Than Wagyu, Extremely Rare, and Available In Only One Restaurant
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Its meat is twice the size of an Angus, and marbled like Wagyu, with an earthy, nutty flavour. You’ll find it in one restaurant in the country, and even then only very occasionally.
The Team Behind Society Pizza Has Opened Two New Johnny Gio’s Diners – One in Newtown, One in Coogee
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink There’s a pizza with an orb of burrata wobbling in its centre, and an outstanding new vegetarian pie.
Now Open: 101 George St, a Pop-Up Bar in The Rocks From the Group Behind Frankie’s and Restaurant Hubert
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Have a “shitload of fun” in this rambling historical building, with charcuterie, a cracking wine list, and a beer collaboration with San Diego County’s Stone Brewing.
Fake Cakes and a Photo Series of Every Lockdown Meal: How a Sydney Photographer Kept Creative During Covid
09 Jan 2025
Art & Design Plus, a growing baking repertoire that includes sourdough and burnt Basque cheesecake, and plans for an exhibition titled “Ultraconvenience”.
It’s Tacos and Tequila at Tequila Daisy, a Joyful Mexican-Inspired Eatery in Barangaroo
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink In the former Banksii space, it’s doing mezcal and tequila cocktails, stellar tacos and share plates marrying Mexican flavours and cooking techniques with fresh Australian produce.
By George is a Charming New Croydon Park Cafe Offering Some of Sydney’s Best Baked Goods Under One Roof
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink In a former appliance store, it’s serving sourdough crumpets from Scrumpets with a fairy-bread topping, bagels from Small Talk done like a Reuben, and Tuga pasteis de nata. Plus, Ona coffee.
Coming Soon: Ante, a Newtown Sake Bar by Black Market Sake’s Matt Young and Pinbone’s Jemma Whiteman
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Traditionally brewed pure rice sake by the glass, carafe or bottle, a menu drawing on ingredients and cooking techniques from Asia and Europe, and some 2500 vinyl records to listen to.
Five to Try: Instagram Bakeries That Have Risen Out of Sydney’s Lockdown
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink An ex-Momofuku Seiobo pastry chef, a software engineer moonlighting as a baker, and a self-taught sourdough master have been keeping Sydneysiders in bread, croissants and cakes these past few months.
Recipe: Neil Perry’s Ultimate Deli Sandwich Has a Medley of Cured Meats That Are “Better than the Sum of Its Parts”
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The renowned chef has a whole chapter dedicated to sandwiches in his new cookbook. This hefty combo features many meats with pickles, provolone and much more, served in a crusty ciabatta roll.
Neil Perry on Why Vaccine Mandates Are Essential, Opening a Restaurant in Retirement and Releasing His 10th (and Maybe Last) Cookbook
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It was a shock when the chef and restaurateur stepped away from his culinary empire – including the jewel, Rockpool Bar & Grill. Retirement didn’t stick, and in between working on a new Sydney restaurant he wrote a 464-page cookbook.
Now Open in Rose Bay: Julie and Josh Niland’s Outstanding Fish’n’Chipper, Charcoal Fish
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s like a charcoal-chook shop, but with tender, crisp-skinned Murray cod at its heart. The cod is grilled on the rotisserie, served in rolls with gravy and stuffing, made into hot “wings”, and battered and fried for fish’n’chips. Plus, cocktails by one of the city’s top bartenders.
Cheap Eats from $8 for Takeaway or Delivery in South-West Sydney
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink From Bass Hill to Bankstown and Wetherill Park – you don’t have to leave your local government area for Cocos Keeling Island-style beef rendang with coconut rice, classic Philly cheesesteaks, Syrian mezze to share and knafeh that attracts the longest queue during Lakemba’s Ramadan night markets.
A Sydney Photographer Has Snapped Portraits of Strangers As They Pass Her Driveway, Now It’s an Outdoor Exhibition Lifting Spirits
09 Jan 2025
Art & Design “I wanted to give strangers portraits of themselves, no strings attached,” says Cara O’Dowd. “The project has given me back so much more than I ever could have imagined.”
From $9 a Head: Cheap Eats for Takeaway or Delivery in Sydney’s South
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Bulky tacos stuffed with smoky brisket, some of Sydney’s best Indonesian grilled chicken, Greek feasts and minced beef and cheese burek made to a family recipe.
Recipe: Sarah Shaweesh’s Vegan Palestinian Eggplant Makloubeh
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The owner of plant-based Palestinian cafe Khamsa shares a traditional dish that should be flipped at the table for maximum impact.
North Shore Cheap Eats: Delivery and Takeaway for $15 and Under (Per Head)
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Try a sweet-and-sour assam laksa, a generous burger-and-chips family meal and springy mee goreng.
Birria Is Taking Off in Australia, But What Is Birria and Where Did It Come From?
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The Tiktok-famous, crunchy, gooey, consommé-dipped quesabirria is a distant cousin of the centuries-old original. We unpack its history and where you can find it.
“We Feel Really Alone”: Businesses in Sydney’s South-West Have Been in Hard Lockdown for Weeks – And the Strain Is Showing
09 Jan 2025
City File “I think no one is seeing an end at the moment. It’s hard to plan and motivate yourself to keep going.”
Eastern Suburbs Cheap Eats: Delivery and Takeaway for $15 and Under (Per Head)
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Feed a family of four with Rosa Cienfuegos’s taco packs, order DIY burgers from the chef behind Pub Life Kitchen and find two-for-one vegan pasta with a choice of five sauces.
Darlinghurst’s Don’t Doughnuts Is Doing Burnt-Basque-Cheesecake-Filled and Ginger-Dulce-de-Leche Doughnuts
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It may have opened right as Sydney’s lockdown hit, but nonetheless this newcomer – led by a classically trained pastry chef – has already found success delivering its inventive sourdough-brioche doughnuts across the city.
Inner West Cheap Eats: Delivery and Takeaway For $15 or Under (Per Head)
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Feast on vegan Palestinian pastries, tacos filled with achiote and citrus pulled pork, or your choice of Lebanese or Malaysian-style charcoal chicken. And make every Wednesday burger night.
Doughnuts, Cannoli and Cakes: Seven Dessert Deliveries for Celebrating in Lockdown or if You Need a Pick-Me-Up
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Exquisite pavlovas by a classic pastry chef, icing-sugar-dusted New Orleans style beignets, high tea for two, and doughnuts decorated with the words “Fu@k Covid”.
Studio Visit: Striking Indigo-Dyed Fabrics Made By Hand at Shibori
09 Jan 2025
Art & Design Business partners Pepa Martin and Karen Davis use the Japanese technique to dye cushion covers, wallpaper, tablecloths, surfboards and even leather in deep indigo patterns, which they sell across the globe. They also teach shibori workshops at their studio in Sydney.
It’s Back: Pub Life Kitchen Returns to Ultimo, With Pub Classics, Serbian Specialties and Those Legendary Burgers
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink During lockdown it’s serving steak and chips, chicken schnitzel, and two of the burgers that put it on the map at the height of Sydney’s burger obsession. Get it all from a takeaway window.
Deep-Fried Ice-Creamery Duo Duo Opens Its First Store, in a Roselands Warehouse, and Adds Doughnuts to Its Oeuvre
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Visit for apple-pie or pandan deep-fried ice-cream. Plus, mango sticky rice, and doughnuts with Thai milk-tea and yuzu-matcha glazes.
Valentina’s Is the Sophisticated New American-Style Diner in Marrickville From Grumpy Donuts
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s all about the sort of fuss-free food that you’d find in a New York or LA diner: biscuits and gravy, vegan sloppy joe, fish-finger sandwiches and pancakes “that don’t come with 7000 microherbs and mandarin foam”.
First Look: At Chatswood’s Amah – a Brilliant Partnership Between Ho Jiak and Mr Wong’s Former Head Chef – Malaysian Comfort Food Reigns Supreme
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The menu pays tribute to chef Loong Oon’s grandmother with soy-braised pork belly, a deceptively simple king-prawn black-pepper curry, and a nostalgic soup of hand-pounded fish balls in a delicate clear broth.
Cheap Eats For Less Than $17 on and Near Enmore Road
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Egyptian hawawshi, a crispy fish kebab that’s a “powerful explosion of flavour”, inspired vegan Thai, and a standout sopressa sandwich by a lauded pastry chef.
Sydney Eats: Three New (and Refreshed) Restaurants, Pubs and Bars to Try This Month
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink An Alexandria cafe and roastery transforms into an Italian diner at night, an Egyptian stalwart joins South Eveleigh’s dining precinct and a farm-to-table cafe arrives in Chippendale.
Now Open: Dean & Nancy on 22, Maybe Sammy’s Glamorous Bar and Restaurant on the 22nd Floor of a Luxe New CBD Hotel
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The cocktails are interactive (including one that arrives with a tub of hand cream), the menu’s by a veteran Sydney chef and it channels the glory days of Vegas. It’s a natural progression for the group behind hotel lobby-bar-inspired Maybe Sammy.
The Grumpy Baker Has Opened Its First CBD Store – In a Charming Elizabeth Street Bus Stop
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s small but mighty, pumping out 40 loaves of bread a day, as well as croissants, pies and sausage rolls. Have your shakshuka or meat pie on the grass in Hyde Park, and pick up a loaf of pumpernickel bread for later.
First Look: Bills, the Cafe That Put Aussie Breakfast on the World Map, Opens in Double Bay
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink All the Bills classics are there – sweet-corn fritters, ricotta hotcakes and silky scrambled eggs – served in a room inspired by the opulent cafes of Austria.
Now Open: Rosa Cienfuegos’s New Colourful and Casual All-Day Mexican Eatery and Deli in Redfern
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Rosa Cienfuegos makes some of Sydney’s best Mexican food. At her new diner she’s serving home-style dishes: huevos divorciados, tacos, garnachas and more. Plus, buy hard-to-find Mexican pantry goods.
First Look: Bar Nina, an Italian-Style Neighbourhood Diner and Wine Bar in Darlinghurst’s Old Reggio Lounge Spot
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s all about Italian-style dining. Come in the morning for Little Marionette coffee and a Brickfields croissant, and return at aperitivo hour for house-made duck ragu, creamy burrata and a glass of wine.
Newtown’s Mapo Gelato Has Opened a Slick Second Store Right Across the Road From Bondi Beach
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s doing gelato the old school way, using organic ingredients with no preservatives. Opt for a scoop of classic fior di latte, Pepe Saya salted caramel or seasonal fruit.
Sydney Eats: Five New (and Refreshed) Restaurants, Pubs and Bars To Try in April
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A Newtown diner filling the Happy Chef-shaped hole in locals’ lives, Chiko-inspired spring rolls in the inner west and an inner-city rooftop bar gets an art deco update.
Mr Wong’s Former Head Chef Is Partnering With Ho Jiak to Bring New Malaysian Diner Amah to Chatswood
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s a tribute to Loong Oon’s late grandma, who he says changed the way he thinks about food. The menu will include refined versions of his childhood favourites, such as braised red-beef short rib and fish-ball soup.
Cheap Eats for $12 or Less (and a More Expensive Meal To Share) on North King Street
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Ricotta-and-spinach-packed pastizzi; chunky pies with beef and cheese; enormous meaty sandwiches; and a cold, vegan noodle dish served in a community motorbike workshop that is all about the crispy-soggy texture.
How Cool Is This: Preservative-Free, Artisanal Japanese Sauces and Marinades by Jimoto Foods
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A Sydney chef is behind these handmade, small-batch condiments featuring top Aussie ingredients. Get a yuzu-and-chilli sauce, chilli miso, and teriyaki infused with shiso. Plus it sells made-to-order hibachi grills.
Now Open: Kottoo, a Sri Lankan Eatery in the CBD From the Owner of Glebe’s Dish Sri Lankan Street Food
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Try its namesake dish, kottu roti – a delicious, textural hash of chopped roti, curry and egg. Plus devilled beef-filled roti wraps, lacy hoppers and golden dosas.
Vale Amy Chanta: Pioneer, Matriarch and Advocate of Thai Cuisine in Australia
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Amy Chanta’s approach was unapologetically traditional and celebratory, bringing to Australia “Thai food as Thai people eat it”.
Deck Out Your Al Fresco Space at Outdoor-Furniture Designer Robert Plumb’s Ravishing New Waterloo Store
09 Jan 2025
Art & Design Pick up garden-hose hooks you’ll actually want to drop cash on, tables that will last forever and good looking pool furniture.
Sydney Eats: Five New (and Refreshed) Restaurants, Pubs and Bars to Try in February
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Sample snow-white fluffy pork buns from an ex-Lotus dumpling master; try a Shanghai grandma’s recipe for braised pork belly; feast on pizza and pasta made with custom-milled Italian flour; and visit a Mediterranean wine bar in the CBD.
Check In: Byron at Byron Hotel Adds a New Spa and Restaurant to Its Line-Up
09 Jan 2025
Travel The resort, set in 45-acres of lush subtropical rainforest, has undergone a $6 million refresh. Visit for daily yoga, generous-sized suites, market-fresh dining and invigorating treatments.
First Look: Two Ex-Bella Brutta Chefs Make Just 150 Pizzas a Day at Westwood Pizza, a Tiny Newtown Pizzeria
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Order your fermented-garlic honey, ’nduja or pepperoni pizza early – they sell out fast.
Woodcut – From the Duo Behind The Bridge Room – Has Opened in Crown Sydney (With Four Open Kitchens)
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Each kitchen in the dazzling fine diner harnesses a different element: steam, fire, smoke and ice.
Pesto Pounded Tableside and a Roving Gelato Cart: Ormeggio’s Italian Fine Diner A’Mare Opens in Crown Sydney
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Alessandro Pavoni wants to emulate the theatre of a Michelin-starred meal, without the European stiffness.
A Fresh Look for a Popular Freshwater Pub: Harbord Hotel Reopens After a Revamp
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The building’s original architectural features have been uncovered, and the menu of pub classics has been refined – but there’s still a spot on the lawn to leave your board while you pop in for fish’n’chips.
$16 or Less: The Best Cheap Eats on South King Street, Newtown
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Vegan laksa, vegan sushi, a pay-as-you-feel vegan feast and a not-at-all-vegan chunky-beef pie.
Now Open: Sella Vinoteca, a Neighbourhood Wine Bar and Diner in Randwick Where the Vino Comes First
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Drink from the 350-strong international wine collection and share inspired seafood-focused small plates and mains.
Bartolo in Surry Hills Has Relaunched as a Wine Room – With a “Big, Juicy Wine List”, Boozy Slushies and House-Made Pasta
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Settle into the handsome dining room to tackle the 180-bottle-strong wine list, or grab some takeaway slushies from the old coffee window.
First Look: The Bentley Group Opens Ria Pizza & Wine, an “Australian” Pizza Joint in the Old Monopole Space
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Some pies are classics – margherita, potato and salami – while others have a Bentley twist, including the ’nduja, octopus and green-chilli salsa pizza.
Johnny Gio’s Waterloo – an Italian Diner With “American Attitude” – Is the Latest Venue From the Society Pizza Family
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Enter for generously loaded pizzas, mac’n’cheese calzones and meatballs based on a secret family recipe.
The Star’s Latest Diner, Cucina Porto, Is Serving Unpretentious Southern-Italian Dishes in Luxe Surrounds
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s taking a back-to-basics approach to its seafood-focused menu, with slow-cooked octopus pasta; swordfish with capers; and plenty of classic pizza. And not one dish costs more than $30.
At New Alexandria Taproom and Brewery Bracket Brewing You Never Have to Drink the Same Beer Twice
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A black-forest porter and passionfruit sour might be tapped one week, a dry-hopped wild ale and blonde lager the next.
Sydney Eats: Five New (and Refreshed) Restaurants, Pubs and Bars to Try This Month
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Check out Ashfield’s first small bar, order Wagyu beef rendang at a new fine diner in Pennant Hills, and check out the slick refresh of a 19th-century inner-west boozer .
Ten Things to Do in Sydney This Summer for Less Than $10
09 Jan 2025
Entertainment See one of Australia’s best contemporary Chinese art collections, get a platter of $1.50 oysters at a small Darlinghurst bar and have a happy-hour cocktail while supporting emerging musicians.
Which Christmas Tree Is More Sustainable: Real or Plastic? Or Maybe It’s Something Else Entirely
09 Jan 2025
Art & Design Plastic isn’t ideal, but neither is cutting down trees and chucking them into landfill. This is what we found out.
Get “Proper” Pancakes and Excellent Coffee at Happyfield, a Sunny New Haberfield Cafe
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Pancakes topped with real maple syrup, “happy” eggs with an assortment of sides and a Canadian take on the Bloody Mary (complete with Clamato juice and Canadian vodka).
Six To Try: Small Batch, Australian-Made Chilli Oils (Plus the OG Found in Fridges Around the World)
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This seemingly simple condiment can transform any dish. We’ve got one by a Melbourne gyoza shop that sold so many it stayed afloat during lockdown, another you can only get by subscription, and one you’ll find excuses to add to everything.
Now Open: The Bagel Co Surry Hills, From the Family Behind Glick’s
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Get a half-dozen bagels (including onion, choc-chip and sesame-seed) to take away or order a New York bagel sandwich with pastrami-cured lox, pickles, mustard and roasted garlic.
After a Fire, a Pop-Up and a Covid-19 Shutdown, Surry Hills Diner Nomad Has Finally Returned to Its Original Foster Street Home
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Head chef Jacqui Challinor has had a tumultuous year. Now she’s switched her mindset, given up alcohol, and is back cooking at her charcoal grill – which has doubled in size. Enter for smoked free-range chicken, wood-roasted eggplant with flatbread, and a six-week dry-aged rib eye.
Now (Back) Open: The Star’s Colourful Middle Eastern Eatery Bar Tikram, Serving Woodfired Flatbread and Arak Spritzes
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Plus fresh-pressed pomegranate cocktails, nine-hour braised lamb shoulder and a hummus that took six months to perfect.
First Look: Surry Hills Institution Forrester’s Has Reopened With New Owners, $10 Steaks and a Dedicated Spritz Menu
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The team behind Bopp & Tone, The Butler and The Botanist have given the boozer a $1.5-million makeover that pays tribute to its past (with a few new twists).
From Surf to Sydney’s Second CBD: Cicciabella Trattoria & Bar Opens in Parramatta Square
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The menu of woodfired Florentine steak, crudo, pasta and pizza pays tribute to the pared-back “cucina povera” style of Italian cooking.
Four to Try in Sydney: New Restaurants, New Menus and Reopened Diners
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Visit a 90-year-old hotel with a new, Asian-inspired “pub grub” menu; feast on steak frites and unlimited wine at a bistro cellar; and experience classic Middle Eastern hospitality at a Western Sydney newbie.
Khamsa Cafe Brings Traditional Palestinian Cuisine to Newtown’s Vegan Hub
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Delicious three-mushroom “shawarma” wraps, herby falafels, fluffy cardamom-and-cinnamon pastries and rosewater coffee – all made in-house.
Mountain Goat Celebrates Its 23rd Birthday by Opening a Brewery and Bar in a Former Newtown Furniture Store
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Sit in the sunny beer garden and sip on cult brews such as the Organic Steam Ale and Pale Ale, plus a selection of exclusive beers you can only get at the new inner-west venue.
In Her New Cookbook, Rosa Cienfuegos Shares Her Secrets for Making the Perfect Tamale (and Tacos, Snacks and More)
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink For one thing, never make them when you’re sad, says one of Australia’s top Mexican chefs. Plus discover more goodies in her vibrant 200-page pop art-style book.
Enter the Fold, an Exemplary New Family-Run Sri Lankan Eatery in Dulwich Hill
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Hoppers, coconut roti, curries, four types of sambol and a divine pastry offering. Plus, a golden-brown Portuguese tart handed down by the space’s former tenants.
First Look: New CBD Pop-Up The Milan Cricket Club Is Hitting Sixes With Scotch Eggs, Yorkshire Puddings and a Loaded Gin Trolley
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Pendolino’s Nino Zoccali has launched the British-Italian steakhouse in his classic diner La Rosa. On the pass is ex-Sepia and Old Fitz chef Nicholas Hill, who will be using the kitchen in the historic Strand Arcade to push out “posh” British pub food.
Where to Buy Mooncakes for This Year’s Moon Festival
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Also called Mid-Autumn, it’s the second largest celebration in China after Lunar New Year. Try the OG (premium lotus seed paste with four salted egg yolks) or one with an unconventional filling such as matcha, bubble tea or durian.
Now Open in an Inner-West Warehouse: Superior Burger’s Second Outpost, Where It’s Selling Chunky Burgers From a Vintage School Bus
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Visit for fresh burger patties, produce sourced from a nearby farm, crunchy fried chicken and “mind-blowing” potato scallops.
Five to Try: Libraries and Bookstores Where You Can Drink Coffee (That’s Actually Good) While You Read
09 Jan 2025
Entertainment Borrow a tome from an architecturally designed library, read a first-edition novel while you sip a house-made chai, or enjoy a dangerously delicious carrot cake on the grounds of a former hospital.
Tequila Mockingbird is Opening a Hidden Pop-Up Diner in a Heritage CBD Building
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Upon arrival you’ll be led through a concealed entryway. Inside, expect more than 150 tequilas and mezcals, as well as a modern Central and South American menu of ceviche, tamales and lamb shoulder cooked over a parilla grill.
Five to Try: Tastiest Laksas of the Inner West
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Sydneysiders have been “going crazy about laksa” for more than 30 years, says chef Sharon Kwan. We taste the bright, milky version from her Petersham restaurant, an ultra-spicy take from Strathfield and an easy-to-cook meal kit you can have delivered to your home.
First Look: Philter Brewing Opens Its First Bar and Brewery in an Old Marrickville Yoghurt Factory
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Philter is all about nostalgia for the ’80s, or what it calls “the good old days”. It’s pouring XPA, Red Session Ale, IPA and a new dark ale named Marrickville Nights. And on the way, a kitchen serving pizzas.
First Look: Brewtown Has Opened a Beautiful, Rustic, Second-Floor Bakery in Its Newtown Warehouse
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Get sourdough bread, gluten-free and vegan pastries, full-sized cakes, cronuts and an incredible New York-style baked cheesecake.
Cabramatta Institution Bau Truong Is Now Serving Its Vietnamese Food on Sydney’s Northern Beaches
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Expect a hit parade of comfort foods: 16-hour slow-cooked pho, lemongrass chicken, whole fried fish and crisp banh xeo.
First Look: Balmoral Bathers’ Pavilion Opens a Thai Pop-Up With Stunning Harbour Views and a Former Sailor’s Thai Head Chef and David Thompson Alum at the Helm
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Expect classic pad thai and green curry with king prawns alongside Chiang Mai-style peppery duck larb, and aromatic, steamed blue-eye cod in garlic broth.
Instagram Account Welcome Merchant Celebrates Businesses Run by Refugees, Migrants and Asylum-Seekers
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Find clothing, food and homewares – from injera made by an Ethiopian chef, to handwoven textiles by a collective of Karen women, to garments manufactured in a shop in Sydney’s Newtown.
Now Open: Comeco Foods Fries Vegan, Gluten-Free Sourdough Doughnuts To-Order in Newtown
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Flavours run the gamut from salted caramel to black-sesame custard to Japanese curry.
Iiko Mazesoba Serves Saucy, Brothless Ramen, a Dish Popular in Japan Among Salarymen (Because It Won’t Flick Soup on Their Shirts)
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It comes with slow-cooked pork chashu and cheese if you want it, and there’s a limited-edition king prawn option. Plus it’s serving a curry-filled bread dumpling rolled in panko crumbs and fried.
Black Star Pastry Founder Joins Forces With Salt Meats Cheese on a Range of New Baked Goods for Harris Farm
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Forget about watermelon cake – Christopher Thé is going back to basics with handmade preservative-free sourdough crumpets and crunchy-on-the-outside, soft-on-the inside English muffins.
Why You’ve Probably Been Making Instant Noodles Wrong Your Whole Life
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Your first mistake? Not rinsing the noodles in a cool stream. Plus, suggestions for pimping your noodles from experts and aficionados, including Dan Hong.
Sydney’s Last Buttonholer Is Still Working – But for How Long?
09 Jan 2025
Fashion Buttonholes might seem like a simple, insignificant part of a garment. In fact, they require specialist machinery and know-how – things only a single person in Sydney still has. Mick Salih of Quick Buttonhole Services counts Alex Perry, Zimmermann and legions of fashion students as clients. No one knows what will happen when the 69-year-old finally throws in the towel. “I’d probably make garments without buttonholes,” one designer says.
How a Spreadsheet Saved Season’s, a 38-Year-Old Chinatown Grocer
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s the first time the store has gone digital, making it easier than ever to get its farm-to-table Asian vegetables, DIY meal kits and yum cha from Palace Chinese.
Asian Staples Is More Than an Online Grocer, Supplying Recipes and Cooking Tips As Well As Pantry Essentials
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Stock up on everything from XO sauce, good quality jasmine rice and Korean instant noodle soup, or buy a chef’s bundle with recipes from Mitch Orr, Victor Liong and Lillia McCabe. Plus tips and tricks on how to use it all.
With the Y Waste App, Get As Much as 80 Per Cent off Sandwiches, Gourmet Pies and Chargrilled Chicken – And Tackle Food Waste at the Same Time
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This Sydney-born app has been around for a number of years, but during Covid-19 it’s found new ways to help. It’s been feeding people experiencing food insecurity and given businesses a way to make use of excess stock. You can also donate a meal for someone in need.
Tips, Patterns and Tutorials from Two Knitting Experts so You Can Get Started on the Perfect Winter Craft
09 Jan 2025
Art & Design Contrary to what you might think, the best beginner project is not a scarf.
A Second Outpost of Tiny Dulwich Hill Bakery Baked by Keiran Has Opened in Elizabeth Bay
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The whole gang is there: 72-hour sourdough, croissants, cakes and classic French canelés.
Wine Aid Aims to Keep Chefs in Work and Wineries in Business One Case of Vino at a Time
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink And the reward for buying a mystery box of organic wine? It’ll get an out-of-work hospo worker a square meal.
For a Limited Time, Down N’ Out Is Flipping Burgers From a Food Truck in Marrickville
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s serving the full CBD menu, including the double Wagyu burger with pickles and secret sauce, the crunchy-yet-juicy chicken burger, tiger fries, hot wings and a weekly special.
First Look: Merivale’s Handsome Jimmy’s Falafel Is the Pick-Me-Up We Need In These Topsy-Turvy Days
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The new diner brings Middle Eastern food to George Street and the Ivy Precinct. Right now it’s serving takeaway and seating just 10, but eventually you’ll be able to pop in for an Almaza beer or a citrusy spritz and dancing. On the menu? Falafel, meze and meats from the charcoal grill.
First Look: Cafe Paci Is Selling Its Very Excellent Molasses Sourdough and Finnish Pastries From Its Newtown Restaurant
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Lockdown has turned the innovative restaurant into a bakery. Get in early for your fix of cinnamon rolls, tortes, Berlin doughnuts and carrot-and-liquorice cake.
How It’s Made: Rosa Cienfuegos’s Mexico City Tamales
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This cheery Dulwich Hill tamalería serves the most authentic Mexican food in Sydney. Stop by for Mexico City-style green tamales: steamed parcels of poached chicken, salsa verde and lard-enriched corn dough.
First Look: Brooklyn Boy Bagels Launches Sydney’s First Bagel Drive-Through
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Get golden-crusted New York-style bagels, tubs of cream cheese, packs of lox and takeaway coffee. But they sell out quickly so remember: the early bird gets the Everything Bagel.
The Team Behind Jimmy Liks Has Launched a Home Delivery Menu
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Expect the south-east Asian dishes it’s famous for, plus homey comfort food such as a “big, deep, chunky lasagne” and bolognaise.
Stuck for What to Read During Lockdown? This Second-Hand Bookshop Uses Magic (and a Questionnaire) to Send Bang-On Personalised Book Bundles
09 Jan 2025
Entertainment Tell Hornsby bookseller Tanya Kurukulasuriya a few of your favourite titles, whether you like or loathe olives, and if you’re a cat person or a dog person, and she’ll send you a stack of books in the mail.
Meu Jardim – a Bold French Restaurant With a Waterfall and a Firepit – Has Opened in the City and It’s Like Dining in a Glacier Cave
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink There’s a bit of theatrics on the menu, too. You can add gold leaf to your tomahawk steak, and bartenders don’t mind using a bit of dry ice and fire for their cocktails.
In an Idyllic Hidden CBD Courtyard, an All-Day Eatery Is Serving Elegant Japanese Food Grounded in French Techniques
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Governor Macquarie once worked from the historic terraces that are now dining rooms. Eat among the sandstone or under the Japanese maples, with food by a chef whose resume includes Michelin-starred Tokyo restaurants.
Cheap Eats in Thai Town for $12 Or Less
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A Thai grocery store that’s been in business for 50 years, a punchy boat noodle soup for $4.50, and a Thai-style pasta made with fusilli and spicy sausage.
Cheap Eats at Sussex Centre Food Court for Under $12
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Bright-red chilli-laced soup, tender wontons and a Vietnamese chicken recipe that’s been beloved by patrons for two decades.
Ending on a High Note
09 Jan 2025
Art & Design Harry Vatiliotis has been crafting exquisite violins for 65 years, and has a reputation for speed and affordability. But with a big milestone looming, the Cypriot-Australian is preparing to carve what may be his final instrument ever.
Ex-Quay Head Pastry Chef Brings Dulcet’s 21-Layer Crepe Cake and Pastel Sweetness to Haymarket
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Visit for glossy midnight-blue fondant, black sticky-rice mousse cake and matcha soft serve.
Cheap Eats in Circular Quay and The Rocks for $12
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Woodfired pizzas, New York-style bagels and a banh mi on a spectacular harbour rooftop.
The Plant Society’s First Permanent Sydney Store Is a Lush Terrace of Delight
09 Jan 2025
Art & Design It’s selling plants from easy-care to rare. And there’s a B&B for foliage freaks.
Malay Chinese Takeaway Is Now Serving Its Famous Laksa at a New Sister Store In King Street Wharf
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Same recipe, same price, but shorter queues. (For now.)
Two Top Sydney Chefs Are Collaborating on a Pop-Up at Ultimo’s Lord Wolseley Hotel
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Pro tip: book on a Friday or Saturday night for the creative tasting menu.
First Look: The Team Behind Salt Meats Cheese Opens a Rooftop Bar in Circular Quay
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Barrel-aged Negronis and antipasto with glimpses of Sydney Harbour.
Jounieh Brings Lebanon’s Mediterranean Coast to Walsh Bay
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Modern Middle Eastern food with a panoramic view of the harbour.
Sydney's First Israeli Hummus Bar Opens in Darlinghurst
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Delicious hummus and fluffy pita – that’s it. BYO cold beer, like they do in Israel.
Six Places to Go When You’re Eating Out with Kids
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Decadent hot chocolates, rich ramen and lunch with the best view in the city. Plus beer for the parents.
Two Design Lovers Is a Vintage and Made-to-Order Furniture Marketplace Providing an Alternative to Fast Furniture
09 Jan 2025
Art & Design Find bargain pieces alongside original Eames leather recliners.
Sharon Kwan Kitchen Is a Malaysian Flame-Grilled Chicken Shop Serving Curry and Laksa on Parramatta Road
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink “Real authentic flavour, no dumbing it down.”
It’s Back – Mike McEnearney’s Kitchen by Mike, Now Open in the CBD
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink All-day canteen eats, and a plan to build a new “Physic Garden”.
Cheap Eats From $5 to $14 on Pitt Street
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Warming bowls of ramen, sandwiches with surprising ingredients and pay-by-weight hotpots make for an excellent stretch of street for a cheap meal.
The MCA’s Cafe Has One of the Best Views in the City and Is Completely Underrated
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Plus, it has a pop-up bar for Vivid.
The Team Behind Paperbark Opens Peppe’s, a Gnocchi and Pasta Bar in Bondi
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Plant-based Italian, natural wine and a garlic bread worth crossing town for.
Chatswood’s Ramen Zundo Is Now Open, Specialising in Sapporo-Style Ramen
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink From the duo behind the much-loved tonkotsu shop in World Square.
First Look: Manly’s Chica Bonita Brings Outstanding Contemporary Mexican Food to the CBD
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A sophisticated menu alongside fish tacos and Margaritas, plus a dessert called “Happiness”.
Newtown’s Latest Gelato Shop MaPo Is Doing Things the Italian Way
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Simple, good quality ingredients, prepared traditionally.
Creative Couples: Mariam Arcilla and Mason Kimber
09 Jan 2025
Home & Lifestyle She describes her style as “hyper-clash salad” and he’s more ordered, but this arts writer and artist both explore the unknown in their work.
The Brothers Behind The Taphouse Launch a New-Look Oxford Tavern
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The outdoor smoker does 200 kilos of meat on the weekend and the beer list is indies only.
Cheap Eats Near Town Hall for Around $13
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Authentic Indonesian with seven sambals, German pretzel sandwiches and feta and spinach gözleme. Leave your sad salad in the fridge and head out for lunch.
Momo Bar Brings Nepalese Dumplings to Dee Why
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink And bacon and egg roti, brekky momos and poke-avo-toast.
Back in Fashion
09 Jan 2025
Fashion In the past the Social Outfit has collaborated with Bianca Spender and Romance Was Born. Now, after a successful crowdfunding campaign, it has a new home and continues to provide newly arrived migrants with paid, full-time work sewing garments.
Rising From the Ashes of The Devonshire Is Casual Darlinghurst Eatery Eliza
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink After a yearlong hiatus, Jeremy Bentley is back with a chef’s table and perhaps the most remarkable carrot you’ll ever eat.
The Team Behind Boon Cafe Opens a Takeaway Joint At Town Hall
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Over-sized “boon mi” sambos, soba noodle bowls, a salad bar and excellent coffee.
Gypsy Espresso Opens an Enormous Flagship With the Best Coffee Machine Money Can Buy
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It took the owners eight months to design the slick counter top to accommodate it.
Local Favourite Wolfpack Coffee Roaster and Cafe Reopens After a Hiatus
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Specialty coffee has returned to this up-and-coming suburb.
“The Best Coffee Machine in Australia” Is Now Serving North Sydney
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Pair your espresso with a fancy fermented crumpet at new cafe Humm.
Butchers Brew Brings Live-Music to Dulwich Hill
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink See emerging artists and some of Australia’s greats for a tenner.
Chinese Tea Ceremonies by Day, Gin Cocktails by Night at New G & Tea
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Serving a pot of 24-karat yellow-gold tea for $120 by a bona fide tea master.
Golden Gully Bar Is a Game Changer for Leichhardt
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The inner-city suburb is ripe for a small-bar revolution.
Idyllic Kirrbilli Bay Hides an Eatery Previously Only Known to Locals
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The former executive chef of 3 Weeds brings a local, sustainable focus to the menu.
Cheap Eats for $12: Bondi Beach
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Chilli-chicken burgers, Italian-style rolls bulging with ingredients, and a kick-arse egg-and-bacon roll.
A Wine and Cheese Store Celebrating Small-Scale Producers Opens in the Inner West
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink With expert advice from an ex-sommelier and charcuterie cut to order.
A Gyoza and Beer “Stadium” Has Opened in Sydney
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It has nothing to do with sport.
Dural’s Vicar of Wakefield Is Reimagined as a Wine Bar and Multi-Venue Eatery
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink “There’s nothing like this in Dural. Nothing at all.”
General Chao – Where the Pork Buns Are As Big As Your Face and There are Six Types of XO
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink One is made with black truffles, Tasmanian abalone and gold leaf.
Now Open: The Team Behind Papa Gede’s Opens a Redfern Juice Bar
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s giving new life to “ugly” produce destined for landfill.
Newtown’s Tandem Serves Cocktails on a Sunny Terrace
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink There’s no food, but BL Burgers delivers, and you can eat your takeaway Bella Brutta pizzas here.
Dulwich Hill’s Sausage Factory Is Brewing Unusual Ales From a Tiny Closet
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The brews fall into three categories: “easy but awesome, “a bit more going on” and “a bit nuts”.
Ex-Nour Head Chef Brings Israeli Street Food to The Rocks
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Find Tayim in the the narrow sandstone-lined Nurses Walk.
Cheap Eats For Under $15: North Sydney
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Lunch in North Sydney takes you around the world, from New York and France, to the floating markets of Bangkok.
Bar General Wants to Transform This Inner-West Suburb's Nightlife
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink With natural wines, a “chef-y” approach to cocktails and a cheese and mushroom truffle toastie.
The Greenwood Hotel Reopens and It’s Looking Schmick
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink One of the prettiest spots for a drink on the north shore.
Butcher’s Block Opens in Barangaroo
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Banoffee waffles for breakfast, Moreton Bay bug pasta for lunch, steak for dinner and views on the side.
Now Open: a Marrickville Cafe that Fuses the Owner’s Greek, Filipino and Australian Heritage
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink And the plants hanging from the ceiling are for sale.
Now Open: Bennett Street Dairy’s Sibling, Meet Blair Street Dairy
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The second outpost of the popular Bondi cafe is serving purple toast and its much-loved buttermilk-chicken burger.
The Team Behind Three Blue Ducks Opens a Bar, Complete With DJ Booth
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The Byron Bay venue will also see a restaurant added, slated for next year.
Pass Through a Poke Bar to Find the Hidden, Moody Izy Izakaya
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A new Euro-Japanese joint has risen from the ashes of its predecessor’s robata grill.
Charming Fish and Chippo in Brighton-Le-Sands Gets Fresh
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Get golden tempura-battered flathead, prawns basted in chimichurri and oysters shucked to order.
Australia’s First Cannoli Truck Is Now Rolling Around Sydney’s Streets
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Piped to order and served crisp and fresh.
A Guide to Italian Cheese
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink What’s the difference between mozzarella and scamorza? How should taleggio be served? And what even is robiola? We have the answers to these and many more cheesy questions.
The Chippendale Tea Shop With the Prettiest Bubble Teas in Town
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Unlike many others’, its tapioca pearls, jellies and flavourings are all made in-house.
From Market to Marrickville Road: An Authentic Mexican Deli Serving Cult Tamales
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Try the handmade parcels in-store or take home the ingredients – and a recipe – to make them yourself.
A Striking Art Deco Building Gets An Italian Riviera Makeover
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Salt Meats Cheese opens in the south, with a spritz menu designed for long summer lunches.
The Joint That Kicked Off Melbourne’s Burger Renaissance Comes to Sydney
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Competition is fierce, how does Huxtaburger think it will rate?
Summer Is Looking Up With This New Palm Springs-Inspired Pyrmont Rooftop Bar
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Craft beers downstairs, and DJs, cocktails and views of the CBD upstairs on the sunny verandah.
Now Open: A Sweet Collaboration by Two Much-Loved Dessert Operators
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A one-stop-shop for all your Japanese dessert needs. Get ready for the queues.
Behind a Book Case in Newtown There’s a Hidden World of Cocktails and Natural Wines
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A two-level speakeasy arrives on King Street.
Cheap Eats for Around $13 in Alexandria
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Roast-chicken sandwiches, outstanding pies, and congee that’s worth a special trip, all for around $13.
Down N’ Out Burger Finds a Permanent Home in the CBD
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The wild, piled-high burger specials remain, but there are also bacon-infused whisky cocktails and ’90s nostalgia at this almost-hidden bar.
A New Darling Square All-Day Italian Eatery Opens for Pizza and Handmade Pasta
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Broadsheet gets a lesson in pizza making at Il Bacio.
Now Open: A New Inner-West Cafe Rejuvenating the High Street
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink With a coffee offering that rejects the single-origin trend, and a love of chess.
Two Much-Loved Waterside Dining Destinations Get a Makeover
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Palm Beach’s Barrenjoey House and Boathouse Hotel Patonga will reopen in time for summer.
Now Driving: A Mint-Green Kombi Serving Vegan Ice-Cream by a French Pastry Chef
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s popping up across the Northern Beaches.
Cheap Eats for (About) $12: Wynyard
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink One of Sydney’s oldest ramen joints, whole fish, and a $7 sandwich with San Daniele prosciutto.
Enmore’s Queen Chow Heads Across the Harbour to Manly Wharf
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Waterside Cantonese with a live seafood tank, oyster bar and dim sum.
Sydney Scores a Mini Hawkers Market
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Classic street food from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Japan, with a bit of education on the side.
Now Open: A Japanese Matcha House Down Steam Mill Lane
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Powder from the mountains of Shizuoka makes magic of curries, sundaes, lattes and more.
Mock Meat and Incredible Toasties at Marrickville’s New Vegan-Friendly Cafe
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink People have been driving from four corners of Sydney to try its crisp-fried tempeh burgers.
A Modern Vegetarian Cafe With an Ethiopian Accent for Camperdown
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Slow-cooked vegetables are served on tart injera flatbread, in colourful, cone-shaped baskets beside Ethiopian-spiced coffee.
Cheap Eats Under $10 in Petersham
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Four words: Sweet Belem’s Portuguese tarts.
A Tiny Bakery, With Decade-Old Recipes and 72-Hour Sourdough, Rises in the Inner West
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink “I’ve had customers say my bread is better than Iggy’s or Bourke Street’s.”
Cheesesteak, Just Like They Make in Philly, Served From a Vintage Mercedes
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A food “bus” serving steak topped with Cheez Whiz has just pulled into Haberfield.
Now Open: Vic’s Meats Opens a Steakhouse for Dinner at the Fish Markets
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Crack a Newtowner tinnie, order a brisket roll and watch the dragon boats row by.
Fratelli Fresh Opens 550-Seat Food Emporium at Darling Harbour
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink With a dessert bar and a beer-and-wine garden.
Darlinghurst’s Newest Italian-Inspired Cafe is Doing Something Different
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It starts with a boozy breakfast.
Now Open: Society Pizzeria Expands Its Repertoire With a Seafood Grill
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Don’t worry, there’s still pizza and cocktails.
Cheap Eats for Under $13: Burwood
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Start with a spicy canteen-style hotpot and cool your palate with butter-cream durian buns.
Melbourne Eatery 8bit Brings its Arcade Game-Inspired Burgers to Sydney
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Play “Donkey Kong” with one hand while you smash a Fatal Fury in the other.
The First Eateries at Sydney’s Newest Food Precinct, Steam Mill Lane, Open
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink So far there are burgers, fried chicken, Roman-style pizza. And Japanese curry and Vietnamese pork rolls are on their way.
Balkan Pastries and Fine-Dining Touches From a New San Souci Cafe
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Serving burek alongside grilled scallops with lobster tail, avocado, black caviar and orange gel.
Cheap Eats Under $12: Summer Hill
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This leafy inner-west suburb is packed with culinary cheapies, from fried-chicken strips to an Iranian banquet.
New Authentic Turkish Eatery Turka Opens
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This Crows Nest eatery serves long breakfasts, quick lunches and Turkey’s answer to yum cha for dinner.
A Stanmore Cafe Making Proper London Pies
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Served with a spectacular mash and the only liquor sauce in Sydney.
Daisy’s Milkbar Is Now Open for Dinner and Late-Night Crafting
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Paint a plaster unicorn while eating a baked-bean jaffle and sipping a boozy milkshake.
Cheap Eats for $12: Ultimo
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink "Real deal" Hainanese chicken rice, and a classic Aussie beef pie.
Underground Whisky Bar Opens in One of Sydney’s Oldest Suburbs
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It's in a building that at different times was an opium den, a bootmaker’s workshop and a doss house.
CBD's Shirt Bar is Reimagined As a New York-Style Deli and Whisky Bar
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink With Lox Stock & Barrel bagels and an unbeatable Reuben.
A Contemporary Greek Taverna Opens in Rozelle
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Tender barbequed prawns and a one-pot chicken dish that’s an old family recipe.
A Beachside Vegan Pop-Up Serving Nut-Based Ice-Cream
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink In an area where ice-cream competition is stiff, Chacha’s Bondi holds its own.
Sydney Scores Another Sri Lankan Restaurant
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Hopper Kadé’s market stall finds a permanent home in Darlinghurst.
New Sicilian Pasticceria Opens in Concord
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink With coffee granita and brioche that could be straight from the cafes of Catania.
Luke Mangan Converts Waterloo’s Mojo into a Casual Neighbourhood Eatery
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink “It’s comfort food, modernised.”
A Slice of Modern Seoul in Strathfield
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Red-bean rice cakes and bingsoo at this Korean-European bakery.
The Team Behind Holy Heffa Burger Truck Finds a Permanent Home
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink If you’re brave enough to try the “cry like a baby” chicken wings, have a glass of milk on standby.
Now Open: House Bar & Bistrot, in a Pretty Victorian Terrace
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This Potts Point eatery serves fresh pasta and Northern Italian dumplings.
Ex-Longrain Chef Opens a Modern Asian Eatery in an Unexpected Canterbury Location
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The opening is part of a growing trend of Sydney clubs upping their food game.
A Deep-Fried Ice-Cream Truck Rolls Into Dulwich Hill and Bankstown
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Once only the domain of Chinese restaurants, it’s now being made fresh by Duo Duo.
Cheap Eats for Under $12: Haymarket (Part Two)
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Visit an unassuming food court for ramen and a Malaysian spot so popular queues have been snaking out the door for a decade.
Northeast-Chinese Cuisine Arrives in Darlinghurst
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The old Bar Brosé site is now where you can eat dumplings and drink cocktails until 3am.
Sydney Gets Its First Modern-Filipino Restaurant
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Crisp-skin suckling pig, plantain banana fritters and a rum aperitif from Negros Island.
Assembly Label Launches First Unisex Sunglasses Collection
09 Jan 2025
Fashion Six exquisite pairs, because the future’s so bright.
Intimate and Sumptuous are Two Words to Describe This New Millers Point Bar
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink “We’re a hidden venue in a heritage building."
Cheap Eats Under $12: Haymarket (Part One)
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Between Central and Market City you’ll encounter a mix of regional Chinese dishes and some of the cheapest bento boxes in the CBD.
First Look: Matt Moran’s Three-Level Barangaroo House
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink After four years, this ambitious venue opens with a roof-top bar, an ex-Noma chef and beautiful surrounds.
Goodbye Horses is Everything You Want From a Local Cafe
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink House-made maple-syrup ice-cream and an already-famous fried-chicken roll.
Six Cheap Eats Under $10 in Lakemba
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink From Arabic flatbread to biryani and trays of sweets, visit Lakemba for a cheap and tasty feast.
Barangaroo Gets its First French Restaurant
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Classical French cooking with a contemporary Australian touch.
Behind Brickfields
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink To celebrate the launch of our new book, Broadsheet Sydney Food, we take a closer look at some of the city’s best-loved providores. Here, a bakery that’s five years old, with queues still spilling out the door.
Now Open: A Moody Underground Bar in Surry Hills
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink With a selection of French Mistelle cocktails and a millinery workshop at the back.
Burgers by Josh Expands West
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A 150-seat venue serving double-handed burgers, ribs and barbeque platters.
The Barbershop Team Opens the Duke of Clarence Pub
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink With a cask beer list unrivalled in Sydney.
Sarah & Sebastian’s Sydney Flagship Challenges What You Know About Retail
09 Jan 2025
Fashion “Walk into the store and you don’t see any of the pieces. The first thing you engage with is the jeweller.”
A New Underground Bar in the CBD
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Walk down a long corridor and knock three times on the brass pineapple to enter.
A Woodfired Pizza Truck Rolls into Tempe Every Wednesday
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Traditional Neapolitan pizzas by the side of Princes Highway.
A Tiny Bar Opens in the CBD
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Seventy-five whiskies in 26 square metres.
Verd Team Opens a Vegan Sandwich Bar in the CBD
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink You won’t miss the meat.
Cheap Eats Around $10: Chatswood
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Where everyone makes their own noodles, and black-garlic oil is the condiment of choice.
PS40’s Soda Range Now Available to Drink at Home
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Made from local ingredients such as lemon myrtle and wattle, and bottled in the bar.
George Calombaris Opens Jimmy Grants in Newtown
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink With guest souvlakis by four Sydney chefs.
Four Venues for an Unusual Christmas Party
09 Jan 2025
Entertainment Improv and the ancient Japanese art of indigo dyeing.
Bungalow 8 Reimagined as a French-Polynesian Paradise
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Decadent seafood platters and DJs spinning until early.
New Inner-West Brewer Fights to Keep Its 200-Person Liquor Licence
09 Jan 2025
City File The licence is under review based on a developer’s objections, one month after opening.
A New Gin Bar Opens on Kensington Street
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Cocktails that will change the way you think about gin.
Fonda Opens Its First Sydney Eatery in Bondi This Weekend
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The Melbourne favourite aims to make Mexican food a Sydney staple.
Now Open: Baron Team Opens a New Cafe in The Hills District
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink With specialty coffee to the fore.
Rozelle’s 3 Weeds Pub Gets a New Menu and Look
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Chef Darrell Felstead is back at the helm.
A Dulwich Hill Lebanese Bakery Gets a New Home
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Learn about the history of what you’re eating as you munch on a za’atar pizza.
Organic Bread Bar Opens an Eatery in Darlinghurst
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Follow the scent of fat-bellied Strasbourg-style pretzels.
A ’90s-Inspired Small Bar for South King Street
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Live music on Thursdays and Sundays.
Cheap Eats Around $10: Darlinghurst
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Vietnamese rolls, the ultimate sandwich and $1.50 oysters.
Five Venues for a Sit-Down Work Christmas Party
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Good food and wine are sorted. Just bring the Christmas crackers.
Five Online Stores to Buy Exceptional Coffee Beans
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Paying more for an ethical, sustainable product is a given, but it’s still cheaper than a cafe.
Sicilian Street Food Comes to Newtown
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Pizza like you’ve never tried before.
Gazebo Reopens with an Approachable Italian Menu
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink At this resurrected neighbourhood eatery, it’s always aperitivo hour.
Enormous South East Asian Hawker Precinct Opens in Sydney’s Southwest
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink With an indoor charcoal grill and mountains of dumplings.
Meet Hubert's New Mezzanine Bar
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Peer over the railing with your Caper Martini to the restaurant below.
Mexican Food Arrives in Sydney’s Southwest
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Forty different tequilas for a smashing fiesta.
Cafe Parterre Opens in an Antiques Shop
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The plates are older than your nan.
Cheap Eats Around $10: Ashfield
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Dumplings from China and Poland plus a good old bacon-and-egg roll.
A Nordic-Japanese Restaurant Opens in Paddington
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A surprisingly harmonious pairing.
Republic Sandwiches and Salads Reopens as Joe’s Table
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Now with a dinner menu featuring smoked coconut ice-cream.
Two Mediterranean Venues Close in Sydney’s East
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Say goodbye to simple Mediterranean fare and popping bottles of Dom by the dancefloor.
Introducing an Indigenous Jewellery Designer with Political Power
09 Jan 2025
Fashion “Love is Love” jewels, “Cunt Heart” earrings, or charms in the colours of the Aboriginal flag?
The Best Dishes to Try at the Italian Wine and Food Festival
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Head straight for the Negroni bar run by Big Poppa’s, then go for anything with burrata.
Cheap Eats $10 and Under: Marrickville (Part Two)
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Pizza with jazz, daily-made ricotta and sausage rolls handmade in batches of 4000.
A Cronulla Institution Returns to the Shire After 30 Years
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Bringing back the much-loved roast duck dish.
Five to Try (and One to Make at Home): Couverture Hot Chocolate
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Powdered hot chocolate mix is dead to us.
Cheap Eats Around $10: Illawarra Road
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink There’s a lot to eat besides pho In Marrickville.
Nepalese Dumplings and Hawaiian Poke Come to Manly
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink All under one roof.
A Guide to Second-Hand Shopping in the Inner West
09 Jan 2025
Fashion Issey Miyake, Marni and Jean Paul Gaultier, Balmain and Christian Dior.
A New Bar for Redfern by the Owners of Morris
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Named after a notorious cat.
A New Wine Bar For Darlinghurst
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink $2 espressos in the afternoon, European small plates and carafes in the evening.
A New Brewer Finds a Home in Marrickville
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Have your beer flight in the garden out back.
A Huge Dining Venue is Opening at the Four Seasons
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s joining a legion of excellent CBD eateries.
Joseph Hyde Opens in a Potts Point Laneway
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink You’ll smell the carrot-cake waffles before you even walk in the door.
Cheap Eats under $10: Dulwich Hill
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink On two blocks, you can eat your way around the world.
Konakara Opens in Surry Hills
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Sip a dry sake and try some of the best light ramen in Sydney.
The Paddington Inn Relaunches for the Second Time in Seven Months
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s all about giving the locals what they wanted.
Hooked on Poké Opens in Bondi
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Do yourself a favour – order the salmon bowl.
The Trio Behind Moon Park is Opening Paper Bird in Potts Point
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The soy-maple syrup fried chicken is back.
Chippendale's New All-Day Hang Out
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s a cafe, restaurant and bar.
Dirty Bird Food Truck Launches in Sydney’s West
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The self-proclaimed “chicken specialist” shares his secrets.
Molo at Manta Opens in Woolloomooloo
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A wine bar with an ever-changing menu.
Australian Expats Open New York’s New Hotspot, The Flower Shop
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Amid Chinatown’s dumpling houses and fruit shops, you might be surprised to find what feels like your local from back home.
Chef O Tama Carey is Cooking Sri Lankan Hoppers at Carriageworks
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Savoury pancakes filled with delectable curries.
Momofuku Seiobo’s Two-Year-Old Fruit Cake is Finally Ready
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s been soaking in rum this whole time.
Five to Try: Lemonade Iced Coffee
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A surprisingly delicious way to get your caffeine.
Kenny Rens Brings Izakaya Dining to Woollahra
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A takeaway poke bar at the front and a wood-fire grill at the back.
Comida Takes Paradise Road Diner’s Place in North Bondi
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink From modern-American burgers to an easy Mediterranean menu.
Banksia Gets its First Bistro
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The gastro pub the southern suburb was crying out for.
An Eating Guide to Campsie
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A Malay-Chinese food paradise.
A Little French Bistro Opens in Surry Hills
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink With a hidden, shady courtyard out back.
Five Stalls to Try at Addison Road Street Food Markets
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Food from around the world and music to make you shake your bum (bum).
The Happenstore Opens in Annandale
09 Jan 2025
Art & Design Workshops and locally made homewares and art.
Paradise Road Diner Moves South
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink But you won’t have to go far to get a Paradise Burger.
Jamie Oliver is Coming to Relaunch Jamie’s Italian Australia
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Its reputation down under has been patchy; can the chain be saved?
Jamie Oliver is Coming to Relaunch Jamie’s Italian Australia
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Its reputation down under has been patchy; can the chain be saved?
Manmaru Replaces Graff Caff in Dulwich Hill
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Japanese-inspired food and pies.
Song Kitchen Opens in the City
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink All profits go to programs supporting women and children escaping domestic violence.
Jersey Rd Bistro Opens in Woollahra
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Buzo’s white tablecloths have been replaced by a contemporary Australian bistro.
Eight Food Trucks to Follow in Sydney
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Some are brand new and others already have a loyal following. All are worth finding.
Kitchen by Mike is Flying at Sydney Airport
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Putting an end to bad airline food, one bento box at a time.
Madge Opens its First Shop in Newtown
09 Jan 2025
Fashion Easy silhouettes with bold graphics for women.
Traditional Japanese Food in Canterbury
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Everything made from scratch, no shortcuts.
A Barber Shop Makes the Cut in Enmore
09 Jan 2025
Art & Design Fully booked since day one.
Newtown’s Marly Bar is For Sale
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink For a cool $35 million.
Jones & Co Opens its First Shop in Bondi
09 Jan 2025
Art & Design Handmade gifts that will get you in friends’ good books.
Barangaroo’s First Rooftop Venue Opens
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s a bloody ripper.
Friendly Neighbourhood Deli Opens in Paddington
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Goods to fill the pantry and fridge, all from small local producers.
Roomie Cafe Opens in Bondi Junction
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Handmade interiors and Siberian pancakes.
How to Raise Urban Chickens
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Tips from an expert on a sustainable, low-maintenance pet.
How to Raise Urban Chickens
09 Jan 2025
City File At two eggs a day per bird, you’ll soon be selling bacon-and-egg rolls to passers-by.
Mr Perkins Opens at the New Pacific Bondi Beach Development
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Soup and beach life: an unexpected but perfect union.
Five Fashion Collaborations for Summer
09 Jan 2025
Fashion Cooperation makes magic.
Learn to Swim From an Ex-Olympian
09 Jan 2025
Entertainment From ex-Olympians to people who didn’t learn to swim themselves until their forties, Sydney has more than its share of great swimming coaches.
Five Fashion Collaborations for Summer
09 Jan 2025
Fashion
Five Refreshing Asian Desserts to Try
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It's a scorcher.
Aristotle’s Brings Greek Exuberance to the Lower North Shore
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Elegant food inspired by the region’s diversity.
Burgers by Josh is Here to Stay
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The Primo Burger has a permanent home.
Six Workshops For Homemade Christmas Presents
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s that time of year when everyone starts to feel a bit crafty.
A Granita Tour of Sydney
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This Sicilian dessert is delicately icy, refreshing and hard to find.
A New Cellar Door Opens in Chippendale’s Old Carlton Brewery
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink With wines from all over the world.
Lotus Opens on the Barangaroo Waterfront
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Contemporary Chinese meets native produce.
Grumpy Donuts Opens in Camperdown
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Try the Granny Smith apple fritter.
Bel & Brio at Barangaroo
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A new CBD eatery is taking “farm to plate” to its logical conclusion.
Sydney’s Newest Food Truck: The Fancy Banger
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Gourmet snags sold from a 1970s French truck.
The Sawmill Brings Italian Food to Pymble
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Feast on slow-cooked lamb and sweet ricotta desserts, served with a side of opera.
Tequila Mockingbird Opens at Paddington’s Five Ways
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Grilled meats, vegan desserts and street eats at the new Latin American local.
Coffee in the Park
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink With juicy Wagyu burgers and house-roasted coffee, it’s a Parramatta cafe like no other in the area.
The Grounds Opens Three New Spaces
09 Jan 2025
Food & Drink An old-fashioned milk bar, a mammoth barbeque and Middle Eastern pizzas.

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