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Moving up: Upstairs at The Bank
Sydney pubs are moving on up and out of the past – from upmarket gastro pubs to hipster-friendly renovations, the pub experience is moving beyond just schooners, TAB screens and stale carpet.As part of...
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Stanley Street Merchants: crowdfunded and open
Earlier this year more than $280,000 was raised to open Stanley Street Merchants through restaurant and bar crowdfunding platform, Icon Park.For first season winners, the prize is three months' tenancy...
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The High Table at Hotel Centennial
The very recently renovated and revamped Hotel Centennial, opposite Centennial Park in Woollahra, has seen formerfine dining chef Justin North head up the pub's restaurant kitchen.His high-profile...
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Postcards from Rome - part II: Pipero al Rex
Posted by JanOn a last minute whim I booked us in for dinner at Michelin-starred Pipero al Rex in Rome; a small restaurant within a hotel, with just six tables. Opened in late 2011, it received its...
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Vivid Sydney lights up Sydney - until 9 June
Sydney Opera House for Vivid Sydney 2014, 23 June - 9 May, various locationsIt's been an unseasonally warm end to autumn and the month of May but with the kick-off of Vivid Sydney - the 2.5 week-long...
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Happy 11th birthday to Kobe Jones
If there was a comparison, I think restaurant years would comprise more time than dog years. So the fact that King Street Wharf's Kobe Jones is celebrating 11 years at the waterside site this year, I...
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Coffee hits at Seven Seeds (Melbourne)
Posted by HendyA coffee sourcer, micro roaster and café, Seven Seeds is a short tram ride north of the heart of Melbourne in Carlton.Sister café to Brother Baba Budan in the city, Seven Seeds has even...
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Chur Burger: where the burgers are chur, bro
It's taken me this long to get to Chur Burger in Surry Hills. I suppose I'm not that much of a burger person, but perhaps there was some underlying emotion for chef and restaurateur Warren Turnbull's...
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Parlour Lane Roasters: A hidden weekday lunch gem
Hidden off a particularly busy section of Market Street in the heart of the city, Parlour Lane Roasters is a bit of a weekday lunch haven away from the hubbub of rat racers and shoppers.Entrance to...
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All about the balls at Meatball & Wine Bar (Melbourne)
Posted by KathOn a cold, blustery day in Melbourne, it was the bold 'meatballs' sign of Meatball & Wine Bar in Flinders Lane that drew us in like a beacon. A typical Melbourne laneway full of...
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High tea at The Loft - fit for a Queen
With the Queen's birthday coming up, celebrating with a high tea in Her Royal Majesty's honour surely wouldn't be inappropriate.The Loft on King Street Wharf is well known for its weekend girly...
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Meet MR BLACK at The Grind House pop-up
Espresso martinis have embedded themselves into contemporary cocktail drinkers' palates, much like the lychee martini of the early 2000s that just won't go away.And while there are great and terrible...
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Sustainable dining at Močan & Green Grout
Combine bike making, coffee and honest, humble cooking and you've got something close to Močan & Green Grout in Canberra.Part café, part Goodspeed Bicycle Co, Močan & Green Grout is well known...
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Cho Cho San emerges from her cocoon
In one of the hottest restaurant openings of the year so far, Cho Cho San in Potts Point has been met by a blaze of publicity while the paint on the walls is still fresh.Open to the public just last...
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goCatch a progressive dinner at A Tavola
Posted by Jan Dinner at two fine Italian establishments in one night - this was the proposition for a progressive dinner at the new Bondi Beach outpost of A Tavola as well as the original Darlinghurst...
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A sweep of the Kürtősh chimneys
Posted by HendySweeping through Crown Street, Surry Hills in search of afternoon tea one day, I discovered the rustic charms of Kürtősh house.Short for kürtőskalác; a kürtősh is chimney-like baked...
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The Bourbon: NOLA nights in the Cross
Posted by KathIn the wake of the lock-out laws introduced in February this year, there appears to be a definite change in the Kings Cross air - but we're yet to see which way the change really swings...
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See you at The Copper Mill
In recent times I'd gotten a little bored with café breakfasts - unfortunately, eggs are eggs to me. And then a little local café comes along and changes all that.At The Copper Mill on Mitchell Road in...
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Get to know the Greek: The Progressive Greek wine and food tours
Posted by KathI have to admit that when I'm after a nice glass of wine or two as comfort in the middle of winter, Greek wines don't often jump to mind with my preference usually heading towards...
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Gungnam Spoon style Chinese
I was a bit saddened to discover one day that my favourite little northern Chinese eatery in Hurstville had disappeared, and in its place stood the oddly named Gungnam Spoon.Easily one of the flashiest...
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