Lavandula is a sprawling lavender farm located around ten minutes outside Hepburn Springs in regional Victoria. It grows lavender, olives and grapes in a charming rural setting dotted with stone farm buildings, a shop and café. The…
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Sydney catering firm Relish Food Co has relocated its premises from Paddington to Surry Hills. The front-of-house cafe is a beautifully designed space with a pressed metal counter, wooden benches and an exposed brick wall. Relish serves…
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Edition Coffee Roasters by brothers Dan (ex-Room 10) and Corie (returning from Japan to open Edition) is a fresh Japanese-Nordic styled addition to Sydney’s cafe scene. Roasting all the coffee for the operation in house, there…
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We were looking for something relaxing (read not too noisy and no queueing) one Saturday morning and stumbled into the Rag Land Café. Named for its location—Raglan Street—and the fact that it has been kitted out…
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Artificer Specialty Coffee and Roastery is Shoji (ex-Mecca and Single Origin Roasters) and Dan’s (Salvage) focused brew bar on Bourke Street in Surry Hills. Featuring a matt silver Synesso espresso machine, plywood walls and a brass…
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Suzie Q is a casual cafe mixing owner and ex-DJ Jordan’s love of music with good coffee and tasty food. Quality ingredients are on show here with breads from Brickfields and granola from boutique maker Farmer Jo’s. The…
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I have to admit I have always loved the idea of taps but never really loved the tapas experience (Surry Hills’ Bodega being the exception). That changed when I tried Tapavino. Good sized servings, interesting flavour…
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Chiswick is a superb casual dining venue co-owned by Matt Moran and Peter Sullivan. Beautifully situated in the upscale Sydney suburb of Woollahra, Chiswick’s menu reflects the owners emphasis on great seasonal produce. The iconic restaurant site (formerly…
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Bill Granger’s third Sydney cafe has opened in Bondi adding to a growing international business with cafes in London, Tokyo, Honolulu and Seoul. If you have been to Bills before, you know what to expect;…
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The Cup of Excellence is an annual coffee growers competition held to identify the highest quality coffees produced around the world. It is organised by the Alliance for Coffee Excellence with the winning coffees sold…
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When Brewtown Newtown opened in late 2013, it was the latest addition to the ever increasing list of good and interesting places in Sydney’s Inner West. Making our list of the best 25 experiences of 2013, the seasoned…
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Devon Cafe is a welcome addition to one of the few remaining, (relatively) un-gentrified areas of Surry Hills. Offering an imaginative and pleasingly different menu, Devon Cafe replaces breakfast staples like bacon and eggs with…
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Cornersmith arrived on the Sydney cafe scene with a bang in 2011. Right from the first week, quality ingredients, superior coffee and a relaxed atmosphere meant queues out the door practically every weekend. Over the past…
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Tommy Prosser, head chef at perennial Surry Hills favourite Single Origin Roasters, moved to Australia four years ago from England where he worked at the 1 Michelin starred Gravetye Manor and 3 Michelin starred Waterside Inn….
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55 Riley Street Garage is a very smart looking restaurant and bar from the team behind The Flying Squirrel and The Stuffed Beaver. Headed up by chef Regan Porteous, (Gordon Ramsay’s Maze restaurants), Riley Street Garage is a triumph…
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Bau Truong is a well known Vietnamese restaurant located right in the heart of Cabramatta’s shopping precinct. Serving tasty, fresh meals, the menu list is extensive covering almost ten condensed pages. All five dishes sampled at…
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Fratelli Paradiso’s friendly service, nice atmosphere and wonderful Italian food make this of of our favourite starts to the day. Their breakfast menu is filled with great options for those looking for a break from the dominance…
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Single Origin Roasters have opened a new cafe on an industrial side-street in Botany. The mural as you enter reads ‘Welcome to the mothership’ which is fitting as this is the site of their impressive roasting…
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One of the benefits of being self employed is that every Wednesday I shop at the wonderful farmer’s markets at Fox Studios. Over the past few months, I have been cooking a lot of potatoes—it…
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Kwila cafe, named after a Papua New Guinean tree, is fresh addition to (lower) Foster Street in Surry Hills. Carved into a small ground floor space, owners Vic and Melissa have created a comfortable cafe with…
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