The open kitchen is turning out traditional and fancified Italian dishes, including a selection of pastas extruded in-house daily. Otherwise you can snack on Abruzzese-style crumbed and fried olives stuffed with pork mince.

A pizza and wine bar serving “old-school” pies, rocky-road calzone and $12 Negronis all day every day

With spots right across the country (and in Hong Kong), Sydney-born Messina is Australia’s biggest gelato success story. Visit its first Adelaide outpost for freshly churned scoops, gelato cakes and Italian summer vibes.

Adelaide’s most nomadic cafe is right back where it started, in leafy Kent Town. Come for Industry Beans coffee and brunches worth crossing town for.

Known for its bright brews without a sniff of coffee snobbery, this cafe and espresso bar serves up air-roasted coffee, steering away from traditional brewing methods. Also on the menu are granolas, sandwiches and pastries from Prove Patisserie.

The last miaow of a Kent Town favourite.

A wine bar, bottle shop and cellar door hybrid by SA winery Signature Wines. It's breaking the cellar-door standard with toasties and Allpress Coffee in the morning, then transforming into a sleek wine bar at night.