Dan Cunningham

Dan is Broadsheet's acting features editor (food & drink).

First Look: Yo-Chi’s New Barangaroo Store Is the Froyo Chain’s “Defining Moment”
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The rapidly expanding chain just opened the country’s biggest frozen yoghurt store, in the site that once held Sydney’s own Noma. Here’s why co-owner Oliver Allis calls it the chain’s “defining moment”.
This Could Be the Best Hospitality Job in the World Right Now
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Bill Granger put avocado toast and Australia’s convivial morning culture on the world map. Now, his partner is looking for a chef to build on that legacy.
Coming Soon: Chinatown Icon Golden Century Will Return Early Next Year
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The Cantonese institution – loved by everyone from chefs and politicians to celebs like Lady Gaga and David Chang – will reopen at Crown Sydney. Plus, we’re getting a new Harbour Bar by Bondi Icebergs.
Omakase at Prefecture 48 Is One of Sydney’s Most Thrilling New Dining Experiences
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Opened last month, this eight-seat counter is led by two of the best sushi chefs in Sydney right now – one of them is a 15-year veteran of a legendary Tokyo institution.
Burnt Ends Is a Book About the Singapore Diner That Took “Australian Barbeque” Global
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The Michelin-starred restaurant has just released a book of stories, recipes and fiery techniques direct from its fire-powered kitchen. If this thing doesn’t make you want to book a trip to Singapore (or ravenous, at least), nothing will.
Snow Egg or Servo Snack? This New Aussie-Made Card Game Is Celebrity Heads for Foodies
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This dinner party winner will have mum or your mates guessing whether they’re a top chef, a bowl of noodles or a spicy Marg. And right now, shipping is free.
Can America’s Favourite Canned Water Crush It in Australia?
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Liquid Death took the states by storm with its punk-rock branding and celebrity endorsements. It’s got high hopes for Down Under, where we have some of the world’s best tap water yet buy more bottled stuff than almost any other country on earth.
First Look: The $16 Egg Sandos at New Darlinghurst Cafe Punpun Are Yum Yum
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The “inner city sando committee” is now in session. Come for next-level versions of the classic Japanese konbini snack, plus specialty coffee by a cult Sydney micro roaster.
Look Good (and Do Good) With Two Good’s New Alemais Collab Collection
22 Jan 2025
Home & Lifestyle The Sydney-based social enterprise and the sustainable Aussie fashion label have launched a range of aprons and linen napkins in time for the festive season. Half of all profits go towards vulnerable women living in crisis.
The Most Influential Restaurants of the Past 15 Years
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Seven of Australia’s best food writers weigh in on the restaurants that changed dining forever.
Just In: Three Australian Bars Have Cracked the World’s 50 Best Bars List for 2024
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Two Melbourne cocktail bars and a list favourite from Sydney have landed in the prestigious annual ranking.
Five Minutes with Felicity Ward on The Office Australia, Food Courts and Cultural Cringe
22 Jan 2025
Entertainment “It was a dream job. But about five minutes after I got the part I was like, ‘I’m going to get fucking dragged by the entire world on the internet for this’.” The energetic comedian leads an ensemble cast in the new Aussie adaptation.
Arrivederci Aperol! This Citrusy Amaro Tonic Is Your Gateway Drug to Aussie Aperitifs
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Two leaders in the thoughtful drinks space have just cracked summer in a can with this crisp and smashable drop. It’s available in bars, restaurants and bottle shops now.
Cya Spicy Margs: Top Bartenders Predict the Drink of Summer 2024/5
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Are daggy liqueurs like Malibu due for a comeback? Will Aussie aperitifs finally get the mainstream recognition they deserve? Or, is it time we tip the whole discussion down the drain? Our team of industry experts call the shots.
We Tried “Australia’s Best Burger” – but Is Someone Telling Whoppers?
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink For the September edition of Burger Royale, one Broadsheet editor dutifully tried The Gidley’s double cheeseburger, recently crowned the king of Aussie burgers by an international guide. Here’s how it stacks up.
Recipe: Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Stracci With Zucchini (and Their Flowers) Is Spring on a Plate
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This pasta recipe from the Melbourne author’s new cookbook, Good Cooking Every Day, is the spring fling you need right now. Picture wide, ragged pasta ribbons folded through a luscious, creamy sauce. Plus, a seasonal moment courtesy of zucchini and their flowers.
First Look: Postino Osteria Brings Venetian Snacks and “Real Deal” Abruzzo Pasta to Summer Hill
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The Ormeggio team’s two-storey Italian stallion opens this Friday inside a heritage former post office. Here’s what to order, according to owner and leading Italian chef Alessandro Pavoni.
Have Our Breweries Finally Grown Up?
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Australia’s indie beer scene has undergone a huge transformation in the last decade. Beer bros and dude food are out, flash fit-outs and chef’s tables are in.
“It Starts at the Farm Level”: How One Australian Coffee Roaster Is Shaping the Future of the Industry
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Broadsheet has followed the Australian specialty coffee scene for more than a decade – but where is the industry going next? Together with Vitasoy, we ask Ona Coffee’s Devin Loong about the state of the industry, and how sustainability is changing the way we think about coffee.
Burger Royale: Hubert’s Normandy Burger Versus Poly’s Beef and Smoked Onion Beast
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink In this new monthly column, we break down not one but two of the city’s finest burgers – and celebrate the merits of each. First up it’s a face-off between two happy-hour heavyweights, with Ester’s sleek wine bar sibling and the magnifique bistrot à la Swillhouse.
Van Bone, One of Tasmania’s Best Regional Restaurants, To Close Before Christmas
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink A major highlight on the east coast’s gourmet trail, Van Bone is calling time and its owners are taking expressions of interest on the fire-powered 20-seater. In the market for a gourmet seachange? This could be your big shot.
The Original Saint Peter Hooked the World – Can the Sequel Reel It In?
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Ahead of the Nilands’ move to the Grand National Hotel, one Broadsheet editor returned to the place where it all began: a marble-clad sliver on Oxford Street where a young Sydney chef’s philosophy on fish changed the culinary world forever.
Planning a Hobart Weekender? Qantas Now Offers Greener (and Less Noisy) Flights From Melbourne
22 Jan 2025
Travel The new Boeing Airbus A220 is 25 per cent more fuel efficient and up to 50 per cent quieter than its predecessor. It’s also upping the ante on comfort – with a more spacious cabin and USB charging in every seat.
The Bear Versus Bennelong: What It’s Really Like Inside an Elite Fine-Dining Kitchen
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Broadsheet was given an exclusive behind-the-scenes look inside Peter Gilmore’s iconic harbourside restaurant. From precision plating to a near catastrophe with dessert, here’s what went down.
This Non-Stick Titanium Pan Is My New Kitchen Ride-or-Die
22 Jan 2025
Home & Lifestyle Our Place has added a new does-it-all pan to the family. This one’s the first to flaunt non-stick technology that’s coating free and made without forever chemicals – and it’s already replaced three battered pans in one Broadsheet editor’s kitchen.
First Look: Get a Marg and a Lag’ at Fortune, Grifter Brewing Co’s New In-House Pizzeria
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The beloved Marrickville brewery is firing “neo-Neapolitan” pizzas to go with your schooner of Serpent’s Kiss or Pink Galah. And for a limited time, it’s offering a free lager with every margherita sold.
The Best Bars, Taverns and Neighbourhood Boozers for a Knock-Off in Sydney
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Tiktok is going ga-ga for splitting the G and, while trends come and go, the after work pint will never be passé. In partnership with Guinness, here are our favourite pubs to split the G in Sydney: from oyster-shucking saloons to topnotch Irish taverns.
Paramount House Rooftop Has a Breezy New Pilates Studio – and We’re Still Feeling the Burn
22 Jan 2025
Active Two Alberto’s Lounge alumni have traded table service for tabletop position and opened one of the best-looking studios in Sydney. It’s right next door to AP Bakery, which means you can burn your buns, then go for buns afterward.
Just In: Multiple Businesses Owned by Chef Shannon Kellam Have Suddenly Closed
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink But keep your reservation to Montrachet. The acclaimed chef’s hospitality group went into voluntary administration earlier this week, with King Street Bakery and two Mica Brasserie locations shutting doors. Here’s what we know.
Just In: Gold Coast’s Black Hops Brewing Saved From Liquidation
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It was set to be the latest indie brewery to tank, after months of scrambling to secure a rescue deal worth more than $7 million. But a group of investor has snapped it up at the 11th hour. Here’s what we know.
Now Open: Korean Department Store Kmall 09 Brings 2000 Square Metres of Seoul to Lidcombe
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The Australia-born retailer’s two-storey complex is a boon for Western Sydney. It’s tipped to be the largest Asian supermarket in Australia, and packs in a fleet of Korean eateries – including the first Aussie location for a popular Korean chain.
“Legit Thought You Were in Japan”: Ramen Auru Lands in Crows Nest
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The Nakano Darling Team’s ramen shop is unlike anything in Sydney – but exactly like one you’d find in Japan. Punch your order into the ticket machine, hit the tatami dining room and hoover your soup at a low table. Tokyo dreams are made of this.
“Murder Your Thirst”: Hyped US Water Brand Liquid Death Lands in Australia
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Gen Z’s fizz of choice has lured everyone from Martha Stewart to Tony Hawk with its killer marketing and sustainability message. Here’s what it is and where to get it.
First Look: Yurippi 2.0 Brings Japanese Skewers to a Three-Storey Hotspot in Crows Nest
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink One of Sydney’s best places to eat yakitori and drink whisky highballs has brand new digs. It’s the first of three new Japanese venues to hit the multi-storey site, from the crew behind Haymarket’s Nakano Darling.
Coming Soon: The Bar Copains Team Is Opening Two (Yes, Two) Venues in an Iconic Surry Hills Space
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Nathan Sasi and Morgan McGlone will open Bessie’s and Alma’s (a restaurant and cocktail bar, respectively) in the old Chef’s Warehouse site on Albion Street later this year. Here’s what we know.
Just In: Former Masterchef Judge George Calombaris To Lead Greek Restaurant Alpha
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Founding chef Peter Conistis is out, and the whole venue – from the interiors to the menu – is getting a refresh. Expect “a lighter, more playful collection of dishes”, cocktails by Maybe Sammy and – if we’re lucky – a new karaoke room.
Snack Shoppe in Bexley North Is the Hot Younger Sibling of Carlton’s Self Raised Bread
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink One of Sydney’s best bakeries now has two retro locations – but this new takeaway window has exclusive items you can’t get at the OG. It’s also serving Self Raised staples, from Boston cream doughnuts to god-tier sandwiches.
There’s a Stacked Music Program for Biennale of Sydney 2024 – Here’s What You Need to See
22 Jan 2025
Entertainment This year’s edition of the biennale, Ten Thousand Suns, will see a Sydney landmark open to the public for the first time in 100 years. In partnership with Biennale of Sydney, here are the live sets by pioneering queer MCs, unapologetic punk bands and boundary-pushing electro-pop acts to see.
Fish Sandwiches Are Hot on Sydney Bar Menus Right Now – Here’s Where To Catch the Best
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink We’re jonesing for fried fillets between soft-white slices, and some of the city’s best chefs have us hook, line and sinker.
Colombo Calling: Seven Reasons Sri Lanka Should Be on Your 2024 Hit List
22 Jan 2025
Travel The Teardrop Isle flaunts palm-studded beaches, spectacular tea country and eight world-heritage sites. Here’s why you should get in before the influencers do.
First Look: Tanuki, A Shapeshifting New Japanese Joint From the Matteo Team, Does the Trick in Double Bay
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Will you perch at the raw bar for sake and flame-grill action? Or will you kick back in the courtyard with a Saketini and a sando, under a decades-old liquidambar? Tough decisions lie ahead at this sleek neighbourhood spot.
“Rip the Lid Off”: Uber Eats Announces $13 Million Partnership With Planet Ark
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The delivery giant has just teamed up with one of the country’s leading environmental organisations to help hospo businesses move to sustainable packaging by 2030. Here’s what it means for restaurants and app users.
Now Open: Maia Specialty Coffee Is The Royal-Blue Neighbourhood Gem Lewisham Needed
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Sit at the suburb’s first filter bar (or at the breezy front window) for house-roasted seasonal blends and single origins. Plus, pastrami-stuffed sandwiches and croque monsieurs smothered in Swiss cheese.
Chip Butty or Salad Sanga? The Soulmate Crew’s New Poolside Canteen Splash Is Bringing Summertime Nostalgia to Petersham
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink We’re calling it: the new tenant at Fanny Durack Aquatic Centre is set to be one of the hottest cafe openings of the year. Go for a post-swim brekkie bowl on the outdoor terrace, or splay out in the park with fish’n’chips, a charcoal-chook roll or a Bubble O’Bill.
First Look: The Trocadero Room in Enmore Feels Like Sydney When Live Music, Daggy Drinks and Dancing Till 3am Was a Religion
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The minds behind Jacoby’s, Earl’s Juke Joint and Cliff Dive have just launched Sydney’s hottest new bar and band room. Cool off with a Midori Illusion or Negroni slushie and get ready for The Magpie – the team’s take on an Aussie sports bar, landing next month.
Chinatown Ramen God Gumshara Has Left the Food Court – But There’s Still Nowhere Else Like It in Sydney
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Mori Higashida’s renowned eatery faced an existential crisis in August. Here’s why it had to leave one of Sydney’s best loved food courts after 14 years, and why it’s still the home of the “most hectic” tonkotsu ramen you’ll find outside of Japan.
Crooked Tune Is the Best Inner-West Distillery You’ve Never Heard Of – Here’s Why
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink While every other distillery in the area is preoccupied with making gin, this Americana-filled bunker is the only place in Sydney solely devoted to traditional American spirits. It also doubles as a speakeasy, with killer cocktails like spicy peach Margaritas and smooth Sazeracs.
Alfie’s, the Latest From the Gidley Crew, Adds More Sizzle to the CBD Steakhouse Scene
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink There’s no velvet or faff at this humming diner. Order a $38 Riverine sirloin steak – butchered and aged in-house – and it’ll be on your table in 15 minutes. The brutalist, art-filled space also packs in a bar with the energy of east London, and serves what might be the coldest Martini in Sydney.
Return of the Sandwich King: Kosta’s Takeaway Opens A New HQ in Rosebery, Its Biggest Shop Yet
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The lord of handheld lunches is back in South Sydney – with menu items you won't find at the Rockdale or Circular Quay shops. Get a monster schnitzel sanga or a smashed beef burger, plus treats like custard tarts in tin foil inspired by classic Sydney Vietnamese bakeries.
“Harden Up”: Nazeem Hussain on Dangerous Comedy, Battling Nerves and Getting With the Times
22 Jan 2025
Entertainment The Melbourne comedian has never been one to shy away from topics many would find off limits. In partnership with The Kraken Black Spiced Rum, he’ll be taking it to the next level for The Darkest Show. We caught up with Hussain to talk TV versus standup, and how far he’s willing to go in the name of a laugh.
A Beloved Inner-West Diner Is Closing After 10 Years – And One Broadsheet Editor Is Gutted
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Sitting in an iconic corner spot built in 1901, Summer Hill destination One Penny Red and its bijou cocktail bar Vernon’s will close at the end of the year. Now’s your last chance to get in for one more spanner crab and sourdough crumpet.
Broadsheet Has Moved to The Commons Co-Working Space in Surry Hills – And We’re Probably Never Leaving
22 Jan 2025
Home & Lifestyle Thanks to a weekly breakfast club, screenings of Alicia Silverstone’s magnum opus in the cinema room, bottomless Froot Loops and more, the Broadsheet Sydney team has become (perhaps a bit too) attached to our new office space on Crown Street.
A Drink With Dan Haggis: The Wombats Drummer on Wine, Wineries and Their Upcoming Performance at Grapevine Gathering
22 Jan 2025
Entertainment The UK indie-rock trio is coming back to Australia to headline Grapevine Gathering – their second stint with the winery-based festival. In partnership with Untitled, we ask drummer Dan Haggis about his favourite wines, as well as what we can expect from their upcoming shows.
L’Enclume For Lunch: What Is A $420 Lunch By A Three-Michelin-Starred Restaurant Really Like Anyway?
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink British paddock-to-plate restaurant L’Enclume swapped the English Lake District for Middle Harbour as part of a sold-out, five-week takeover of Bathers’ Pavilion in Balmoral. One lucky Broadsheet editor got to experience it – here’s what went down.
“A Message Stick to the World”: Celebrity Chef Mark Olive on Midden, a Restaurant Celebrating Native Australian Produce at Sydney Opera House
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink From saltbush to crocodile, Mark Olive has spent more than four decades educating Australians about native ingredients. He’s continuing that mission with a casual all-day diner in one of the world’s most iconic venues.
Coming Soon: Kurumba, a Sri Lankan-Inspired Bar and Diner in Surry Hills From the Family Behind The Fold
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The de Hoedt family (which includes Franca’s executive pastry chef) put crisp egg hoppers, coconut roti and spicy sambol on the Dulwich Hill hit list with their tiny Sri Lankan cafe. The sequel will feature hand-chopped lobster kottu, a dedicated hopper bar, and a treacle-spiked riff on Sri Lanka’s national beer.
My Sydney: Presenter, Author and Musician Linda Marigliano on Tough Love and a Dish “So Good It Should Be Illegal”
22 Jan 2025
Entertainment The LA-based triple threat aches for a Potts Point cafe, loves hopping between Sydney’s many vibrant Chinatown suburbs, and takes time out with sunset strolls at a favourite foreshore spot.
Coming Soon: The Fabbrica Team Is Opening a Sunny Inner-West Sequel to Its Lockdown Bakery and Bread Shop – And It’s Here To Stay
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The 24-seat space will tack onto a huge new Maloneys Grocer – but it won’t be your average supermarket bakery. Come for exceptional sourdough, Roman-style cream buns, sausage rolls stuffed with Tathra Place pork, and specials – like a butter chicken pie – inspired by the head baker’s Indian heritage. Also, a tight booze list for the win.
The Abalone Party Pie Will Lure You To Longshore, A Sustainable Chippendale Diner From The Duo Behind Hartsyard
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Jarrod Walsh and Dot Lee’s new, coastal-inspired spot inside the old Automata space is all about the repeat visit. Your encounter might involve grilled octopus skewers lashed with smoky soy, sand whiting bathed in XO pipi butter, or a freewheeling 10-course snack flight.
First Look: Padre Coffee Hits Paddington’s Five Ways – With Self-Serve Taps, Portuguese Tarts And A Limited-Edition Brew That Smacks Of Cherry Cola
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Inside a former dress shop, the Melbourne-born roaster has made its NSW debut with a multi-purpose concept store packing everything you need to lift your coffee game at home. Enhance your daily ritual with creamy pastel de nata by Tuga, flaky pastries by Staple Bread and cult-status cookies by a top Sydney pastry chef.
Federico Zanellato and Karl Firla Have Called Curtains on Theatrical Fine Diner Ele
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink “Following a challenging year for the hospitality industry and the nation-wide pressures on cost-of-living expenses, Federico, Karl and the team at The Star have made the tough decision to close.”
Just In: Automata’s Clayton Wells Appointed Creative Culinary Director at Public Hospitality, the Group That Just Snapped Up Maybe Sammy
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink As well as leading his eponymous diner at the AGNSW, the former Automata head chef will provide creative vision and menu development to the group’s ballooning portfolio – including an unnamed hotel opening in Bondi later this year.
Tchaikovsky, Cheese and a High-Concept Hotel: A Whirlwind Guide to a Stay on the Hobart Waterfront
22 Jan 2025
Travel The stretch between Battery Point and Hunter Street Wharf is littered with world-class dining, art galleries and heritage hotspots. In partnership with MACq 01 Hotel, here’s our guide to get the most out of a weekend on foot in the city’s cultural heart.
First Look: Pizza by the Slice Is Having a Moment at Oti, Merivale’s New Takeaway Joint in Sydney’s CBD
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink There’s no physical menu and no dine-in space – but the lines are already out the door for chunky slabs of Roman-style pizza, and thin-and-crispy schiacciata sandwiches laden with sliced-to-order cold-cuts.
Coming Soon: A Sleek Cafe and Concept Store From Padre, One of Melbourne’s Favourite Coffee Roasters
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s the roaster’s first foray into NSW – and it’s pulling out all the stops with a cafe and coffee education space at Paddington’s Five Ways. There’ll also be a retail section stocked with the brand’s signature roasts, and brew gear to take your at-home coffee game to the next level.
South Sydney Sandwich King, Kosta’s Takeaway, Just Opened a Second Shop in Circular Quay (With an Ester Chef on Board)
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The team that turned heads for selling “classic, not basic” two-handers next to a Rockdale panelbeater is bringing its whopping chicken schnitzel and deli sangas to the city. Plus, exclusives including a fried-to-order fish number, taramasalata toast, and grab-and-go options including finger sandwiches and sausage-and-egg muffins.
Just In: Shane Delia’s Premium Meal Delivery Platform Providoor Is Closing
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink “We went through a really pressured process to find a new home for Providoor. But in this market where everything is imploding and delivery platforms are looking like risky business, we couldn’t find one for it in time.”
It’s Always Sunny at Huelo, a Hidden Newtown Cocktail Den (With “Miami Tropical Glam” Drinks) and General Store by Two Hospo Heroes
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The team behind CBD bars Old Mate’s Place and Ginny’s Canoe Club has landed on King Street – with artisan pantry goods, ceramics and deli plates in the shop up front; and fun, ’80s-inspired drinks in the tiny 12-seat bar out back. Plus, $2 oysters and half-price champagne magnums five nights a week.
The Love Tilly Group Unlocks the Next Level With Palazzo Salato, a Grand Neighbourhood Trattoria in a Heritage CBD Building
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The team behind Ragazzi just opened its dream Italian joint – with a walk-in bar area and a beautiful art-filled dining room spanning 120 seats. Slide into a velvet-and-leather booth for a plate of spaghetti alla chitarra crowned with egg yolk, and a choice of 600 wines from Italy and beyond.
Beloved Petersham Boozer The Oxford Tavern Is Closing
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Operators Odd Culture group made the shock announcement earlier today: “We’re proud of everything we’ve put into the Tav. It’s been a wild ride, but the time has come to end this chapter.”
My Melbourne: Punk Band These New South Whales Say Yes to Winter, Plaza-Core Burmese Joints and the City’s Vibrant Music Scene
22 Jan 2025
Entertainment Ahead of a national tour behind their new self-titled album, These New South Whales guitarist Todd Andrews and drummer Frank Sweet riff on global food faves, where to drink pints and why the CBD, Dandenong and Docklands rule.
Hedonistic Slices, Forbidden Garlic Bread and Aural Pleasure Align at City Oltra, Central Station’s Good-Vibes Pizza Bar
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Two gun pizzaiolos have teamed up with inner-west distillery Poor Toms to create the ultimate inner-city hangout – with not-quite-New York pizzas, chunky square pies, plates of gabagool and a riff on a legendary Perth sandwich. But it’s here for a good time, not a long time.
Details Are Everything at Self Raised Bread Shoppe, a Powerhouse Bakery With Five-Star Sangas and South Sydney Pride
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The team behind Bexley North pizzeria My Mother’s Cousin is going back to basics – with sourdough, focaccia and NYC-inspired sandwiches with cross-section charisma. You can also stop in for cracking croissants, hard-to-find kouign-amanns and fruit-filled tarts by an ex-Flour and Stone and Cornersmith pastry team.
Messy Spoon Is a Tiny Gluten-Free Bakery in Surry Hills by a Former Jamie’s Italian Chef
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Rock up to the takeaway window for thick, toasted slices of banana and buckwheat bread; bliss balls; and gut-friendly loaves made with sprouted Tassie quinoa, sweet potato and chilli. Everything on the menu is gluten-free, refined sugar-free and vegan-friendly.
No Diving: Classic Chippendale Pub The Lansdowne Hotel Reveals Its Splashy New Rooftop Bar
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Climb the stairs and be rewarded with an inner-city oasis sporting laid-back pool club energy. Also, natty wines by Doom Juice, rotating beer taps, and a menu stacked with crowd-pleasers. Think milk-bun burgers, grilled chicken gyros and “rockabilly” Hawaiian pizzas served till late.
First Look: A Former Gumshara and Yasaka Chef Is Making “Ramen With Soul” at a Tiny North Sydney Cafe
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink At the Coffee Shop x Sou Ramen Lab is serving bowls of flat noodles bathing in chicken broth simmered for 20 hours, plus rotating specials such as tsukemen (dipping noodles), from breakfast till close. You can also get classic Japanese curries, sandos and coffee brewed with Colombian beans.
Newcastle’s Vera Wine Stocks Local Vino You Won’t Find Anywhere Else in the City
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink At their bright new Beaumont Street shop, a husband and wife who’ve worked in some of the country’s best wine venues are sharing crisp whites and crunchy reds inspired by the coast. And, curiously, Hunter Valley vinos that were once unavailable in Newcastle despite the wine region being just 60 minutes’ drive away.
Creative Couples: Boy & Bear Frontman David Hosking and Film Director Taylor Ferguson
22 Jan 2025
Home & Lifestyle He’s in one of the most successful Australian bands of the last decade, she’s an emerging film writer-director with a stacked acting resume. From their bright inner-west home in Sydney, they share how a newfound creative partnership brought them closer together.
In a Low-Key Marrickville Warehouse, Mixtape Brewing and Bar Is Hitting All the Right Notes
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It has 18 taps pouring a who’s who of indie craft beer, 50-plus natural wines and plenty of whisky. To eat, it’s drinking food’s greatest hits: kimchi dumplings, buffalo chicken wings and pizza. Plus, Milo over vanilla ice-cream for dessert.
First Look: Fiore Bread, a Tiny Italian-Style Bakery With Primo Sourdough and Sangas, Opens in McMahons Point
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink An Iggy’s alumnus is handcrafting rustic spelt, olive and pecan-walnut breads in a gorgeous terrazzo-tiled space. You can also grab mortadella-filled focaccia sangas, Mecca coffee and specialty pantry goods to go.
How One of the World’s Greatest Chefs, Massimo Bottura, and Ozharvest Came To Open Refettorio, a Community Kitchen in Surry Hills
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s an Australian first, where ingredients rescued by Ozharvest are transformed into gourmet lunches for those experiencing food insecurity. “It is so much more than feeding people … what we’re hoping the Refettorio will offer is dignity,” says Ronni Kahn.
New Rushcutters Bay Ramen Joint Bones Ramen Is Tiny – But Its Noodle Soups Pack a Huge Punch
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink From the petite open kitchen, an ex-Rising Sun chef is going the whole hog with barrel-aged tares, unctuous overnight broths and show-stopping snacks. Think lacto-fermented pickles, brioche prawn toast and fried Bannockburn chooks with yuzu mayo.
New Pyrmont Cafe the Goodsline – From a Co-Founder of the Grounds – Is On Track To Become a Local Favourite
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Fuel up on a menu of mod-Oz fare, plus coffee by The Grounds and a booze selection that’s both eco-friendly and return-to-work ready.
Where to Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2021 in Sydney
22 Jan 2025
Entertainment See out the weirdness of this year in style, with large-scale celebrations taking over the city’s restaurants, gardens and islands.
Never Never Distilling Co and Melbourne’s Society Have Created an Oyster Shell Gin – And It’s a Real Pearler
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The South Australian distillery’s zesty gin – one of Australia’s first made with oyster shells – was created to complement the fine-diner’s seafood dishes. With shells from Kangaroo Island, and mixed with native coastal botanicals, it goes well in a bone-dry Martini and with a freshly shucked oyster on the side.
After Nearly 20 Years on Marrickville’s Addison Road, Inner-West Institution Coffee Alchemy Has Moved
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink In very Sydney style, its original space – occupied for two decades by the hugely respected cafe and roastery – will be demolished to make way for apartments.
It’s Fermentation, Wild Ales and European-Style All-Day Dining at Odd Culture, a Vast New Bar in Newtown
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink From the group behind the Old Fitz and Oxford Tavern, it’s got a dizzying list of funky farmhouse ales, ciders and natural wines, plus an all-day menu by a formidable kitchen team. And it’s a far cry from its former life as locally loved Chinese eatery Happy Chef.
Inside a Ceramicist’s Airy Apartment on Gertrude Street (That You Can Stay In)
22 Jan 2025
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First Look: Philter Opens Marrickville Springs, a Rooftop Bar Above Its Warehouse Brewery
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It looks like Palm Springs sprouted in the inner west: pastel hues, white breezeblocks, and swaying greenery beneath the infamous Marrickville flight path. It’s serving Jacoby’s cocktails, Aussie wines, and frozen beer slushies alongside Philter’s very best brews.
Comedian Dan Ilic Is Crowdfunding Billboards To Shame Australia for Its Inaction on Climate Change
22 Jan 2025
City File The host of A Rational Fear has lined up billboards in Glasgow and New York’s Times Square, plus a handful in regional Australia – including Barnaby Joyce’s electorate. He’ll also pour leftover campaign donations into “Jokekeeper”, a slush-fund for more shame-inducing creative content ahead of the federal election.
Now Open: Kosta’s Takeaway, a Canteen-Style Sandwich Shop Next to a Rockdale Smash-Repairs Workshop
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The “no bullshit” sandwich deli is doing a cold-cut layered “Super Deli” panini, a cracking chicken-schnitty roll and a spectacular salad sanga. Plus, a “VIP” deli selection of house pickles and ferments, Veneziano coffee, and fresh-as watermelon juice served with haloumi.
What to Eat, Drink and Do in North Sydney
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The postcode synonymous with white-collar hustle and bustle, is enjoying a street-level makeover. In partnership with Stockland, we highlight some of the best things to eat, drink and do over the bridge.
Top Spots (With Plenty of Space) for Picnicking Across Sydney
22 Jan 2025
Active Make social distancing a cinch with sprawling parks around the city. Hop among the cascades of an inner-west oasis, find a shady spot beneath towering blue gums, and hang lagoon-side at a northern beaches favourite.
Streets of Your Town: This Sydney Runner Has Pounded Every Pavement in the Inner West
22 Jan 2025
Active Pedro Queiroz, a data analyst from Summer Hill, has a years-long project “street collecting” the area’s best running spots. It’s the lockdown fitness inspo we could all use right now.
Future-Proof: Australia’s First Carbon-Neutral Whisky Is in the Works at an Off-Grid Distillery in Kinglake, Victoria
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Designed to take advantage of its rugged bush surrounds, it’ll combine offsets and sustainable practices to neutralise its carbon footprint before the end of the year. Which makes these smoky, wild-fermented drams one of a kind.
Archie Rose and Coffee Giant St Ali’s New Booze Collab Is An Unholy Yet Delicious Mashup Of Whisky And Coffee
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s got big flavours of aromatic fruit and chocolate courtesy of two espresso blends and six different types of malted barley. Drink it over a big old rock of ice or in a Boulevardier cocktail, like a coffee-spiked Negroni.
Next Level Clinic in Sydney CBD Offers the World’s Best Tattoo-Removal Technology in Luxe Surrounds
22 Jan 2025
Fashion Have your past bad choices erased – but not before you sip on a collagen-boosting elixir and enjoy a relaxing neck massage and LED facial.
Chaco Bar’s Keita Abe Brings Theatrical Flair to Haco, an Opulent 12-Seat Omakase Devoted to the Deep-Fry
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Sit at the enormous American-walnut bar and eat 20 courses of tempura and Osaka-style kushiage skewers.
Bucketty’s is a Glowing Warehouse Brewery and Bar in Brookvale Where the Drinks Go Down Easy
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Plus, a food truck serving burgers. It has a paddock-to-pint ethos and makes beers with hops grown on the owners’ Hunter Valley farm.
A Former Greek Macedonian Community Club in Marrickville Has Been Converted Into the Great Club, a Live-Music Venue and Bar With Big Greek Energy
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It had been empty for almost two years when a pair of music-industry veterans took it over. Now it’s devoted to live music, and there’s a menu of Australiana-inspired cocktails and a local chef turning out an ever-changing menu of Greek hits, where the only rules are “freshness and salt”.
Malo’s Mill In Pyrmont Is a “Daily Cafe” by the Team Behind Edition Coffee Roasters
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink On one of the best-looking streets in the inner-city it’s pairing Textbook Patisserie pastries and curry toasties with omni-roasted coffee.
Grab a Slice of New York-Style Pizza (With Just the Right Amount of “Flop”) in Sydney From Frankie’s New Menu
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Ex-Hubert and Alberto’s Lounge chef Dan Pepperell ate pizza every day for 12 days in New York. Now, he’s pepped up the bar’s menu with a pepperoni pie drizzled with hot honey; a Texan number with jalapeno, roasted corn, ricotta, chilli powder, garlic and lime; and many more.
Where Sydney Chefs Eat Fish’n’Chips
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink We’ve asked some of the best tastebuds in the business – including Lankan Filling Station’s O Tama Carey, Pilu’s Mitch Orr and Flour and Stone’s Nadine Ingram – where they get their fish’n’chip fix.
Coming Soon to Bondi: Fish Shop, a Modern Take on a Classic Fish’n’ Chip Spot, From the Team Behind Fishbowl
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’ll be a choose-your-own-adventure by the sea: pair market-fresh fish with seasonal salads, sides and sauces, as well as cocktails (starting at $12) and natural wine, to dine in or take away.
The Enmore Hotel Is a ’70s-Style Boozer in the Former Sly Fox Space, With Pool and Pies Until 3am
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Old-school inner-west pub culture has been propelled into the 21st century. There’s now craft beer sitting alongside Reschs and Tooheys Old, and plans to restore the pub’s upstairs accommodation.
First Look: The Duke of Enmore Has Reopened Yet Again, This Time Thanks to the Team Behind The Oxford Tavern and The Taphouse
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The pokies are gone and Big Buck Hunter is in. The Duke is back with a new look, vegan pub grub and a Sunday roast just like nan’s.
Now Open: Juan Montago, a Latin-American Restaurant Inside a Woolloomooloo Sandwich Shop
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Feast on ceviche and golden empanadas and sip Pisco Sours on a culinary tour of Colombia.
Smoke on the Water: Neutral Bay American Barbeque Joint Smoky Sue’s Heads South to Maroubra
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The game-changing smokehouse has moved, but it continues to dish up platters of brisket, pulled pork slathered in sticky sauce, and Southern fried buttermilk chicken.
First Look: The Sunshine Inn and DD’s, a Sultry Two-Part Venue in Redfern From the Golden Gully Team
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink In the old Redfern Continental space, find a breezy front bar serving casual day-to-night bites and an intimate back room with a fancy-yet-accessible diner. The kitchen follows a minimum-waste ethos, and you can get Australiana cocktails and $39 three-course meals.
WA’s Gage Roads Opens Atomic Beer Project – a One-of-a-Kind Craft Brewery and Pan-Asian Restaurant (With a Co-Working Space) – in Redfern
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink There are beers poured straight from the tanks; an ex-Longrain chef doing banh-mi-style croissants and barbequed chook; plus breakfast and Mecca coffee in the mornings.
First Look: Ezra Is a New Potts Point Restaurant and Bar Inspired by the Cosmopolitan Dining Scene of Tel Aviv
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Former Paper Bird and Moon Park chef Ben Sears is in the kitchen, plating up next-level hummus, whole flatheads marinated in chickpea miso and baklava ice-cream sandwiches.
Hopsters, Australia’s First Cooperative Brewery, Is Now Open in a Former Enmore Road Fruit Shop
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s pouring its own creations, as well as beers from independent brewers. And co-op members get discounts, homebrew classes and even a cut of the profits (if there’s enough to go around).
Imbibe in Isolation – These Sydney Bars Are Now Delivering Cocktails, Wine and Booze Packs to Your Door
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Get a Margarita in a can by Earls Juke Joint, a Breakfast Negroni by PS40, a pre-batched classic with native ingredients from Golden Gully, and a Tom Collins approved by Japanese bartending royalty. Plus survival kits with a half-litre of hooch and a cheese selection by Dulcie’s.
First Look: The RaRa Ramen Team Brings Us Lonely Mouth, a Tiny Plant-Based Joint in Newtown
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Lonely Mouth takes its name from a Japanese word that roughly means the longing to put something in your mouth, even if you’re not hungry. Its tasty, unctuous and rich ramens and izakaya-style snacks will inspire your inner lonely mouth.
First Look: Nashville and New Orleans Meet at Fortunate Son, a New Bar in Enmore by Two Industry Legends
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This tiny Enmore bar is serving old-school cocktails, American hotdogs and champagne by the glass.
First Look: A Sydney Coffee Roaster Opens a Cafe in a Former Chocolate Factory With a Blinging, Gold-Wrapped Espresso Machine
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Savour artisanal brews and vegetables on toast at this Chippendale warehouse, where old and new collide.
Most of Sydney’s Lockout Laws Will Be Scrapped Today. Here’s What That Means for You (and Where to Party).
22 Jan 2025
City File From shots after midnight to visiting the bottle-o in the wee hours, our city’s nightlife will change dramatically on January 14.
Donate to Gelato Messina's Bushfire Appeal and You Could Win Free Ice-Cream for a Year
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink And a gelato cake on your birthday. Here’s the scoop.
Northern Beaches Icon Harbord Beach Hotel Has Changed Hands for the First Time in 42 Years
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It’s the first new owner in four decades.
TheFork Festival Returns: Get 50 Per Cent Off Your Food Bill at Sydney Restaurants
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink More than 250 venues have signed up so far.
Now Open: 12 Taps, a Craft-Beer Bar In Glebe all About Emerging Regional and Independent Brewers
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink This neighbourhood bar might appeal to the beer-nerd set, but its sunlit backyard beer garden is also good for locals and families.
Where to Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2019 in Sydney
22 Jan 2025
Entertainment Whether you love or loathe the fireworks, want to party hard or just enjoy a civilised dinner, we’ve got an event for you.
The Lineup: A New Free Gig Guide Devoted to Sydney’s Inner West
22 Jan 2025
City File It’s got up-to-date listings of every gig happening, curated by FBi Radio.
Moonlight Cinema Has Announced Its Ripper 2019–2020 Program
22 Jan 2025
Entertainment The big screen under the stars returns with Joker, a slew of Christmas flicks and forever classic The Addams Family.
Snack Time: Sydney’s Latest in Food – November 4, 2019
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink All you need to know, in news as brief as a tweet.
Snack Time: Sydney’s Latest in Food – October 28, 2019
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink All you need to know, in news as brief as a tweet.
Seven New Train Stations Have Been Announced for the Sydney Metro West
22 Jan 2025
City File You’ll be able to get from Sydney to Parramatta in around 20 minutes.
Unico Zelo’s New Mandarin Liqueur Uses Imperfect Fruit to Make the Perfect Spritz Ingredient
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink It saves rejected produce from landfill and benefits growers in the process.
Ikea’s New Furniture Buyback Scheme Will Save Your Old Malm Drawers From Landfill
22 Jan 2025
City File Get rid of your old pieces, score a voucher for something new and help save around 15,000 items from Australian tips each year.
Now Open: Kurumac Cafe, Serving Japanese Breakfast Classics in Marrickville
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink Kirribilli’s Cool Mac crew brings cod roe melts and soba noodles to the inner west.
Just Announced: Sydney Will Host the Global Bartender of the Year Finals in 2020
22 Jan 2025
Food & Drink The world’s best bartenders will battle it out in Sydney over a week of festivities and competition.

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