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The much-loved cake shop is celebrating throughout 2024 with throwbacks to different decades, in addition to the shop’s iconic kooglhoupf and cheesecake made using a 100-year-old recipe.

The Brunswick East brewpub is the latest in a wave of more than a dozen Aussie breweries to shut down in the past 12 months.

Chef Orazio D’Elia is best known for peddling pizzas in Bondi. But he’s just taken sole ownership of his bakery – and he’s got inspiration and energy from a pastry-powered research trip through Italy. And there’s a beachside pop-up, too.

The chef’s been busy readying Postino Osteria to open, and now this: a piazza-style cafe-meets-restaurant for the northern beaches. Expect plates of grilled, fried and baked Italo fare – and Ormeggio’s renowned gelato.

The bright festival is stacked with one-off dining experiences, including a residency from one of South America’s best female chefs and high-profile takeovers of Sydney institutions. And the open-air celebration of all things barbeque is back.

After helping make the Neapolitan pie a mainstay in Sydney, the Via Napoli team is baking up a thinner, crispier style. Head in soon to try crunchy pizzas – including some that nod to classic Roman pastas.