Katie Spain is an Adelaide-based freelance food and wine writer. She is also a former editor of Broadsheet Adelaide.
Adelaide’s Hottest New Restaurant Is Tiny (and It’s a Home Cook’s Front Room)
09 May 2025
Food & Drink Mini Lokanta is a 10-seat restaurant that’s only open Saturday nights. It serves an eight-course set menu highlighting owners Enver Tuğrul and Gökçe Özbecenes Turkish heritage. Unsurprisingly, bookings are like gold dust.
First Look: After a Century-Long Drought, Prospect Road Finally Has Its Pub
Food & Drink Good community pubs don’t open up every day. Prospect Road has spent more than 100 years without a great pub on the street. But if you ask the trio of owners at the new Prospect Hotel & Cellars, it was well worth the wait.
Nine Years After a Bushfire, Mt Bera Reopens With a Trio of New Offerings
Food & Drink Rising from the ashes of a devastating fire, this is one of the most exciting new cellar doors and restaurants in the state.
Creative Couples: Winemaker Uffe Deichmann and Potter Nicole Deichmann
Home & Lifestyle They met at a Canberra music festival – 12 years later the couple juggles parenting duties while making wine, selling ceramics and thrifting homewares.
An Indigenous Farmer in the Riverland is Shaking Up Cocktail Bitters Using Native Ingredients
Food & Drink Dominic Smith’s trio of Pundi aromatic bitters is flavoured with river mint, finger lime, rosella and quandong.
Six South Australian Producers Making Fortifieds Cool Again
Food & Drink If the mention of fortified wine takes you to straight to Nanna and Pop’s drinks cabinet, you’re not alone, but thanks to these producers, South Australia is having a fortified wine renaissance.
Now Open: Sofia Serves Puffy Pita and Mediterranean Plates All Day, Every Day
Food & Drink Waving goodbye to rushed service and teams scurrying to turn over tables, the new Hutt Street spot from the Part Time Lover crew invites you to settle in with something to sip and snack on and stay put all day.
The Tasting Australia Event Telling Immigrant Stories Through Food
Food & Drink Tasting the World in Charles Sturt provides a window into the lives of Adelaide’s migrants through their kitchens. We sat down with Dam Bui who, during Saturday’s event, will share her story of prison, pirates and the search for perfect pho.
Now Open: New Japanese-Inspired Eatery Yuna Is Serving Some of Adelaide’s Best Comfort Food
Food & Drink The founder of Mile End's Little Canton is serving heartwarming home-style snacks like tamago sandos, Japanese breakfast sets and cold soba noodles alongside specialty coffee, sake and matcha with salted cheese foam.
First Look: Iconic Pizzeria Aces Reopens in Chinatown With a “Yum-Ciao” Menu From Chef Tom Tilbury
Food & Drink Italian-inspired yum cha (complete with tick box menus), shared Italo feasts, a dance floor and plenty of space to play. Seven months after we first told you about it, the new Aces has finally arrived.
Five Minutes With Enrico Sgarbossa, the Italian Chef Bringing Padellino Pizza to South Australia
Food & Drink The Tilbrook Estate pizzaiolo on his journey from Italy to the Adelaide Hills, and the pizza dough that’s set to explode onto the scene.
Now Open: Craft Distillery Blend Etiquette Opens a “Diamond in the Rough” Cellar Door on the Outskirts of Adelaide
Food & Drink With capacity for 130 people, the colourful, accessible oasis by husband-and-wife duo Lindon and Geordan Lark offers free gin tastings, cocktails and a shared menu.
Five Minutes With 90-Year-Old Hospitality Legend Enzo Clappis, Who Helped Pave the Way for Italian Dining in South Australia
Food & Drink The pioneering restaurateur, who introduced squid to many Adelaide diners, still works alongside his son Andy at their eatery Our Place at Willunga Hill. Here Enzo shares memories of arriving in SA in 1951, the mark he made on the local restaurant scene, and introducing pig’s testicles to Premier Don Dunstan.
Somos Wines’s McLaren Vale Cellar Door Opens in a 1920s Homestead
Food & Drink Highlighting the newest label from Ben Caldwell and Mauricio Ruiz Cantu, expect weird and wonderful small-batch, lo-fi wines and a relaxed vibe.
Now Open: Mid-Coast Wine Bar Noori Marks a Modern Chapter for a Historic Fleurieu Town
Food & Drink What was once an early 1900s horse barn and billiard saloon is now serving South Aussie wines, pintxos and cheese toasties with a side of salty sea air. (But the 20-foot well built circa 1914 remains in the middle of the room.)
A Walk Through the 2022 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art
Art & Design A giant chandelier made from fragments of Redfern architecture, a stark white room of lamb carcasses, bottles filled with 1000 messages of hope, and a work that merges ’70s spirituality, the wellness industry and BDSM. Adelaide might be a flurry of festival activity, but this exhibition demands and deserves your attention.
Now Open: See Someone Studio, an Inclusive New Retail Store and Workshop Space in Goodwood
Art & Design From the creator of The Tit Club, expect shelves lined with voluptuous candles, boob pots of all shapes and sizes, and feminist cards and prints. Plus, jewellery, ceramics, plants and more by local creatives.
This Clare Valley Restaurant Is Worth the Drive
Food & Drink Slate at Pikes Wines lured head chef Max Stephenson all the way from Mona.
Beer and Wine Collide With Brash Higgins's New Collab
Food & Drink You’ll have to be quick to get your hands on it though.
Beer and Wine Collide With Wildflower Brewery’s New Collab
The Tiny Suburban Vietnamese Joint Loved by Adelaide Hills Winemakers
Food & Drink Spicy beef soup, crispy chicken wings, charred quail, and now a stellar natural wine list to match.
Seppeltsfield Road Distillers Opens in the Barossa
Food & Drink Another boutique gin distillery joins the flock – and it’s already winning awards.
Cumbia Brings Colombia to Adelaide Central Market
Food & Drink South American breakfast you can slurp, slow-cooked pork and sangria.
Creative Couples: Peter Drew and Julie White
Home & Lifestyle How do you keep a creative marriage inspired? Start a podcast and broadcast the hard stuff.
Coming Soon: New French Eatery Les Deux Coqs
Food & Drink This couple is on a mission to bring the best of French charcuterie to Adelaide Central Market.
A Rooftop Party Dedicated to Rosé
Food & Drink A sommelier’s mission to educate us about what’s in the glass. And party while we’re at it.
Creative Couples: Aaron Schuppan and Hanna Galbraith
Home & Lifestyle The director-actor duo shares how they sustain a film career in Adelaide.
A Sommelier-Focused Dinner Series in the Hills
Food & Drink It’s not every night the somm takes a seat at your table.
Mystery McLaren Vale Dinner
Food & Drink Sew & Sew Secret Dinner Society returns.
A Major Banksy Exhibition Heads to Australia
Art & Design A retrospective of Banksy’s work opens next month – but don’t expect the artist to be happy about it.
A Major Banksy Exhibition Heads to Melbourne
Art & Design This is really big.
Lunch in This Tin Shed Could be the Best Time You Have All Spring
Food & Drink Forage, break bread and drink wine in the overgrown Basket Range.
Gabriel Cole is a Triple Threat
Art & Design The streetwear designer and mural artist is about to compete in the Paralympics.
Osteria Oggi’s Hidden Underground Dining Room
Food & Drink Deep in the cellar, you’ll find the giant Italian T-bone steak.
Now Open: The Uraidla Hotel
Food & Drink The Hills town just keeps getting better.
Granny, Meet Costa
Food & Drink The bearded gardening guru is in town to talk about retro skills.
New Sounds for an Old Room
Entertainment This could be the cheapest night of culture in Adelaide.
Creative Couple: Botanica’s Simon Zappia and Lesley Williams
Home & Lifestyle This design duo brings nature (and childhood memories) indoors.
2KW Hosts the Adelaide Oyster Festival
Food & Drink A rooftop celebration of South Australia’s slimy best.
Quang Nguyen’s Peanut Butter Jelly Panna Cotta Recipe
Food & Drink Make the Devour dessert master’s most popular dish at home.
The Fruitful Pursuit Launches a Deg Series
Food & Drink A night of wine and food with South Australia’s cutting-edge winemakers.
Make-Up Now Comes with Added Mermaids and Rhinestones
Art & Design A night of art, food and wine with Mandy Nash and her live-installation exhibition, Muse.
Pinot Palooza Returns to Perth
Food & Drink A festival dedicated entirely to pinot noir.
Now Open: Crack
Food & Drink A new city brunch spot by The Loose Caboose crew.
Whistle & Flute Now Serves Supper
Food & Drink Another excuse to stay longer.
Australia’s Best New Winery is Officially in SA
Food & Drink Find it in McLaren Vale.
Pinot Palooza Wants to Educate and Lubricate You
Food & Drink A touring festival dedicated to pinot noir kicks off this month. First stop, Adelaide.
See Some Art and (Maybe) Make a Buck
Art & Design Got a hand-me-down from Nana? Antique guru Tim Wonnacott is here to appraise it.
What's the Collective Noun for a Gathering of Sausage Dogs?
Food & Drink It's happening this weekend.
Lots of One-Off Evenings Coming With Winter Reds 2016
Food & Drink The theme is Play With Fire and the Hills are really bringing the cosy.
Paul Baker’s Hiramasa Kingfish Crudo Recipe
Food & Drink Impress dinner guests with a Botanic Gardens Restaurant favourite.
The ASO is Getting Weird and We Like It
Entertainment The ASO wants young folk to try this classical concert with an after-party of art, food and special guests.
Make it Like a Pro
Art & Design A new series of workshops lets you create with artists and designers.
Halal Snack Pack? No, Adelaide’s Version is Called an "AB"
Food & Drink You don't want to know what it stands for. Really.
Food & Drink And two places have been making them for years.
Gold and Ghost Towns Captured Through a Lens
Art & Design FORM Gallery’s new exhibition explores WA’s gold rush past.
Blue-Bird Coffee Lounge’s New Shantytown
Art & Design The secret is out: Adelaide has a new gallery space, concealed behind a wall of vintage speakers.
Hidden Treasures Winter Music Series Returns to Freo
Entertainment A month-long musical history tour, with booze.
Corey Theatre Keeps Traditional Language Alive
Entertainment This young musician is on a mission to stop Indigenous languages fading away.
A Night of Whisky at Sean’s Kitchen
Food & Drink Rare single malts, food and conversation.
Now Open: Hide ’n Seek Thai
Food & Drink Where you’ll find some of the best chicken wings in town.
Coming Soon: City Fashion Hub
Fashion An old city building is now home to new faces in the fashion scene.
Thrift Shop Bar Now Does Brunch
Food & Drink Love a sleep-in? There’s a new late Sunday-breakfast option in town.
Level One’s High-End Steak Dinners
Food & Drink An intimate dinner for people who like their beef rare.
South West Supper Club Announces New Dates
Food & Drink A series of pop-up dinners has followers scrambling to secure a seat.
City Life in Miniature
Art & Design Artist Joshua Smith creates tiny versions of iconic buildings.
Everything’s Coming Up Mushrooms
Food & Drink ‘Tis the season to pick and eat mushies. But which ones are actually edible?
Make It Like Julie White
Fashion Learn the art of textile prints with the nature-inspired designer.
The Coffee Pot’s Ode to Kate Bush
Food & Drink A regular sketching night gives rise to an exhibition devoted to the songstress.
Anthony Breslin: Life, Death and New Beginnings
Art & Design It’s time to say goodbye to a special Melbourne gallery.
Adelaide’s (Not-So Secret) Speak-Easy Bar
Food & Drink A 1920s vibe lies beyond The Barlow Room’s hidden entrance.
National Art Prize Aimed at Emerging Artists
Art & Design A chance for creative cats to win $10K.
Where To Party During Adelaide Cabaret Festival
Food & Drink Life is a cabaret at these saucy joints.
Great Balls of Fire
Food & Drink Duncan Welgemoed from Adelaide’s Africola is coming to Truffle Kerfuffle.
New Bistro-Style Winter Menu for Blackwood
Food & Drink Jock Zonfrillo adds brunch and childhood memories to his Rundle Street joint.
Creative Couples: Ross and Tara McHenry
Home & Lifestyle Having a child made this musical couple more organised.
Mary’s Burgers Hits Adelaide for the First Time
Food & Drink Expect raucous good times when the Sydney burger lords collide with Africola’s Duncan Welgemoed.
Drink and Design During Sea and Vines
Food & Drink Create a wine label over a three-course meal in the Vale.
A Happy Night Out with Musician Dya Singh
Entertainment A gig that promises to be as enlightening as a spiritual holiday abroad.
An Ode to Whisky at Clever Little Tailor
Food & Drink The Peel Street bar celebrates the annual Islay Whisky Festival with a night dedicated to the good stuff.
Learn to Make Gin Like a Pro
Food & Drink Master the art of bootlegging gin with distiller Jon Lark.
Now Open: Nonna Mallozzi
Food & Drink Jock Zonfrillo’s new food truck is inspired by his Italian grandma’s kitchen.
The Cellar Door Sessions at Hither & Yon
Food & Drink More difficult to get into than an extra-small pair of Spanx.
Coming Soon: Lost in a Forest
Food & Drink Organic Brussel-sprout-and-speck pizza, a fire pit and wine you can’t find anywhere else.
Get in First: Dine at The Henry Austin Before it Even Opens
Food & Drink A rare chance to experience the transformation of Chesser Cellars.
One-off Dinner at Alpha Box & Dice
Food & Drink The cellar door hosts a six-course Asian fusion dinner during the June long weekend.
Hains & Co Shares the Whisky Wealth
Food & Drink Drunken socialism allows anyone to try rare spirits without breaking the bank.
Tasting Australia 2016 in Pictures
Food & Drink Did we catch you in the crowd?
A Global Feast of Music Arrives in Adelaide
Food & Drink Craving escapism through world music? You could fork out for a long-haul plane ticket, or you could just go to Nexus Live 2016.
Party Like it’s 1999 at This Prince Tribute
Food & Drink Do it All Night at La Boheme’s non-stop sha boogie bop.
Dinner With a Side of Secrecy
Food & Drink The first rule of Sew & Sew Secret Dinner Society is: keep your mouth shut.
Head to the Hills for Tasting Australia 2016
Food & Drink Get out of Adelaide CBD for the stuff worth writing home about.
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Entertainment We chat to the directors of a new film about a photographer’s life laid bare.
Tasting Australia Made (Slightly) Easier
Food & Drink Giddy with options? We’ve chosen some of the best events in the city.
Who Was Mapplethorpe?
Entertainment A new film about a photographer’s life laid bare.
Devour Dessert Nights Hit Richmond
Food & Drink It’s not every day you get a Macca’s apple pie-inspired dish served up by a master of sweets.
Got a Spare Wall for Artist Tristan Kerr?
Art & Design The clock is ticking for this acclaimed street artist to find some mural space.
Supermild's Second Coming
Food & Drink Seven months after the underground venue closed, the owner says its return is imminent.
An Underground Gig with a Difference
Food & Drink Doing it for the kids. The ASO launches a series of concerts in unique spaces.
Night’s Watch at Abbots and Kinney
Food & Drink It’s all work and no play for bakers focused on making the perfect pastry. We burn the wee hours with one of the best.
Open Bike Night Launches in Bowden
Entertainment Don’t give up on your busted bike. Adelaide Bike Kitchen will do anything to keep you on two wheels, including offering $2 workshops and now live music.
Chew the Fat (and Throw One Back) With a Digger This ANZAC Day
Entertainment A right old knees-up for a good cause.
Magic Object Brings Wunderkammer to the Biennial
Art & Design Bright, bonkers and gloriously weird. Welcome to the 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art.
Crackle & Pop Records Pops Up Again
Fashion The mobile store will be dealing in rare vinyl this Record Store Day.
Dine With Ochota Barrels Rock Star
Food & Drink A small dinner with a big name in wine.
Being The Elephant Man
Entertainment Pilates, not prosthetics, help Robert Bell play one of the most difficult roles in history.
A Renegade Wine Tour Through Uncharted Territory
Food & Drink If you can score a spot, this new tour will take you behind-the-scenes at South Australia’s most cutting-edge wineries.
Joe Noone: Fork on the Road
Food & Drink Each month, Joe Noone pulls together 25 food trucks, thinks up a theme and puts on a festival.
Art For Animals
Art & Design Buy something beautiful for your home and help some animals. It’s that easy at this two-day exhibition.
Whistle & Flute Is Coming
Food & Drink The sound of power tools signals the arrival of a new cafe and bar from an Adelaide dream team - in Unley.
So, You Want to Learn to Screen Print
Art & Design Melbourne’s Home-Work throws some rare workshops at The JamFactory
Maybe Mae and Black Pearl Collide
Food & Drink Your chance to mix with Australia’s cocktail kings.
Gift Shopping Just Got Weird
Fashion The kind of place you go into looking for presents and walk out with an armful of oddities for SELF.
Sights and Sounds of WOMADelaide 2016
Entertainment Did we catch you in the Botanic Park crowd?
Street Artists Jimmy C and Fin DAC Make Their Mark on Adelaide
Art & Design A mural project in Kent Town has brought international art to the ’burbs.
Drink, Eat and Work at DEW
Art & Design A Hindley Street co-working space encourages the perfect, wine-fuelled creative storm.
Everything’s Coming Up Bowie
Art & Design Help Adelaide’s art scene pay homage to the late icon.
You Have Permission to Climb All Over Stonehenge in Botanic Park
Entertainment There’s new reason to bounce during WOMADelaide.
Jock Zonfrillo Opens New Restaurant Blackwood
Food & Drink Out with Street- ADL, in with Orana's new Rundle Street sibling.
This One Time, at Fringe Club
Food & Drink What happens in Fringe Club, stays in Fringe Club. Or does it?
The Secret Lairs of Writers
Art & Design Where and how do Adelaide Writers’ Week authors tackle the page?
No More Festival Club
Food & Drink Why isn’t Adelaide Festival providing a late-night hangout this year?
A Day in the Life of Fringe Performers
Entertainment Getting bums on seats isn’t easy. We found out why.
Where Fringe Performers Eat, Drink and Play
Entertainment Where do festival season regulars hang out when they’re not on stage? They tell us. Happy stalking.
Geometric Sculptures Appear on Rundle Mall
Art & Design Last spotted at Burning Man festival in Nevada, USA.
The Love Lettery Puts (Your) Love on a Page
Art & Design Can’t put feelings into words? Get a stranger to do it for you.
Mr Goodbar Blesses the East End
Food & Drink A soul-inspired joint two-and-a-half years in the making.
