Mammoni is the Italian word for adult men who live at home and are doted on by their mothers, who (for better or worse) demonstrate their love through food. At Bar Mammoni, a pasta bar and deli in Sydney’s Quay Quarter precinct, this is exactly the kind of round-the-clock attention you can expect.

Mornings at Bar Mammoni are all about coffee and pastries, including croissants and more elaborate viennoiseries like passionfruit-cheesecake cruffins. Prefer something savoury? Go for brekkie ciabatta rolls or croissants stuffed with smoked ham and gruyere.

Come lunchtime, it’s all about fresh, hand-rolled pastas like you’d find at next-door sibling, Grana. Think cacio e pepe; trottole with beef ragu; and spinach and ricotta cannelloni. Focaccia sandwiches are also a thing – perhaps filled with Italian cold cuts or roast chook and salad. For a stress-free dinner, Mammoni flaunts fresh pasta (sold by weight), ready-to-heat slabs of lasagne and more to take away.

To drink, there’s a seasonally evolving spritz menu that heroes Australian and Italian spirits. Sicilian-inspired bar Apollonia next door has one of Australia’s largest collections of Italian and Australian amari, and is very generous with the stash.