This little Korean shop on Enmore Road serves some of the city’s favourite fried chicken.

Vineria Luisa, on Enmore Road, heroes gin, served in whopping goblets with an impressive tonic service. But as is Alessandro Pavoni’s way, the food goes hard too.

The duo behind a cult Sydney food truck have opened a full-service restaurant for their flame-grilled lamb and Wagyu skewers. What else is new? Try an eight-seat chef’s table, and a curated list of wines and high-end French ciders.

Stop by one of Sydney’s only Nigerian restaurants for aromatic goat stew, jollof rice, Nigerian meat pies and a traditional, spicy west Nigerian dish, ofada stew. Best paired with an ice cold Tusker lager.

Oversized New York-Style Pizzas. Order by the slice or walk away with a 22-inch pie.

The pokies are gone and Big Buck Hunter is in. The Duke lives on with local beers, "stiff and strong" cocktails and upscale pub grub – think chicken liver pâté on toast, puffy breads stuffed with mortadella and a fancy steak.

This social enterprise serves soft-shell crab roti-tacos with mango salsa as well as more traditional home-style food, alongside punchy, spice-driven cocktails.

An all-vegan Thai restaurant with “fish” curry and a special take on “Buffalo wings”.

Bright-green felafel, rolls stuffed with charcoal lamb and a Cairo brunch.

Enmore Road’s perennial late-night Pakistani joint. Newtown kids gravitate towards the excellent tandoori, but past midnight, the taxi driver set fuel up with flash-fried Lahore-style curries and stews ordered off the special menu (the staff write it in biro on the back of a docket).

A beloved, family run restaurant in Enmore is doing casual street food just like they would eat at home.

It’s styled after an old-school trattoria, but this enduring eatery serves thoroughly modern interpretations of Italian cuisine – often with native produce. And though the wine list reveres the classics from Piedmont and Tuscany, Australian producers are given equal weighting here. An Enmore classic for a reason.

This moody, Japanese-inspired vinyl bar welcomes all kinds of music fans, from dad rock to hip-hop. Come for Midori-spiked drinks, Wagyu pastrami sangas and vinyl request nights.

The owners of Emma's Snack Bar grew up above the restaurant. Now, they've turned it into Mixed Business – a nostalgia-packed little bar serving Lebanese-leaning dishes from downstairs and retro cocktails.

Silver's is a team-up between PS40's owner and a veteran bartender with a 350-bottle collection of rare whiskies that needed to be displayed (and drunk). It's an Enmore Road essential – even if you're not a whisky person.

There’s Guinness on tap, chablis by the glass and nostalgia for the ’80s at this compact sports bar by the Jacoby’s crew. No matter what team you follow, a fleet of TV screens have every code covered.

The minds behind Jacoby’s, Earl’s Juke Joint and Cliff Dive are behind this boozy bar and band room. Cool off with a Midori Illusion or Negroni slushie, and dance like no one's watching till 3am.

A classic sports pub in the city’s inner-west that revitalises a legendary space for the next generation of Sydney’s drinkers.

This classic, family friendly pub pours local brews and could have the greenest beer garden in the inner west.

Record store by day, bar by night – this New Orleans-style juke joint oozes cool.

Jacoby’s does one thing better than most bars around town: the tiki cocktail, in all its forms. Pina coladas, too. A fit-out inspired by Twin Peaks has the place looking appropriately Lynchian. Red velvet curtains, checkerboard lino and low lighting abound.

A pub, Chinese restaurant and cocktail bar in one. Trust Merivale to be behind this one.

Probably the only place you can get a sake negroni, chicken-skin skewers, a Japanese egg sandwich and a biodynamic Nebbiolo.

New South Wales' oldest running live music venue.

This place aims to empower new plant parents to find joy and confidence in plant care, selling “hard-to-kill” plants like devil’s ivy, heartleaf philodendron, Monstera Deliciosa and the Zanzibar gem. Aside from those low-maintenance varieties, there’s a focus on vivid ceramics – which you can bundle with coffee, chocolates and more as a handsome gift for someone special.

Everything you need for your bike, plus beer and espresso.

Like sitting in the living room of a rather pleasant and interesting coffee fanatic.

The third in a mini-chain of popular Israeli eateries.

This family run gelato bar was crowned the world's best back in 2014. Years on, it's still one of Sydney's best – and most popular – spots for gelato.