Snack Bar: Free Pizza at Bella Brutta, Ukrainian Easter Lunch and More Food News This Week

What’s on around town

• Ruschcutters Bay cafe Adhika is now open for dinner. On Mondays and Tuesdays, find a set meal that includes your choice of main, veggies, soup, sides and pickles. From 5.30pm.

• Hit Yulli’s on Sunday April 26 for its next flea market. Shop vintage and secondhand treasures from 10am till 2pm, plus brekkie, baked goods and coffee. 

• Bella Brutta Takeaway is sending out lunchtime margherita pizzas every weekend – on the house. Just nab any four pizzas, and get that cheesy round too.

• A Ukrainian Easter celebration is taking over Kyiv Social on Sunday April 12. Book in for the share-style meal spanning seven dishes (like crispy potato squares, house pickles and a barramundi main), and prepare to decorate your own pysanky (Easter egg).

• Fabbrica Darlinghurst’s seasonal menu arrives with mascarpone-filled pansotti, eggplant parmigiana and $15 BYO if you want to bring a bottle from home.

• Baba’s Place, Sakura House, 40 Res and more are taking over Avia for its next run of guest-chef Sunday lunches. The first kicks off on Sunday May 3, and bookings are encouraged.

• Darlinghurst sando favourite Punpun is no longer – in its place is Monomi. “There’s so much to say about everything, however we favour moving forward with our heads held high & letting the past be,” the team wrote on Instagram. In its new era, the team will serve coffee and baked goods.

• A gelato and wine bonanza is hitting Marani Deli on Sunday April 12. Hit the Newtown spot from 2pm for scoops by Corner 75’s head chef Carley Scheidegger, while Vivant Selections’ Jaymie Wallace pours wine. Plus, there’ll be savoury snacks too.

• Nine inner west breweries are pouring exciting new beers, brewed exclusively on the day after harvest, during this year’s Hop Harvest Fest. Get around the exclusives from April 17 to 24.

• Freda’s returns in the form of a month-long residency in the Ace Hotel lobby. Hit the free parties every Friday in April.

• The Maybe Cocktail Festival is taking over our best bars again, with a week-long party from April 14 to 19. Expect top bartenders from across the globe, from bars like Handshake Speakeasy in Mexico City, Bar Madonna in Brooklyn and Smoke & Bitters in Sri Lanka.

What we covered this week

• First look: at Glebe’s newest bakery, a favourite market croissant finds a permanent home.

• Carbs up: four new bakeries opening soon – including Sydney’s best Portuguese tarts closer to the CBD, a talented pastry chef’s first solo venture and a beachy outpost for fairy bread croissants.

• First look: the Caravin team’s just opened a moody little wine bar just 180 metres away from the OG. It’s now pouring on one of Sydney’s best laneways.

• First look: A top Korean chain debuts in Sydney with the “king of porridges”.

• The Ormeggio team is opening a harbourside pizza joint later this month.

• First look: Martinis reign at Bar Planet’s slick new CBD bar in the old Double Deuce den. Expect a trio of house Martinis, a daily happy hour and a flash new popcorn flavour.

You might’ve missed

• Find generous focaccias and a local hospitality hero at Gladesville’s new Cetto Delicatessen.

• Where Chefs Eat: Porcine’s Nik Hill knows a sushi train with “all the top shit”. Plus, an anchovy-topped snack in Haymarket, a Leichhardt stalwart for dining with a group, and his golden rule for yum cha.

• First look: Sushi Oe’s acclaimed 30-course omakase counter finds a new home in the fish market. There are only eight seats and one service each night – a month of bookings goes in minutes.