15 To Book: The New Sydney Restaurants, Bars and Cafes We Got Excited About in July

• First Look: Lo Presti’s, by two Baba’s Place alums, was 10 years in the making. 

• First Look: there are no bad seats at Aenza, Amuro’s new Japanese wine bar

• Bespoke cocktails, konbini-inspired snacks and a stocked vending machine await at the Tokyo-inspired residency opening today at Sakura House.

• Three Rockpool alums have reunited to open Blue Ribbon Bistro at Leichhardt bowlo. 

• All’Antico Vinaio brings the most famous sandwiches in Italy – and probably the world – to Pitt Street.

• The romantic Trattoria Da Orazio is a homecoming for Orazio D’Elia.

• At Ashe, Khanh Nguyen draws on fire cooking and childhood memories in a 150-dish journey through Vietnam.

• First look: The new Arthur’s is unbuttoned, unbothered and unbudgingly Australian.

• Mecca Coffee’s new flagship is a cave of wonders, carved from Pilbara marble.

• It’s been a long wait, but Joy Korean Fried Chicken is back – with that same scarlet, triple-fried crunch.

• Coco Krok brings one of Thailand’s most popular street foods to Sydney.

• Find glazed nanban chicken buns and a natty fit-out at Sandwhich, an Indonesian sanga spot by a pair of ex-Neptune’s Grotto chefs.

• First-harvest matcha is whisked to order at Ouji, the permanent inner-city spot for a sell-out Kirribilli Markets stall.

• A social media chef is selling his grandma’s brilliant gold-and-red-tinged chilli chutney – and more staples from across the Pacific – at Fiji Pantry.

• An undergrad is scooping Baileys and Aperol Spritz gelato past midnight at Two Spoons.

Closures

• Lottie and Bar Julius in Redfern will close after just 18 months of trade, making way for two new venues from the Apollo Group.