The lord of handheld lunches is back in South Sydney – with items you won't find at its other shops. Get a whopping schnitzel sanga or a smashed beef burger, plus treats inspired by classic Vietnamese train station bakeries.

Two top chefs have joined forces to open a casual eatery in South Sydney. The red-brick one-stop shop has you covered with vibrant lunchtime salads, deli provisions and the city’s most Instagrammable desserts.

Sammy’s is a hole in the wall cafe perched right on the marina in Avalon’s Careel Bay. It’s family-run and community-focused, with bolognaise jaffles and New York bagels worth driving for.

This sun-soaked eatery at the Andrew (Boy) Charlton Pool is here for the warmer months with a fresh menu, poolside dining and a bottomless brunch package – everything you need for a red-hot day out.

The Love, Tilly Devine team’s bakery has landed in the inner west with masala croissants and metre-long focaccias. You can grab the latter just like they do it in Rome: by the slice and loaded with cold-cuts.

The first dine-in venue from Bondi’s Lox in a Box is serving Sydney’s first bagel high tea. Head to the old old Cornersmith site to try it – or maybe some hot salt beef on rye, or a stellar brisket burrito.

Yet another location for the cult bakery, this time in the heart of town. Come for pizza sandwiches stuffed with porchetta; cheesy cauliflower toasties; and salt and vinegar hash browns with your Reuben Hills coffee.

A neighbourhood corner store where you can add organic soy sauce, fragrant Spanish garlic and Adelaide-grown apples to your basket. But not before you chill on the windowsill seat with a coffee and a slice of the cake of the day.