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Matinee
Cafe
There are fine-dining chefs in the kitchen, but this colourful inner-west cafe channels Sydney’s classic milk bars.
Redline Taphouse and Kitchen
Restaurant
A park-side location, grits and succotash, and beers from Sydney’s inner west.
5:00pm - 11:00pm
Little Bird
Restaurant
Fly in for juicy soy-lathered chicken and house-made roti.
La Reina
Restaurant
A fast-food spot devoted Venezuelan arepas, or maize pancakes.
Pizzeria da Alfredo
Restaurant
Traditional Neapolitan pizza made by a pedantic master.
Nu Bambu
Restaurant
This pan-Asian menu offers modern dining in an unlikely location.
5:30pm - 11:00pm
Chacha’s Bondi
Shop
In an area where ice-cream competition is stiff this place holds its own.
Four Brave Women
Restaurant
A refugee-run restaurant where you can get Persian food for dinner, Ethiopian for breakfast and something entirely different every eight weeks.
11:30am - 2:30pm
5:30pm - 8:30pm
Kogi
Restaurant
Korean barbeque that’s all about premium meats, side dishes and soju.
Good One Bondi
Cafe
This all-day cafe has a dedicated toast menu and makes in-house almond milk and nut butters.
Joe's Table
Restaurant
Now with a dinner menu featuring smoked coconut ice-cream.
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Hardcore Pies
Cafe
“Proper” London pies served with a spectacular mash and liquor sauce.
Clean Treats Factory
Cafe
Huge serves of colourful plant-based food in a space designed to delight the senses.
Sandoitchi
Cafe
Cheap pork-katsu sangas, “sort-of-poke bowls” and Single-O brews.
Caffeine Cartel
Cafe
A hole-in-the-wall cafe specialising in espresso-yuzu tonics, Greek-style frappes and naked-burrito bowls.
Greek Vegan Bakery Newtown
Cafe
Vegan spanakopita, moussaka with baked eggplants and cinnamon cookies.
Black Label Burger Project
Restaurant
Burger Project's up-makert store with boozy shakes and meatier burgers.
Society Pizza e Pesce
Restaurant
Pizza, seafood and cocktails.
Something for Jess
Cafe
Now under new ownership, but this Chippendale charmer continues to serve as a community hub.
The Orient Hotel
Restaurant
Live music and pub classics in a historic Sydney venue, where punters have been coming for a good time since 1844.
Ron's Upstairs
Bar
Barbequed chooks, vino and fake grape vines from the Arcadia Liquors And Redfern Continental team.
Bar Topa
Bar
A standing-room-only tapas bar with mini cocktails and Spanish snacks.
Paperbark
Restaurant
A plant-based diner from the teams behind Alfie’s Kitchen and Verd, with a menu mixing cuisines, peppered with native Australian ingredients.
Hopper Kadé
Restaurant
This popular market stall’s permanent home is making fans of Sri Lankan food very happy.
5:00pm - 10:00pm
NeNe Chicken
Restaurant
It means “Yes! Yes!” and it’s crisp-battered, often saucy and exactly how they do it in South Korea.
Suburbia
Restaurant
An all-day diner with Venice Beach vibes and killer fried chicken.
5:00pm - 10:00pm
A Loft Story
Shop
A dog-friendly cafe, hairdresser, beauty salon and retail concept rolled into one plant-filled creative space.
The Sambal
Restaurant
Authentic Indonesian food in a low-key atmosphere.
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Malabang
Restaurant
A choose-you-own-hot-pot adventure in World Square.
The Lord Dudley
Restaurant
Family-run and evocative of an olde English-style pub.
Gazebo Aperitivo Bar
Restaurant
At this neighbourhood eatery, it’s always aperitivo hour.
Sandygoodwich
Cafe
Next-level sandwiches made from scratch, including the bread itself.
Archie Brothers Electric Circus
Bar
It’s sensory overload at this Old World arcade with boozy shakes.
Hungry Paulie
Shop
Peppery pork buns and Taiwanese congee with doughnut dipping sticks for breakfast?
Culina
Restaurant
An all-day Mediterranean diner.
12:00pm - 3:00pm
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Maybe Frank Randwick
Restaurant
It has an evolving cocktail menu and pizza like at the Surry Hills original.
Ramen Megumi
Restaurant
Try its take on curry ramen.
Bungalow 8
Restaurant
Decadent seafood platters and DJs spinning until late.
et.al
Restaurant
A casual alleyway eatery, where Impromptu Dining used to be.
5:00pm - 10:00pm
Meni Cafe
Cafe
Busy all week, thanks to its solid menu and design quirks.
Juicy Lucy
Restaurant
There’s udon noodles with miso bolognese, and whisky slushies.
Awafi
Restaurant
One of Sydney’s oldest and best Lebanese charcoal chicken joints.
Calaveras
Restaurant
Traditional Mexican food and not-so-traditional Margaritas.
Toastie Toast Co.
Cafe
Takes comfort eating to its logical conclusion with classic cheese toasties and some more sophisticated options too.
MoshPit
Bar
A ’90s-inspired small bar.
Marta
Restaurant
A bowl of cacio e pepe, a glass of Roman wine and a seat outside in Rushcutter’s Bay.
Stanton & Co.
Restaurant
Modern Australian dining with a Japanese edge.
Fable Coffee Sydney
Cafe
Expect rainbow-coloured brunches and a showcase of NSW produce.
Misfits
Restaurant
A retro restaurant and bar from the team behind The Glenmore.
Cre Asion
Cafe
A tiny macaron and tea specialist.
