Café Restaurant Bar Find: Kansas City Shuffle Sydney
With a name inspired by the meta-con of being tricked while being tricked, Kansas City Shuffle surely ought to have some funny business going on. Instead, the refurbished industrial space ”“ a collaboration between owner Ben Sweeten and owner/executive chef Kayne Mordini ”“ has razzle-dazzle of all the right kinds. The space ”“ with past […]
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Sydney Restaurant Find: Mamasan Surry Hills
Two sparks of living, laughing electricity (and that is, to be clear, no exaggeration), owners Gemma Lin and Adam Hunt have infused their bright eclecticness into every possible element of Mamasan Surry Hills (sister to Mamasan Bondi). There’s a strong passion for waste-not-want-not at the restaurant, and the theme runs deep. Hunt and Lin designed […]
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Restaurant Café Find: North Bondi Fish Sydney
Perched on the base of Ramsgate Avenue, opposite the effervescent waves, surfers and other quintessential mainstays of Bondi Beach, is North Bondi Fish. It’s Matt Moran and Peter Sullivan’s seaside spot, pumping out delicate dishes from an incomparable waterfront setting. Minimalist décor lets the ocean do all the talking. While the interior offers a comfortable […]
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Tea Bar Find: The Rabbit Hole Sydney
The Rabbit Hole Organic Tea Bar is the kind of place Alice would’ve loved. Nestled in the rapidly evolving food and culture hub of Redfern, the tea bar is the first of its kind in Sydney. Owners Corinne Smith and Amara Jarratt, also the co-founders of the Sydney Tea Festival, know tea. And the menu […]
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Boutique Hotel & Restaurant Find: Biota Bowral
If you’ve been wanting to head out of Sydney for a day or weekend then Biota may just be the thing. Located around an hour-and-a-half’s drive south of Sydney in the pretty Southern Highlands town of Bowral, it sits some 30km from the east coast of New South Wales. Biota is a dining experience, a […]
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Café Restaurant Find: Devon on Danks Sydney
(Devon on Danks Sydney has been reported closed) There’s something to be said for an eatery whose visual focal point is a sizeable neon sign demanding visitors “Stay curious”. In the constantly diversifying suburb of Waterloo sits Devon on Danks, a café-cum-restaurant that serves dishes influenced by Asian ingredients and constant creativity. Head chef Zacharay […]
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The Curators: Broached Commissions’ Lou Weis on rethinking Australia’s cultural aesthetic
Australia’s aesthetic identity has at times been defined by its imperial British heritage (at best) or an insipid form of exoticism (at worst). More recently, however, the island nation’s isolation from the international design scene has been inspiring a new generation of Australian creatives to use design to delve into Australia’s historical and cultural identity; […]
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Restaurant Find: Riley St Garage Sydney
The team behind Bondi’s “Stuffed Beaver” is all grown up now with its latest restaurant offering, Riley St Garage. Enter a non-descript building off Williams St and into a dimly lit expansive space, which can only be described at industrial-chic. The backdrop consists of stripped-down brick walls, exposed metal beams which hang from the lofty […]
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Restaurant Find: Papi Chulo Sydney
A buzzy, waterside restaurant located on Manly Wharf, Papi Chulo opened in January 2014. Taking over and revamping the space that formerly housed a Chinese restaurant, it stepped up the standard of dining wharf-side in Manly. While Papi Chulo is a large space, a thoughtful approach to design helps to makes it feel intimate. An […]
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Restaurant Find: Bang Sydney
With its blazing neon red light beckoning, this new establishment is impossible to overlook. Bang, recently opened on Crown Street, is a new restaurant serving up Bangladeshi street food on the streets of Sydney. Bang is housed in a high-ceilinged room with exposed brick, timber rafters, and playful details ”“ the dishes are presented in […]
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