Just when you thought Surry Hills was at capacity with great coffee and interesting bang-for-your-buck food, it’s slapped with another worthy candidate for best new café. Owner Russell Beard, whose other gig is The Source in Mosman, has had his ear to the ground for some time about the state of inner city climes, so...
Author: Melissa Leong (Melissa Leong)
St Ali, Exposed
Are you a keen bean, or just green when it comes to the business of the brew? Coffee nerds and newbies alike will find something new to latch onto at St Ali’s inaugural Coffee Expo. An invitation into the heady, aromatic world of micro roasting and coffee knowledge, the expo’s sessions will leave you buzzed...
Oliver comes to town
There seems to be a trend of the food world’s heavyweights opening restaurants down under – and things aren’t changing anytime soon with the opening of Jamie Oliver’s first Aussie venture on Pitt Street. No, it’s not in Westfield or The Star, but Jamie’s new Italian digs does boast a hefty 190 seats, with local...
New Queen Bee in Darlinghurst
What do you get when you take a well-regarded Sydney chef, a popular neighbourhood restaurant site and add a new venture? Apparently exactly the same thing. This may sound odd, but when the chef in question is Café Sopra’s Andy Bunn, and the new venture promises more of the same tasty, unpretentious and uncomplicated cuisine...
The Bridge Room
What isn’t new these days when it comes to dining and drinking in Sydney? It seems that every week there’s a new bar or restaurant that’s sprouted up in the city or surrounds…some of them better than others. What’s nice about The Bridge Room is that this ain’t no first time venture for either Ross...
Meet Joe Black
While for years, Melbourne might have held the café culture crown, Sydney has well and truly hit back and given our southern sister a run for its money when it comes to the business of the syphon, pour over and other assorted coffee geekery. And who can blame a Melbournite for defecting? After all, we...