Ben Hansen

Ben Hansen is the Junior Editor at Concrete Playground. Ben is Sydney's biggest advocate — a passionate supporter of the city's hospitality and art scenes. You can catch him sipping a negroni at your local bar, barracking for the Eels at CommBank Stadium or on your radio as host of FBi Radio's Mornings every Wednesday.

Favourite restaurant in Sydney: Baba's Place. Minimal-intervention wines, inventive eats, great tunes, friendly staff and a love for all things suburban, all hidden in a Marrickville warehouse. What more could you want?

Restaurant
Bartiga

Bay Street, Double Bay

Come for a few drinks or settle in for an inventive Southeast Asian feast from an ex-Tetsuya's chef at this Double Bay hot spot.

Book a Table

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News
The Continental Deli Team Is Shaking Things Up on Australia Street with Three New Venues

Porteño Group will open an all-day vegetarian diner, a seafood bar and an Italian bistro, plus a trio of boutique apartments, later this year.

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Event
Public House Petersham's Women in Wine Festival

Sat, 9 Mar, 2024
Public House Petersham, Petersham

Taste your way through drops from women-led producers at this dog-friendly afternoon wine festival.

Buy Tickets

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Pub
The Dry Dock

22 Cameron Street, Balmain

Balmain's The Dry Dock is back over 160 years after it opened — with a classic ground-floor pub, a romantic lounge bar and a cracking 100-seat dining room.

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News
Pantry Story Is the New Parramatta Road Bakery That's Already Garnering Lines Around the Block

You'll find kimchi focaccia, beef brisket hand pies and pandan cookies at this new Stanmore bakery.

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News
Coming Soon: Neptune's Grotto Is the Moody Northern Italian Restaurant That's Opening Underneath Clam Bar

After hosting Taylor Swift at Pellegrino 2000, Dan Pepperell, Mikey Clift and Andy Tyson are opening a fourth playful Sydney venue.

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News
Matkim Is the Tiny Korean Omakase Restaurant Now Open in Circular Quay's Sydney Place

This intimate dining experience serves inventive and artistic Korean dishes to just eight people each night.

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News
Ayrburn Is the Dreamy New Drinking and Dining Destination That's Opened Near Queenstown

Queenstown isn't just a winter destination — and this dining precinct is here to prove that with six stunning venues (and more to come).

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News
Manly's New Small Bar Henry G's Is Here to Level Up the Northern Beaches' Wine and Snack Game

The team behind Donny's Bar has opened a cosy new venue specialising in vino, pintxos and tinned fish.

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News
Inner-City Italian Diner Secolo Has Reopened as a Pop-Up at The Exchange Hotel in Balmain

Secolo is back to revive the Fabbrica Balmain space for a little while before The Exchange Hotel gets a makeover.

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News
Fred again.. Is Performing a Last-Minute Show at the Sydney Opera House Tonight

Fred again.. mania is about to hit Australia again.

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News
Zensi Is the New Luxury Accom and Wellness Retreat That's Opened in the Mudgee Wine Region

This absolutely stunning property in regional NSW is facilitating wine-fuelled group weekends away — and hosts all-inclusive wellness retreats.

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Guide
Eight Unmissable Events to Add to Your Schedule for Mardi Gras 2024

Free dance parties, a side-splitting comedy fest, the southern hemisphere's biggest vogue ball and 'Murder on the Dancefloor' on Bondi Beach — they're all part of the 2024 Mardi Gras lineup.

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Event
Burdekin Rooftop Parade Viewing Party

Sat, 2 Mar, 2024
Burdekin Hotel, Darlinghurst

Beat the crowds and enjoy a two-hour drinks package as you watch the Mardi Gras parade from The Burdekin's Oxford Street rooftop.

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Event
Mardi Gras Laneway

Sun, 3 Mar, 2024
The Beresford, Surry Hills

Cub Sport are headlining this post-parade Sunday sesh taking over The Beresford and the adjoining Hill Street.

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Absolut X

Fri, 23 Feb - Sun, 25 Feb 2024
The House of Music & Booze, St Peters

Absolut is teaming up with Heaps Gay, Angels Only and Xaddy's Door List for a full-venue takeover of The House of Music and Booze.

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Queer Records Pop-Up at Ace Hotel

Sat, 17 Feb, 2024
Good Chemistry, Sydney

Melbourne's Queer Records is popping up at the Ace Hotel's cafe Good Chemistry during Mardi Gras.

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White Bay Power Station's Restoration Is Officially Complete Before It Reopens as an Arts Venue in March

The historic power station will open to visitors for the first time in 40 years as an artistic, cultural and community hub.

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Influential Inner West Cafe Cornersmith Is Closing Down at the End of February

The beloved Annandale cafe is shutting its doors — but the team promises "Cornermsith isn't over!".

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Groovin the Moo Has Cancelled All of Its 2024 Dates, Citing Insufficient Ticket Sales

Big sad news from the beloved touring music festival, which was set to return in April with a lineup featuring GZA, Melanie C, The Kooks and Jet.

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