Ben Hansen

Name: Summer Streets
Start: 2022-02-19
End: 2022-02-19
Location: Sydney

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?

Event
Inside the Tide

Fri, 3 Dec 2021 - Sun, 31 Jul 2022
The Calyx, Sydney

Over 20,000 plants have been installed, including one of the largest vertical green walls in the southern hemisphere.

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Guide
The Best New Sydney Spaces of 2021

These are the most stunning buildings and venues to join Sydney's streets this year.

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Guide
The Best New Sydney Restaurants of 2021

From 2021's list of newcomers, these are the places that you need to try — or revisit — as soon as you can.

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Guide
The Best Sydney Events of 2021

These events filled our year with live music, awe-inspiring art and thought-provoking theatre.

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Guide
The Best Sydney Lockdown Pivots of 2021

These takeaway options, pop-up restaurants and virtual music festivals gave Sydney's four-month lockdown a silver lining.

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Restaurant
Shell House

37 Margaret Street, Sydney

Discover a cocktail bar in a clocktower, a ground-floor bistro and a sky-high drinking hole in this historic former hotel.

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Restaurant
Baba's Place

20 Sloane Street, Marrickville

A kaleidoscope of south-west Sydney food and culture inside a Marrickville warehouse.

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News
The Bistrot 916 Team Is Opening Italian Restaurant Pellegrino 2000 in a Century-Old Surry Hills Terrace

Less than a year after Bistrot 916 opened, Dan Pepperell, Andy Tyson and Michael Clift are back with a neighbourhood eatery inspired by the trattorias of Rome and Florence.

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News
Sokyo's Chase Kojima Is Opening an Omakase Ramen Restaurant in Chatswood

Ever-changing set menus spanning up to seven courses will be on offer, with exciting new ramen dishes and cocktails created with PS40's Michael Chiem.

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Event
Shibuya Meltdown Takeover at P&V Paddington

Sun, 12 Dec, 2021
P&V Paddington Wine + Liquor Merchants, Paddington

Sample the latest Harkham Wines Shibuya Meltdown semillon vintage and eat Japanese convenience store-inspired snacks at this all-day Paddington party.

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Event
Bar None at QT

Thu, 2 Dec - Sat, 18 Dec 2021
QT Sydney, Sydney

Sip non-alcoholic espresso martinis, spritzes and Heaps Normal beers at this pop-up booze-free bar.

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News
The Northern Beaches' Luxury Floating Villa Is Reopening with a New Look and On-Board Sauna

Located just off Palm Beach, Lilypad comes with an on-board wine cellar, gourmet meals and your own boat.

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Restaurant
My Mother's Cousin Bexley North

9 Shaw Street, Bexley North

A New York City-style pizza and wing joint in Sydney's south.

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Restaurant
Cash Only Diner

1 Barrack Street, Sydney

From the team behind Burrow Bar, this first-of-its kind Sydney restaurant is serving dishes showcasing the cuisine of regional Vietnamese city, Hue.

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Bar
Apollonia

5–7 Young Street, Sydney

This underground cocktail bar is serving up romantic cocktails and plenty of negronis in the basement of Hinchcliff House.

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Event
Natty Wine Social

Sat, 11 Dec, 2021
Public House Petersham, Petersham

Natural wine producers from Doom Juice, Imbibo and Vinsight will be on hand to guide you through juicy reds and fizzy pét-nats at this inner west party.

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Plant and Sculpture Exhibition 'Inside the Tide' Has Taken Over The Calyx at the Royal Botanic Garden

Over 20,000 plants have been installed, including one of the largest vertical green walls in the southern hemisphere.

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The Cannery Christmas Markets 2021

Sat, 4 Dec - Sun, 5 Dec 2021
The Cannery, Rosebery

Rosebery's food and drink hub is hosting its annual Christmas market complete with gin tastings, Christmas pudding and handmade gifts.

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Tramsheds x Don de L'Amour Christmas Tree Pop-Up 2021

Multiple single dates
Tramsheds Harold Park, Forest Lodge

Fill your home with the smell of fresh pine by picking up a real Christmas tree.

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Bastille Festival French Christmas Market

Fri, 17 Dec - Mon, 20 Dec 2021
Customs House Forecourt, Sydney

This festive French market is offering up an oyster degustation, self-guided wine tours and freshly-cooked crepes.

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