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Five Bars to Try in The Rocks

The spirit of small bars and craft beers is making itself felt in Sydney's historic heart.

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Twelve New Restaurants to Try in Sydney Right Now

Here's what's trending among Concrete Playground's hungriest readers.

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Noma is Popping Up in Sydney Next Year

Start saving your pennies now.

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The Ten Best Things Happening in Sydney This Weekend

Whether it's gourmet coffee, old-school hamburgers, indie flicks or the very best Splendour in the Grass sideshows, Concrete Playground has you covered.

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How to Drink Dark Beer

Don't go another day without chocolate beer in your life.

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Durty Nelly's in Paddington has Been Reborn as The Village Inn

Serving up burwiches and stout-braised lamb, this modern establishment pays dues to its past.

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The Best Restaurants in Sydney to Take Your Dad This Father's Day (or Any Day)

Spoil the paternal figure in your life with a memorable Father's Day lunch or dinner at these standout Sydney restaurants, bars and cafes.
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The Best New Restaurants and Bars in Sydney You Need to Visit

Discover your next dining obsession with our cheat sheet to the best new venues in town.
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Where to Find the Best Steak in Sydney

From dry-aged cuts to highly marbled wagyu — we've got no beef with this list of the best places to slice into a juicy, perfectly seared and expertly rested steak.
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The Best Restaurants in Sydney to Take Your Mum This Mother's Day (or Any Day)

Spoil the leading lady in your life with a memorable Mother's Day lunch or dinner at these standout Sydney restaurants, bars and cafes.
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Ten Grown-Up Easter Treats to Hunt Down Around Sydney

Have your very own adult Easter hunt this year, running around the city to find the best hot cross buns and Easter eggs.
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The Best Sydney Restaurants for an Excellent Lunar New Year Feast

These are the best restaurants in Sydney celebrating the Year of the Snake this Lunar New Year.
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The Best Italian Restaurants in Sydney

Find where you'll be carb-loading next in Sydney — whether it's in the form of pasta, pizza or panzanella.
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Where to Find the Best Ice Cream and Gelato in Sydney

Whether you like your scoops creamy, salty, deep-fried or vegan, you can find them here.
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Where to Find the Best Pizza in Sydney

From pepperoni-topped slices to vegan rounds, if it's pizza you're craving, we've got you covered.
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The Most Popular Restaurants in Sydney for 2024

These are the spots you went looking for this year, from dazzling hawker markets to Japanese dining hubs — and lots of pasta, of course.

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Lululemon Is Making Its Own Craft Beer

Warning for yoga geeks: don't throw out your water bottles just yet.

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Uber Is Delivering Gelato Messina to Your Office This Friday

This might be even better than that time they were delivering kittens.

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Paddington's Bellevue Hotel Finds New Life as a Gastropub

Paddo's 135-year-old pub has a fresh new fitout and multi-tiered menu.

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Neil Perry to Open Second Burger Project Store in Parramatta

Parramatta natives will never need to venture far from home again.

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Four Sydney Bars To Try On Hemingway's Birthday

Nobody loved a daiquiri more than Ernest Hemingway.

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Five Places to Try on International Daiquiri Day in Sydney

Raise a toast to the party cocktail invented in a mining town.

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Latest Places

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Flaminia

61 Macquarie Street, Sydney

Giovanni Pilu's long-awaited follow-up to his celebrated Freshwater restaurant celebrates the great port cities of Italy.
Restaurant
Grill Americano

1 Chifley Square, Sydney

Melbourne restaurateur Chris Lucas' celebrated Venetian-inspired steakhouse has landed in a historic Sydney location.
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Manteiga

169 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst

With an ex-Bentley chef at the helm, this Darlinghurst spot puts a fine-dining spin on classic brunch fare.
Restaurant
Rick Stein at Coogee Beach

242 Arden Street, Coogee

The beloved British chef brings his legendary love of seafood to one of the city's most beautiful stretches of sand.
Restaurant
MAGMA by Dany Karam

1 Bartley Street, Canley Vale

The acclaimed chef's long-awaited return brings destination dining to a dramatic, marble-clad space in Sydney's south west.
Restaurant
San Pancho

276-278 Marrickville Road, Marrickville

A Marrickville taqueria that represents Mexico instead of reinventing it.
Restaurant
Hazel Kitchen and Bar

782 Kingsway, Gymea

A Gymea hideaway that specialises in breezy, relaxed feeds no matter where the sun is in the sky.
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Kazzi Beach Greek Bondi

14-16 O'Brien Street, Bondi Beach

The third arm of this Hellenic-style eatery has set up shop on Sydney's most iconic beach.
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Bistro Bondi

17 Warners Avenue, Bondi Beach

This polished bistro from the Lox In a Box crew pairs Euro-leaning plates with a killer 70-bottle wine list in a relaxed neighbourhood setting.
Restaurant
Sketch Manly

19 Pittwater Road, Manly

Hot curries, cold craft beers and a chai-misu, it's all part of the ethos that makes Sketch Manly a Northern Beaches institute.

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Erskineville's Got a New Community-Oriented Pop-Up Eatery

Get a taste of Erskine Villa, the new restaurant the inner west suburb literally asked for.

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Australia's Largest Rum Bar Is Finally Making Its Own Rum

It's about time these guys got on the craft rum bandwagon, they already serve over 400 varieties of the stuff.

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These Hard-Hitting Wine Labels Tell It Like It Is

And you thought the hangover was brutal.

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New York's Famed Secret Cocktail Bar PDT to Pop Up in Australia

If you've heard of the little bar behind the phone booth wall inside the hot dog joint in NYC, this is it.

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Darlinghurst's Lo-Fi to Be Reborn as Cuban Cocktail Joint

Bye bye Lo-Fi, hello Havana-inspired gin den.

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This Sydney Craft Gin Distillery Crowdfunded $20,000 in One Day

Demand is already through the roof for Marrickville newcomers Poor Toms Gin.

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Sydney's Getting a Brand New Weekly Rooftop Party

A Sydney record label doesn't think summer should have all the rooftop fun.

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Kombucha Beer Is on the Way

This healthy bev just became roughly 1000 percent more appealing to most.

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Harris Farm Wants You to Eat the Whole Cow with New 'Curious Cuts' Line

Cheap niche beefy bits, comin' atcha.

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Spam Burgers Have Descended on an Unsuspecting Sydney

They're here.

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Salt Meats Cheese to Open Parramatta Emporium

Alexandria's Italian food emporium is venturing west.

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Allen's Lollies to "Delete" Spearmint Leaves and Green Frogs

The confectionery giant's Party Mix is getting a little less green.

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The Alexandria Hotel Is Facing the Wrecking Ball

The longtime Sydney local is earmarked for demolition.

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Cake Artist Katherine Sabbath Is Hosting the Most Instagrammable High Tea Ever

Charge your phone. This is going to be unfathomably pretty.

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