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NewsJohnny Lobster Is Doing All-You-Can-Eat Fried Chicken
Your personal trainer is going to have their work cut out for them after this.
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NewsTake a Peek Inside Fried Chicken & Friends: The Hartsyard Family Cookbook
Create oyster po' boys, hushpuppies and that famous fried chicken at home.
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NewsBondi's Porch and Parlour Has Expanded Next Door
Bondi's home of the Breaky Bowl finally has more seats.
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NewsLotus Dumpling Bar Opens in Sydney CBD
Get fancy (and Instagrammable) with a Lotus dumpling high tea.
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GuideFamous Sydney Takeaway Spots to Try Right Now (and What to Order)
Sydney’s food scene has a short attention span — until it finds something really good. These are the takeaway spots that have inspired queues, Instagram posts and repeat visits.
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GuideHonda ZR-V-Approved: The Honda Team's Favourite Spots
The Honda team's own picks across Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne: the spots they keep going back to and would probably take you to themselves.
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GuideX-Factor Venues Made to Impress Even the Most Jaded Out-of-Towners
Restaurants and bars across Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide worth showing off to the friend you've been trying to talk into moving closer.
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GuideSunset Picnic Spots to Stake Out and Claim Early Before the Crowd
Picnic grounds across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with room to spread a blanket, crack open a bottle and settle in just as the sky turns pink.
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GuideRoad Trips Just Outside of Town to Fill an Entire Day Out
Nine day trips close enough to squeeze in before dinner, from high tea in a 1904 hydropathic retreat to a solar-powered treetop park in the Otways.
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GuideQuick Lunch Spots to Get You Out of the Office and Back Fast
Nine lunch spots fast enough to squeeze in between meetings, from a Florence import with a queue out front to a dumpling bar that plates in minutes.
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GuidePubs to Settle Into and See Out a Long and Lazy Sunday Session
Twelve pubs made for a lazy weekend sesh with mates — a beer garden to claim, a few pints to work through, and nowhere else you need to be.
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GuideOpen-Flame Restaurants That Cook With Fire and Smoke
The restaurants across Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide where coal, ironbark and open flame do all the cooking instead of a gas line.
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GuideNeighbourhood Restaurants the Locals Try Hard to Keep Secret
Nine neighbourhood restaurants locals would rather you didn't find out about, from a Collingwood taverna with no menu to a Paddington bistro carving duck tableside.
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GuideMarkets Where You Can Do Your Whole Weekly Food Shop in One Go
The produce markets across Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane where one lap of the stalls sorts out the week's shopping, coffee in hand.
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NewsMike McEnearney Named Creative Director of Carriageworks Farmers Markets
Redfern's hub of artisanal, biodynamic and organic produce is on its way to London’s Borough Markets-level.
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GuideTwelve New Bars in Sydney You Need To Try Right Now
When it comes to buzz-worthy new bars, Sydney's cup runeth over.
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GuideThe Ten Best Things Happening in Sydney This Weekend
Everything that’s fit to see and do in Sydney this weekend.
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NewsNeil Perry Announces Plans for Five New Burger Project Locations
The Rockpool executive chef is bringing his burgers down south.
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CafeSonoma Bakery Rose Bay
779 Shop 1 New South Head Road, Rose Bay
Rose Bay's magnificent corner bakery reopens after a refurbishment making it even lighter, brighter and more welcoming.
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CafePapi's Birria Tacos
20 Smidmore Street, Marrickville
This cult Mexican taco truck has gone permanent, trading wheels for walls, and the consommé is worth the trip alone.
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CafeBottom of the Harbour Seafoods
21 The Esplanade, Mosman
A family-run fish and chip shop that's been feeding Balmoral Beach locals since 1989.
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CafeSalumerie Bondi
75-79 Hall Street, Bondi Beach
Salumerie's fourth outpost brings Neapolitan deli energy — and laneway aperitivo sessions — to Bondi.
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CafeTOUCH WOOD
1B Bridge Road, Glebe
Sydney Fish Market's sun-washed all-day spot reimagines brunch classics with a seafood focus.
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CafeHippo Espresso
468 The Esplanade, Warners Bay
One of the most beloved cafes in the state can be found in Warners Bay.
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BarKahii Kissaten
364 Kent Street, Sydney
Start your day with matcha and croissants and end it with wine and oysters — all at this inner-city spot.
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BarThe Old Rosebud
654 Darling Street, Rozelle
Stop in for your morning flat white or arvo takeaway wrap before a walk along the harbour.
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CafeSplash Coffee
2A Station Street, Petersham
The Soulmate team has reinvented the pool canteen with this nostalgic cafe right by Petersham Park and the Fanny Durack Aquatic Centre.
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NewsMelbourne's Nutella Obsession Causes Australia-Wide Shortage, Chaos Ensues
Melbourne, you big ol' hazelnuts.
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NewsMillers Point's Historic Palisade Hotel Is Open for Business
This 100-year-old Sydney gem's ground floor bar has reopened.
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NewsHeston Blumenthal's Dinner to Replace The Fat Duck in Melbourne
Farewell snail porridge, hello meat fruit.
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NewsThe Grounds of Alexandria to Open New CBD Venue
Alexandria's garden paradise is heading to George Street.
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NewsMeet the Cats of Sydney's New Spaced-Themed Cat Cafe
We get to know the four-legged catstronauts of Catmosphere.
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NewsCafeSmart Lets You Donate $1 from Your Morning Coffee to Charity
Down your third or fourth coffee for the day, guilt-free.
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EventCarriageworks Summer
Sun, 1 Nov 2026 - Sun, 31 Jan 2027
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
An Australian premiere from David Hockney, warehouse sets from Overmono and Armand Van Helden, and a solo performance of Wake in Fright are among the highlights of Carriageworks Summer.
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EventSonny Fodera at The Clubhouse
Fri, 23 Oct, 2026
North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club, North Bondi
This global house favourite is trading festival stages for an intimate set overlooking Bondi Beach.
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EventField Day 2027
Fri, 1 Jan, 2027
The Domain, Sydney
Field Day is kicking off its 25th year with a bang, adding Australian dance export Mall Grab to its already massive NYD lineup.
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EventGolden Hour 2027, Featuring Amyl and the Sniffers
Thu, 4 Mar, 2027
Bondi Beach, Sydney
Three of Australia's most exciting acts are heading to Bondi Beach for a sun-soaked summer send-off with plenty of punk-rock bite.
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EventClub Amalfi at Watsons Bay Hotel
Multiple single dates
Watsons Bay Hotel, Watsons Bay
Make Sundays feel a little more European, as this monthly Amalfi-inspired session returns to the harbourfront.
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EventMeadow X ABSOLUT TABASCO Hottest Brunch
Sun, 1 Nov - Sun, 29 Nov 2026
Meadow Music Room, Cronulla
Meadow Music Room is hosting a 90-minute bottomless brunch throughout November, with two-course dining, spicy cocktails and live music from its resident artists.
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EventHot Halloween at Meadow Music Room
Sat, 31 Oct - Sun, 1 Nov 2026
Meadow Music Room, Cronulla
Meadow Music Room is hosting a Hot Halloween party with Yolanda Be Cool, a red dress code and ABSOLUT® TABASCO™ cocktails.
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EventUNHOLY / DIVINE at Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Thu, 8 Oct 2026, Thu, 22 Oct 2026 and
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, The Rocks
This arts venue may have been evicted, but it refuses to stay dead and returns with three nights of art, drag and debauchery.
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EventBenson Boone Wanted Man Tour Australia 2026
Fri, 6 Nov - Thu, 19 Nov 2026
Various locations, Sydney
After demand prompted venue upgrades on his last Australian tour, Benson Boone is coming back for nine arena shows across Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
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EventBoyz II Men Australia and New Zealand Tour
Thu, 26 Nov - Sun, 6 Dec 2026
Various locations, Sydney
Prepare for a crash course in 90s music history as Boyz II Men, Salt-N-Pepa and Bell Biv DeVoe tour Australia and New Zealand.
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NewsFive 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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GuideTwelve New Restaurants to Try in Sydney Right Now
Here's what's trending among Concrete Playground's hungriest readers.
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GuideThe 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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NewsDurty 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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NewsLululemon Is Making Its Own Craft Beer
Warning for yoga geeks: don't throw out your water bottles just yet.
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NewsUber 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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NewsPaddington'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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NewsNeil Perry to Open Second Burger Project Store in Parramatta
Parramatta natives will never need to venture far from home again.
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NewsFour Sydney Bars To Try On Hemingway's Birthday
Nobody loved a daiquiri more than Ernest Hemingway.
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NewsFive 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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NewsErskineville'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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NewsAustralia'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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NewsNew 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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NewsDarlinghurst's Lo-Fi to Be Reborn as Cuban Cocktail Joint
Bye bye Lo-Fi, hello Havana-inspired gin den.
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NewsBeloved Melbourne Burger Joint Huxtaburger to Pop Up in Surry Hills
Find out what burgers Melburnians are drooling over at Harpoon Harry.
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NewsThe Simpsons' Official Duff Beer Is Brewing, Brings Up Memories for Australians
Never forget our glorious bootleg version.
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NewsThree Places to Try on International Mojito Day in Sydney
Enjoy something perfectly muddled this International Mojito Day.
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NewsAustralia's Getting Into Healthy Vending Machines
These wholesome Australian companies are shaking up the fast food game.
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