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NewsThe Whisky Room Has Opened at Surry Hills’ Clock Hotel
There's a new whisky den on Crown Street.
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NewsMcDonalds Is the Muse for Queenies’ Second Annual Stoner Dinner
Give in to your cravings and do smoked chicken nuggets with All The Sauces.
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NewsPantone Beer Could Solve All Your Rookie Questions at the Bar
Take the guesswork out of ordering with a delicious 4975C.
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NewsYour Seat at Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck Will Be Decided By Ballot
The only lottery where the prize is a $525 dinner bill.
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NewsThe Five Best Bars in Christchurch
This 'city of opportunity' mentality has spawned a new wave of small bars.
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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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NewsModus Operandi are Selling 1L Cans of Craft Beer Straight From the Brewery
Tinnies aren't just for your grandad's VB anymore.
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NewsNew Spanish-Inspired Restaurant Fino Par to Open in Sydney’s CBD
Tapas and sherry — but not as you know them.
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NewsHarris Farm Is Selling ‘Ugly’ Fruit and Veg at Half Price
Choose that two-headed potato or that wonky zucchini.
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NewsThe Island and Lobo Plantation Team Up to Open Double Bay Establishment
The second on the lineup for InterContinental Sydney Double Bay.
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NewsCrowdfunded Australian Tonic Syrup Blood Moon Is Made for Gin Drinkers
A tonic that respects your gin.
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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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NewsExpect the Unexpected at Redfern Art Bar The Bearded Tit
Step past the crochet dildo window and enter a junk shop phantasmagoria of art, drinks and community hubbery.
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NewsWin Chef on DVD Plus a Kitchenful of Bodum Appliances
Jon Favreau makes a return to the personal and palatable in Chef. And now you can too.
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NewsMatt Moran Set to Open Three-Storey Dining Palace in Barangaroo
If you think it looks like a salad bowl, you're on the money.
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NewsMelbourne Could Soon Be Getting a Giant Statue of a Dim Sim
The Lord Mayor is countering with some suspiciously pro-meat pie sentiment.
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EventAn Evening with Kevin McCloud and Tim Ross
Sat, 27 Feb - Sun, 14 Mar 2027
Various locations, Sydney
Kevin McCloud and Tim Ross are hitting the road again, bringing their design-fuelled banter to stages across Australia and New Zealand.
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EventTuro Cheat Codes at Campbells Cove
Sat, 14 Nov, 2026
Campbells Cove, The Rocks
Crack a code and you could spend a week in your dream car, as this free Turo gaming challenge takes over The Rocks for one day only.
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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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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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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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EventTwo Door Cinema Club at Hordern Pavilion
Sun, 22 Nov, 2026
Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park
Having just announced a second Sydney show, this era-defining indie-dance band will perform their acclaimed debut album in full.
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NewsThe Champagne Room to Open Upstairs at the Winery
Drinking classy means having a 'champagne bell' alert the waitstaff when your glass gets empty.
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NewsSMH Good Food Guide Winners Announced
Sydney dining institutions reign supreme, but 80 newbies demand attention too.
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Newsbills Is Opening a New Restaurant in Bondi
And that other Sydney institution Messina are getting involved.
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NewsThe Ten Best Modern Asian Restaurants in Sydney
Because burnt butter bibimbap and sashimi sorbet are the spice of life.
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NewsA Whirlwind Guide to Eating in Vietnam
You don't need mountains of time to experience the diverse regions of Vietnam, just an open mind. And mouth.
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NewsMeet Smash Palace, the Bus Bar Driving Christchurch’s Hospo Revolution
More than just a booze bus, Smash Palace is a temporary bar bringing good spirits to town.
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NewsBrooklyn is Getting an All-Nutella Restaurant Despite Hazelnut Shortage
If they're responsible for a worldwide Nutella shortage, we predict a riot.
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NewsPinot Palooza Returns (with Over 150 Pinot Noirs to Try)
150 Pinot Noirs all in one place, all on one day.
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NewsMark Best’s Pei Modern to Open in Sydney
George Street gets back to nature with 'primal modern'.
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NewsThe Australian Names Their Hot 50 Restaurants of 2014
Who gets the top gong in the latest attempt at restaurant ranking?
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NewsEat King Louis XIV for Dessert with Connoisseur’s New History-Inspired Line
Meet the Connoisseur Empire Collection.
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NewsEveryone is Freaking Out Over This Australian-Designed Butter Knife
It's raised over $200,000 on Kickstarter, but is it worth it?
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NewsThe Nine Best Whisky Cocktails in Sydney
From bacon-infused John Waynes to a reinvention of the Penicillin, Sydney mixologists know their whiskey from their whisky.
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NewsThe Winners of the Opera Bar Tender Have Been Announced
Sydney's iconic Opera House bar is entering a new chapter.
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NewsMessina Goes Bespoke for Williams-Sonoma with Fairy Bread Popsicles
West Elm and Pottery Barn, realised as Messina creations.
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NewsThe Eight Best Ways Sydney Restaurants Are Using Kale
It may have started out as a health food, but kale just wants to have fun.
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NewsYou’ll Soon Be Able to Guzzle Precious Hobbit-Themed Beer
The Smaug Stout is infused with chillies. Nice.
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NewsYoung Henrys Announce Their First Small New World Festival (and Their Own Gin)
They don't just brew kickass beer, YH have been crafting their own festival.
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NewsGelato Messina’s Dessert Degustation Sold Out in About 45 Minutes
Quicker than a festival ticketing morning.
