The Iconic Woollahra Hotel Has Reopened with an Ex-Chin Chin Chef at the Helm

This Woollahra favourite has been given a little makeover to prepare for the summer crowd.

How to Make Pre-Batched Watermelon Margaritas for Your Next Summer Session

Elevate cocktail hour with this sophisticated food and drink pairing.

The City of Sydney Is Closing Down Streets to Use for Al Fresco Dining This Summer

Streets in Surry Hills, Glebe, Redfern, Darlinghurst and Pyrmont will all be closed to traffic from 11am till late evening for one day each this summer.

Messina's First Luxe Treat of 2022 Is a Box of Fairy Bread, Iced Vovo and Lamington Chocolate Bars

New year, new chance to tuck into Messina's tastiest gelato flavours turned into chocolate bars.

Seven Creative Cooking Projects to Tackle This Weekend

Hit the kitchen and try one of these culinary creations.

How to Make a Spicy Margarita (And What to Pair With It)

Elevate cocktail hour with this sophisticated food and drink pairing.

Recipe: How to Make Kousa Mahshi with Sarah Shaweesh of Newtown's Khamsa Cafe

This popular Middle Eastern dish is healthy, wholesome and packed full of flavour.

Five Events to Eat and Drink Your Way Through During Sydney Good Food Month 2022

Start the year with a Darlinghurst street party, a falafel-making masterclass or a night of Italian eats from acclaimed Australian chefs.

Sydney Favourite Ricos Tacos Has Opened Its First Bricks-and-Mortar Outpost in Chippendale

You no longer have to wait for the weekend to get your dose of Ricos.

Deliveroo Is Starting 2022 with Free Delivery on Plant-Based Dishes From Over 1500 Restaurants

Kicking off 2022 by ditching meat? Get vegan katsu curries, fried cauliflower burgers and pitas with plant-based lamb brought to your door.

The Most Popular Sydney Bars of 2021

These are the bars you gravitated to in 2021 — and the one's you need to add to your must-visit list in 2022.

The Most Popular Sydney Restaurants of 2021

These are the Sydney restaurant's you gravitated towards in 2021 — and the one's that you need to add to your must-visit list in 2022.

How to Make a Cartel Old Fashioned (And What to Pair With It)

Elevate cocktail hour with this sophisticated food and drink pairing.

Messina for Breakfast and Outdoor Street Parties: Six Ways to Experience The Rocks This Summer

There's plenty to see and do in one of Sydney's most vibrant precincts this summer.

What's Open for Eats and Drinks in Sydney on New Year's Day

Hit one of these spots for a January 1 filled with good food, top-notch drinks — and maybe a cheeky dance floor session.

Seven CBD Venues to Visit Before and After Getting Your Culture Fix This Summer

Head to these CBD spots for your pre- or post-show tipples this summer.

We Asked Top Aussie Butchers For Their Tips on Doing Christmas Meat Differently (and Deliciously)

Recommendations on how to properly pig out according to the ones who know best.

Every Sydney New Year's Eve Event from Budget to Blowout If You Haven't Made Plans Yet

Whether you're after a cruisy free-entry party or a lavish harbourside soiree, Sydney's got your last-minute New Year's Eve plans sorted.

Seven Group Bonding Activities for When You're in Charge of Team Fun at the Office

Nothing bonds colleagues like performing a karaoke duet or cracking an escape room together.

Seven Next-Level Brekkie Rolls to Get in Sydney That'll Put a Pep in Your Saturday Morning Step

These mac ‘n’ cheese-filled croissants and hickory-smoked bacon rolls are just what the doctor ordered.

Simon Toohey's Three Favourite Plant-Based Breakfasts

The MasterChef Australia alum shares three excellent ways you can start your day.

Now Open: Maurice Terzini Takes a Slice of Icebergs to Byron Bay With Belongil Beach Italian Food

Terzini brings classic, uncomplicated Italian to a more relaxed seaside setting near the heart of Byron.

Five Ways to Support Your Favourite Hospitality Venues This Festive Season

Want to send some extra holiday cheer to a local hospo legend? Here's how.

Announcing Concrete Playground Sydney's Best of 2021 Award Winners

The very best new Sydney bars, restaurants, events, lockdown pivots and spaces of the year.

These Are the Great Local Sydney Cafes Keeping Our Writers Fuelled Right Now

Our writers' top picks for a local coffee fix.

Pantry Staples Grazing Platter

For the more last-minute kind of people (you know who you are) — where there's a will, there's a grazing platter. 

Here's What's Open in Sydney for Christmas Day Eats and Drinks

Spend Christmas Day eating and drinking with friends and family at Sydney's top cafes, bars and restaurants.

Six Luxe Private Rooms Around Australia for Your Next Baller Night Out

Why book a table when you can book a whole room?

B Wise Shares His Six Go-To Playlists to Set the Mood for Any Occasion

Set the mood with these standout playlists handpicked by ARIA-nominated rapper B Wise.

Eight Exciting Ways to Experience Barangaroo This Summer

Head to Barangaroo for some fun in the sun this summer.

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.

Concrete Playground Awards: The Best of 2021 in Sydney

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.

The Best New Sydney Bars of 2021

Here are eight of Sydney's best new boozy additions for 2021, as chosen by the Concrete Playground team.

Hot Takes and Insightful Contemplations From Members of Sydney's Hospitality Scene on the Year That's Been

From standing down staff to the joys of welcoming back customers, a panel of hospo legends discuss the highs and lows of a turbulent year.

Seven Inner West Restaurants Perfect for a Group Catch-up When Everyone Has Different Dietary Requirements

These cosy neighbourhood spots will ensure not one of your pals leaves hungry.

Nine Late-Night Inner West Bars to Kick On to When That First Date Is Going Well

From an eclectic jazz lounge to a Quentin Tarantino-inspired bar, these venues guarantee a good time — and a great date.

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.

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.

Eight Cracking Aussie Wines to Stock Up on for All the Silly Season Festivities You Have Planned

From reasonably priced rieslings for backyard barbies to impressive biodynamic cabernets for the ideal dad gift.

How the Mary's Crew Reimagined a Video Game Sandwich as a Real-Life Menu Creation

The burger-flipping legends teamed up with PlayStation to Plate to bring to life Ellie’s Steak Sandwich from 'The Last of Us: Part II'.

How Celebrated Baker Morgan Hipworth Created This Real-Life Take on a Virtual Dessert

The mind behind Bistro Morgan reimagined a classic culinary component of 'Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart' for PlayStation to Plate.