Overview
The next stage of The Streets of Barangaroo has been revealed, and it's definitely the most delicious part yet. Opening today is the anticipated Wulugul Pop-Up: a collection of the country's most hyped food and drink venues along the Barangaroo waterfront.
If you like fried chicken, gin cocktails and dancing in the rain, you will be very happy here. Five vendors from both Sydney and wider Australia have been chosen to christen the space. Melbourne's Belles Hot Chicken was announced as a resident earlier this month, as were roti masters Mamak, RivaReno Gelato and Darlinghurst's Edition Coffee Rosters. Gin and It — a gin bar from the guys at The Barber Shop — is the latest announcement; they'll be pre-bottling their gin cocktails daily for quick and easy consumption at the waterfront space.
The pop-up currently sticks out as a bit of a rose amongst the thorns, hidden on the other side of the construction site that is the new, in-progress harbourside precinct, dubbed The Streets of Barangaroo. It's been designed by Melbourne's Foolscap Studio, and makes use of many a recycled cardboard tube and native plant. The space has the capacity for almost 500 people, and it's all undercover with plenty of seating. Dancing in the rain is still entirely feasible though.
The pop-up is sticking around for a while, pencilled in for nine months while other vendors — such as Matt Moran's three-level salad bowl-shaped restaurant and the much-anticipated Noma Australia pop-up — set up shop and the surrounding tenants move in. By late 2016, there's expected to be 80 permanent dining and retail outlets in the precinct.
Until then though, the Wulugul Pop-Up will have a lot going on, with talks and discussions, food festivals and live music planned for the coming months. By all accounts, it looks like it will be a good place to be — especially when the sun sets over Pyrmont and bathes everything in a golden glow. Yeah, we recommend getting there when that happens.
The Wulugul Pop-Up opens today at Wulugul Walk in The Streets of Barangaroo precinct. It will be open 11am - 11pm, seven days a week. For more information, visit thestreetsofbarangaroo.com.au