Overview
Mary’s of Newtown has been thinking about kebabs for a while. With mastery of the burger under its belt, the team has been wondering how it might fare in the realm of the mighty shish. And, as of this Thursday, the speculation will be turned into action when Mary’s first ever kebab stand opens — inside The Cliff Dive. That’s right, you’ll soon be complementing your Pacific Island-inspired cocktails and late night grooves with roast lamb and smoked chicken rolls
As you’d expect, Mary’s, headed by Jake Smyth and Kenny Graham, won’t be delivering any old, ordinary take on the kebab. Instead, they’ll be vamping up classic recipes with fun, tasty twists. Promised delicious-ness includes smoked chicken with pickles, egg yolk and garlic sauce, and roast lamb neck with XO and pickled turnip tops. Vegetarians will be taken care of too.
“We’ve always loved the idea of doing kebabs,” Smyth told Good Food. “We’re just really excited to be opening a kebab joint in a nightclub — the world needs more of them.” You can say that again. Wolfing down a late night kebab indoors while the party's still raging sure beats queueing in 3am cold and looming regret.
Mary’s Cliff Dive kebab stand is open between 8pm and 2am every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It joins the club's current culinary specialty: South East Asian street food straight from the grill, including wild ginger beef and satay chicken skewers.
Mary's already operates in two locations — at the original eatery, at 6 Mary St, Newtown; and its CBD store opened in December 2014, at 154 Castlereagh Street.
Via Good Food.