Overview
Ever since opening its Marrickville HQ, Messina has been on a tear of culinary collabs with fellow icons in Sydney's food and drink scenes — as well as expanding its menu from dessert all the way through the day back to breakfast.
The latest in that lineup is a one-weekend-only pairing with fellow Marrickville local Olympic Meats, with a two-night takeover of the Messina HQ car park this Friday, September 5 and Saturday, September 6. If a mix of Messina-made dessert and chargrilled Aussie-Greek delights is exactly the kind of feast that gets your tummy rumbling, you'll want to make a stop for the best car park food that money can buy.
What sorts of food you ask? Picture a flaky golden spanikopita (just like it's served at Olympic) packed with wild greens and feta, a lamb shoulder and belly gyro meat 'yeeros' with tsatsoupeli, Messina garlic yogurt, tomato, onion and whey-dressed lettuce and marinated chicken pitogyros with potato, onion, saltsa and pink sauce.
Stomach growling yet? What about smoked lamb, pork and kasseri cheese loukanika with Greek Big Mac sauce on a soft roll, or a light watermelon and Colin Woods haloumi salad? We also mentioned dessert: warm loukomades soaked in honey atop a scoop of honey gelato, sprinkled with candied walnuts. You'll be rolling home.
Messina Eats: Olympic Meats will run from 12pm until sold out on Friday, September 5 and Saturday, September 6, walk-ins only.