Sunday Sum-Up: Eight Things That Happened in Sydney This Week
Here's what caught our attention over the last seven days.

Sunday Sum-Up: Eight Things That Happened in Sydney This Week
From new bar and restaurant openings to the latest innovations in technology, design, fashion and the arts, we like to keep our finger on Sydney's pulse. Below, we've collected the biggest stories from the past seven days that may have escaped your attention. Consider yourself back in the know.
Top image: DS Oficina.
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Design & Style
A $60 Million Food, Retail and Cultural Precinct Could Be Coming to Oxford Street
The proposed three-building development hopes to “bring new life” to the area.
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Food & Drink
Sammy Junior Is the New CBD Espresso and Cocktail Bar From the Maybe Sammy Team
Now open on King Street, it’s slinging cuppas and breakfast bites by day, and sandwiches and mini cocktails in the afternoon.
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Arts & Entertainment
Sydney Solstice Is the New Winter Arts and Food Festival Popping Into Vivid's Usual Mid-Year Slot
Set to run across 13 days in June, it’ll focus on dining, drinking, entertainment, arts and culture.
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Travel & Leisure
The NSW Government Is Scrapping At-Home Gathering Limits and Bringing Back Dance Floors
Come Monday, March 29, venues will also move to the one person per two-square-metres rule and entertainment sites will be able to fill to 100-percent capacity.
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Travel & Leisure
Sydneysiders Will No Longer Need to Wear Face Masks on Public Transport From March 29
They’ll no longer be compulsory in any setting — but they are still strongly recommended if you can’t maintain social distancing.
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Food & Drink
Beckett's Is Bringing the Glamour of Mid-Century New York and Parisian Brasseries to Glebe
The new Glebe Point Road venue is home to a velvet-heavy cocktail lounge and a restaurant overseen by Bayswater Brasserie’s Jeff Schroeter.
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Food & Drink
Globe-Hopping Gin Festival Junipalooza Is Finally Making Its Sydney Debut This August
Thirty local and international craft distillers will be pouring around 200 different types of gin across two days.
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Travel & Leisure
NSW Is Giving Out 200,000 $100 Accommodation Vouchers to Use on CBD Staycations
Premier Gladys Berejiklian also announced $31.5 million in other support packages for the tourism, live music and events sectors.