Daniela Frangos is Broadsheet Adelaide's Editor-at-Large and a freelance food, drinks and culture writer.
Three To Try: Fresh New CBD Sandwich Shops To Light Up Your Lunchtime
05 Aug 2024
Food & Drink A new identity for a beloved city cafe; a second site (and micro-bakery) for Bottega Bandito; and an all-day sandwich spot serving wine and metal music in the evenings.
First Look: Hills Collide’s Wine Bar and Cellar Door Opens in the Ex-Summertown Aristologist Space
Food & Drink Mitchell Fitzpatrick and Shane Ettridge (who also owns Proof in the CBD) have found a cosy home for their Hills-based wine label. Expect tastings, snacks, cocktails, and toasties with wild boar or rabbit.
“It’s Not Just Food, It’s Art”: How To Eat (and Drink) Like a Local Across Italy
Travel When it comes to food, Italy means business. There are dos and don’ts, DOCs and DOPs. In partnership with Intrepid Travel, we hit the high-speed rail through the north and centre of the country – sampling Bologna’s trademark tagliatelle and tortelloni, Florence’s famous Fiorentina steak, Rome’s carbonara, cacio e pepe and ciambelline, and more.
24 Hours in Venice: What To Eat, Drink and Explore in the Floating City
Travel Get lost in the canals, browse an ancient fish market, and sample the best local seafood, sweets and “cicchetti”. In partnership with Intrepid Travel, our writer soaks up a short stay in the island city.
Four To Try: Smashing New Adelaide Burger Bars
Food & Drink Oklahoma-style smash burgers. Nashville-inspired hot chicken. A Barossa spot with a fine-dining chef. It’s a good time to be a burger fan in Adelaide.
Five Minutes With Kyle Johns, Hentley Farm’s Head Chef
Food & Drink The South African-born chef has worked in Sydney fine diners, a cattle station, and a burger truck at a WA rodeo – but it’s the Barossa Valley that stole his heart. Now he’s bringing his humble, deeply flavourful cooking to one of SA’s top destination diners.
Tipo 00 Co-Owner Andreas Papadakis’s Debut Cookbook Is an Ode to Dough
Food & Drink The beloved chef’s Melbourne diner has perpetually drawn queues for the past decade. Here Papadakis shares his passion for Italian food plus, his top tips on how to up your carb game – including when dry pasta is better than fresh.
First Look: Smash Burgers, Mezcal Negronis and Loaded Sundaes at the Pastel Crew’s Jumbo Burger
Food & Drink The team, including the former executive chef of famous Sydney burger joint Mary’s, has opened an all-day diner with Oklahoma smashburgers, local wines and American spirits. Plus, hotcakes with maple butter, and sausage and egg muffins for breakfast.
A Week in Morocco: Camel Rides, Maze-Like Medinas and Sheep’s Head
Travel From the otherworldly Sahara to the bustling souks of Fez and Marrakesh, Morocco is a country of contrasts. In partnership with Intrepid Travel, our writer trekked the mountains, desert and cities on a breathtaking, brightly coloured adventure.
Creative Couples: Comedian Zoe Coombs Marr and MIFF Programmer Kate Jinx
Entertainment The arts power couple share a home in Fitzroy, a merle poodle called Top Chef and a venn diagram of the films they can watch together.
Atria’s Michael Greenlaw Is a Pro at Seafood and Spearfishing
Food & Drink The Ritz-Carlton’s executive chef spends his spare time free diving and spearfishing in Port Phillip Bay – and his scallop and oyster shell finds are turned into Atria crockery. Greenlaw chats about his seasonal menu using local produce and his hopes to distill their own oyster shell gin.
Osteria Polpo Taps Into the Venetian Bar Scene With Cicchetti, Cocktails and Homestyle Cooking
Food & Drink The founder of Flying Fig Deli brings bite-sized snacks, hearty and warming northern Italian pastas, polenta and risotto, and South Australian seafood to a heritage spot in the east end.
First Look: Oliveti and Spread, Two New Seaside Venues From The Bar Lune Crew
Food & Drink Grab a katsu eggplant sandwich or beef and pickle number at Spread to take down to the beach. Then roll in off the sand to laid-back pasta bar Oliveti for blue swimmer crab hash browns, puffy gnocco fritto, and duck ragu rigatoni.
Free to Feed Founder Loretta Bolotin Breaks Bread For A Mighty Cause
Food & Drink For the past nine years, the Melburnian’s social enterprise has provided training and meaningful employment to refugees and asylum seekers via a common ground: food. “It’s ... a really great way to hear someone’s story.”
Now Open: Knock Back $2 Espressos and Italianate Sandwiches at Kensington’s Don’s Deli
Food & Drink The team behind Bar Lune has opened a no-fuss focaccia bar across the road – serving classic combos like porchetta with potato and rosemary or mortadella with stracciatella and chilli honey.
Coming Soon to the Hills: Thelma, a Bijou Bistro-Style Dining Destination in the Former Brid Space
Food & Drink Loc founder Olivia Moore, chef Tom Campbell and Noma’s former service director James Spreadbury are teaming up on a cosy new daytime spot inspired by the all-purpose dining venues of Europe. Expect nourishing grazing-style breakfast plates, comté tarts, terrines and seafood bouillabaisse, plus bread and pastries baked in-house.
Cruising From Adelaide to the Yorke Peninsula: Where To Eat, Stay and Play Along the Way
Travel Gulp down fish tacos by the coast, visit a bubblegum-pink lake, sample plump Pacific oysters and amble through the gorgeous landscapes of Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park. In partnership with Avis, we sketch out a road trip to Yorke Peninsula.
Just In: Star Chef Justin James Is Leaving Restaurant Botanic
Food & Drink The chef, who propelled the restaurant – and, for many, Adelaide – onto the international stage with his world-class dining experience, will have his last service on June 30.
Where Chefs Eat: Nick Alba of Wooden Horse Restaurant, Brisbane
Food & Drink The chef and restaurateur shares his go-to for a woodfired pizza, his favourite pub and the place he takes visitors to “flex the Brisbane scene”.
The Bathhouse Albion Might Be Brisbane’s Premier Wellness Destination When It Opens This Winter
Active The luxe spa and wellness space will have a heated vitality pool, a six-degree ice bath, multiple infrared saunas, a Finnish sauna with a fireplace, a float room and a relaxation lounge. And it’s a phone-free zone.
Coming Soon: Osteria Polpo Is Bringing Northern Italian Classics to a Heritage CBD Building
Food & Drink The founder of North Adelaide’s Flying Fig Deli is mining his Venetian heritage to bring cicchetti (small aperitivo-like bites) and home-style cooking to an unlikely East Terrace spot.
Bite Size: Brisbane’s Latest in Food and Drink, April 17, 2024
Food & Drink Drive-through ramen, Brisbane’s vertical restaurant takes diners to new heights (again) and a pearler of an arvo with oysters and Martinis.
First Look: White-Tablecloth Dining Is Back (and More Relaxed) at Carlton’s Bistra
Food & Drink This classic bistro leans into linen, fortified wines and timeless dining. In the kitchen, a former Attica sous-chef prepares everything from French onion soup to Southeast Asian-inspired desserts like lychees with coconut custard.
Coming Soon: Bottega Bandito’s CBD Micro-Bakery, Plus Four More Sandwich Shops Opening in Adelaide
Food & Drink From panini to pita pockets and the best bagels in the city, these breadwinners are keeping the sandwich surge alive.
Coming Soon to Hutt Street: Latteria, an Italianate Cocktail Bar by the Osteria Oggi Crew
Food & Drink Inspired by the old-school milk bars of northern Italy, it’ll be a place to drop in for a chat, a bite to eat (like savoury cannoli, skewers and pizzetta) and a drink (such as the Breakfast in Milano cocktail, drawing on the flavours of a morning cappuccino and croissant).
Save the Crown & Anchor: Adelaide Mobilises To Protect the 171-Year-Old Pub
Entertainment The heritage pub and live music venue is under threat by a proposed student housing development, sparking public outcry. “The Cranker is more than just a building … it is a church to many.”
Now Open: Adelaide’s Sandwich Wave Hits Hahndorf’s Main Street With Ernest Delicatessen
Food & Drink Former fine-dining chef James Brinklow (ex-The Lane, Auge) has turned his attention to deli sangas, alongside Euro plates like continental breakfast, pork cotoletta, salumi sliced to order and house-made pastas.
First Look: Wild Ferments and Thai Dishes at Bar Spontana, a Brunswick Outpost from the Mr West Team
Food & Drink The bar is pouring a largely wild-fermented drinks list that includes saisons, lambics, organic lagers, sakes, mezcals and rums. Find them served alongside punchy regional Thai dishes like house-fermented sausage, fried-banana-blossom salad and charcoal-grilled skewers.
Dino's, a Greek Diner With Pita Pockets and Mastiha Cocktails, Is Coming to the CBD
Food & Drink After a four-year delay, and the sale of his popular Prospect restaurant, Meze Mazi founder Andrew Papadakis is finally opening his all-day Greek diner. Expect pita pockets stuffed with pork belly, spicy chicken or lamb rump, plus beers on tap, house wines and cocktails made with Greek liqueur.
Now Open: Francesca’s Brings a Slice of Naples to Adelaide With Pizza a Portafoglio AKA Wallet Pizza
Food & Drink The new shop by the Hey Bianca founder is also doing classic Neapolitan and thick, crunchy Sicilian pies, plus focaccias filled with mortadella, pistachio cream and stracciatella, or smoked speck, gorgonzola and honey.
Art Wrap: Six Exhibitions To See in Adelaide This Autumn
Art & Design The intersection of art and technology is front of mind this Adelaide Festival season. Read an AI-generated conversation between lovers at the Adelaide Biennial; observe chatbots mimicking Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed; and immerse yourself in a multi-sensory VR experience bringing the 180-million-year-old Daintree to Adelaide.
Now Open: Ondeen, a Hills Homestead With a Kane Pollard Menu and Flights of Full Circle Spirits
Food & Drink The tasting experience in the former Maximillian’s space in Verdun is the start of a long-term plan to turn the heritage site into a “world-class” experiential tourism destination that Pollard envisions will eventually act as a “lighthouse for local producers and artisans”.
After Eight Years, Karma & Crow Is Moving From Richmond to Sister Site Yellow Matter
Food & Drink The Brooklyn Park microbrewery will be a cafe by day and bar by night. Come in the morning for a coffee and a pizza sandwich fired in the wood oven, then linger in the arvo with a cocktail or a peachy Berliner Weisse.
Now Open: St Kilda’s New Oyster and Wine Bar The Walrus Has Crayfish Crumpets and Affordable Drops
Food & Drink Half of the by-the-glass list costs between $13 and $14. It’s also doing Sunday sessions with “meze to the max” – think freshly shucked oysters, crab choux pastries, tuna gildas and mussel beignets, alongside half-serve Martinis, bubbles and records.
Another Day, Another Closure: Adelaide’s Hospo Scene Is Suffering
Food & Drink Inflation, rising interest rates and ongoing staff shortages are mounting as cafes, bars, restaurants and pubs continue to close their doors. So what does 2024 hold for the industry?
Loc’s Olivia Moore, Chef Tom Campbell and Noma’s Former Service Director James Spreadbury Team Up on a New Dining Series
Food & Drink Held at a former apple orchard turned market garden in Forest Range, the pop-up dining experiences are the beginning of a blossoming partnership between the three hospo talents. Tickets are available now.
First Look: “Gelato Is Necessary” at Carnegie’s Nuvoletta Gelateria, a New Spot From a Sweet-Toothed Couple
Food & Drink Co-owner Vera Teodori started working in Italian gelato shops when she was a teenager. With her partner Alex Toretto (ex-Gelateria Primavera), the pastry chef has returned to this first love, and is serving Italian combos like ricotta, olive oil and lemon zest; and Sicilian pistachio.
Coming Soon: Soi 38’s Terry Intarakhamhaeng Is Bringing Bangkok Street Food to Magill Road
Food & Drink The Thai-born chef wants to evoke Bangkok’s food markets, where you can find smoky skewers served from dawn to dark. At The Thai Guy, you’ll find six kinds of skewers, classic curries and sizzling pad thai wrapped inside an omelette.
First Look: Nina’s Bar & Dining, Brunswick’s New Relaxed Neighbourhood Spot From Two Bar Romanee Alumni
Food & Drink Park yourself by the sunny window and watch locals pass by while you tuck into nostalgic dishes like creamy potato salad, pork cutlet in a pineapple bacon glaze, and a honey cake that makes good use of the upstairs beehive.
First Look: Gelato Messina Opens Its First Adelaide Store, in a Terrazzo-Speckled Site in Kent Town
Food & Drink Twenty-two years after launching in Sydney, the east coast’s favourite gelato chain has put down roots in the founder’s home town – with an opening week special of custard-tart gelato, crumbled biscuit and cafe-latte fudge.
First Look: The Family Behind Adelaide Institution Chianti Brings New Eatery Rozelle’s to an Iconic and Idyllic Setting
Food & Drink The $7.2 million development at Carrick Hill merges northern Italian hospitality with grand Edwardian energy. Come for globe artichoke fritti, baked rigatoni alla vodka and limoncello cannoli, plus scones with jam and clotted cream befitting the backdrop.
First Look: Good Burger, the New Suburban Burger Joint From the Good Gilbert Crew, Does What It Says on the Tin
Food & Drink The American-style smash burgers – and juicy fried chicken numbers – are indeed good. And soon you’ll be able to chase them with wines by the half-bottle, cocktails and spiked sodas.
First Look: Carlton Rooftop Bar Johnny’s Green Room Reopens With Snacks by Karen Martini and Cocktails by Matt Bax
Food & Drink The open-air venue is ready to bring sweeping views and "spritzy and smashable” Italian cocktails to Melbourne year-round thanks to a revamp that takes inspiration from Rome and the Amalfi Coast.
Now Open: Hook Into Fish’n’Chips and Dry-Aged Sashimi at the Angler Team’s New CBD Fish Shop, Fair Seafood
Food & Drink The Stirling fish’n’chipper has opened a 100 per cent traceable seafood shop and eatery in the Central Market. Come for prawn cocktails, lobster rolls and mussel hotpots and leave with fresh fish – caught by small-scale fishers – to cook at home.
Under Pressure: Ash Keating Paints the Town Red (and Orange, Pink, Green and Blue)
Art & Design The Melbourne artist renowned for his large-scale murals created with paint-filled fire extinguishers brings his explosive, kaleidoscopic works to Bunjil Place this summer – including a live-on-stage painting with music by composer Ryan Ritchie and a 12-piece ensemble.
Coming Soon: Smashed Patties and Spiked Sodas at Good Burger, an American-Style Diner by the Good Gilbert Crew
Food & Drink Goodwood’s nationally recognised wine bar is opening a sibling spot in Daw Park. Beyond the burgs, you can expect prawn rolls, fried chicken with raclette-style cheese and wines by the half-bottle.
Goodbye to The Summertown Aristologist, the “Whimsical Little Restaurant With a Strange Name” in the Adelaide Hills
Food & Drink The singular restaurant was only open for seven years, but “The Risty” (as it was cheekily known) made an indelible mark on the food and wine scene. In its final week of service, former staff and current friends reflect on its lasting impact.
Coming Soon: The Pastel Crew Is Opening a Late-Night CBD Burger Bar – With an Ex-Mary’s Chef Onboard
Food & Drink Expect smash cheeseburgers, fried fish sandwiches and a spicy Nashville-style mushroom dish by the former executive chef of Sydney burger joint, Mary's.
Now Open: Toddy Shop Brings Mischa Tropp’s Home-Style South Indian Cooking to a Permanent Fitzroy Spot
Food & Drink The laid-back diner in the former Mono-XO site specialises in comforting Keralan food including dosa stuffed with curried potatoes, caramelised pork fry and the fiery fish curry that became Tropp’s signature at the Rochy (best tempered with a boozy Darjeeling iced tea).
First Look: The NGV’s Third Blockbuster Triennial Is a Vivid Tour Through Magic, Matter and Memory
Art & Design A seven-metre-tall sardonic thumbs-up. Robot dogs in-residence. A banana duct-taped to a wall. Plus, a participatory Yoko Ono project, newly acquired Tracey Emin works, and ruminations on AI, climate and race relations. All of it opens at NGV International this weekend, bringing together nearly 100 projects from over 120 artists and designers in a powerful snapshot of the world today.
First Look: Sandwich Superstar Stefanino Panino Rolls Into Collingwood Yards
Food & Drink Melbourne isn’t short on sandwich shops. But there are few doing it quite like Stef and Diana Condello. Come for all the hits plus house-roasted porchetta (with crackling), espresso coffee and dine-in seating, as well as an eventual liquor licence and evening small plates.
“A Completely Insane Thing To Do”: Impressed Recordings Puts Australian Music in a Spin by Making New Vinyl
Entertainment Vinyl records are now outselling CDs, and a team of Aussie music lovers is releasing 10 new LPs each month by indie artists who might not otherwise get their albums pressed. And each comes with a bespoke essay from a top music writer.
First Look: One Sneaky Cheetah Becomes Three With a New Beer Hall and Diner in a Sprawling Stepney Warehouse
Food & Drink The Pizzateca crew’s growing spin-off brings its suburban pizza bar classics (like ham and pineapple and a smoky barbeque chicken) and crowd-favourite “cheetah tails” to the east. And it’s introducing tap beers and cocktails.
The Cry Baby Crew Will Open Two New Venues This Summer – An ’80s-Inspired West End Bar and a Revived Late-Night Institution
Food & Drink The Gonzo Group, which also owns Shotgun Willie’s and Memphis Slim’s, are bringing back Rundle Street icon Sugar and opening a sibling for Cry Baby – featuring “lots of mirrors and disco balls and metallics” – where 1000 Island currently stands.
First Look: Kafe Suka Suka Brings Indonesian Flavours to Adelaide’s Brunch Scene, With Breakfast Bakmi and “Pandanmisu” Lattes
Food & Drink Alongside Indo-Western remixes like rendang Benedict, there’s gado gado salad, spring rolls, noodle soup and ayam geprek (smashed fried chicken) – from a former Nola head chef.
Northcote Aquatic & Recreation Centre Has Reopened After a Lavish 18 Month Upgrade
Active The new neighbourhood hub (with a six-star Green Star rating) includes a 10-lane, 50-metre outdoor pool; an eight-lane, 25-metre indoor pool; water slides; a sauna; and fitness and wellness facilities – right in time for summer.
Coming Soon: Jetty Wine, a Pop-Up Wine Bar Championing SA Producers, Is Opening in the Fleurieu This Month
Food & Drink Sam Rogers and Amber Kennedy met at Melbourne’s tiny but mighty Public Wine Shop. Now they’re bringing their hospo knowledge – plus local organic wines, tinned fish and cheeses – to one of SA’s favourite seaside towns.
Five Minutes With Jimmy Toone, Head Chef at McLaren Vale’s The Salopian Inn
Food & Drink As well as leading the kitchen at the regional favourite alongside owner-chef Karena Armstrong, the local chef is making a name for his side-hustles with partner Jo Leal, Secret Pizza Club and Secret Pasta Club. And, fortunately for Adelaide diners, the cat’s out of the bag.
Adelaide Festival Unveils 2024 Program, With Works by Experimental Art Queens Marina Abramovic and Laurie Anderson
Entertainment The first program under new artistic director Ruth Mackenzie also features a First Nations dance work set among giant whale bones on the Glenelg foreshore and a spin on The Jungle Book for the climate-crisis era.
Just In: Top-Tier Takeaway Service Providoor Is Back With a Serve of Star Power
Food & Drink The premium meal-delivery platform is back with a new team and several high profile chefs and food personalities on board – including Matt Preston, Silvia Colloca, Anna Polyviou and Luke Nguyen.
The Streets, Regurgitator, King Stingray Lead the 2024 Golden Plains Line-Up
Entertainment Plus, jazz drummer Yussef Dayes, influential British funk band Cymande and English art-rockers Black Country, New Road. There's just a few days left to enter the ballot.
Screen Time: Seven Films To See at This Year’s Adelaide Film Festival
Entertainment A sci-fi rom-com set in a world that can test for true love; a mysterious, romantic drama starring Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott, aka Hot Priest; a Cannes Film Festival favourite by acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-Eda; and more. Get your tickets now – it kicks off this week.
Your Guide to Voting in The Voice to Parliament Referendum 2023
City File This Saturday, Australia will head to the polls to vote on whether to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the constitution. Here’s everything you need to know before you cast your vote.
Six To Try: Fresh New Spring Fragrances by Aussie Brands
Fashion Reinvigorate the senses this spring with a sweet and fruity perfume inspired by after-work Aperol Spritzes on the Yarra, a fresh and floral scent evoking 1920s Paris in springtime, and one reminiscent of “salty Mediterranean skin and sun-drenched roses”.
Tarnanthi, the Art Gallery of South Australia’s Celebration of Contemporary Indigenous Art, Returns for 2023
Art & Design AGSA’s festival is back with a bang with more than 1500 artists exhibiting across the state. Plus, the popular Tarnanthi Art Fair is in-person and online.
Coming Soon: The Pizzateca Crew Is Opening a Gelato Shop – Naturally, Named Gelateca – Next Door
Food & Drink Expect classic Italian flavours (using hazelnuts from Piedmont and pistachio from Sicily), plus fior di latte, dulce de leche, creations made using Pizzateca’s chilli honey and limoncello, gelato cakes, and more.
Yugen Dining Launches an Abbreviated, Experimental Omakase Experience at Yugen Tea Bar
Food & Drink The ambitious South Yarra restaurant’s in-demand omakase experience often sells out in minutes, so the team has introduced a second, shorter and more accessible version upstairs – with all the theatre of its predecessor.
The Voice to Parliament Referendum Will Be on October 14
City File Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the date Australians will vote on whether to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice in the constitution.
Melbourne Fringe Festival Unveils Its 2023 Program Announcement
Entertainment Promising a city-wide adventure playground, organisers are calling it the biggest festival in its 41-year history. Among the 475 events there’ll be a giant eight-metre-tall gold swing, a free sound and light installation over the Yarra, an ’80s high school-style formal, and the return of Klub Kong.
Statewide Victorian Gig Series Always Live Is Back With Over 165 Artists, Including Pop Icon Christina Aguilera
Entertainment Plus, an intimate 120-person show by megastar Jessie Ware; Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz’s internationally acclaimed Holo show; a series of gigs by enigmatic UK producer Jai Paul; a solo show by US pop-auteur Caroline Polachek; and a Taylor Swift tribute show featuring Alex the Astronaut, Clare Bowditch and Lisa Mitchell.
Coming Soon: The Central Market’s Aces Is Back in a New Location, With Chef Tom Tilbury at the Helm
Food & Drink There won’t be pizza, but there will be lobster ravioli, whole fish, and an Italian spin on yum cha (called Yum Ciao) in a nostalgic bistro-style two-storey setting on Moonta Street.
Caroline Polachek, Kraftwerk and Alvvays Lead This Year’s Meredith Music Festival Line-Up
Entertainment And you’ve still got a few days left to enter the ballot to try to secure tickets.
Where To Eat, Stay and Sightsee All Over Western Australia
Travel If you’ve never been to WA – or it’s been a few years since your last trip – now might just be the best time to do it. In partnership with Flight Centre and Western Australia, we’ve mapped out some of the highlights for your next trip to the dreamlike state, both in Boorloo/Perth and much further afield.
Nile Rodgers & Chic, Beck and Bright Eyes Are Coming to This Year’s Harvest Rock Festival
Entertainment Alongside Jamiroquai, Paul Kelly, Ladyhawke, Santigold, Thelma Plum, Ocean Alley, Chet Faker, Julia Jacklin, Baker Boy, Bad Dreems, and more. Plus, the return of restaurant Wildwood by Arkhe’s Jake Kellie. This’ll be big.
First Look: Neighbourhood Wine Bar Alt Brings a Fresh Alternative to Hyde Park’s King William Road
Food & Drink The owner-chef behind buzzy cafe Lockwood General is turning his attention to nights with an intimate and moody new bar set to further bolster the suburbs’ drinking scene. On the menu? Miso devilled eggs, crab croquettes and fried chicken with truffle sriracha.
1800 Street Party and a 22-Hour Music Event: A New, Mega Music Festival Is Coming to the 86 Tram Line
Entertainment This spring, venues along High Street will host a huge line-up of bands and DJs, a record label expo, a dog parade and more. Among the highlights: a free 22-hour program across 40 venues, and a street party by 1800 Lasagne.
Coming Soon: Seven Adelaide Openings We’re Excited About for the Second Half of 2023
Food & Drink There’s a whole lot more coming to the suburbs, plus a Spanish-inspired restaurant in the CBD from Adelaide’s Basque cheesecake king. Mark your diaries.
Soak Up Views of Bushland and Rugged Coastline From a Heated Plunge Pool at Saltbush Farm
Travel Go off-grid in style at this large and luxurious escape (which sleeps 10) at the edge of South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula – with sea views all the way across to Kangaroo Island.
Now Open: Caffeinate While Upgrading Your Cycling Gear at Bike Gallery’s New South Melbourne Store
Active Shop high-end bikes, cycling apparel and accessories in an airy and minimal new space on Ferrars Street. There’s also a collection of casualwear, a workshop and Axil coffee.
First Look: The Good Days Crew’s Modern Banh Mi Shop Opens in Brunswick
Food & Drink Nam Nguyen’s lockdown concept now has its own permanent shop, a 15-minute walk from his original Vietnamese eatery. Come for chewy baguettes stuffed with xiu mai (saucy Vietnamese meatballs), crunchy porchetta and turmeric fried fish.
First Look: Prove Patisserie Opens Its First Shopfront, With Glistening Danishes and Butterscotch Scrolls, on Magill Road
Food & Drink It's been supplying the city’s best cafes since it launched in late 2020. Now it’s selling a luminous line-up including baklava scrolls, olive and rosemary fougasse, golden croissants and more at its own bakery in Stepney.
Stuff, the Grooming Brand Promoting Healthy Masculinity, Is the First Aussie Men’s Product Stocked by Sephora
Fashion The global beauty giant is stocking the full Stuff range, including a head-and-body wash, deodorant, face wash, scrub and moisturiser, that isn’t just good for your body, your face and your hair, but your head, too.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – July 4, 2023
Food & Drink An Italo-American menu takeover at Sunny’s Pizza, a pop-up gin bar in the iconic Mortlock Chamber, and one of Sydney’s best French restaurants is coming to The Summertown Aristologist.
Croc Sausage Hot Dogs, Buffalo Curry and Hot Chicken Sandos: What To Eat at Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival 2023
Food & Drink Plus, brisket birria tacos; whole hog’s head taco plates; a spicy spin on India’s kati roll; and indigenous fire cooking from around the world curated by Alana Brabin and Sarah Turner.
The Colourful Life of Frida Kahlo Is the Focus of a Vibrant Australian-Exclusive Exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia
Art & Design AGSA celebrates the legacy of the compelling artist, and that of her husband Diego Rivera and other prominent Mexican modernists, in a gloriously colourful exhibition featuring a vivid gallery design by Grieve Gillett Architects.
First Look: Highly-Anticipated Microbrewery Yellow Matter Opens in Brooklyn Park
Food & Drink The crew behind beloved inner west cafe Karma & Crow is ready to give back to the community that gave to them – serving up vegetarian pizzas and house-brewed beers in a heritage former council chambers.
Coming Soon: La Louisiane, a Moody French Brasserie and Late-Night Bar From The Teams Behind Nola and Shotgun Willies, Is Opening in the CBD Next Month
Food & Drink Adelaide hospitality crews Big Easy Group and Gonzo Group are teaming up on a temporary concept that’ll bring classic French fare to a heritage CBD basement. Expect beef tartare, pate en croute, snails, steak frites and crème brûlée, plus build-your-own Martinis and live jazz.
Loc Is Introducing Dinner in a New Chef Residency Series – Starting With a Former Summertown Aristologist Chef
Food & Drink It’s the first time the pint-sized wine bar will have a regular food menu – and a physical wine list. Expect provincial-style dishes like hand-rolled pasta, trippa alla Romana, vegetable escabeche, and lots of seafood by chef Tom Campbell – best enjoyed in the bar’s cosy new booths.
First Look: Exchange Coffee Has a Fresh New Fit-Out (Along With Chive Waffles and Hotcakes With Fried Chicken)
Food & Drink Ahead of its 10-year anniversary, Vardon Avenue’s corner coffee shop expands (again) with a bigger and brighter site and a ripper new menu featuring ricotta doughnuts and a rotating sandwich to rival the Wallace.
Art Wrap: Eight Exhibitions To See in Adelaide This Winter
Art & Design Experience the enduring allure of Frida Kahlo at AGSA; see the Ramsay Art Prize finalists, including the $100,000 winning video work, filmed in SA; clean and care for a large-scale animatronic puppet; step inside a reimagined hall of mirrors that changes with every audience interaction; and more.
Menu Reveal: Find Ritz Crackers and “Grown-Up” Salt and Pepper Squid at Yiasou George 2.0 – Opening This Week
Food & Drink At the newly christened House of George, chef Sav Sexton is mining memories for a nostalgic menu featuring a sticky date-style woodfired South African pudding; Ritz topped with café de Vardon butter, smoked whiting and salmon roe; plus a spin on Yiasou George’s signature lamb – done “porchetta-style” and stuffed with more lamb.
Astral People Vivid Party: The Future, Past and Present of Australia's Music Scene According to Vichara Edirisinghe
Entertainment Astral People is taking over Vivid Sydney for a one-night-only party. In partnership with Carriageworks, we speak with Astral People co-founder Vichara Edirisinghe about his live music juggernaut, the future of Australia's music scene, and what attendees can expect from the night.
Adelaide Artist Ida Sophia Wins This Year’s $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize
Art & Design Informed by the artist’s early childhood experience of observing her dad’s baptism, the winning work was shot in a single take at the Pool of Siloam in Wirmalngrang/Beachport in regional South Australia. See it alongside 26 other finalists in a free exhibition that opens at the Art Gallery of South Australia this weekend.
Chef’s Pantry: The Flavour-Enhancing Condiments Adelaide’s Top Chefs Always Use at Home
Food & Drink From a hot sauce “every Indonesian kid can’t live without” to a classic British condiment favoured by one of Adelaide’s finest exponents of Mexican cooking, and a lot of thumbs up for fish sauce, 12 local chefs share their tips and tricks to elevate a good home-cooked meal into a great one.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – May 24, 2023
Food & Drink An old-school tuckshop (selling meatloaf subs, doughnuts and mixed lollies) opens in the Central Market, Arkhe brings a legend of Thai cooking to Adelaide, and The Salopian Inn takes over Press. Plus, a pizza party at Loc.
Farewell Yiasou George – But the Party Continues at House of George With a New Menu, Disco Balls and Ouzo-gronis
Food & Drink The East Terrace restaurant will widen the brief when it reopens in June with a new head chef at the helm. Expect yiros on a stick with crispy chicken skin crumble, Ritz crackers with “cafe de Vardon” butter and smoked whiting, and an homage to Yiasou George’s popular woodfired lamb, plus pre-batched cocktails and Montenegro shots.
New Hire: Five Minutes With Jordan Latour, The Scenic Hotel’s New Head Chef
Food & Drink He’s come over from Hobart’s exemplary boozer Tom McHugo’s, which is raising the (pub) bar with its commitment to organically farmed wines and a produce-driven, nose-to-tail menu. So he’s in good company at the beloved Hills spot, where he’s expanding the brief on what constitutes pub food. Here’s what he has in store.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – May 3, 2023
Entertainment Sample the snacks at Tasting Australia’s Town Square, score a locally handmade Mother’s Day gift, and sip on wine flights in the Hills during Chardonnay May. Plus, Beer & BBQ Festival has released its biggest beverage line-up yet.
Now Open: Roll Into Dante's Deli, Glenelg’s Tiny New Sandwich Shop
Food & Drink Adelaide’s sandwich wave continues with a new seaside contender inspired by Italy’s takeaway panino bars. Come for chicken-salad sangas, tuna melts, toasties with mushroom ragu, Hark coffee and Boulangerie 113 pastries.
Illuminate Will Light Up Adelaide’s Winter Nights Again, With Striking Light Projections, Large-Scale Installations and an Inflatable Labyrinth
Entertainment The third edition of the winter festival will feature a towering, sculptural floral field that awakens at night with a fireworks display; a 30th anniversary concert by Yothu Yindi, a precinct-wide exhibition of portraits by Poh Ling Yeow, the return of Unsound Adelaide and much more.
An Intimate New Vinyl Bar, Wax, Brings DJs, Disco Balls and Tropical Cocktails to the Former Two Pot Screamer Site
Food & Drink The upstairs bar above Southeast Asian restaurant Paper Tiger is your new late-night spot in the east end – complete with Lychee Long Islands, $5 cans mid-week, a red-tinted dance floor, and a balcony overlooking Rundle Street.
Major Hospitality Player Public Has Acquired the Group Behind Australia’s Best-Ranked Bar, Maybe Sammy
Food & Drink Public Hospitality – behind the recent overhauls of The Strand and The Norfolk Hotel – continues its rapid expansion with the acquisition of the Maybe Group and all its venues, including the 1950s-inspired cocktail bar named Australia’s best bar four years in a row by the World’s 50 Best.
First Look: Abbotsford’s Happy Mexican Has Opened a 200-Person Rooftop Bar and Restaurant in the CBD
Food & Drink Ascend a lift to a sky-high bar and Mexican diner serving tacos stacked with pork, flathead or tender cactus, plus quesabirrias, tuna tostadas and a Mexican-style prawn cocktail.
An Adelaide-First Entertainment and Dining Precinct Is Opening in Rundle Mall This Year
Entertainment The multimillion-dollar project in Rundle Place will bring arcade games, bowling lanes, and a faux-hotel funhouse filled with challenge rooms – plus several new dining and drinking destinations – together under one roof.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – April 5, 2023
Food & Drink Adelaide’s hot cross bun riffs and more Easter treats, a Gouger Street favourite closes, and Beer & BBQ Festival returns. Plus, Bowerbird is back with 140 independent designers and makers from around Australia.
Now Open: The Summertown Aristologist Has Turned Its Neighbouring Cellar Door Into a 24-Seat Wine Bar
Food & Drink The breezy porch setting is your new Hills pit stop for a post-lunch or pre-dinner drink. Roll up without a booking for a wine and some house-made sourdough, saucisson and other snacks, then grab a bottle to take home.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – March 29, 2023
Food & Drink A crab carnival, a chilli fest, and an inner-west block party. Plus, midweek schnitties at Leigh Street Wine Room, and a Clare Valley favourite calls last drinks.
Ahead of Its 10-Year Anniversary, Exchange Coffee Is Expanding and Moving Into Frank’s Gents Hairdresser
Food & Drink Seven years after its last extension, Vardon Avenue’s beloved corner coffee shop is growing again. Here’s what’s in store – and why owner Tom Roden reckons it’s stood the test of time.
Coming Soon: Good Days Is Opening a Banh Mi Shop, Good Days Hot Bread, on Sydney Road
Food & Drink It’ll riff on Australian-Vietnamese bakeries with crusty baguettes stuffed with xiu mai (saucy Vietnamese meatballs) and Black Angus brisket and rare beef dipped in pho broth (inspired by the French dip sandwich). Plus, house-made pastries like Vietnamese meat pies, pandan coconut eclairs and Laughing Cow cheesecake.
Windsor’s Vietnamese Eatery Good Nights Says … Good Night
Food & Drink The southside sibling to Brunswick favourite Good Days is closing next month. You’ve only got three weeks to enjoy its noodles, DIY rice paper rolls and turmeric pancakes under the disco ball. But there’s more to come from owner Nam Nguyen and his team.
Gallery: Womad Returns With a Stellar International Line-Up (and Tonnes of Feathers)
Entertainment With festival-goers frolicking barefoot, Grammy-winning acts gracing the stages, and more punters than ever before, Botanic Park has never felt more alive.
Behind a Maroon Roller Door in Collingwood’s Backstreets, Falco Expands With Bakery Number Two
Food & Drink The warehouse-style bakery doubles production capacity, paving the way for new menu items like filled bagels and returning favourites like the kouign-amann – alongside its wildly popular sandwiches and peanut-butter-and-miso cookies.
It’s Official: Australia’s Best Vanilla Slice Has Been Crowned
Food & Drink The country’s best hot cross bun and best sausage roll were also awarded – among dozens more categories – at the annual Victorian Baking Show.
Five To Book: What To See at Adelaide Festival 2023
Entertainment “The first festival back to full-strength after the pandemic” opens this week. If you’re still yet to book tickets, here’s our hit list – from a cutting-edge adaptation of a gothic classic by the team behind last year’s smash-hit The Picture of Dorian Gray, to a timely dystopian play that earned a spot in the program after a tip-off by actor Cate Blanchett.
Opening Today: Chadstone Unveils Its New $70 Million Dining and Entertainment Precinct, The Social Quarter
Food & Drink Eight new spots open today, including Melbourne favourite Piccolina Gelateria; a sprawling beer hall (and on-site brewery); and a Victorian-first hotel with … no beds?
Travel From Paris in Springtime to a Manhattan Cocktail Bar With Flaner, a New Melbourne-Born Perfume Brand
Fashion Named for the act of wandering aimlessly through a place, the new fragrance brand evokes past and present urban landscapes. There’s also a scented candle (inspired by “well-traveled leather”) made with sustainable olive wax.
Windmill Theatre Is Taking On Classic Folktale Hansel and Gretel – with a Nightmarish Lynchian Adaptation
Entertainment Written by award-winning Australian playwright Lally Katz, this even darker version of the grisly story is set in a dystopian future and uses personalised audio to create conflicting narratives, so no one show is the same for the whole audience.
“I Just Want to Keep Things Moving”: In the Wake of Personal and Musical Transformation, Angel Olsen Is Touring Australia
Entertainment Ahead of her first Australian tour in seven years, the American singer-songwriter shares how the last few years have reshaped her, from the transformative nature of grief, to coming out, and finally embracing country music.
Art Wrap: Five Exhibitions To See in Adelaide This Month
Art & Design A celebration of Australian textile design featuring Frida Las Vegas, Wah-Wah Australia and Romance Was Born. A collaboration with the Biennale of Sydney exploring the effects of colonisation on the environment. And a playful show giving guests the chance to become collectors of accessible contemporary art through an art vending machine.
Big Easy Group (the Team Behind Nola, Anchovy Bandit and More) Has Turned a Winemaking Dream Into a “Fulltime Fantasy”
Food & Drink The new side project has the group teaming up with its favourite winemakers – including Koerner and Somos – on a range of core and limited-release wines, starting with a bright pink fizz, a skinsy pinot gris and a juicy merlot.
Six To Try: The Best New Wine Bars in Adelaide
Food & Drink A friendly and homey small bar from the people behind Stem (and a longstanding Udaberri bartender), a simple CBD spot that’s like drinking in your mate’s cellar and neighbourhood wine bars where the food rivals the drinks.
Now Open: Pick Up Everything You Need for a Greek Feast at New Unley Deli Eleni’s Kouzina & Grocer
Food & Drink Grab a chicken, lamb or saganaki yiros to go, or take home a ready-made moussaka, pastitsio or gemista for dinner. And can you stock up on pita, honey, kalamata olives and Greek cheeses while you’re at it.
Hello, Dolly: The Bar Lune Crew Head South of the City With a New Wine and Cocktail Bar
Food & Drink The slick Unley bar, which also serves crab soldiers, buttermilk-fried quail and a grilled cheese sandwich with mushroom and Vegemite, will soon be joined by a panino deli next door that can hold bar overflow at night.
Like Vodka Pasta? Make Dirty Martini Pasta With a New Sauce by the Aussie Behind Saturday Night Pasta
Food & Drink The slow-cooked, hand-bottled sauce uses Archie Rose Native Botanical vodka, Toolunka Creek olive brine and lemon myrtle leaves for a rich and super tasty result. “It’s zesty, briny with a bit of punch, just like a Dirty Martini.”
Coming Soon: Gelato Messina Is Opening Its First Adelaide Store, With an Adjoining Restaurant
Food & Drink The east coast’s hit gelateria is finally putting down roots in the founder’s hometown – in a Sans–Arc Studio-designed site on The Parade. And there’ll be an Italian eatery next door, serving fresh house-made pasta.
Adelaide’s Best Bar Openings of 2022
Food & Drink A suave cocktail den with a not-so-secret dive bar (serving picklebacks) out back. A rollicking burger joint that’s part-diner, part-disco. And a neighbourhood wine bar where the food’s as much a pull as the drinks. We're raising a glass to our favourite new boozers.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – December 14, 2022
Food & Drink Tacos and Mexican snacks at a new neighbourhood wine bar, a summer burger pop-up by the beach, and a Christmas Eve wine party with Sunny’s Pizza and spritzes. Plus, an urban farmgate opens in the inner west.
Womadelaide’s Taste the World Restaurant Returns, With Thai and Middle Eastern Banquets by Soi 38’s Owner-Chef
Food & Drink In 2023, the festival’s full-service dining experience will be at the Adelaide Zoo, with a three-course menu by Terry Intarakhamhaeng and Sanctuary chef Jack Bird – featuring panang curry with coconut braised beef brisket, bite-sized betel leaf and prawn wraps, and lamb shoulder rubbed in sumac and toum.
First Look: At New Restaurant Kiin, Chef Ben Bertei Is Merging Thai and Western Influences Like He’s Never Done Before
Food & Drink The founding chef of Brisbane’s acclaimed modern-Thai spot Same Same has upped stumps to Adelaide, where he's serving up burrata with green nam jim and roti, a red curry cheeseburger and a Thai tea panna cotta.
Coming Soon to the CBD: Tap Wines and South American Fare at Bar Riot, a New Home for Riot Wine Co
Food & Drink In the former Madre site, there'll be Latin American and Spanish share plates by former 2KW executive chef Trent Lymn, plus a 1000-litre self-serve “wine vase” where you’ll be able to fill a flagon to takeaway.
Now Open: Sliders, Shooters and Slushies at 99 Gang Social’s New Tropical-Inspired Upstairs Bar, Thirsty Tiger
Food & Drink Ascend the stairs from Hindley Street to a slice of island paradise, with fish tacos, mini burgers and playful cocktails, including a pho-inspired creation, a matcha one and a Negroni Spagliato … with prosecco in it.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – November 23, 2022
Food & Drink Get Afghan-style pasta at Parwana’s new lunchtime offering, buy tickets to the final week of Feast Festival, and say happy birthday to Arkhe and Good Gilbert. Plus, where to head for New Year’s Eve. Yes, it’s that time again.
The Enduring Allure of Frida Kahlo – and the Passionate and Political Art of Mexican Modernism – Is the Subject of an Exclusive Exhibition Coming to the Art Gallery of SA
Art & Design The legacy of the influential artist, and that of her husband, painter and muralist Diego Rivera, will headline AGSA’s 2023 program, alongside the first-ever survey exhibition of Western Aranda painter Vincent Namatjira and an Australian exclusive exploring a little-seen side of Andy Warhol.
Coming Soon to the CBD: A New Brasserie-Style Restaurant From the Crew Behind My Kingdom for a Horse
Food & Drink It's called A Prayer for the Wild at Heart, and owner Emily Raven describes it as her “love letter to the hospitality industry”. Expect a globe-trotting menu featuring flat-iron steak with cafe de Paris butter, ricotta and truffle gnudi, and a coconut and chilli sambal chicken roll, plus afternoon snacks and reserve wines.
An Adaptation of Best-Selling Novel A Little Life, Lorde Returns, and an Exclusive Andy Warhol Exhibition: Adelaide Festival Unveils Its Epic 2023 Program
Entertainment It includes 11 world premieres, eight Australian premieres and 17 Adelaide exclusives over 17 days and nights. Among the 52 events: a new, cutting-edge production by the team behind this year's national sensation The Picture of Dorian Gray, and a timely dystopian play that earned a spot in the program after a tip-off by actor Cate Blanchett.
Now Open: Pastel, North Adelaide’s Cosy, Timber-Lined Neighbourhood Wine Bar and Dining Room
Food & Drink In the former L’Italy site, the minds behind Pinco Deli and 1000 Island are bringing you punchy snacks and larger plates like chargrilled octopus skewers with taramasalata, pork and prawn dumplings with chilli oil, and coconut-braised beef short rib with green mango and roasted rice, plus nightly DJs and a lush courtyard out back.
A Broadsheet Editor’s Guide to One Night in Adelaide
Food & Drink Get ready for exquisite sunsets, brilliant woodfired food and late-night blues. In partnership with Samsung, Broadsheet Adelaide editor-at-large Daniela Frangos shares her secrets for one perfect evening in the South Australian capital.
The Brompton Hotel Is Reopening This Month With a New Look, New Owners and a Head Chef With Michelin Cred
Food & Drink The heritage pub is being resuscitated by the Duxton Pubs Group and former Una Mas chef Andrew Wandless, who plan to turn it into a destination restaurant. On the menu? Euro classics including a chorizo scotch egg, a French dip sandwich and a fancified chicken Kyiv, plus beers and spirits from the inner west, and premium wines via Coravin.
First Look: Meet Frankie, Mitolo Wines’ New Italian Disco Diner, With a Cacio e Pepe Pizza and a Roving Gelato Cart
Food & Drink Gather the crew for Roman-style pizzas, handmade pastas, Italianate cocktails and the ritual of “apericena” (a cross between aperitivo and dinner), against a thumping soundtrack of Italo disco.
In Victorian High Country, the Opulent Riverfield Homestead Feels Straight Out of the Jane Austen Universe
Travel The restored 1970s-built farmhouse sleeps 10, so it’s the ideal base for your next fancy group getaway. Stroll through the gorgeous ornamental garden, say hi to the resident herd of cows, then feast in the old-world dining room.
Destination Dining: Seven Recent Out-of-Town Openings You Might Have Missed
Food & Drink Hit the road for a vibrant Hawker-inspired restaurant in the d’Arenberg Cube or a rustic distillery door in a 19th-century coach-house. There’s also a sprawling 200-person taphouse and restaurant, a surf club with a difference, and a whimsical wine bar with a surprising centrepiece.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – October 25, 2022
Food & Drink Wagyu and morcilla burgers and vegan sloppy joes, a new seaside seafood festival, and a pop-up restaurant by Arkhe's Jake Kellie. Plus, one of Sydney’s hottest new wine bars comes to Leigh Street Wine Room.
First Look: It’s a Little Dive-y and a Little Disco at Coburg’s Italo-American Pizza Bar, Hotel Lombardo
Food & Drink The moodily lit diner is hitting all the right notes, with a big hit of nostalgia. Slide into a cushy booth for a glossy pepperoni pizza – or a culture-crossing mortadella and pineapple. Then bring a round of Negronis to the pool table.
Thirty More Artists Have Been Added to the Womadelaide Line-Up, Including Angel Olsen, Sampa the Great and Genesis Owusu
Entertainment Also among the new additions are Youssou N’Dour, Aurora, and Bangarra Dance Theatre performing the landmark work Terrain, joining Florence and the Machine and Bon Iver at the 2023 festival.
State Theatre Company South Australia Unveils Its Dynamic 2023 Season
Entertainment The latest program is “exploring the notion of family” – in all its forms. There’s the world premiere of an internationally bestselling South Australian novel, a musical homage to one of the world’s greatest singers and a Tony Award-winning tragicomedy that marks the return to the stage of one of Australia’s most beloved actors.
In Just a Year, the Freewheeling Bar Merenda Has Cemented Itself as an Essential Daylesford Destination
Food & Drink The menu is compact, chalked up on a blackboard and constantly changing. The only sure thing? Its fierce hyperlocality and downright deliciousness. This wine bar is likely to be the star of your next spa-country weekender.
Coming Soon: Our Boy Roy, a Corner Deli, Cafe and General Store by the Owner of Semaphore’s High Tide
Food & Drink The 100-seat spot will serve panini and sandwiches (think meatball and sugo ciabattas and a Chicago-style beef roll inspired by The Bear), plus Davidson’s plum hotcakes and self-serve filter coffee on tap. You’ll also be able to take home a bouquet of flowers, fresh bread and deli meats, and a range of specialty sauces, jams and relishes.
Why Michelle Law’s Single Asian Female Is “More Pertinent Than Ever”
Entertainment After its local run was halted by Covid in 2020, the hilarious and incisive play – which premiered in Brisbane in 2017 – is finally coming to Adelaide. And its examination of race and gender remains absolutely essential.
Coming Soon: Kiin, a Vibrant Thai-Inspired Restaurant From Two Seasoned Hospo Pros, Is Opening in the CBD
Food & Drink The former chef and partner at Brisbane’s stellar Same Same has teamed up with a Melbourne sommelier to bring his acclaimed Thai-inspired food to Adelaide, with a few new Western influences. Think creamy burrata served with green nam jim and roti, a red-curry cheeseburger and a “fish finger of sorts” that he’s still trialling.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – September 28, 2022
Food & Drink Banoffee-misu tarts, Fruchoc beers, and a former Noma co-owner joins Adelaide’s new hospitality group. Plus, a star-powered one-night-only fundraising dinner helping women experiencing homelessness.
CBD Pub Sparkke at the Whitmore Has Been Sold to Mismatch Brewing’s Parent Company Mighty Craft Limited
Food & Drink “In keeping with our commitment to ... the community in which we operate, and our pub staff, the decision to put our beautiful venue in to the hands of a significantly better-resourced operator is the right one,” says Sparkke's co-founder. The new home of Mismatch Brewing will be the place for experimental small-batch beers and an untypical pub menu by chef Shannon Fleming.
Now Open: Good Gilbert’s New Dining Room Is Here, With a Retro-ish and Sustainably Minded Menu
Food & Drink There's a seafood platter served with Wonder White, Caesar salad-inspired tartare and a fancified Viennetta with miso caramel. Plus, steak frites and late-night sausage rolls at the bar. “[I’m] mostly just trying to make a menu of things that are really relatable and nostalgic ... and try to not make food so complicated.”
Now Open: Carton Deli, a New CBD Sandwich Bar Doing Ham and Pineapple-Mustard Toasties and Korean Fried Chicken Burgers
Food & Drink The “accidentally nostalgic” menu features slow-cooked sarsaparilla pork with apple slaw, a sous vide chicken roll, and an inspired spin on the ham-and-cheese toastie (with strong Hawaiian pizza DNA).
Coming Soon to North Adelaide: Pastel Wine Bar, a New Neighbourhood Bar and Kitchen in the Former L’Italy Site
Food & Drink From a crew whose CVs include Pinco Deli and 1000 Island – with food by former Peel Street and Gin Long chefs (think whipped ricotta with za’atar and honey, octopus with skordalia, and Lebanese-style chicken skewers). Plus, seasonal cocktails including two types of Negroni (made with fresh peach or coffee).
Dante’s Deli, a New Takeaway Sandwich Shop, Is Bringing Cheesy Tuna Melts and Chicken Salad Sangas to Glenelg
Food & Drink Adelaide’s sandwich wave continues with a new seaside contender inspired by Italy’s grab-and-go panino bars. There’ll also be sourdough toasties with mushroom ragu or ham and kimchi, plus Hark coffee and Italian pastries.
Adelaide Film Festival Unveils a Packed 2022 Program, With 129 Films Screening This October
Entertainment The now annual event will feature 22 world premieres and 32 Australian premieres, including a modern-day retelling of Carmen starring Paul Mescal; a doco about The Angels directed by Adelaide’s Madeleine Parry; and a dark satire on celebrity culture that won the coveted Palme d’Or prize for best film at Cannes.
First Look: Pinco Deli, an Italian-Inspired Sandwich Shop, Opens in Eastwood
Food & Drink The menu of classic toasties and fresh focaccias – including a Reuben with “burger sauce”, an ooey-gooey tuna melt, and one with mortadella, salami, provolone and giardiniera – is inspired by the Italian ethos of simplicity. In direct contrast to its “retro future” design aesthetic.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – September 5, 2022
Entertainment Japanese-style cheesecakes and egg tarts in the Central Market, a new campaign promoting equality and inclusivity in the hospitality industry, and a choose-your-own-adventure Sunday session in the Fleurieu. Plus, two new Adelaide fitness studios and a new gig series combining visual art and live music.
Clutch Has Closed Its Henley Restaurant and Is Reopening as a Wine Bar and Cellar Door in an Inner-West Warehouse
Food & Drink The ambitious eatery and wine bar (previously popular brunch spot Acacia) is evolving into a wholly new concept, with a laser-sharp focus on small-batch wines, plus rotating chef collaborations.
Adelaide Film Festival Just Dropped a Peek at Its 2022 Program, With Five New Films
Entertainment Including highly anticipated releases starring your boyfriends Harry Styles and Paul Mescal, and a dark satire on celebrity culture that won the coveted Palme d’Or prize for best film at Cannes. Passes are on sale now.
Coming Soon: Travelling Coffee Van and Plant-Based Eatery Later Gator Is Putting Down Roots in College Park
Food & Drink The vegan (and mostly gluten-free) eatery is opening a cafe and bakehouse on Payneham Road. Expect cheeseburger toasties, deep-dish cookies, “notella” tarts and red velvet lattes. Plus, local ceramics, vintage clothes and more.
Bon Iver and Florence & the Machine To Headline Womadelaide 2023
Entertainment International artists are back on the bill for the world music festival, which will also see the return of the 2018 aerial spectacular Place des Anges.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – August 22, 2022
Food & Drink A Belles Hot Chicken founder is taking over Silver Sands Beach Club, a new food festival in the Fleurieu, and some of Melbourne’s best cannoli is coming to Adelaide. Plus, a beer crawl in the west and a trending French dessert.
An Instagram Account Addressing Sexual Assault in Adelaide Hospitality Has Launched – And It Already Has 193 Testimonials
City File Testimonials can be sent online, and you can remain anonymous. “The point is to stimulate conversation within our community, spark a bit of change, and start talking about what the solutions are.”
Jack White, Hot Chip, Crowded House and Groove Armada Are Coming to Adelaide for a Stacked New Music Festival
Entertainment The two-day event will also feature performances by Cat Power, Kurt Vile, Khruangbin, Genesis Owusu, Courtney Barnett, You Am I and more. It’s as much about the food and drinks too, with a “Feastville Stage”, food trucks, bars and a feast by Arkhe’s Jake Kellie.
Adelaide Institution Mercato Is Opening a Second Store – On the Long-Vacant Old Le Cornu Site in North Adelaide
Food & Drink The Italian emporium will be the flagship tenant of a three-tower residential and retail complex on O’Connell Street.
Coming Soon: One of Adelaide’s Best Roasters, Elementary Coffee, Is Opening a Cafe and Roastery in Torrensville
Food & Drink Owner and roaster Brad Nixon says the new site will be “completely different” to the CBD store, with the baristas “centrestage” in the middle of the room, plus a new focus on filter and frozen coffee, and food by a former Clement & Herron chef.
Coming Soon: A Lively and Lavish South American-Inspired Rooftop Bar From the Team Behind Lina and Evita
Food & Drink In a high-energy 500-person spot atop Jubilee Place, expect a menu featuring Peruvian and Japanese influences, including ceviche, yakitori, sashimi and grade 9 Wagyu, plus plenty of sake and 40 different Pisco Sours.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – August 9, 2022
Entertainment Get $1 oysters, Nashville-style fried-oyster rolls and an oyster stout at Sean’s Kitchen. Plus, whiskies and chocolate, a choose-your-own-adventure wine trail, and a pop-up shop for five local fashion designers.
OzAsia Festival Has Announced Its 2022 Program
Entertainment There’s the free Moon Lantern Trail, a block party celebrating Asian hip-hop and R’n’B, and a gripping neo-noir play exploring the White Australia Policy (set in modern-day Sydney). Plus, the return of the Lucky Dumpling Market and a brand new Bubble Tea Garden.
Get Dinner by Top Chefs Including Paul Carmichael, Analiese Gregory, Peter Gilmore and Lennox Hastie Through Fix, a Fancy New At-Home Meal Service
Food & Drink The new food delivery platform is by The Fink Group (of Quay and Firedoor Fame) and one of Sydney’s best caterers – and it’s now available in Brisbane. Choose between a luxe three-course dinner (with a playlist included) or a “Freezer Stash” of mapo tofu, moussaka, crispy duck red curry, Guinness stew with potato dumplings, and more.
New Hire: Five Minutes With Antonio Pruner, Head Chef at Bandit Pizza and Wine
Food & Drink The former sous chef at Anchovy Bandit is now taking the reins at Big Easy Group’s new Hyde Park pizzeria. He’s promising the Bandit brand’s same spin on Italian cuisine – with fire front and centre. Think arrosticini skewers, veggies from the hearth, and woodfired pizzas with dipping sauces for your crusts.
Adelaide Airport’s New Locally Focused Kitchen and Bar, 100 Miles, Highlights “Ingredients Less Travelled”
Food & Drink Produce is sourced within 100 miles of the venue, from suppliers such as Beerenberg, Fleurieu Milk Company and Central Market favourites Lucia’s Fine Foods and Mushroom Man. There’s also drinks from Pirate Life Brewing and Kangaroo Island Distillery.
Where Adelaide Chefs Eat in Winter
Food & Drink Comfort is, unsurprisingly, big on the agenda. Emma McCaskill, Tom Tilbury, Justin James and more share their picks for dumplings, yakitori and fried chicken. Plus, Shane Wilson’s choice for the best spicy miso ramen in town, Jake Kellie’s favourite pizza in South Australia, and Clare Falzon’s ultimate spot to settle into on a wintry night.
Bite Size: Six New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – July 26, 2022
Food & Drink Pakistani street food in the Central Market, a cocktail bar pop-up, and more fried chicken. Plus, Moreton Bay bug dumplings, cumin lamb buns and prawn and wild scampi toast at Magill Estate Kitchen.
Score $20 Deals on Dining, Drinking and Entertainment Experiences Across Brisbane Next Month
City File Cruise the Brisbane River, go quad biking on Moreton Island or enjoy a three-Martini lunch at the Inchcolm – for just $20 thanks to a new initiative of Brisbane City Council.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – July 8, 2022
Food & Drink The city lights up for Illuminate Adelaide, a new pizzeria for Hey Bianca, and Bowden Brewing celebrates one year with a birthday-cake beer. Plus, winter reds and fireside feasts in the Hills.
Coming Soon: Italian-Style Sandwiches and Focaccias at a Petite New Eastwood Deli
Food & Drink The slick new sandwich shop brings together two graphic designers, a coffee roaster, and a former Scenic chef in a space that’s promised to be “a little bit weird” with a “radical Italian” aesthetic.
Dunfor Noodle Bar Is Closing This Weekend
Food & Drink After eight illustrious months, the Hindmarsh Square ramen shop is done for. This Sunday is your last chance to get Justin Healy’s noods.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – June 22, 2022
Food & Drink Truffle Basque cheesecakes, Bloody Marys and buttermilk-fried chicken with waffles at Magill Estate Kitchen, and Nola’s new whisky release. Plus, cheeseburger dumplings and Vegemite bubble tea.
In-N-Out Is Serving Burgers in Perth Tomorrow
Food & Drink Run, don’t walk to Market Grounds from 10am for the cult burger chain's Double Double, Animal Style and Protein Style burgs.
Hot Sauce Project: Six of Adelaide’s Hottest Restaurants Are Spicing Things Up To Raise Funds For Ukraine
Food & Drink They've created six wildly different limited edition hot sauces, with all sales going directly to Unicef. There's a smoky red sauce by Arkhe; a green one by Nola made specifically for fried chicken; a fiery nam jim jaew-inspired sauce by Soi 38; a Mediterranean-style chilli sauce by Tony Tomatoes that’s perfect for pizza; and more.
“Our Story Here Has Drawn to an End”: After Nine Years, Parwana’s CBD Sibling Kutchi Deli Has Closed
Food & Drink The fast-paced spin-off of the popular Torrensville restaurant has shut its doors for the last time.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – June 7, 2022
Food & Drink Coffee’s back at Loc, chicken salt beer, a free street party in the CBD, and the return of Cheesefest.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – June 1, 2022
Food & Drink Beer and BBQ Festival’s brew line-up, five years of Endless Grooves, and a West End street party described as a “Mad Hatter's tea party meets Moulin Rouge meets Carnivale”.
South Australian Restaurants, Bars and Cafes Will No Longer Be Able To Sell Takeaway Alcohol From July
Food & Drink The state government has revoked the major emergency declaration, and with it, the short term liquor licenses that allowed venues to sell small amounts of takeaway booze to help them stay afloat.
In a Row of Nondescript Shops on a Quiet Backstreet, Bobby’s Coffee Store Is a Beacon of Light for Locals
Food & Drink Since opening on Saturday, the slick neighbourhood coffee shop has been beckoning crowds of southern suburbs residents (plus their babies and their dogs). Come for D’Angelo coffee, Market Street pastries and bagels by a former Sibling chef. Stay for sightings of the shop’s lively namesake, Bobby the French bulldog.
After a Two-Year Break, Brisbane’s Night Noodle Markets Return for 12 Nights This Winter
Food & Drink The markets are back in a leafy new location – with easy QR-code ordering – this June. Come for Filipino skewers, gravity-defying noodles, Asian-inspired desserts, pop-up bars and more.
Coming Soon: A Neighbourhood Pizzeria and Arrosticini Bar by the Anchovy Bandit Crew Is Moving Into Hyde Park
Food & Drink The Bandit brand is crossing the city with a retro-style pizza bar serving woodfired pies, Italian skewers, hard-to-find wines and pre-batched cocktails.
Bite Size: Six New Things in Adelaide You Need to Know This Week – the Tasting Australia Edition
Food & Drink A secret whisky bar, a Panettone Negroni, and a closing party at Arkhe with $18 kebabs and $5 spritzes.
Now Open: Italian-Style Eatery Valentino’s Is Bringing Slow Food and Fast Service to the CBD Lunch Crowd
Food & Drink Fill your plate with a selection of antipasto, pizza al taglio, stuffed eggplant, slow-cooked meatballs, hearty roasts and more, then try to leave room for a strong line-up of Italian pastries, or kick on into evening with cocktails.
Coopers Brewery Unveils Plans for a $50 Million World-Class Microbrewery, Whisky Distillery and Visitor Centre
Food & Drink The iconic South Australian beer brand is expanding with a new facility in Adelaide’s inner north. The curved two-storey development – with a design inspired by the Coopers label roundel – will also have a restaurant and bar, tasting room, outdoor plaza dining and more.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Brisbane You Need to Know This Week – April 27, 2022
Food & Drink All-you-can-eat satay skewers, light projections and interactive installations in the City Botanic Gardens, and a seafood festival with $7 prawn rolls and a $95 seafood platter.
Where Tasting Australia’s Guest Chefs Can’t Wait To Eat and Drink While They’re in Town
Food & Drink Including Belles Hot Chicken founder Morgan McGlone’s pick for a quick lunch, the Adelaide go-to for Smith & Daughters’ Shannon Martinez, and the west end bar Burnt Ends chef Dave Pynt is “gagging” to drink at.
Gorillaz to Headline Illuminate, Adelaide’s Technicolour Midwinter Festival Lighting Up the City This July
Entertainment An expanded program of free and ticketed events will combine art, music and technology in large-scale, immersive and interactive public installations and light projections. Plus, the return of experimental music festival, Unsound.
Now Open: CBD Institution Press Food & Wine Is Back, With a Snazzy Makeover
Food & Drink The ground-floor dining room is unrecognisable, with a curvaceous new marble bar and a lighter, softer, more intimate setting. The menu has changed dramatically too – but new executive chef Tom Tilbury is keeping on a few Press classics.
Good Gilbert Is Expanding With a New Open Kitchen and Dining Space Next Door
Food & Drink The popular neighbourhood bar continues to evolve with an extension that'll provide an open kitchen with ringside seats, a “more polished” dining room with table service and more outdoor seating.
The Scenic Hotel Is Building a Horticulture Therapy Garden and Greenhouse Across the Road
Food & Drink The Topsoil Garden Project wants to combat social isolation and provide meaningful work pathways for people living with mental ill-health. “We’re hoping it supports people’s belief that they can be meaningful, valuable members of society, where otherwise our systems, practices and behaviours as a community have been quite marginalising.”
Chef Daniel Murphy Is Back in the Barossa, Fronting Scenic Regional Restaurant Fino Seppeltsfield
Food & Drink After a stint at CBD fine diner Eleven, he’s come home to take the reins of the enduring destination restaurant alongside powerhouse duo Sharon Romeo and David Swain. On the menu? Hutton Vale Farm lamb “croquettes”, an unctuous and tender Mayura Station Wagyu beef brisket, and a silky Basque cheesecake.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – March 30, 2022
Food & Drink A free block party with live music, pop-up bars and food trucks; a “Puck Futin” beer in support of Ukraine, a new beachside pizzeria, a three-day burger festival, and more.
South Australia Announces Big Changes to Close Contact and Isolation Rules
City File Recently recovered Covid cases will have 12 isolation-free weeks. And the quarantine period for household close contacts has gone from 14 days to seven, effective immediately. Here's what else is changing.
Press Food & Wine Is Reopening With a New Chef, New Menu and a Glamorous New Look
Food & Drink Gather’s Tom Tilbury has joined the fold to lead the kitchen into a new era – with a more vegetable-forward menu alongside dry-aged and wood-grilled proteins. But one crowd-favourite dish is staying put. And there are more changes about to be unveiled.
GOMA Will Be Taken Over by Giant Webs of Red Wool
Art & Design It’s part of the largest solo exhibition to date by world-renowned artist Chiharu Shiota. The gallery has also announced its latest blockbuster, Air, and QAG will host an exhibition of Queensland contemporary art.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – March 15, 2022
Food & Drink Asian-inspired Basque burnt cheesecakes, a Parwana dinner for Afghanistan and a wine auction for the Northern Rivers. Plus, free burgers and a bao bar.
48 hours in Adelaide During Fringe Festival
Entertainment The biggest festival in Australia rouses the South Australian capital every February and March, making it the best time to visit the city. In partnership with Adelaide Fringe, Broadsheet’s here to help you make the most of your stay.
Yep, Adelaide Woke to a Magnitude 3.8 Earthquake This Morning
City File The earth shook across the state at around 7.20am, with tremors felt as far north as the Clare Valley and as south as Encounter Bay.
A Major New Work by Artist Ian Strange Is a Eulogy to a Lost Suburb and the Impermanence of Home
Art & Design The Perth-bred, New York-based artist is premiering a new film work and photographic series that explores – and deconstructs – notions of home, inspired by a slowly erased West Australian township.
Western Australia Brings in New Restrictions as the Border Reopens Today
City File The level two restrictions are expected to be in place for a month.
How To Help Brisbane Businesses Impacted by the Floods
City File Grab a coffee from Botanica’s sibling store, help the clean-up effort at Craft’d Grounds, donate to save a not-for-profit urban permaculture farm, or stock up on pastries from King Street Bakery.
The Sun Is Out But a Major Flood Alert Is Still in Place for Brisbane as “Rain Bomb” Wreaks Havoc Over South-East Queensland
City File Brisbane residents, including several restaurant operators, have taken to social media to share their experiences.
South Australia Is Easing More Restrictions This Weekend
City File Density limits are relaxing, singing and dancing is allowed at private functions, and standing consumption and buffets are back.
Big Changes to Queensland’s Mask Rules and Density Limits Are Happening on Friday
City File The state-wide mask mandate will be scrapped in most settings, and density requirements removed in food courts, gyms and universities and at weddings and funerals. And the cap on home gatherings will go.
Five To Try: Secluded SA Cabins Where You Can Press Pause for a Little While
Travel Take a dip at your own private beach; soak in a large stone bath with stunning views of the Fleurieu; relax in a sauna looking out on rows of vineyards; or snuggle up by the fire at an off-grid suite on acres of olive groves.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Adelaide You Need To Know This Week – February 22, 2022
Food & Drink A “super natural” wine party, a Singaporean takeover at Arkhe, $12 Margaritas and more.
“A Safe Step Forward”: Western Australia Will Lift Its Hard Border on March 3
City File The state will also reintroduce a number of restrictions in order to manage the spread of the virus, including the two-square-metre rule, caps on theatres, cinemas, major stadiums and nightclubs, and statewide mask requirements.
Madre, the Pizzateca Crew’s CBD Neapolitan Spin-Off, Has Closed Its Doors for the Final Time
Food & Drink After two and a half years on Gilbert Street, an Omicron surge and a national staff shortage crisis, the team chose not to renew its lease. It had its final service at the weekend.
Now Open: Acclaimed Chef Aaron Turner’s Nashville-Inspired Hot Chicken Project Lands in Adelaide
Food & Drink The coastal Victorian fried-chook joint has taken over a longstanding CBD pub. Come for hot wings, tenders and drumsticks (by the piece or bucket) plus a chicken burger, a fish sandwich, lo-fi wines, and whisky.
Now Open: A Three-in-One Kitsch, Nostalgic Funhouse Lands Fremantle
Entertainment If sensory overload is your thing, hit this over-the-top amusement park to score a strike, a hole-in-one and a jackpot. Plus, there’s boozy bubble tea, pizza, toasties and more.
An Adelaide-Born Chef With Michelin-Star Cred Joins Leigh Street Wine Room as Executive Chef
Food & Drink After 16 years working in London and Paris, Peter Orr is bringing that experience back home to inject new life into the Leigh Street kitchen. And it’s one of several changes for the West End wine bar.
Western Australia Announces Changes to Close Contact and Isolation Rules
City File From tomorrow, the state will move to “high caseload settings”, including reducing isolation and quarantine requirements from 14 to seven days.
Just In: South Australia Announces Changes to Indoor Density Limits in Bars, Restaurants and Cafes
City File From 12.01 tomorrow, capacity will go back to 50 per cent indoors. It comes as the state recorded its lowest number of daily new cases this year.
A Luminous Archway of Lights and a Nightly Fire Ceremony Lead Womadelaide’s Final 2022 Program Announcement
Entertainment The festival’s “Around the Park” sideshows also include an interactive music playground and an acrobatic work by Adelaide’s world-renowned Gravity and Other Myths.
Coming Soon: Si Papi Is Bringing Fiery Peruvian Barbeque and Pisco Sours to the East End
Food & Drink The good-time food stall – from a couple of familiar faces – will peddle smoky, spicy kangaroo skewers on Rundle Street over the Fringe season. And it’s launching at Loc next weekend.
“Omicron is a Whole New Threat That We Can’t Ignore”: Western Australia to Delay Its Border Opening
City File “Right now we don’t know the full picture of what Omicron could mean – but we do know how easily transmissible and infectious it is.”
Effective Immediately: South Australians Are Now Eligible to Receive a Booster Shot After Three Months
City File The announcement, which brings eligibility forward from four months, follows similar moves by the New South Wales and Victorian governments this morning.
Jane Goodall and Bruce Pascoe Lead Womadelaide’s 2022 Planet Talks Program
Entertainment The world-renowned primatologist (appearing via video link) and the Dark Emu author will be joined by journalist Waleed Aly and more in a three-day forum of environmental discussion and debate.
After 10 Years Behind the Exeter Bar, Long-Serving Bartender Hamish Tregeagle Has Opened His Own Right Next Door
Food & Drink The timber-clad wine and cocktail bar is in the former longstanding tobacco shop Smokelovers. It’s keeping the name and adding classic cocktails (including a smoky Margarita) and a wine list dominated by small, local producers.
Editor’s Picks: The Best (Covid-Safe) Things To Do in Adelaide in January
Entertainment Outdoor socialising is the order of the day. From beach swims and scenic picnics to open-air cinema and al fresco dining, here’s the best way to spend the summer.
South Australia Will Ease More Restrictions on December 28
Food & Drink Dancing is back and so is vertical consumption. And capacity rules are changing for restaurants, cafes and theatres.
Editor’s Picks: The Best Things To Do in Adelaide in December
Entertainment All the parties, events and new openings we’re excited about right now. Get out your calendar – there’s plenty to choose from.
Western Australia's Border To Reopen on February 5
City File That’s when the state is anticipated to reach the 90 per cent vaccination milestone.
Tasting Australia Announces Its Biggest Ever Program for 2022
Food & Drink The first program by new co-directors Karena Armstrong and Darren Robertson includes a pop-up by Melbourne’s Chin Chin, a natural-wine party in a secret warehouse and an ode to instant noodles. Tickets are on sale now.
Queensland Is Opening Its Border to Interstate Hotspots Earlier Than Expected
City File The news comes as Queensland’s vaccination rate nears 80 per cent, which is expected sometime this week.
Uniqlo Is Opening its First Adelaide Store Next Year
Fashion With the Japanese retailer's full line-up of Lifewear apparel plus seasonal collaborations with designers (in the past they've worked with JW Anderson, Christophe Lemaire and Jil Sander).
Introducing Parley Wine, a New Adelaide Hills Wine Label with Community at Its Core
Food & Drink Its trio of winemakers has clocked time at Commune of Buttons, Basket Range Wine and Les Fruits. Their first release is out this week – including a pink pét-nat called Midnight Disco and a skin-contact sauv blanc called Golden Hour.
Plans to Revamp Festival Plaza Have Been Unveiled
City File The $663 million development, which has been a decade in the making, will include a 29-level tower and a suite of new restaurants and bars, as well as a revamped public square for sporting events, concerts and markets.
The Gold Coast's Popular Soak Bathhouse Is Opening a Luxe Rooftop Day Spa in Brisbane
Active The lavish new wellness retreat will have seven spas overlooking the city, infrared saunas and mineral pools, plus a rooftop sundeck and “relaxation gardens”.
Menu Reveal: Playing With Fire at Arkhé, Jake Kellie’s Flame-Powered Restaurant Opening in Norwood Next Week
Food & Drink One of the country’s hottest new restaurants is almost here. And nearly every dish is touched by fire or smoke, from dry-aged Mayura Station steak and whole fish to hispi cabbage and even strawberries, honey and ice cream. There's also chickpea tacos, ocean jacket cheeks and lardo on toast, and potato crumpets with taramasalata and trout roe.
Introducing The Average Grocer, a New Online Store Stocking Not-So-Average Locally Made Pantry Staples
Food & Drink Fugazzi waiter Bradley Bruni is making small-batch chilli oil and two kinds of hot sauce to jazz up your kitchen arsenal, plus a spicy honey to drizzle on pizza and a “buttery, creamy, salty” miso caramel you can add to ice cream.
Womadelaide Announces the First 30 Acts on Its 2022 Line-Up
Entertainment Paul Kelly, Courtney Barnett and Baker Boy headline the almost all-Australian 30th anniversary program, which returns to its seven-stage format in Botanic Park in March.
Rowing Meets Reformer at Strong, a New Low-Impact, High-Intensity Fitness Studio in Henley Beach
Active Expect varied, fast-paced sessions in a beachside warehouse with R’n’B and deep-house playlists curated by DJs, and eucalyptus-scented chilled towels handed out post-workout. And there are four more locations on the way.
Snack Bar: Adelaide’s Latest in Food and Drink, November 9, 2021
Food & Drink What you need to know, in news as brief as a tweet.
Western Australia Will Ease Its Controlled Border When It’s 90 Per Cent Fully Vaccinated
City File The state is expected to hit the target in late January or early February.
Long Story Short, a Distillery Door and Cocktail Bar on an Industrial Brompton Backstreet, Opens This Week
Food & Drink Come for small-batch, seasonal spirits, a Martini fat-washed with chevre, and a menu of bar snacks designed by Simon Bryant, including chicken terrine in a vine-leaf wrap, Port Lincoln sardines with Coriole olive oil, and Hereford potted beef with sourdough and Nice Pickles.
Dunfor Noodle Bar, a Permanent Home For Ramen Pop-Up Quality Noods, Opens on Hindmarsh Square
Food & Drink After a year of roving takeovers, Justin Healy has put down roots in the east end. Park on a stool for two types of ramen, fried-oyster po’ boys, beef tartare and more.
Off-Grid Tiny-House Company Cabn Has Launched a Larger, More Luxurious Stay in SA Wine Country
Travel Recharge and recalibrate at one of these premium cabins – set among the gumtrees and grapevines of a McLaren Vale vineyard – with a sauna, sunken outdoor bath, king-sized bed and fireplace. Plus, to make you feel even better, a native tree is planted for every booking.
South Australia Has Finally Announced Its Road Map to Reopening
City File From November 23, interstate border restrictions will be removed for the fully vaccinated and quarantine time for fully vaxxed international arrivals will be reduced to seven days. Here’s what else is changing.
17 Days, 71 Events: Adelaide Festival Unveils its “Feisty and Defiant” 2022 Program
Entertainment The “festival that refuses to curl and shrink” will return with Patricia Piccinini’s Skywhales; a sequel-of-sorts to Romeo and Juliet in which the star-crossed lovers are 40-ish and in couples counselling; and a free family event featuring 30 acrobats, a mass choir and fireworks at Adelaide Oval. Plus, an operatic tribute to an influential South Australian figure on the 50th anniversary of his death.
Pirate Life’s Long Anticipated Brewpub and Restaurant Is Finally Opening Next Week
Food & Drink The ambitious project will house several venues across multiple levels, including two private dining rooms, a basement bar, a merch store and more.
Now Open: Muni Brings Natural Wines and Taiwanese-Inspired Snacks to Willunga’s Historic High Street
Food & Drink From its sleek and minimal fit-out to the compact menu – including pork-neck skewers, special fried rice and Taipei-style cold noodles – the intimate new wine nook is a lesson in restraint.
The Queensland Government Has Revealed Its Road Map to Reopening Its Borders by Christmas
City File The phased reopening plan will see interstate borders open (without the need for quarantine) from December 17.
The New-Look Art Gallery of WA Has a Reopening Date – Here’s What to Expect
Art & Design Including the gallery’s largest ever exhibition of West Australian art. Plus, the reveal of its 500-person new rooftop venue – and its showpiece 34-metre-long light-based work by artist Christopher Pease.
Now Open: Room on Fire Is Adelaide’s New Go-To For ’90s Streetwear
Fashion The vintage store joins Loc, Clarity Records and the soon-to-open Dunfor Noodle Bar on Hindmarsh Square’s reinvigorated north-east corner. It’s stocking pre-loved Nike, Adidas, Levi’s, Tommy Hilfiger, Carhartt and more.
Coming Soon: Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq Is a Kitsch, Nostalgic Funhouse Opening in Perth This Month
Entertainment Spiked shakes, colourful cocktails, brisket burgers and ice-cream sandwiches, plus new and retro arcade games, from the creators of Holey Moley and Strike Bowling.
Get a Snag and a Jab at Bunnings From This Weekend
City File In a particularly Australian move, Covid vaccination hubs are popping up at Bunnings stores across the state.
Just In: Dancing Is Back, and So Is Vertical Consumption, as South East Queensland Eases Restrictions
City File You’ll also be able to have 100 people in your home again. And stadiums and events are back to full capacity.
Coming Soon: An Oyster and Raw Seafood Bar, Elevated City Views and Reimagined French Classics at Garçon Bleu, the Grand Ninth-Floor Restaurant at the Sofitel Adelaide
Food & Drink Expect modern riffs on Gallic favourites including twice-baked cheese souffle with pickled shimeji mushrooms; chicken liver parfait with house-made brioche rolls and local saltbush; and Southern Rock Lobster tail with dessert lime. Plus, a mirrored ceiling, gold surfaces, and staff dressed in Paolo Sebastian.
Snack Bar: Adelaide’s Latest in Food and Drink, October 8, 2021
Brass Tacks, a Bakery, Charcuterie and Fromagerie From Two Leading Pastry Chefs, Is Coming to Craft’d Grounds
Food & Drink When it opens later this year, you can expect house-baked cakes and sweet and savoury pies from the talents behind Lady Bouchon and the Pie Hole. Plus, deli goods including salumi, cheese, sandwiches and more.
Restrictions Are Tightening in South East Queensland Again
City File There are changes for weddings, social gatherings and the hospitality industry. And they'll apply for the next two weeks.
Now Open: Find Truffle Ramen and Cheeseburger Curry at Minimono, Rundle Street's New Noodle Bar
Food & Drink The co-owner of Kintaro Sushi has enlisted a Madame Hanoi chef to craft a menu specialising in ramen and Japanese golden curries. Plus, a tight edit of sides including crisp gyoza and plump fried tofu.
1800 Not Shit Weddings: Get Hitched at Adelaide’s New Vegas-Style Wedding Ceremonies
Entertainment The accessible and unconventional nuptials – described as a “glittery and grimy” Dolly Parton fever dream – are being held at LGBTQI+ bar My Lover Cindi, complete with an eight-foot heart and a backdrop of disco balls.
Perth’s First Sephora Store Has an Opening Date – Here’s What to Expect When it Launches
Fashion The global beauty giant will open at the new-look Karrinyup with a beauty studio, skincare bar, and a huge range of cult and exclusive products. And it's offering an early peek – plus ice cream – next weekend with a pop-up “Sephora Sundae Van” at Scarborough Beach.
Virgin Australia Launches Direct Flights Between Adelaide and Hobart
Travel The new route follows the launch of another new service between Launceston and Adelaide earlier this month. No more pesky stopovers.
South Australians Will Be Able to Dance Again This Week, Under Certain Provisos
City File Kick off your Sunday shoes – guests at private functions will be able to cut footloose from Thursday. And stand-up consumption will be permitted in beer gardens.
US Fast-Food Giant Taco Bell Is Opening its First Perth Store This Month
Food & Drink Here’s when you’ll be able to get your hands on the Cali-Mex chain’s Crunchwraps, tacos and burritos.
Petite Plant Shop The Seedling Society Opens on Hindley Street, With a Greater Purpose
Art & Design The pop-up project by alternative education pathway Youth Inc. is helping students gain valuable paid work experience. It’s stocking succulents, cacti, ferns, monsteras and more. Plus, scented soy candles and bamboo jewellery. And plants start at $5.
Snack Bar: Adelaide’s Latest in Food and Drink, September 3, 2021
Coming Soon: Dunfor, a New Ramen Bar by Quality Noods Chef Justin Healy, Is Coming to Hindmarsh Square
Food & Drink After a year of roving pop-ups, he’s putting down roots next to Loc Bottle Bar – and expanding the menu with four kinds of ramen, oyster po’ boys, tres leches cake and Japanese-inspired snacks.
Adelaide Music Institution Clarity Records Is Expanding and Introducing a Tiny-Desk-Style Live Music Space
Entertainment After 12 years in their petite Pulteney Street premises, Matt and Laura Horvath’s independent record store is growing up – and out – with more space, more stock, live-streamed music sets and a podcast on the annals of the Adelaide music scene.
Loc Bottle Bar Is Now Open Weekday Mornings
Food & Drink Adelaide’s most versatile wine bar is now a cafe by day – with a succinct menu of espresso and filter coffee, Prove pastries and house-made toasties.
Parwana Is Hosting a Fundraising Dinner To Help Those in the Grips of Afghanistan's Humanitarian Crisis
Food & Drink Tickets and donations will help provide emergency relief to the hundreds of thousands of now-displaced Afghans. And a second dinner has just been added.
DM Basque by Leo to Get Basque Burnt Cheesecake Delivered to Your Door
Food & Drink When Adelaide's July lockdown scuppered his event work, chef Leo Loureiro launched a pivot project that quickly became a full-time gig. And he's just introduced Biscoff and chocolate versions, too.
Get Ekka’s Strawberry Sundaes Delivered to Your Door
Food & Drink Following the show’s cancellation, a “Strawberry Sundae Taskforce” has been set up to deliver the iconic sundaes to Brisbane homes to continue to raise vital funds for medical research.
South Australia Has Introduced New Rules for Venue Capacity
City File A new three-tiered system comes into effect on Thursday.
State Theatre's Dystopian New Play Is Eerily Close to Home
Entertainment The company's latest production asks what might happen if every human on Earth was forced to hibernate for a year for the greater good. In 2021 this scenario is not a stretch to imagine. But Adelaide playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer quite literally dreamt up the play back in 2019.
Now Open: Bowden Brewing Brings Small-Release Beers and Non-Traditional Tacos to a Newly Opened Plant 3
Food & Drink The Nola team’s long-awaited brewpub has finally landed in Bowden, with a 14-tap bar pouring easy-drinking ales, seasonal sours and big and bitter IPAs. Plus, a menu of tacos, tostadas and other “untraditional” Mexican-inspired snacks.
Brisbane's Lasagne Drive-Through Service Is Back For Some Contactless Comfort
Food & Drink The concept, created after Brisbane's March lockdown, is back for this week with beef lasagne, sandcrab lasagne and one tricked up with black truffle – all served with cheesy garlic focaccia – plus fresh pasta and salumi boxes.
Good News: City Winery’s Mac’n’Cheese Drive-Through Service Is Back
Food & Drink There’s truffle mac’n’cheese, Italian pork and fennel mac’n’cheese, and smoked ocean trout mac’n’cheese. And you can grab some wine or a DIY mulled wine kit while you’re at it.
Explained: What You Can and Can’t Do During South-East Queensland’s Lockdown
City File Is takeaway food allowed? For what reason can I leave my home? How far can go to exercise? These and more rules clarified.
Lune Croissanterie Is Giving Away 100 Free Croissants Every Day Over the Next Four Days
Food & Drink To celebrate its upcoming opening in South Brisbane, the world-famous croissanterie will be handing out free croissants at four locations. First up? The Brisbane sign at South Bank this morning.
Now Open: Soi 38 Has Moved to Pirie Street, With a New Open Kitchen, Flash Front Bar and a Whole Lot of Fire
Food & Drink The well-loved Thai restaurant has matured with a sophisticated new space, a more adventurous menu of regional dishes and an open kitchen where you can sit ringside to the fire-fuelled action.
South Australia's Lockdown Will End at 12.01am Wednesday, But a Number of Restrictions Will Remain
City File It's one person per four square metres in hospitality venues, theatres and other businesses; seated consumption only in bars, pubs, restaurants and cafes; a cap of 10 people for private gatherings; and the ban on dancing continues.
Confirmed: Brisbane Will Host the 2032 Olympic Games
City File The news was just announced by the International Olympic Committee in Tokyo.
South Australia Is Entering a Seven-Day Statewide Lockdown at 6pm Tonight
City File “We have confirmation in the last half hour that this is the Delta variant we’re dealing with here in South Australia. For those reasons, we’re extremely concerned about developments.”
South Australia Is Reinstating a Raft of New Covid Restrictions From Midnight Tonight
City File It’s outdoor, seated dining only; fitness studios and non-essential retail will close; and private gatherings are limited to 10 people. Plus, masks are required on public transport and in shared indoor spaces.
Masks On, Dancing’s Off: SA Reintroduces Restrictions
City File The decision follows new cases of community transmission in Victoria and Queensland.
Masks Will Remain Mandatory in Greater Brisbane for Another Week
City File And businesses and venues must continue to adhere to current capacity rules. The announcement follows three new cases of community transmission.
Victoria Park Has Reopened as a Huge Public Park
City File The 45-hectare green space is the start of a four-year transformation that’ll include waterholes and wetlands, nature playgrounds and an adventure valley.
SA Eases Border Restrictions With the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Parts of Queensland
City File The hard border remains for New South Wales and the ACT.
Gang Gang Opens in a Shipping Container in Torrensville
Food & Drink Down an inconspicuous driveway, the Adelaide burger favourite brings “fysh” tacos, Nashville hot chicken and its popular Asian-inspired burgs to the inner west.
Explained: What You Can and Can’t Do Under Perth and Peel’s Current Covid Restrictions
City File Are masks still mandatory? How many people can I have over? Can I visit regional WA? We answer these questions and more.
Editor’s Picks: The Best Things To Do in Adelaide in July
Entertainment All the parties, events and new openings we’re excited about right now. Get your calendar out – there’s plenty to choose from.
Covid Update: South Australians Can Sing, Dance and Stand While Drinking, Effective Immediately
City File The transition committee will meet again this week to review the hard border with the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.
Lockdown Will Lift for Brisbane and Moreton Bay at 6pm Tonight
City File But some restrictions will remain, including a mask mandate until July 16.
The Perth and Peel Lockdown Will Lift As Scheduled at 12.01am Saturday
City File But there'll be interim restrictions in place until July 12. Here's what you can and can't do from tomorrow.
After an Extensive Reno, Botanic Gardens Restaurant Reopens With a New Name, New Open Kitchen and Entirely New Dining Experience
Food & Drink The rebranded Restaurant Botanic has a gorgeous new dining room and 12 different menus (to cater to different diets) that draw from the surrounding gardens. Plus, a new cocktail list featuring a koji Old Fashioned, wattleseed Espresso Martini and a “Chef’s Negroni” with mezcal, whiskey and Campari.
Lockdown Has Been Extended for Another 24 Hours For Brisbane and Moreton Bay
City File But it will end as scheduled tonight for some parts of Queensland.
Van Gogh Alive: Inside Adelaide’s Immersive, Multi-Sensory New Art Experience
Art & Design The iconic works of the post-impressionist master have been turned into a larger-than-life exhibition involving large-scale projections, an ambient soundscape, dazzling lighting and even piped aromas. Plus, French food and a champagne bar.
Coming Soon: Shirni Parwana Is Opening a Dedicated Dessert House in a Glass Cube in Bowden’s Plant 3
Food & Drink It’s been a regular pop-up at Plant 4. Now, Parwana’s sweet spin-off is getting a new home next door for its Afghan-inspired treats, including cannoli-like cream rolls, orange-and-almond syrup cake, milk dumplings, and saffron ice-cream.
Adelaide Central Market Has Launched an Online Store – Get Fresh Produce and Specialty Goods Delivered Straight to Your Door
Food & Drink Fill your (virtual) basket with Lucia’s lasagne, Les Deux Coqs’s pastries, Dough bread and venison from Something Wild as well as items from the Smelly Cheese Shop, House of Health Collective, the Kangaroo Island Stall and more.
Queenslanders Will Go Into a Three-Day Lockdown From 6pm Tonight
City File Hospitality will shut (except for takeaway) and masks are mandatory outside the home. Here are all the new restrictions.
Perth Lockdown: Here’s What You Can and Can’t Do Over the Next Four Days
City File From exercising outdoors, to reasons for leaving the house, mask-wearing and takeaway food.
Micrology Coffee Roasters Is Opening Its First Cafe – In a Snazzy Blue Osborne Park Warehouse
Food & Drink You’ll be able to park yourself at a 10-metre-long bar for espresso, pour-over and V60 coffee while watching the beans being roasted. There’ll also be cold brew on tap (made in-house in large beer-style tanks), and baked goods by Big Loaf.
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WA Museum Boola Bardip and Two Rejuvenated Heritage Hotels Were Winners at This Year’s WA Architecture Awards
Art & Design The annual awards encompass a wide range of projects, from residential and commercial, to public and educational architecture. The 2021 winners were announced in a live-streamed presentation on Friday night.
A Restored Heritage Theatre and a Luxury New Hotel Were Among Winners at This Year’s SA Architecture Awards
Art & Design The annual awards encompass a wide range of projects, from residential and commercial, to public and educational architecture. The 2021 winners were announced in a live-streamed presentation on Thursday night.
Low and Slow's Leigh Street Site Is Closing
Food & Drink The city hole in the wall will close its window for the last time on July 2. But rest assured you can still get your barbeque fix at the original Port Adelaide eatery – and now at home thanks to a new range of bottled sauces and vac-sealed packs of smoked brisket.
New Hire: Five Minutes With Justin Wong, New Head Chef at Tiny’s
Food & Drink There’s a new face presiding over the Tiny’s kitchen. He shares what he’s been cooking up, including chicken-fat flatbread, scallop congee with XO, a nostalgic dessert inspired by his childhood, and a Nyonya-style spin on the venue’s famous roast chook. Plus, his plans to introduce more “crossover” food such as prawn-toast ravioli.
New Hire: Five Minutes With Harry Bourne, New Executive Chef of Yiasou George
Food & Drink The UK-born chef has joined the East Terrace eatery after stints at Sydney’s Quay, Hartsyard and Hubert. Expect a new menu of Greek-leaning dishes such as woodfired tahini chocolate fondant and honey-drizzled saganaki.
Bite Size: Five New Things in Brisbane You Need to Know This Week – June 1, 2021
Food & Drink Some of Australia’s best chefs are coming to Brisbane. Plus, taco Tuesdays, a beer-matched dinner at Slipstream Brewing, and late-night shopping on James Street.
Brisbane Has Been Hit by a Major Power Outage
City File The lights are out from the Gold Coast to Caboolture.
New Hire: Five Minutes With Clare Falzon, Executive Chef at Hentley Farm Restaurant
Food & Drink The fine diner’s former sous chef is now presiding over the kitchen. We find out what she’s been cooking up, including a pumpkin custard with almonds, za’atar and foraged leaves, what she has planned for the restaurant, and two iconic dishes she’s keeping on the menu.
Brid, a Petite Coffee Shop and Bakery, Opens in Piccadilly
Food & Drink Former Sibling barista Duncan Reid has opened a tiny, community-focused cafe in the Adelaide Hills. Stop by for coffee and organic sourdough loaves to-go or settle into the cosy space for porcini toasties and house-made apple pie.
Loc Bottle Bar Is Launching a Boozy Brunch Series with Some of Adelaide’s Best Chefs
Food & Drink Each will riff on the cuisine of their heritage – no smashed avo or scrambled eggs in sight. Expect dosas and Indian doughnuts by Emma McCaskill, bulgogi and sweet pancakes by Golden Boy's Jenny Kim, and a “banging bacon broth” with spaetzle by Africola’s Lauren Southwell. Plus, magnums of natural wine.
New Hire: Five Minutes with Alex Xinis, the New Head Chef in Residence at Nostimo
Food & Drink After stints at a two-Michelin-starred restaurant in Greece and Melbourne institutions Press Club and Hellenic Republic, the Brisbane-born chef joins one of the city’s favourite Greek eateries to pay homage to the no-frills cuisine he grew up eating.
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Adelaide’s Beer and Barbeque Festival Is Firing Up Again – Here’s What’s Hitting the Grill This Time Around
Food & Drink This year’s event will have the largest barbeque and chef program to date – including visiting pitmasters and an Aussie food-truck legend – plus more than 100 local and national brewers, cider makers, distillers and winemakers, a cracking live music line-up and more.
This Tiny Home Is a Blueprint for Combatting Homelessness
Art & Design Adelaide initiative Forage Built has devised a safe, transportable housing solution for people experiencing homelessness. And you can help get more off the ground (in one case by buying wine).
Top Soil, a Different Kind of Food and Wine Festival That Puts Farmers Front and Centre, Is Coming to The Scenic Hotel
Food & Drink The new tasting event will push the sustainability conversation beyond chefs and winemakers to the growers. Try Nomad Farms chicken, Ngeringa vegetables and Goolwa pipis cooked by top chefs while chatting directly to the people behind the produce. There’ll also be organic wines, workshops, live music and more.
Menu Reveal: Decadent Dining at Leigh Street’s New-York-Style Italian Restaurant, Fugazzi Bar & Dining Room
Food & Drink When it opens this week, the swanky new trattoria from the Nido team will be riffing on tradition with “Roman vegemite” soldiers; lasagne pizza; steak frites with Italian bearnaise; and a signature corzetti pasta stamped with the Fugazzi brand.
My Lover Cindi Has Turned the Former German Club Into a "Queer Utopian" Bar and Nightclub – With Accessibility Front and Centre
Food & Drink The new nightspot is a safe, inclusive space for “all the intersections” of Adelaide's LGBTQI+ community. Expect boozy and non-alcoholic drinks (including a Banana Split cocktail that tastes like a paddle pop), “old school queer bangers” and a small menu of toasties available all night.
Go Boat Lets You Captain Your Own Eco-Friendly Picnic Boats on the Brisbane River
Entertainment Or sit back with a glass of rosé in hand and the wind in your hair.
New Hire: Five Minutes With Justin James, New Executive Chef at Botanic Gardens Restaurant
Food & Drink The arrival of the US-born chef (previously at Melbourne’s acclaimed Vue de Monde) marks an exciting new chapter for the iconic city restaurant.
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Home Visit: A Playful Open-Plan, ’70s-Era Loft With a Leafy Courtyard
Home & Lifestyle Jonathon Oxlade is the award-winning resident designer at Adelaide’s globally acclaimed children’s theatre company Windmill Theatre. His CBD home is full of the same colour and character he injects into his sets and costume designs.
Illuminate, Adelaide’s Major New Midwinter Festival, Will Light Up the City’s Night Skies
Art & Design Staged over 17 days this July, the inaugural Illuminate program will include large-scale public installations, two immersive VR works, the return of Adelaide’s Festival of Ideas and a program within a program curated by The Avalanches.
Jump-Start Your Home Sourdough With These Handy Sourdough Starter Kits
Food & Drink Missed the Great Sourdough Bake-offs of 2020? It’s not too late to get on board. An Adelaide engineer is selling kits with everything you need to produce beautifully homemade loaves in no time.
Brisbane Has Scored a Lasagne Drive-Through Service
Food & Drink The concept, created after Brisbane's snap lockdown, will continue every Friday. Choose between beef, sandcrab or vegetarian lasagne – all served with cheesy garlic focaccia – and Italian wines.
“Easter is Good to Go”: Greater Brisbane Lockdown Will Lift at 12pm Today
City File The news follows one linked case of community transmission. But some restrictions will remain, and others will be reinstated.
Soi 38 Is Moving to Schmick New Digs and Opening a Fast, Casual Street-Food Shop
Food & Drink One of Adelaide’s best Thai restaurants is relocating to Pirie Street and evolving its menu while its Pulteney Street site becomes a permanent space for its flame-licked festival pop-up. Expect juicy charcoal turmeric chicken, hot dogs with chiang mai sausage and dumplings in curry sauce all year round.
Explained: What You Can and Can’t Do During Brisbane’s Three-Day Lockdown
City File When can I leave my home? Can I exercise with a friend? What are considered essential businesses? These and more rules clarified.
Greater Brisbane Is Going Into Another Three-Day Lockdown
City File Schools will close, hospitality will shut (except for takeaway) and masks are mandatory outside the home. Here are all the new restrictions.
The Former Digs of Urbane and The Euro Have Transformed into a Stylish All-Day Bistro and a Pretty Riviera-Inspired Laneway Bar
Food & Drink One of Brisbane’s most celebrated food and beverage venues has been reborn under the stewardship of a hospitality education provider.
The South Australian Government Is Releasing Another Round of Tourism Vouchers – Valued at Up to $200
Travel They’ll be available to use on participating tours and experiences across the state including swimming with sealions, helicopter and mountain bike tours, guided food and wine trails and more.
South Australia's Ban on Single-Use Plastics Starts Today
City File Plastic straws, cutlery and beverage stirrers are now off the menu.
Kick Off Your Sunday Shoes: South Australians Will Soon Be Able to Dance Again
City File Everybody cut footloose.
A Late-Bookers Guide to Adelaide Festival 2021
Entertainment Despite Covid’s best efforts the festival will go ahead with 70 events over 17 days. There’s a supermarket made of plastic, a picnic spotlighting First Nations food, 1,000 questions about race and a touching musical about fangirls.
Tell Everyone: Tell Henry Has Moved Into a Converted Tyre Repair Shop in Norwood
Food & Drink After an unanticipated exit from their Kent Town digs, owners Sharon Mackay and Brad Bonar are sticking with the urban renewal theme, opening temporary digs in a former Beaurepaires.
Perth Will Ease Its Post-Lockdown Restrictions on Sunday
City File Masks will no longer be compulsory, and venue capacity will return to one person per two square metres. But a hard border will be put up with Victoria.
The Cry Baby Crew’s Moody New Basement Bar, Memphis Slim’s House of Blues, Opens in the CBD
Food & Drink Descend the stairs to a throwback cocktail bar with live blues, a pool room and classic drinks by a former Maybe Mae bartender.
The Cry Baby Crew’s New Western Saloon Shotgun Willie’s Is Part Honky-Tonk, Part Truck Stop, All Americana
Food & Drink Expect live music, darts, American beers and whisky – with most drinks under $10. Plus, a suitably Southern menu of Philly cheesesteaks, Nashville-style hot chicken, smoked wings, ribs, and more.
Coming Soon: Bowden Brewing, a New Neighbourhood Brewhouse by and for Locals
Food & Drink A 600-litre brewery from the Nola team is coming to Plant 3. Expect a core range of easy-drinking beers plus seasonal and experimental releases, paired with South American snacks.
Goodwood's Good Gilbert Scores a New Chef With Fine-Dining Pedigree
Food & Drink Chef Jack Tonkin is drawing on his time at Hentley Farm and Peel Street Restaurant to zhoosh-up the suburban bar’s food menu – with a focus on vegetables, seafood and low-waste cooking.
The Design for Adelaide’s Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre Has Been Revealed
Art & Design Adelaide’s new Aboriginal art gallery will feature fresh and saltwater reflection pools, an outdoor gallery and amphitheatre, and terraced landscapes.
Luna, a Homey New Cafe, Patisserie and Wine Bar Is Coming to Pulteney Street
Food & Drink Marina Tazhdynova is behind CBD bars Bibliotheca, Red October and Suzie Wong. Now she’s opening her first daytime venue with friend and pastry chef Olga Baranova.
Perth Is Going Into a Five-Day Lockdown From 6pm Tonight
City File Schools will close, all hospitality will shut (except for takeaway) and masks are mandatory outside the home. Here are all the new restrictions.
Central Market Arcade’s $400 Million Redevelopment has Been Approved
City File It’ll include a hotel, apartments, new retail and food precinct, and an “elevated and vibrant garden retreat”.
Greater Brisbane’s Restrictions Will Ease at 1am Tomorrow
City File Masks are no longer mandatory indoors, and dancing is back on the table.
The Unico Zelo Team’s Tiny Five-Seat Wine Bar (and Podcast Studio) Opens in the CBD
Food & Drink The intimate drinking den is in a former recording booth inside east-end bar Brklyn, with guest sommeliers serving a tight edit of five wines Thursday through Sunday.
Tasting Australia Unveils 2021 Town Square Program
Food & Drink Flagship dinners, free demonstrations, masterclasses and live music – Tasting Australia's festival hub is back.
Ute Boot III: A Wine Event for the Conscious Consumer
Food & Drink For its third outing, Son of Dot’s Ute Boot concept is moving to the Hills. Expect wine tastings, expert speakers, Sunny’s pizza and live music at the Scenic Hotel.
Now Open: Bottega Bandito, Prospect’s Friendly New Neighbourhood Deli and Cafe by the Anchovy Bandit Crew
Food & Drink Stop in for Dawn Patrol coffee; sandwiches and pastries; plus fresh pasta, sugo and chilli oil to-go. Or linger with brunch cocktails, sausage and egg milk buns, and dry-aged steak with Café de Paris butter.
The Greater Brisbane Lockdown Will Lift Tonight, Some Restrictions To Remain
City File Masks will remain mandatory indoors, and the four-square-metre rule will be reinstated for indoor dining.
Keep Jive Alive: Adelaide's 20-Year-Old Music Venue Jive Is at Risk of Permanent Closure
Entertainment The longstanding Hindley Street venue needs to raise $40,000 to stay afloat. And supporters who donate $100 or more will get their name engraved on a Jive Wall of Fame.
Now Open: Good Gilbert, a Laidback Neighbourhood Bar in Goodwood
Food & Drink A welcome all-rounder from the people behind Commute and Mornings Coffee. Drop by for locally roasted coffee, thoughtful wines, charcuterie, croquettes, scotch eggs and bagel Sundays.
2020 Was a Very Terrible Year, but Here Are Some Good Things That Came of It
Food & Drink There’s been some light in the dark: a flurry of good booze and takeaway, disco-on-demand, and some very excellent spin-offs.
Coming Soon: Light, a Multi-Level Live Music Venue, Restaurant, Bar and Cafe in the CBD
Entertainment The $9 million project will transform a 150-year-old building on Light Square into a huge arts and food hub, including a restaurant helmed by ex-d’Arenberg Cube chef Brendon Wessels.
Tasting Australia's 2021 Program Is Here
Food & Drink From day trips to KI and Coffin Bay to a Mexican fiesta at Pirate Life, and a dedication to sausage in bread, there are more than 140 events across 11 regions.
Restaurants, Bar, Pubs and Cafes Will Revert to Two-Square-Metre Distancing Effective Immediately
Food & Drink The decision comes after this morning's transition committee meeting, and pushback from the industry.
The 2021 Adelaide Festival Program Has Been Announced
Entertainment Despite Covid’s best efforts, the festival will go ahead with 70 events over 17 days next year – including a raft of international shows. There’s a supermarket made of plastic, a fine-dining dinner spotlighting Indigenous food and a performance at Norwood’s tenpin bowling alley.
Womadelaide Will Go Ahead in 2021 – in a New Location and Format
Entertainment A truncated version of four sunset concerts will proceed with an all-Australian line-up in a new parklands venue.
Mark Your Diary: Another Round of South Australian Accommodation Vouchers Are Up For Grabs
City File The state government is giving away $50 and $100 tourism vouchers for hotels and accommodation in the city and surrounds.
Take Refuge From 2020 on Refreshment Island
Food & Drink Fill your cup at a new series of food and wine parties on the Murlawirrapurka/Rymill Park island this summer.
South Australia Will Reopen Its Border With Victoria on Tuesday
City File And a new set of restrictions will come into effect for two weeks. Stand-up consumption can return outdoors, plus the wedding dance floor is back on.
First Look: Loc Bottle Bar, a Tiny Natural Wine Bar, Opens on Hindmarsh Square
Food & Drink There’s no service bar, removing the barrier between staff and guests, and you can pick your wine right off the shelf. It’s “kinda like a bottle shop, but a bar instead”.
South Australia’s Lockdown Will Lift at 11.59pm on Saturday
City File The state will come out of hard lockdown three days early – and outdoor exercise will be allowed “effective immediately”.
Good News: Turns Out Bottle Shops (and Online Booze Deliveries) Are Staying Open During Lockdown
Food & Drink The state government has deemed alcohol an essential service. Ditch the chains and get juicy natural wine, ice-cold tinnies and locally made spirits from these indie operators this week.
“We’re Going Hard and We’re Going Early”: South Australia Is Going Into a Six-Day Lockdown
City File Schools will close, all hospitality will shut, outdoor exercise is not permitted and masks are mandatory outside the home. Here are all the new restrictions.
Everything You Need to Know About SA’s New Restrictions
City File Four-square-metre density is back; stand-up consumption is gone; gyms have shut; and masks are now mandatory in some situations – here’s what the changes mean for you.
South Australia Has Reinstated a Series of Restrictions for Public and Private Gatherings
City File The changes will affect hospitality, funerals, gyms, community sport and more.
WA, NT, Tasmania and Queensland Have Re-Closed Their Borders to SA
City File South Australia has recorded its first cases of community transmission since April 15.
South Australia Is Opening Its Border to Victoria From December 1
City File The move comes after Victoria recorded a fortnight of no new Covid-19 cases. And travellers won’t need to self-isolate on arrival.
Warehouse 25, a Multi-Level Distillery, Bar and Pizzeria, Opens in Milton
Food & Drink The former underground music venue is now a sprawling multi-purpose gin and vodka distillery, restaurant, bar and live music venue. And it’ll soon add a bottle shop to the mix.
Coming Soon: Loc Bottle Bar, a Tiny, Low-Key Natural Wine Bar in the CBD
Food & Drink The bricks-and-mortar offshoot of online wine store Loc Bottle Shop will open on Hindmarsh Square later this month. And guests can get a sneak preview this weekend, with food by Soi 38 and Low & Slow.
Coming Soon: Industry Beans Is Opening an Espresso Bar in the CBD
Food & Drink The second Brisbane site for the Melbourne coffee giant will be geared towards takeaway, with a focus on the brand's signature cold brew (try it with coffee-soaked tapioca pearls and house-made condensed milk).
Bite Size: Brisbane’s Latest in Food and Drink – October 28, 2020
Food & Drink A Valley favourite closes permanently, an Alanna Sapwell pop-up, and a breezy new clifftop bar opens at Kangaroo Point.
Ensemble Is Relocating to the Hills and Opening a Coffee Shop Next Door
Fashion The Gilles Street shopfront for local labels Good Studios, BB Shoemaker and Emma Sadie Thomson is moving to Piccadilly next month, and adding a coffee stop and bakery to the mix.
Tasmania Has Reopened to All States Except New South Wales and Victoria
City File Travellers from Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory and the ACT can now cross into the island state – with a few important conditions.
Coming Soon: Will & Flow, a Breezy New Overwater Bar by Treasury Brisbane
Food & Drink The panoramic watering hole on the north bank of the Brisbane River will be the Treasury's first off-property venue.
Remington Matters, the Designer Behind Top Hospitality Fit-Outs, Is Now Making Furniture for Your Home
Art & Design The Adelaide- and Perth- based studio's debut range of made-to-order furniture is a timeless collection of timber dining tables, chairs, coffee tables and more, with a focus on elegance and affordability.
Bite Size: Brisbane’s Latest in Food and Drink – October 20, 2020
Food & Drink Jocelyn’s Provisions expands, a new self-pour bar, an Indian degustation series, and a “rock’n’roll lounge bar” from the Brightside and Barbara crew.
Western Australia Extends Phase Four, Eases Density Rule for Some Venues
City File Premier Mark McGowan confirmed phase four would continue, with one change for seated arts and culture venues.
The Designer Behind Some of Perth’s Best Fit-Outs Is Now Making Furniture for Your Home
Home & Lifestyle Remington Matters’ debut range of made-to-order furniture is a timeless collection of timber dining tables, chairs, coffee tables and more, with a focus on elegance and affordability.
Octeine Coffee Opens in a Former Kiosk at Seppeltsfield
Food & Drink Roaster Pete Mann has opened a casual pit stop for visitors to Seppeltsfield’s cellar door. Now designated drivers can enjoy a coffee-tasting flight, plus protein smoothies, acai bowls and raw treats.
Bite Size: Brisbane’s Latest in Food and Drink – October 13, 2020
Food & Drink Felons Brewing Co’s grand new beer hall, DIY cannoli, a Margarita festival with 15 types of slushie margs, plus how to score yourself some free cake.
Press Food & Wine Is Up for Sale
Food & Drink After almost 10 years, the partners behind the landmark Waymouth Street restaurant are bidding it farewell.
The Unico Zelo Team Is Opening a Tiny Five-Seat Wine Bar (and Podcast Studio) in the CBD
Food & Drink The drinking den will be situated in a former recording booth inside Brklyn, with guest sommeliers serving a tight edit of five wines Thursday through Sunday. “It’s probably going to be the world’s most unprofitable wine bar, but that’s not the point.”
From Midnight Friday, South Australians Will Be Able to Stand Up While Drinking (With Conditions)
Food & Drink The state government has relaxed restrictions to allow vertical consumption in pubs and bars – in outdoor areas only.
“Food Had Become a Means to Tell a Bigger Story”: Parwana’s Publishing Debut Is Much More Than a Cookbook
Food & Drink Interwoven with the Adelaide restaurant’s vibrant Afghan recipes is a detailed retelling of history and culture. For writer Durkhanai Ayubi, it’s a reclamation of a broader story usually pushed aside in favour of narratives of violence and unrest.
Baptism by Fire: Introducing Leigh Street Wine Room’s New Head Chef, Jake Kellie
Food & Drink After a three-year stint at Singapore’s Burnt Ends, he’s bringing his knowledge of open-flame cooking to the Leigh Street kitchen. Almost everything on the new menu is touched by fire, from steaks and whole fish to globe artichokes and even strawberries and cheesecake.
South Australia Is Opening Its Border to New South Wales on Thursday
City File The move is “subject to no community transmission occurring between now and midnight tonight”.
Dino’s, a Casual Greek Pita and Beer Joint From the Owner of Meze Mazi, Is Coming to Prospect
Food & Drink It’ll serve pita pockets stuffed with slow-cooked pork, brisket, fried chicken or falafel, alongside Greek-inspired cocktails and beers on tap.
Vego and Loven It to Reopen With the Team Behind Vegan Fave Cherry Darlings
Food & Drink Expect all your favourite Vego’s burgers from the East End institution, plus Cherry Darlings’ vegan pies, slices and cakes.
SA’s Border Will Open to ACT From Midnight Tonight – With Conditions
City File The 14-day quarantine period will be lifted for people flying (not driving) into our state. But restrictions remain for travellers from New South Wales.
South Australia Is the First State in Australia to Ban Single-Use Plastics
City File Plastic straws, cutlery and beverage stirrers are off the menu, but the new rules will be delayed due to the ongoing impacts of Covid-19.
Cult Aussie Beauty Brand Rationale Is Opening a New Flagship Store in Brisbane
Fashion Found in the bathroom cupboards of top make-up artists around the world, Rationale’s Essential Six regimen has garnered legions of devotees. Its new Fortitude Valley site will have four treatment rooms and access to the full suite of skincare services.
South Australia Eases Restrictions on Bar Seating – With Conditions
City File The change takes effect from midnight tonight, along with increases to capacity limits at weddings and funerals.
Leigh Street Wine Room at Risk of Closure
Food & Drink After a visit from the police this week, the CBD restaurant can no longer sit patrons at the bar, rendering the business “completely non-viable”. It’s not alone, Part Time Lover, Clever Little Tailor and The Port Admiral Hotel are concerned, and calling on the government to wind back restrictions.
Anchovy Bandit Is Expanding and a New-School Neighbourhood Deli, Bottega Bandito, Is Moving In Next Door
Food & Drink Prospect’s new resident will serve house-made pastas and sandwiches by an ex-Hentley Farm chef, plus pastries, charcuterie, tinned seafood, pickles and preserves to stock your fridge and pantry.
Community, a New Cafe by the Owner-Executive Chef of Fine & Fettle, Is Coming to a Restored Former Kiosk on North Terrace
Food & Drink The octagonal-shaped building will house the first food and beverage joint for Lot Fourteen.
Fino Vino Takes Two
Food & Drink Following a Covid-enforced reset, Fino’s CBD sibling is back – this time with superstar owners Sharon Romeo and David Swain at the helm.
Studio Visit: The Adelaide Bladesmith Making Knives From Recycled Saws, Wagon Wheels and Floorboards
Art & Design In 2016, Richard Cooper quit being a vet to pursue the art of knifemaking. Now his hand-forged blades, made from reclaimed steel and timber, can be found in the kitchens of Michelin-starred restaurants around the world.
Big Shed Brewing Concern Brings Back Its Fruchocs Beer
Food & Drink The local brewery has again collaborated with the iconic SA confectionary company on a Fruchocs-flavoured stout – and this time it’s doing a sour beer too.
South Australians Will Be Allowed Up to 50 People in Their Homes From Friday
City File The premier also indicated the border with NSW could open next month.
South Australia Is Introducing New Covid-19 Restrictions
City File From August 21, “Covid-safe marshalls” will be required in licensed venues, cafes, shopping centres and gyms to ensure social distancing compliance.
South Australia Reintroduces Restrictions for Public and Private Socialising
City File Home gatherings are now limited to 10 people. And patrons must be seated when drinking alcohol in licensed venues.
Recipe: Karena Armstrong’s Pork and Kimchi Dumplings
Food & Drink These boiled (not steamed) pillowy pleated parcels are perfect for your next dinner party.
First Look: Shosho, Shobosho’s New Suburban Sibling, Opens in the Former Joybird Site
Food & Drink There’s no denying Adam Liston’s new neighbourhood izakaya has strong Shobosho DNA. But its identity is all its own, with a clear focus on tempura alongside a line-up of dumplings, wontons, noodles and a “kick-arse” Japanese-inspired cheeseburger.
Billie Justice Thomson Revisits Flavour Memories
Art & Design The Adelaide artist paints kitsch, playful images of iconic food and drink, which will be on show at a new exhibition at Ensemble next month.
Pirate Life Is Moving Into the Adelaide Casino
Food & Drink It’s being billed as Australia’s first functional microbrewery within a casino.
A Renovated CBD Pub, Fino’s City Outpost and SA’s Greenest Building Were Winners at This Year’s SA Architecture Awards
Art & Design The presentation was held virtually for the first time, via a live Youtube stream last week.
The Summertown Aristologist Finally Uncorks Its Next-Door Bottle Shop and Cellar Door
Food & Drink Winemakers Anton van Klopper, Jasper Button and Aaron Fenwick have added a new concept to their singular Adelaide Hills restaurant. Stop in for a tasting, then take home your favourite drop with a box of veggies, some house-roasted coffee or a loaf of sourdough. Weekend, sorted.
South Australia Will No Longer Open Its Borders to Victorians on July 20
City File The decision comes after coronavirus outbreaks in hotspots across Melbourne.
South Australia Has Decided To Not Go Ahead With Fully Opening Its Border on July 20
City File The decision comes after ongoing outbreaks of coronavirus in Victoria, the premier announced today.
South Australia Will No Longer Reopen Its Border to Victoria on July 20
City File The decision comes after ongoing outbreaks of coronavirus in that state.
What Stage Three of South Australia’s Eased Restrictions Mean for You
City File Starting Monday June 29, social-distancing requirements in venues will be reduced to one person per two square metres. Here’s what else you need to know.
Ozharvest Is Delivering Food Relief to Adelaide’s International Students Beginning Monday
Food & Drink The national food-rescue organisation is bringing its new “Mobile Market” to locations around Adelaide for a week, with free groceries, fresh produce and prepared meals for students doing it tough during Covid-19.
Coming Soon: Share AM, a Dine-by-Donation Breakfast Pop-Up With Rescued Food Cooked by Africola Staff
Food & Drink When Covid-19 struck, Kate Richards and Joel Tisato had to press pause on their pay-what-you-wish restaurant concept. In the meantime, they’re hosting a one-off breakfast with toasties and batch-brew by Monday’s Coffee to draw attention to food poverty and food waste.
South Australia Will Further Relax Capacity Limits For Bars, Pubs and Restaurants Next Week
City File Venues will be able to cater to one person per two square metres as of Monday June 29.
Western Australia to Further Ease Restrictions This Weekend, But Borders Will Remain Closed
City File Existing gathering limits will be removed as of Saturday June 27. And Western Australians will be able to enjoy a beer – while standing – at a bar or pub.
Acclaimed Actor Alan Cumming Announced as Artistic Director of Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2021
Entertainment The cabaret icon and award-winning performer will helm next year’s festival, taking over from Julia Zemiro.
Now Open: A New Era for Jessie Spiby’s My Grandma Ben
Food & Drink The Plant 4 favourite has grown up and moved into a bigger space – just a few metres away inside the Bowden market. The menu has expanded too, including spelt waffles, breakfast banh mi and – soon – brunch cocktails.
South Australia Will Reopen Its Borders to Western Australia, Northern Territory and Tasmania From Midnight Tonight
City File Starting Wednesday June 17, anyone entering SA from those states will no longer need to self-isolate for 14 days.
South Australia Will Reopen Its Borders on July 20
City File All travel restrictions will be lifted next month, Premier Steven Marshall said today. He also announced new increases to venue capacity limits.
Leigh Street Wine Room Has Received a Prize in the 2020 Australian Interior Design Awards
Art & Design Studio -Gram’s complete transformation of a former city dry cleaner and Sans-Arc Studio’s “Plaster Fun House” were among the winners at the national awards ceremony, which was live-streamed over the weekend for the first time in its 17-year history.
South Australia: Here’s What You Can Do When Coronavirus Restrictions Ease Further on June 1
City File Starting today, up to 80 patrons are permitted in (some) venues; you can go to an art gallery or cinema; and you can host a gathering of 20 people. Here’s what else you need to know.
Tasting Australia Will Not Go Ahead in 2020
Food & Drink Originally shelved until October, the state’s biggest food and drink festival will now return in autumn 2021.
South Australia’s Restaurants, Bars and Pubs Can Allow Up to 80 Patrons From June 1 – But There Are a Few Conditions
City File Plus, you’ll be able to order a drink without a meal. And there are changes coming for theatres, cinemas, galleries, museums, beauty salons and gyms, too.
All SA Venues With Seated Dining (Including Pubs and Bars) Can Open Effective Immediately
Food & Drink The new ruling overwrites changes the premier announced earlier this week. "We have created some confusion in South Australia around indoor dining."
South Australia’s Pubs and Bars Will Be Allowed to Reopen From June 5
City File And you’ll be able to dine inside at cafes and restaurants, with a glass of wine in hand, from this Friday. But there are a few conditions.
Now Open: Get Coffee and Dough Rings To-Go at Prospect’s Slick New Shop, Frankly Bagels
Food & Drink It's slinging 10 different types of loaded bagel (priced from $7 to $14), doughnuts and Elementary coffee. It’s a simple but winning formula – and it’s pulling people from all over the city to this tiny suburban shopfront.
Top Takeaway in Adelaide This Week: Press Pork Buns, Fino Pies and Cocktails, Shobosho’s New Ramen Stop
Food & Drink Plus, blue swimmer crab crumpets and triple-cooked salt and vinegar potatoes you can make at home.
The Art Gallery of South Australia Will Reopen on June 5, Extend the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art
Art & Design Visitors will have until August 2 to experience the Biennial’s 30th anniversary year.
Western Australia Will Begin Easing Restrictions Next Monday – Here’s What It Means for You
City File On May 18, restrictions will be lifted on restaurants, cafes and pubs; regional travel; fitness classes; public swimming pools; and more.
South Australia Will Begin Easing Restrictions on Monday – Here’s What It Means for You
City File From next week, restrictions will be lifted on dining at restaurants and cafes, regional travel (including camping), university tutorials, libraries, auctions and lap swimming.
Find Your Favourite Adelaide Bands in This Where’s Wally-Style Illustration
Art & Design Local artist Owen Lindsay and Music SA have produced a cryptic and intricate snapshot of Adelaide’s music scene. With Covid-19 restrictions in place, it might be the only spotting of your favourite act for some time. And dedicated music fans could win a block-mounted copy.
Top Takeaway in Adelaide This Week: Africola Noodles with “Hot and Numbing” Afghan Lamb, the Return of Osteria Oggi and Spiced Middle Eastern Fried Chicken
Food & Drink Plus dumplings, wontons and katsu sandos from a city favourite, recipe boxes from Soi 38, and natty wines with a side of sourdough.
Add to Cart: A New Indie Online Bottle Shop For Organic and Natural Wines
Food & Drink The Adelaide-based wine store is flogging the best new and old-world low-intervention wines from Australia and Europe. Soon there’ll be beer, spirits and non-alcoholics in the mix, too.
Make Soi 38’s Green Chicken Curry, Beef Massaman and More at Home – and They’re Totally Doable for Rookies
Food & Drink Plus, pad Thai, khao soi noodle soup, roti and chef Terry Intarakhamhaeng’s famous chive cakes. And there’s more being added to the menu soon.
You Can Get Shobosho’s Katsu Sando, Teriyaki Chicken and Yakitori to Takeaway From Next Week
Food & Drink Since Covid-19 restrictions forced the Leigh Street restaurant to close temporarily, chef Adam Liston and his team have been cooking for those who need it most. From next week, their food will be available to the wider public again.
The South Australian Government Is Providing $10,000 One-Off Cash Grants to Small Businesses
City File The emergency funding applies to businesses with a turnover of more than $75,000 per year and a payroll of less than $1.5 million.
Recipe: Emma McCaskill’s Roast Chicken Noodle Soup
Food & Drink Soup season is here, and we all need some extra comfort and nourishment right now. This warming chicken soup can be on the table in 40 minutes.
Adelaide Central Market Is Now Doing Drive-Through Pick-Up
Food & Drink Order fruit and veg, fresh pasta, take-home meals, cheese, meat, seafood and more, then collect your groceries from the comfort of your car.
Cellar Doors and Restaurants at South Australian Wineries Will Close From Midnight Tonight
Food & Drink Takeaway sales are also banned, but you can still order booze online.
Adelaide Restaurants and Bars Are Adapting to Takeaway by Launching Their Own Delivery Services
Food & Drink Eating “out” looks very different right now. As many of us turn to takeaway, restaurants are adapting by introducing their own delivery platforms to keep staff employed and avoid the big players’ high fees.
SA Government Unveils $650 Million Jobs Rescue Package
City File The premier has also established an Industry Response and Recovery Council to inform the state’s immediate and ongoing response to the crisis.
Small Bars, Pubs, Cafes and Restaurants in SA Will Now Be Able to Sell Takeaway Booze (and Deliver)
Food & Drink The SA government throws a lifeline to the state's venues by agreeing to lift licensing restrictions around the supply of alcohol.
Just In: Western Australia Will Close Its Borders in Response to the Coronavirus Crisis
City File All people arriving from interstate will be required to self-isolate for 14 days. The new rules come into effect from 1.30pm Tuesday.
The d’Arenberg Cube Restaurant Is Closing Permanently
Food & Drink The fine dining restaurant will have its last service on April 2. Its permanent closure is attributed to the escalating coronavirus crisis.
Just In: South Australia Will Close Its Borders in Response to the Coronavirus Crisis
City File Anyone arriving from interstate, whether locals or visitors, are now required to self-isolate for 14 days. The new rules come into effect immediately and will be enforced by border patrol from 4pm Tuesday.
Jock Zonfrillo's Restaurant Orana Has Shut
Food & Drink The indefinite closure is attributed to the escalating coronavirus outbreak.
You Can Get Africola’s Tea Sandwich on Uber Eats From Next Week
Food & Drink The east end restaurant – and Golden Boy next-door – has also introduced takeaway for pick-up, available from tonight.
Groovin the Moo Has Also Cancelled Due to Coronavirus
Entertainment It’s the first year since the inaugural festival was held in 2005 that the event won’t go ahead.
How Adelaide Businesses Are Adjusting to Coronavirus
City File Changes are intended both to protect customers, and keep businesses afloat.
Tasting Australia 2020 Has Been Postponed
Food & Drink The news comes after federal government advice to avoid mass gatherings of more than 500 people.
Low & Slow American BBQ Lands on Leigh Street
Food & Drink Port Adelaide’s destination barbeque joint has opened an outpost in the city, in the hole in the wall vacated by Pink Moon Deli. Come for sandwiches with pulled pork, smoked brisket or charred leek; mac’n’cheese; and salads to-go.
Uniqlo Is Opening a Third Perth Store
Fashion The cult Japanese retailer will land in the north-west this winter.
This Year’s Tiger Mountain Pop-Up Might Just Be the Best Yet
Food & Drink Charcoal chicken and roasted eggplant sandwiches; shallot pancakes made with crispy, crunchy roti; and fried chicken wings. Mark Kamleh’s fire-fuelled food stall is back for another year, and he’s perfected the recipe.
Joybird Is Closing This Sunday
Food & Drink The Hyde Park chook shop is making way for a new concept.
A New Era For Sparkke at the Whitmore
Food & Drink The brewpub’s evolution continues with the launch of its restaurant, Fare, which draws on both the fine-dining skills and Anglo-Indian heritage of chef Emma McCaskill.
Share: A New Pay-As-You-Feel Dinner Series With Rescued Food Cooked by Top Adelaide Chefs
Food & Drink Founded by two Africola staff, it’ll bring together people from all walks of life to share a meal and conversation while tackling food poverty and waste.
Maniax Axe Throwing Is Coming to Adelaide
Entertainment There are already locations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. The game itself is much like darts: face down the target and try to hit the bullseye – but with an axe.
Aces Is Doing Breakfast, and Giving Away Free Coffees While It’s at It
Food & Drink Brekkie pizza, pancakes, toasted waffles and a “big boy breakfast”. Here’s where to nurse your hangover.
Cock Cock… Who’s There: A Bold, Intimate and Powerful “Subversion of Victimhood” Coming to Adelaide Festival
Entertainment Six years ago Finnish-Egyptian filmmaker Samira Elagoz was assaulted by her then-boyfriend. Now, she’s reclaimed her own narrative in an award-winning show that opens at AC Arts this week.
Eat Easy Is Here to Shake Up Australia’s Dining Awards
Food & Drink Like Drink Easy before it, Eat Easy is a radical new approach to hospitality awards, where hole-in-the-wall neighbourhood joints are honoured alongside the country’s top fine-diners.
Adelaide Central Market Is Introducing Sunday Trading
Food & Drink More than 20 stalls have signed on, including House of Organics, The Smelly Cheese Shop, Les Deux Coqs, Marino Meat Store and Real Falafel.
Dance Nation Reveals the Brutality of Adolescence, Ambition and Ageing
Entertainment It's been described as part Dance Moms and part Hunger Games due in part to the ferocious ambition of its teenage characters – which are played by a cast of adults.
One of Australia’s Most Exciting Young Chefs Is Doing a Two-Month Stint at The Summertown Aristologist
Food & Drink Ali Currey-Voumard, former executive chef at Tasmania’s acclaimed Agrarian Kitchen Eatery, is the third and final chef-in-residence for the Adelaide Hills restaurant before a new head chef takes the reins.
Clink: the Adelaide-Founded Dating App That Wants You to Quit Swiping and Meet People IRL
City File Adelaide app developer Rogelio Galdamaz wants to get you out of the house and into the bar.
Entertainment State Theatre’s first show of 2020 is described as part Dance Moms and part Hunger Games due in part to the ferocious ambition of its teenage characters – played by a cast of adults.
A New Gin Distillery Has Moved Into Stepney Cellar Door Ferg’s
Food & Drink The urban cellar door has welcomed a shiny new still along with new resident Threefold Distilling.
Andre’s Cucina & Polenta Bar Has Closed
Food & Drink Andre Ursini’s original venue has shut up shop.
Low & Slow American BBQ Is Moving into Leigh Street
Food & Drink Port Adelaide’s bustling Texan barbeque restaurant is opening a second site – in the hole in the wall recently vacated by Pink Moon Deli.
Now Open: All-Day Brunch and Asian-Style Burgers at Parkside’s Gang Gang
Food & Drink The food-truck favourite has established a bricks-and-mortar diner on Unley Road – with an expanded menu suitable for meat-eaters, vegans and gluten-free folks alike.
A Series of Pop-Up Dinners Is Introducing Adelaide Diners to the Nuances of Mexican and Syrian Food
Food & Drink Bowden winery Oddio is joining forces with La Popular Taqueria and Syrian Mobile Disco to highlight two under-represented and misunderstood cuisines.
Adelaide Festival Drops a Diverse 2020 Program
Entertainment The festival’s 60th anniversary will fill the Adelaide Botanic Gardens with mesmerising fire sculptures, and drop a gigantic interactive doll’s house in the centre of the city. There’s also zeitgeisty theatre shows, a nine-hour epic and a top contemporary music line-up.
Nakkiah Lui’s Smash-Hit Romantic Comedy Black is the New White Is Finally Coming to Adelaide
Entertainment This whip-smart play about interracial romance, class and Christmas has sold out in theatres across the country.
Womadelaide Announces First 20 Acts for 2020
Entertainment Mavis Staples, Aldous Harding, Bill Callahan, Hiatus Kaiyote and more are coming to Botanic Park.
Way Back When, a Classic Espresso Bar by the Public and Bowlsome Team, Opens on Franklin Street
Food & Drink Coffee, pastries and bagels in the soon-to-be bustling lobby of the new GPO Exchange building.
Editor’s Picks: The Best Things to Do in Adelaide in October
Entertainment All the parties and events we’re excited about right now. Get your calendar out – there’s plenty to choose from.
Real Falafel Is on the Move
Food & Drink In just over a year this tiny but mighty falafel stall has become a Central Market favourite. Now it’s moving into a bigger and better site, and introducing breakfast, coffee and deli products for sale.
Editor’s Picks: The Best Things to Do in Adelaide in September
First Look: Adam Liston and Simon Kardachi’s Buzzing New Chicken Joint Joybird Opens in Hyde Park
Food & Drink This modern-day chook shop remixes your neighbourhood favourite for the small-bar scene – and crowds are flocking.
Elementary Coffee Opens in the Adelaide Railway Station
Food & Drink The standing-room-only shop is serving Elementary’s expert coffee, “Fryday” doughnuts and grab-and-go sandwiches packed with native ingredients such as roo loin and wild boar.
Now Open: Natural Wines and Booze-Friendly Dishes at Leigh Street Wine Room
Food & Drink A former drycleaner is now the setting for the city’s most exciting new drinking den – a cosy, cleverly designed natural-wine bar serving world-class vino, house-made charcuterie and cheese, and inventive share plates.
The Return of Ute Boot
Food & Drink For its second outing, Jay Marinis’s Ute Boot concept is expanding. Expect talks, Thai pizzas by Golden Boy and Sunny's, folk bands and a whole lot of organic wines.
West-End Wine Bar and Restaurant Stem Lands on Hindley Street
Food & Drink The sprawling concrete jungle has a spacious wine cellar, a private dining room and a whole lot of plants. Plus woodfired pizzas, seasonal cocktails and a menu by an ex-Osteria Oggi chef.
Coming Soon: A Cellar Door for Charlotte Dalton, By the Beach
Food & Drink Winemaker Charlotte Hardy and husband Ben Cooke (of Cooke Brothers Wines) are opening a winery and tasting room-with-a-difference in Port Elliot’s Factory 9 complex. Expect top-notch wines, hotpots and fresh Fleurieu produce.
Ex-Garagistes Chef Luke Burgess Is Doing a Five-Week Stint at The Summertown Aristologist
Food & Drink The acclaimed Hobart chef will take over the pans from Oliver Edwards and Brianna Smith this month.
Inside Joybird: Building a Modern-Day Chicken Shop
Food & Drink Award-winning architecture firm Studio-Gram is modernising the suburban chook shop of your childhood, and this one comes with bar seating, vinyl banquettes and Ollie Margan cocktails.
Editor’s Picks: The Best Things to Do in Adelaide in August
Coming Soon: A Beautiful, Breezy All-Day Diner in North Adelaide
Food & Drink The couple behind Bowlsome and Public are bringing a new concept to the old Paesano site – an all-rounder serving coffee, pastries and baked eggs by day, and woodfired lamb shoulder, pizza and house-made pasta by night.
A Grand 24/7 Bar and Restaurant Is Coming to the Adelaide Railway Station
Food & Drink The Guardsman will open later this year, in a long-vacant 1930s dining hall.
A Sunday Lunch Celebrating a Resurrected Italian Wine Region (With Matched Wines, Naturally)
Food & Drink Cult Italian winery Arpepe and Rootstock’s co-founder Giorgio de Maria are teaming up with 2KW for an afternoon of Lombardy cuisine and mountain wines.
Oddio Is Hosting a Long-Table Lunch With Stewart Wesson
Food & Drink The chef behind Whistle & Flute and the Port Admiral is cooking a four-course lunch at the Bowden winery this month, before the tables are pushed away for an afternoon knees-up.
Taco Quetzalcoatl Is Opening in Unley
Food & Drink A humble neighbourhood taqueria once labelled “one of the best representations of Mexican food in Australia” is opening a second location closer to the city.
Home Visit: A Gorgeous Art Deco Maisonette Filled With Sunlight, Colour and European Glassware
Home & Lifestyle An extension by Adelaide design firm Sans-Arc Studio put this early 20th-century suburban home on the national map. The cool, contemporary and colourful renovation is defined by pink terrazzo, archways, and a plaster-clad exterior, which earned it the name Plaster Fun House.
Coming Soon: A 28-Seat, Plant-Based Restaurant Above Etica
Food & Drink Federico and Melissa Pisanelli are adding a third venture to the mix with Allegra Dining Room.
South Australia Will Ban Single-Use Plastics From Next Year
City File Businesses will be required to phase out single-use plastic straws, plastic cutlery and polystyrene containers. And takeaway coffee cups and heavyweight plastic bags could be next.
Editor’s Picks: The Best Things to Do in Adelaide in July
Entertainment The places, events and things we’re excited about right now. Get your calendar out – there’s plenty to choose from.
The Beigelry Is Closing Tomorrow
Food & Drink Adelaide’s favourite bagel shop will shut its doors for the final time this Friday. But don’t worry, the wholesale operation will continue.
A Brutalist-Style Wine Bar and Restaurant Is Coming to Hindley Street
Food & Drink With a chef from Osteria Oggi, a pizzaiolo from EST and an "urban jungle" fit-out from Sans-Arc Studio.
Menu Reveal: Five Things to Try at Joybird
Food & Drink Charcoal-grilled chook, a crustless club sandwich and a chicken gravy roll – the Shobosho crew is throwing back to the classic Australian chicken shop.
Burger Theory Union Street Is Closing
Food & Drink Unless you’re a Flinders University student, this week is your last chance to get your hands on its 'roo burgers. At least for now.
Editor’s Picks: The Best Things to Do in Adelaide in June
South Australian Winemakers Take Out the 2019 Young Gun of Wine Award
Food & Drink Clare Valley’s Koerner Wine scored the top gong in the national wine competition.
South Australian Artist Vincent Namatjira Has Won the $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize
Art & Design The accolade, presented by the Art Gallery of South Australia, is one of the country’s most generous art prizes.
Matty Matheson is Making Katsu Sandos at Shobosho
Food & Drink Missed out on tickets to the Canadian culinary star’s dinner appearances? He’s just announced a one-off lunch for walk-ins only. Leave your leftovers at home that day.
Yiasou George Brings Laid-Back Mediterranean Dining to East Terrace
Food & Drink The “casual fine dining” of Charlick’s has made way for woodfired lamb and pita, crisp fried quail, natty wines, and free ouzo shots.
Golden Boy Is Expanding With a Beautiful, Plush Basement Bar
Food & Drink The perennially busy Thai diner will soon have a dedicated space for a pre or post-dinner drink, plus a new private dining room.
Paloma, a Mediterranean-Inspired Cocktail Bar Is Coming to Peel Street
Food & Drink A new bar from the team behind 2KW will specialise in agave-based spirits and sherry, with tinned anchovies, terrines, charcuterie and cheese to eat in or take home.
Sibling Is Now Licensed, And Extending its Hours
Food & Drink The Gilles Street cafe is serving beer, wine and cocktails from today. Knock-offs, anyone?
Up Your Native-Australian Cooking Game With This Very Accessible New Cookbook
Food & Drink Two of Australia’s most passionate advocates for Indigenous food and culture Rebecca Sullivan and Damien Coulthard want to get more native ingredients into your kitchen. Their new cookbook, Warndu Mai, features more than 80 doable recipes, from roo meatballs and lemon-myrtle pasta to strawberry-gum pavlova and emu-egg sponge cake.
Summertown Studio, a Sunny New Retail and Co-Working Space Is Coming to the South
Art & Design Porch Sessions duo Sharni Honor and Sarah Bradford have converted a big old warehouse in Somerton Park, and all their friends are moving in.
A Lively Mediterranean Diner Is Moving Into the Charlick’s Space
Food & Drink Say goodbye to that very red interior and hello to big plates of lamb, charred flatbreads, ouzo shots and hip-hop at Yiasou George.
Nancy And Beth: “There’s No Other Band We Know of to Compare It To”
Entertainment TV star Megan Mullally is coming to Australia with her “punk vaudeville” buddy act Nancy And Beth. Ahead of the tour, we attempt to break down what to expect.
Emma McCaskill Joins Sparkke at the Whitmore
Food & Drink The former The Pot chef is embarking on an entirely new adventure, straying from her fine dining roots to cook elevated pub food at the city’s newest brewpub.
Matty Matheson Is Coming to Shobosho
Food & Drink The Canadian culinary star is cooking over two nights in June. Ahead of his visit he talks #MeToo in hospitality, staying “clean and serene”, and his new hobby – painting.
Home Visit: A Light- and Plant-Filled Sandstone Cottage in the Adelaide Hills
Home & Lifestyle Plant stylist Emma Sadie Thomson and winemaker partner Jasper Button have polished up a 109-year-old cottage in Basket Range.
Coming Soon: Joybird, A “Next Level” Charcoal-Chicken Shop by Adam Liston
Food & Drink Portuguese-style chook, sandwiches cooked over fire and cocktails from the Shobosho crew.
Emma McCaskill: Life After The Pot
Food & Drink Since leaving The Pot seven months ago, acclaimed chef Emma McCaskill has been getting her hands dirty, cooking and foraging at Botanic Gardens Restaurant. She’s now gearing up for four Tasting Australia events – and there’s big news on the horizon.
Alia Shawkat, Animals and Reaching Adulthood
Entertainment The Arrested Development and Search Party star heads a new friendship drama directed by Adelaide’s Sophie Hyde. Ahead of a national cinema release, we spoke to her about the role, toppling expectations and what’s next.
Plume, a Neighbourhood Wine Bar From the Karma & Crow Crew, Is Coming to Richmond
Food & Drink After establishing one of Adelaide’s most beloved new cafes, Janie Kammer is flexing her muscle with a brand new project – complete with a plant-based bar menu, natural wines on tap and a glasshouse.
An Iconic Australian Satire of Toxic Masculinity, Reimagined With an All-Women Cast
Entertainment State Theatre’s latest takes on David Williamson’s famous footy satire The Club, at a time when the AFL and AFLW are under the microscope like never before.
Hyde Park Institution The Pot to Transform Again
Food & Drink Say hello to neighbourhood pasta bar, Nido.
Supermoon Rising
Food & Drink Two Melburnians are behind one of New York’s most hyped bakeries, which counts Jerry Seinfeld and a Jonas brother among its fans. And the “absolute best doughnuts in New York”, according to Grubstreet, might be heading to Australia soon.
Editor’s Picks: The Best Things to Do in Adelaide in March
Little Ban Ban Is Bringing Korean Fried Chicken to Rundle Mall
Food & Drink Franklin Street’s popular chimaek joint expands further into the city, with a grab-and-go menu catering to the lunchtime crowd.
An Adelaide Sommelier’s Top Five Rosés
Food & Drink 2KW is hosting a rooftop party dedicated to rosé. Before you get there, wine director and sommelier Liinaa Berry shares her favourite drops to try on the day.
Roberta’s Is Popping Up at RCC Fringe
Food & Drink No not that one. But there will be Italian food and disco beats.
Tasting Australia’s Full 2019 Program Is Here and It’s a Corker
Food & Drink Ten days. Twelve regions. More than 160 events. We hope you’re hungry.
Coming Soon: Nota to Open in Paddington
Food & Drink Two Brisbane young guns move into Montrachet’s old digs.
Step Into the Shoes of a Woman Walking Home Alone at Night
Entertainment This Adelaide Fringe show lets a single audience member witness first-hand the fear and trepidation experienced by a woman navigating the streets alone at night.
Editor’s Picks: The Best Things to Do in Adelaide in February
Buy Natural Wines Out of a Ute Boot This Weekend
Food & Drink The Summertown Aristologist’s Jay Marinis wants to bring the often-cloudy world of natural wine into the open – in the Sunny’s Pizza car park this Sunday.
One of Hong Kong’s Best Chefs Is Taking Over Shobosho
Food & Drink Sparks will fly when yakitori experts Matt Abergel and Adam Liston go head to head.
Fire-Fuelled Restaurant Billy’s Table Moves into Croydon
Food & Drink Boneshaker's Billy Petropoulos is breathing new life into Elizabeth Street.
Editor’s Picks: The Best Things to Do in Adelaide in January
Now Open: The "Best Fried Chicken in the World" Arrives on Petrie Terrace
Food & Drink Fat Belly Jacks specialises in hot chicken, whiskey and bourbon.
Opening Soon: An Ambitious All-in-One Brewery, Distillery, Cellar Door and Restaurant in the Adelaide Hills
Food & Drink The long-anticipated multipurpose venue from the minds behind Mismatch Brewing Co., Adelaide Hills Distillery, Vinteloper, Hills Cider Co. and Ashton Valley Fresh is almost here.
Where Adelaide Bartenders Go to Drink
Food & Drink From an open-mic-night institution, to a “guilty pleasure” for iDarts and cheap Jameson – here’s where some of the city’s best bartenders, bar managers and bar owners go when they clock off.
Editor’s Picks: What to Do in Adelaide in November
Entertainment The places, events and things we’re excited about this month. Get your calendar out – there’s plenty to choose from.
Now Open: A Lofty Urban Winery, Cellar Door and Bar in a 167-Year-Old Bowden Church
Food & Drink In this long-abandoned house of worship you'll find two of the best new-gen winemakers in the country.
Biggies at Bertram Calls Last Drinks
City File Its final night is tonight.
Little Khmer Kitchen Arrives in Central Market Arcade
Food & Drink Traditional Cambodian street food from a former Jamface and Golden Boy cook.
The Golden Wattle Lands on Pirie Street
Food & Drink An old-school pub from a crew of hospo superstars.
Celebrated Chef Emma McCaskill Leaves The Pot, Shobosho's Adam Liston Returns
Food & Drink Shobosho’s executive chef, and his head chef Max Sharrad, will now work across both restaurants.
The Ed Castle Has Closed
City File Owner Tony Bond blames ongoing construction of a neighbouring $80 million development.
Red Door Bakery and Croydon Social Go Into Liquidation
Food & Drink The owners announced the news on Facebook today.
Now Open: A Very Red, Upscale Bistro From The Stag and NOLA Team
Food & Drink The Stag’s new neighbour is bridging the gap between casual and high-end dining.
Got Your Back: A Beyond Blue Fundraising Dinner at Shobosho
Food & Drink Adam Liston and Shane Delia are teaming up to raise funds for Beyond Blue. The Shobosho chef opens up about mental health in the hospitality industry.
From Service to Soil: Introducing Château Comme Ci Comme Ça Wines
Food & Drink A new line of wines from The Summertown Aristologist’s Aaron Fenwick.
Art Gallery of SA to Host Major Exhibition of Acclaimed Australian Artist Ben Quilty
Art & Design It will be the Archibald Prize winner’s first major survey exhibition in a decade.
A Rebranded Royal Croquet Club Is Moving to Adelaide Uni
Entertainment The festival hub will now operate under the name RCC Fringe.
Queen Street, Cut Down to Size
Art & Design World-renowned Adelaide artist Joshua Smith has turned his shrink ray on a beloved strip of shops in the north-west.
SeaSalt Launches Weekend Brunch Menu
Food & Drink Fresh oysters, anchovy soldiers and sardine bolognaise – and not a smashed avo in sight.
Where Adelaide Chefs Go to Eat
Food & Drink Some of these joints are fancy, some are not. All of them are worth your time.
Shobosho’s Max Sharrad Named Young Chef of the Year in National Hospo Awards
Food & Drink The 2018 Appetite for Excellence Awards were announced at a ceremony in Sydney this week.
Pair Premium Whiskies With Chocolate Bars at Hains & Co This Month
Food & Drink Wagon Wheels, Coconut Roughs, Chomps, Curly Wurlys and Caramello Koalas. This is not your average pairing.
The Stag's New Life
Food & Drink The dramatic overhaul of the iconic East End pub will comprise a kitschy sports bar, an old-school poolroom and a restaurant headed by an ex-Orana, Noma and Attica chef.
A Singaporean Sunday Roast at Shobosho
Food & Drink Australian-born chef Drew Nocente fronts celebrated Singapore restaurant Salted & Hung. This month, he takes over the Shobosho kitchen.
East End Bar and Restaurant Iberia Has Closed
Food & Drink The owners took to Facebook on Tuesday to announce the news.
A New Chapter for Botanic Gardens Restaurant
Food & Drink It’s out with white linen and in with marble tabletops. But there are bigger changes in store.
A Sugar Man Pop-Up Is Coming to Fred Eatery
Food & Drink Alex Crawford’s croissants are back on the menu – for one day only.
An Intimate Eight-Seat Yakitoriya Fires Up at Shobosho
Food & Drink Flame-licked meats on sticks plus ramen and dumplings cooked and served by your very own chef.
Creative Couples: Sophie Hyde and Bryan Mason
Home & Lifestyle Filmmaking is a family affair for this close-knit team.
NOLA Crew to Take Over the Stag Hotel
Food & Drink It’s a new era for the iconic East End pub.
The Rise of Small World Bakery
Food & Drink Langhorne Creek’s sourdough experts want to get you thinking about the origin of your bread.
Two-Bit Villains Is Launching a Weekly Vegan Pub Night
Food & Drink Your new local is serving all-vegan fish and chips, schnitties, parmis and popcorn chicken.
A Homecoming for Chef Tom Tilbury
Food & Drink The Gather Food and Wine chef brings his Robe fine diner home to McLaren Vale.
The Winning Design for “Adelaide Contemporary” Has Been Revealed
Art & Design But will it be built?
A New Sibling for Ensemble
Food & Drink This slick new cafe and music studio on a quiet strip of the CBD is a true family affair.
Now Open: A One-Dish Restaurant in North Adelaide
Food & Drink It’s here for a good time, not a long time.
A New Chapter For Parwana
Food & Drink The Adelaide institution expands with a bigger site and a bigger menu.
Recipe: Parwana’s Lamb Kofta
Food & Drink Chef Farida Ayubi shares her household favourite – these juicy Afghan-style meatballs.
Inside Adelaide’s Futuristic Museum of Discovery
Art & Design A two-level immersive gallery where art and science collide.
Australian Distilleries Win Big at Influential International Spirit Awards
Food & Drink Put these gins, and a bitter liqueur inspired by the classic aperitifs of Italy, on your to-drink list.
Two Adelaide Distilleries Win at Influential International Spirit Awards
Food & Drink Never Never Distilling Co. and Adelaide Hills Distillery both scored gold medals.
From Little Things…
Food & Drink Big things are on the horizon for this Adelaide Hills winemaker.
Tasting Australia 2018 in Pictures
Food & Drink We went inside the kitchen, sat at the dinner table, sampled some spirits and discoed with the freshest wine at the 10-day gastronomic party.
Au Naturale With Carlo Mirarchi
Food & Drink The star New York chef is in town for tonight’s Tasting Australia Glasshouse Kitchen dinner.
Building the Glasshouse Kitchen
Food & Drink We go behind the scenes of Tasting Australia’s showpiece pop-up restaurant.
Proof Is Opening on Sundays
Food & Drink Fancy a Sunday session on a rooftop with Bloody Marys, breakfast toasties and porchetta-packed panini? We thought so.
A Late-Bookers' Guide to Tasting Australia 2018
Food & Drink There’s still time to make the most of Australia’s biggest culinary jamboree.
Ban Ban is Coming to Franklin Street
Food & Drink Adelaide gets its first Korean fried chicken and beer joint.
Lord of the Manor
Food & Drink The former owner of The Henry Austin walks us through his new kingdom – an 83-year-old medieval-style castle in the Adelaide Hills.
Adelaide’s Best Restaurant Interiors Named in National Design Awards Shortlist
Art & Design The best new hospitality design in the city.
An Unscripted, Unpredictable Pizza Party at Sunny’s
Food & Drink Four of Australia’s best chefs will take over the Sunny’s Pizza kitchen during Tasting Australia.
Gallery: Womadelaide 2018
Entertainment Global beats, eats and a breathtaking performance in the sky.
Goodbye Etica: Pizza al Taglio; Hello Bar Etica
Food & Drink A new Italian “snack” bar on Halifax Street.
A “Gender Pay (Stop) Gap” at Maybe Mae
Food & Drink The underground cocktail bar is offering women 15.3 per cent off the bill in acknowledgement of the gender pay disparity in Australia.
A New Tram Extension for Norwood and North Adelaide
City File Premier Jay Weatherill has promised two new tramlines linking the inner east and inner north to the CBD, under a re-elected Labor government.
A Time of Change
Art & Design Muslim-Australian artist collective Eleven will tackle representation and resistance in a new exhibition at ACE Open next month.
Two Experimental Wine Bars, One Night Only
Food & Drink One of Sydney’s best bars – 10 William St – will enter The Summertown Aristologist kitchen for a very special takeover this month.
Now Open: SeaSalt Sails into Henley Beach
Food & Drink A retro fish and chipper serving Asahi-battered mulloway, blue swimmer crab spring rolls, savoury doughnuts and beachy cocktails a stone’s throw from the shore.
Tesla Will Give Free Solar Panels and Batteries to 50,000 SA Homes
City File The scheme by Tesla boss Elon Musk and state government will be the world’s largest virtual power plant.
Tasting Australia Unveils Stellar 2018 Program
Food & Drink Culinary superstars; Tasting Australia Airlines; a surrealist ball; and the return of Fresh Wine Disco.
Henley’s Bright and Breezy Melt Outpost Drops Anchor
Food & Drink The all-day diner and cocktail bar brings the outdoors inside.
Royal Croquet Club Under New Directorship
City File The Adelaide Fringe hub has been given a five-year licence under new directors Jason Di Iulio and Roberto Cardone.
In the Boys Club
Entertainment The next show from award-winning and uncompromising Australian playwright Patricia Cornelius taps into the discourse around consent, coercion and sexual violence. It premieres at Adelaide Festival next month.
SAHA Arrives in Beulah Park
Food & Drink Wholesome all-day breakfast packed with the flavours of Lebanon.
Bedouine: A Solitary Daughter
Entertainment She lives in LA, works in Hollywood and has spent her life on the move, but folk singer Azniv Korkejian just wants peace and quiet.
24 Hours in Adelaide
Travel The must-dos, must-sees and absolute must-eats.
Adelaide’s Best New Bars of 2017
Food & Drink Where to wet your whistle this summer.
Meet the Winemaker: Switch Organic Wine
Food & Drink 2017 Young Gun of Wine finalist Vanessa Altmann makes small-scale drops that are no-fuss, unfettered and fun as hell.
Royal Croquet Club Will Return in 2018
City File The Adelaide Fringe hub has secured financial help from South Australian businesses.
A Summer Party at ACE Open
Art & Design An interactive minigolf installation, makers market, live music, drag performances and gin cocktails.
Pirate Life: “Nothing Will Change”
Food & Drink It will be business as usual at the popular SA brewery, says Pirate Life co-founder Jack Cameron.
Late Night Supper Club Propaganda Club Has Closed
City File Another Adelaide nightspot has gone into liquidation.
Roxie’s Opens on Grenfell Street
Food & Drink Rustic Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes and lo-fi wines in a plant-filled beer garden.
Cleland Wildlife Park Could Be Getting a $150 Million Upgrade
City File The proposed development would include a treetop walk, zip-lining, a hang-gliding simulator, cable cars, a hotel and scenic restaurants and bars.
Emma Sadie Thomson is Launching an A to Z Indoor Plant Zine
Art & Design From angel wing begonia to zebra cactus.
Bianca is Now Delivering Beer and Wine with Your Pizza
Food & Drink Pair your margherita with Italian vino – without ever leaving the house.
Womadelaide Adds 54 New Acts to 2018 Program
Entertainment Thundercat, Nai Palm, Peanut Butter Wolf, Remi x Sampa and more.
Pair Your Pie Floater with Alpha Box & Dice Wines at the Kings Head Next Week
Food & Drink A South Aussie icon, dressed up and matched with some of the state’s best drops.
Couples Will Be Granted Free Weddings by City of Adelaide if Marriage Equality Becomes Law
City File The council will give all couples free access to CBD squares and parklands.
Supermild Has Closed
City File The late night haunt has been forced into liquidation.
Adelaide Restaurant Wins National Design Award
Art & Design The Vietnamese restaurant hasn’t even opened yet, but it just scored a prestigious design nod.
Roxie’s is Moving in to Grenfell Street
Food & Drink The former Superfish site breathes new life – again.
Adelaide Scores a Major International Exhibition
Art & Design “The most important exhibition ever to be shown at the Art Gallery of South Australia.”
A Breezy Fish and Chipper and a Melt Outpost are Coming to Henley Beach
Food & Drink Simon Kardachi extends his empire to the bay – two at a time.
Adelaide Festival Announces Mammoth 2018 Program
Entertainment An international music and style icon, a four-and-a-half-hour theatrical experience and a contemporary music program on the riverbank.
Escape to This Tiny Eco Hideaway
Travel An off-grid getaway in the Adelaide Hills.
Jock Zonfrillo Relaunches Bistro Blackwood
Food & Drink A “quintessential Australian bistro” from one of the country’s top chefs.
Unsound Festival Announces 2017 Line-up
Entertainment Get ready for “militant space music”, dazzling laser displays and a brand new club night.
"Uber For Bikes" Launches in Adelaide
City File An international bike-share giant rolls into the Australian market – and Adelaide is its first stop.
Fucking Adelaide Goes National
Entertainment A six-part series about home, family, identity and the “small town-ness” of Adelaide.
The Old RAH Site to Be Transformed into a Contemporary Art Gallery
City File A global search for a design team is under way.
Out of the Ashes: A New Era for One of Adelaide’s Favourite Vego Joints
Food & Drink They lost their home and Central Market site in the same month, but that’s not enough to slow Let Them Eat owners Tanya Agius and Danielle Frankish.
Adelaide CBD to Get a New East-West Connecting Bikeway
City File Franklin and Flinders streets have been selected by council for a new, segregated bike lane.
Orana’s Casual Sibling to Rebrand as “Bistro Blackwood”
Food & Drink A new era for Jock Zonfrillo’s street-level diner.
Adelaide’s “Wine Playground” The Fruitful Pursuit Returns For Spring
Food & Drink More than 90 wines to try, plus gin, cheese, chocolate and “one-off treats”.
Midnight Spaghetti Moves in Above the Crown and Anchor
Food & Drink Home-style Italian food and Euro-kitsch above one of Adelaide’s favourite pubs.
Orana Named Australia’s Best Restaurant at Gourmet Traveller Awards
Food & Drink It’s the first time in 20 years a restaurant outside of Sydney and Melbourne has taken the top spot.
Adelaide’s Finest: Shortlist for the Eat Drink Design Awards Revealed
Art & Design A slick and modern fish and chipper, a grand winery makeover and an inspired yakitori house have been nominated as some of the best new hospitality designs in Australia.
Experimental Music Festival Unsound Returns to Adelaide
Entertainment The mainstay of David Sefton’s four-year tenure as Adelaide Festival artistic director is back – and it’s bigger than ever.
Taxi Drivers Protest at Adelaide Airport, Uber Temporarily Suspends Service
City File The strike will continue throughout the day.
You Can Now Get an UberX Pick-Up from Adelaide Airport
City File The ride-sharing giant makes another move into the Adelaide market.
Jetstar Launches Direct Flights from Adelaide to Hobart
City File Goodbye, Melbourne stopovers.
An Australian Film About Barbeque Gets Picked Up by Netflix
Food & Drink From the Aussie barbie to Japanese yakitori to Mongolian boodog, Barbecue observes the universal, centuries-old act of cooking over fire.
Australia's Biggest Zombie-Themed Tag Game is Coming to Adelaide
Entertainment Battle a horde of hundreds with dart blasters and smarts.
Pinot Palooza Hits Adelaide Gaol This Weekend
Food & Drink A touring tasting festival dedicated entirely to pinot noir.
The Henry Austin Calls Last Drinks
Food & Drink One year after opening, Adelaide’s “Australian yum cha” restaurant is closing.
Hokkaido is Giving Out 100 Free Cheese Tarts Today
Food & Drink Follow the queues.
Alpine Winter Village Will Not Be Back This Year
City File The winter-themed festival will not return to the CBD, but you can still go skating in Port Adelaide.
Young Gun of Wine 2017 Winners Announced
Food & Drink South Australia’s cutting-edge winemakers dominate the national awards.
Where To: Barossa Valley with Josh Pfeiffer
Food & Drink The Whistler winemaker shares his go-to spots in the region.
Where Next For Royal Croquet Club?
Entertainment A $1.1 million loss has forced the festival and its parent company into administration.
Etica: Pizza al Taglio Opens on Halifax Street
Food & Drink A “slaughterhouse cross glasshouse” serving pizza not bound by tradition.
A Long Table Lunch in the Adelaide Hills
Food & Drink Forage for your food then enjoy a vegetarian feast for the winter solstice with winemakers The Other Right.
Adult Themes with Bridget Everett
Entertainment The New York cabaret superstar is coming to Australia.
A New Look for The Pot Food & Wine
Food & Drink Former Magill Estate chef Emma McCaskill will head up the kitchen alongside a slick new fit-out from Studio -Gram.
Where to: McLaren Vale with Tony Mitolo
Food & Drink Pizzateca’s chief pizzaiolo shares his go-to spots in the region.
A Tasting Australia Spin-Off at Sunny’s Pizza
Food & Drink Victor Liong, Mitch Orr and more will take over the Sunny’s oven for “Quattro Formaggio: The Second Coming”.
Bar 9 Whitmore Has Closed
Food & Drink After the Parkside location closed in January, a second Bar 9 has shut-up shop.
Chefs Fire Up for Tasting Australia 2017
Food & Drink Local and guest chefs will be playing with fire in Victoria Square.
Parwana’s Family Affair
Food & Drink The inextricable link between food and family is at the heart of a humble Adelaide empire.
Blurring Gender and Genre in MDLSX
Entertainment An explosive ode to androgyny that’s part-performance art, part monologue and part-DJ set.
Where To: Adelaide Hills with Sarah Feehan
Food & Drink The front-of-house maven shares her go-to spots in the progressive wine region.
Iberia Opens on Rundle Street
Food & Drink Modern Spanish and Portuguese cuisine in Adelaide's East End.
An Adelaide Original
Food & Drink His name is synonymous with Adelaide’s best restaurants and bars. How did Simon Kardachi reach the top of the food game?
Superfish's Kingfish and Burnt Tomato Ceviche Recipe
Food & Drink Recreate this warm weather favourite at home.
Broadsheet Adelaide’s First Print Issue Is Here
City File Hot off the press and on the streets.
Osteria Oggi Wins International Design Award
Art & Design Local designer Studio -Gram receives top honours at the World Interior News Awards in London.
The Royal Croquet Club Launches an Interactive Dining Experience
Food & Drink An immersive supper club on the riverbank.
Immerse Yourself in "We Live by the Sea”
Entertainment A small show with a big heart comes to the Adelaide Fringe after selling out seasons in Edinburgh, London and New York.
Patterns of Migration
Art & Design Artist Haneen Martin explores identity and culture in her fourth solo exhibition.
The Barossa’s New Wave of Wine
Food & Drink Could Whistler turn the long-established wine region into the next site for progressive winemaking?
Adelaide Festival’s Two-Storey, Floating, Riverbank Palais Program Announced
Entertainment International music acts, theatrical sideshows, culinary experiences and a hall of mirrors.
Where to Go at Crush Festival
Food & Drink Find your new summer-wine crush in the Adelaide Hills.
Rhino Room Migrates to a New Home
City File A new era for the Adelaide comedy venue and its sister sites The Howling Owl and Urban Cow Studio.
Here's to Now 2017 in Pictures
Entertainment Did we catch you in the crowd?
Andre Ursini’s Polenta Chips Recipe
Food & Drink Make this crowd favourite at home.
Adelaide Festival Reveals Long Lunch Series
Food & Drink Six Australian chefs will pay tribute to Adelaide’s “gastronomic golden era” at a series of lunches at the Riverbank Palais.
Adidas Opens First Adelaide Concept Store
Fashion Launching tonight with live art, music and free tacos.
Magill Estate Joins Forces With Sydney’s Automata
Food & Drink A trio of culinary young guns will collaborate on a one-off dining experience.
First Look: The New Exchange Specialty Coffee
Food & Drink A new era for the East End favourite.
Now Open: Plant 4
Food & Drink The Market Shed team breathes new life into industrial Bowden.
Blackwood Launches Summer Lunch Series
Food & Drink A four-course meal with three cutting-edge winemakers.
Take a Drive to Andamooka Yacht Club
Travel An oasis in the outback.
Young Gun of Wine Comes to Adelaide
Food & Drink Australia’s cutting-edge winemakers will assemble in a secret CBD warehouse.
The Crown and Anchor Leased to The Social Creative
Food & Drink The crew behind the Royal Croquet Club will take over the CBD pub and open a new bar and restaurant next door.
Palace Nova to Merge into One Location
City File Now you don’t have to worry about going to the wrong side.
Just Announced: Adelaide Festival 2017 Program
Entertainment There’s going to be a floating festival club.
SA Ranked Fifth in Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Regions 2017
Travel We’re the only Australian destination on the list.
Crown and Anchor Sold to Developers
City File One of Adelaide’s oldest pubs faces an uncertain future.
Exchange Specialty Coffee is Expanding
Food & Drink The East End cafe will take over the site next door to cater to growing demand.
My Kingdom for a Horse Is Opening on Friday Nights
Food & Drink Now you can dine until kingdom come.
The Rise of Good Studios
Fashion Anny Duff’s ethical and sustainable fashion label is making big strides.
These Adelaide Cafes are Helping You Have Your House Deposit and Eat Your Avocado, Too
Food & Drink Who said millennials can’t have it all?
Womadelaide 2017 Line-Up Announced
Entertainment Phillip Glass Ensemble and The Specials lead the 2017 Womadelaide bill.
Coming Soon: The Summertown Aristologist
Food & Drink Natural wines, simple food and community connection.
The Fruitful Pursuit Enters New Territory
Food & Drink The local wine collective turns its attention interstate.
Here’s to Now Returns to McLaren Vale
Entertainment Food, booze and tunes among the vines.
Sydney’s Dead Ringer Teams Up With Maybe Mae
Food & Drink The cocktail kings join forces for one night only.
Uber Eats Launches in Adelaide
Food & Drink Blackwood, Burger Theory, Osteria Oggi and more, direct to your door.
A Stranger Things Exhibition is Happening in Adelaide
Art & Design Espionage Gallery and Splash Adelaide take you to The Upside Down.
Alpha Box & Dice is Where You Want To Be This Long Weekend
Food & Drink Beer, wine, live music and DJs among the vines.
In Pictures: Adelaide Storm
City File With the lights back on, we look back on Adelaide’s dark night.
Life in Motion: Bohie Palecek
Art & Design Meet the artist behind your favourite food, wine and coffee brands.
The Porch Sessions Return
Entertainment Adelaide’s favourite summer music series is back.
You Can Flush Pauline Hanson Down the Toilet Thanks to This Branded Loo Paper
Art & Design It’s part of a fundraising campaign by Adelaide artist Drew Abrahamson.
Good Fortune Market Set to Transform Elder Park
Entertainment From the Swiss Alps to the streets of Hong Kong, the Riverbank gets re-activated.
The Avalanches Announce Australian Tour
Entertainment The Falls Festival sideshows will be the group's first headline appearances in over a decade.
Documenting Identity
Art & Design LGBTQI artists reclaim agency in “Documentarian”.
Get Back to Nature with Brew and Broth
Food & Drink “Roo broth”, wattleseed affogato and citrus tarts garnished with green ants.
Coming Soon: Etica: Pizza al Taglio
Food & Drink Italian street food from the duo behind Etica.
A New Music Festival is Coming to Old Adelaide Gaol
Entertainment Featuring Flosstradamus, Peking Duk and more.
Our Guide to SALA Festival 2016
Art & Design This August, SALA owns you. Here’s what you won’t want to miss.
Heard About Those Schnitzel Regulations? Here's The Whole Story
Food & Drink Here’s the deal.
Gallery: Sausage Dogs on Parade
Food & Drink Enjoy these pint-sized pups.
Coming Soon: Mâché
Art & Design A flash-in-the-pan co-working space has huge plans before self-destructing in 12 months.
Our Top Picks for the New Umbrella: Winter City Sounds
Entertainment It’s designed to get you going out, and you will.
Can You Spot Your Mates? Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival in Pictures
Food & Drink Now that the smoke has cleared let’s look back at the action.
Africola Changes its Stripes
Food & Drink Duncan Welgemoed’s South African eatery is heading north
First Look: Alpine Winter Village Brings All the Perks of a Euro Christmas to Adelaide
Food & Drink The team behind the Royal Croquet Club serves up a new winter tradition.
Bistro Dom Expands with New Takeaway Outlet
Food & Drink .dom cbd is serving fresh and fast Spanish-inspired lunches
Carl Cox and De La Soul to Play S.C. Pannell Winery
Entertainment Here’s a double-bill worth toasting this November.
New Literary Salon Makes the Most of Winter and Wine
Food & Drink Short stories, tall tales and a splash of booze at this new literary night.
Award-winning “Sparrows” to screen at the Scandinavian Film Festival
Entertainment A quiet coming-of-age story set in a remote Icelandic town.
Award-Winning “Sparrows” to Screen at the Scandinavian Film Festival
Poet Eileen Myles Tours Australia
Entertainment Feminist icon Eileen Myles is finally reaching the masses after decades enjoying cult status as part of New York’s underground.
Entertainment Feminist icon Eileen Myles is finally reaching the masses after decades enjoying cult status in New York’s underground.
