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The Bristol Arms is back and it’s nothing like the old Retro you remember
Forget the daggy dance music. The beloved Sussex St boozer has been reborn as a Greek souvlaki rooftop bar from hospo veteran Peter Conistis, with a fully fledged restaurant next to come.
- Scott Bolles
‘Never-ending’ happy hour, $1 oysters and BYO wine the order of the day at this rejigged Redfern pub
Bat and Ball has reopened as budget-friendly homage to the traditional Sydney pub. And there’s more to come.
- Bianca Hrovat
‘It’s coming back’: Why Icebergs’ Maurice Terzini is staking his money on Kings Cross
Three new reasons to visit the famed strip include a cabaret bar, an Italian-leaning wine bar rumoured to be by the Fratelli Paradiso crew and an ‘exciting’ tenant at the former home of Gourmet Life.
- Scott Bolles
Chinatown is back, but not as you remember it (and here are five new spots to try)
From the city’s largest Korean barbecue restaurant to its first kakigori shop, here’s why diners are queueing for Chinatown eateries.
- Bianca Hrovat
Attenzione! There’s a hot new Italish-ish restaurant and wine bar to try in Redfern
Forget about the burrata - the Fabbrica alumni are going off script with an experimental menu.
- Bianca Hrovat
‘Leave your table manners at home’ at this new beachside spot with fine-dining cred
Neighbourhood restaurants are having a resurgence, says the co-owner of new Bronte venue Table Manners.
- Scott Bolles
Nearly 50 Chinese restaurant closures forces change by next generation
The lazy Susans have ceased spinning at some of Sydney’s best-known Chinese restaurants. But young operators are shunning tradition and charting a new path.
- Scott Bolles
French chef with Michelin star cred opens wine bar in an unlikely location
The 60-seat Georgie mixes marble, velvet and touches of gold on the ground floor of the Mantra 2 hotel.
- Scott Bolles
Australia’s first women’s only sports bar to open on Oxford Street
The Ladies League is a game-changing new two-storey Sydney bar screening exclusively women’s games, live and loud.
- Bianca Hrovat
George Calombaris’ Sydney expansion plans fall over after only five months
The celebrity chef will step aside as a new operator takes the reins at Alpha while Peter Conistis opens his mammoth waterfront venture at Brighton-le-Sands.
- Scott Bolles