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Attenzione! in Redfern.

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
Pauly’s Chicken & Ribs Noranda. The “spicy” chickens are glazed with a medium-hot, Portuguese-inspired chilli sauce bright with lemon juice and vinegar. 
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Check out this chicken: Perth suburb rocks the charcoal barbecue

Pauly’s cooked a lot of chook, and this venue only enhances his family’s rep.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Carnation Canteen is a glowing beacon on a Fitzroy corner.
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Daffodils, olive oil, custard cake: This tiny restaurant in a corner store is a pot of gold

Lovely, light and almost ethereal, Carnation Canteen glows like a beacon in Fitzroy’s backstreets.

  • Dani Valent
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Not just here to grill steaks: This ‘proper restaurant’ offers bells-and-whistles dining

With a new winter menu and head chef fresh from Oncore by Clare Smyth and Newtown’s Cafe Paci, Shell House has plenty of compelling reasons to visit.

  • Callan Boys
Little Miss Sunshine has opened in the Heritage Lanes precinct in the CBD.

A CBD brewpub (that’s not a brewpub) opens in a light-filled laneway spot

Little Miss Sunshine leads with a Mediterranean-inspired bistro menu, but its breezy digs and 28 taps of beer are a much-needed shot arm for its hidden location.

  • Matt Shea
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Pie, creamy mash and peas are the $22 special at The Woolwich.

From posh pies to juicy pork chops: 10 of Sydney’s best pub dining specials

Dining out just got more affordable and fun, with these great value specials all for under $30 a meal. Meet you at the pub!

  • Isabel Cant
Builders Arms’ rotating rotisserie chicken special is currently served with potato puree and mushroom sauce (pictured).

From fancy chook to luxe laksa: 12 of Melbourne’s best pub specials under $30

Laksa and ramen, towering club sandwiches, juicy charcoal chicken … these cut-price counter meals are a steal.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Moreton Bay bug club sandwich.

‘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
Sean Kierce (right) is handing Ladro to new owner Mark Natoli.

This trailblazing Fitzroy pizzeria is changing hands after 21 years

New owners will be stoking the wood ovens at Gertrude Street landmark Ladro. But don’t worry – the Badabing pizza isn’t budging.

  • Dani Valent
Star Brisbane chef Kym Machin has made a long-awaited return to restaurant dining in the CBD with The Wolf.

‘I needed to do good food again’: Star chef (finally) returns to CBD

It’s been 12 years since hatted Brisbane chef Kym Machin left fine diner Urbane. Now he’s back, taking on a very different dining scene. Here’s what to expect.

  • Matt Shea

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