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“By 9.30pm restaurants are done,” says Maurice Terzini.

‘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
Butchers Buffet, the largest KBBQ in Sydney, has opened in Haymarket.

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! 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
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
Left to right: Waiwing Lau, Vincent Lim, Howin Chui.

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
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Head chef Gil Ghidalia at the newly opened wine bar Georgie.

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
The Ladies League will open on Oxford Street in August. Owner Rose Valente (left), Charlotte Lucero and Abbie Lindsay.

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
Chef George Calombaris.

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
Daniel Harrison and Michael Ico, co-owners of Newtown cafe Soulmate, have teamed up to open Superfreak in Marrickville.

Get your Superfreak on at this standout new Marrickville cafe with soul

The exclusive first look inside Superfreak, with its fuzzy banquet seating, vinyl records and cork flooring combining to make a memorable first impression.

  • Bianca Hrovat
The Apollo in Potts Point.

Hatted Greek restaurant unveils plans for spin-off eatery in massive Cleveland St development

Sydney’s love affair with Greek food continues, with the launch of Peter Conistis’ new waterfront restaurant and The Apollo revealing details about its forthcoming Olympus venue in Surry Hills.

  • Scott Bolles