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Le Monde Café, Surry Hills – Rating: 21.5/25

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Sometimes you visit a café and everything goes as you expect.  Parking is readily available, the service is prompt, the food is inspired and the coffee was worth getting out of bed for.  This was one of those mornings as Le … Continue reading

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Bloody Mary’s, Darlinghurst – Rating: 19/25

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Bloody Mary’s sits on a very popular strip of Darlinghurst.  It’s not only busy during the day but also abuzz in the evening.  Bordering with Kings Cross, you would be correct in assuming that the bars and restaurants along the Victoria … Continue reading

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Café Oratnek – Rating: 18.5/25

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Long time readers will remember my fondness for The Fern as well as its spectacular fall from grace when it changed owners.  It should be no surprise then that The Fern is no more.  Café Oratnek has taken its place and with … Continue reading

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The Trail, Vaucluse – Rating: 22/25

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Right near the beginning of New South Head Road is a small, easily-missable café.  It’s an unassuming establishment with a small number of tables but it’s clean and presentable.  Service was spot-on throughout and this is probably one of the … Continue reading

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Smalltown, Avalon – Rating: 19/25

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Avalon certainly has that coastal (small)town feeling.  Your worries will melt away as you walk through the beach-adjacent streets and browse the gift shops.  I paid the area a visit because smalltown has been making waves on the Northern Beaches scene … Continue reading

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Wild Basket, Neutral Bay – Rating: 16/25

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Wild Basket has a great location; bright but not overly sunny, easy to find but the road isn’t too busy.  You’ll need to hit up the counter to order and pay.  Having said that I would have expected to see … Continue reading

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The Local Mbassy, Ultimo – Rating: 20/25

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  This corner café has only been open for about four months but because it’s doing so many things right, it will be staying around for a long time!  Sure that could have been my concluding line but my breakfast … Continue reading

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La Buvette, Potts Point – Rating: 17.5/25

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I woke up on this particular morning feeling like a croque madame.  I know, I know, who does that?  My subconscious drove me to choose La Buvette (French for a small bar) and lo and behold, they had one on … Continue reading

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Room 10, Potts Point – Rating: 19/25

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We’re back in Llankelly Place and we’re eating where the locals eat (I know this because I was surrounded by people advising what I should try next).  We’re also lining up where the locals line up because on weekends that’s most likely … Continue reading

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Bus Stop Café, Clovelly- Rating: 21.5/25 (re-review)

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For such a high scoring café, one year is way too long for a re-review!  So with fond memories of speedy service and flavoursome dishes on my mind, I grabbed a friend and headed back to Bus Stop Café! While the service crew … Continue reading

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Reuben Republic, Marrickville – Rating: 19/25

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With humble roots as a food stall at Double Bay and Frenchs Forest markets, Reuben Republic has now set up its headquarters in Marrickville.  If pork shoulder and melt-apart pastrami sound like something you could sink your teeth into, then you’re … Continue reading

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Appetite Café, Redfern – Rating: 16.5/25

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  I was very sad this week because the café I was on my way to review was closed when we arrived!  I later discovered that they were opening, only a little later than usual.  But before I knew this, I found … Continue reading

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Gather on the Green, Camperdown – Rating: 18.5/25

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Opened in 2011 by sisters Kim Glover and Amanda Webster, Gather on the Green represents their way of bringing together a passion for food, friends, family and nutrition. Combining their respective talents of nutrition & dietetics and ten years of interior … Continue reading

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Majestic Harvest, Petersham – Rating: 19/25

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The Majestic has undergone a recent restoration.  Initially a theatre, it then became a roller rink and throughout this time fell into neglected disrepair.  Well now Majestic Gourmet Grocer has moved in to reclaim the building and on the same site, … Continue reading

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Fresh, Crows Nest – Rating: 20/25

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Fresh has only been open three months and owner Phil Carey has the ambitious plan of competing in the hotly-contested Crows Nest food district.  The philosophy here is “eat well-be well” and the goal is to “make you happier and … Continue reading

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The Penny Royal, Mosman – Rating: 18/25

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The Myahgah Mews is a laneway in Mosman that plays host to a few breakfast spots that, despite the shade, are busy all year round including during winter.  The Penny Royal has a burgeoning base of repeat customers so you … Continue reading

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Gourmandise de Paris, Pyrmont – Rating: 20.5/25

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Gourmandise de Paris is one of the handful of cafés bringing life to Harris Street on weekend mornings.  It was once a struggle not only to find a spot that was open but that also delivered on good food. The … Continue reading

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Bar Mattino, Chippendale – Rating: 21.5/25 (re-review)

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This wasn’t going to be a review.  “I’ve reviewed them before and they got 21 out of 25” I thought, “I’ll just go and enjoy my breakfast”… Then the coffee came.  And it was fantastic.  Then the fruit salad came … Continue reading

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Belaroma Coffee, Balgowlah – Rating: 20.5/25

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This coffee hub adjoins Belaroma Coffee’s warehouse and roastery so you can be sure that you’re getting the freshest beans and with the new breakfast menu, I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.  This is a popular stop … Continue reading