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Brent Savage (left) and Bentley Group’s Nick Hildebrandt at one of their other projects, Brasserie 1930.

Team behind Monopole to open 120-seat grill at exclusive tech club

Airtasker founder Jonathan Lui and Aussie Angels chief executive Cheryl Mack are among the backers of private club The Pillars, which will offer ice baths, a roof terrace and a grill from Bentley Restaurant Group.

  • Scott Bolles
The Grounds Coffee Factory In Eveleigh.

The 10 most exciting new restaurant, cafe, bakery and bar openings of spring

Your hospitality hit list, featuring a bar with natty wines and fancy sandwiches, a locomotive-themed cafe and a subterranean Italian restaurant.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Kingsley Smith at China Diner in Bondi.

Why this ‘too big’ Bondi restaurant is slashing seats to survive

China Diner is closing its Hall Street doors to make way for a beachside branch of restaurateur Ibby Moubadder’s Henrietta chicken shop.

  • Scott Bolles
MCA

‘Not everyone’s going to like it’: MCA’s rooftop cafe to reopen as luxury diner

Sandwiches and coffee at one of Sydney’s most spectacular waterfront sites will make way for a revolving door of big-name chefs.

  • Scott Bolles
Alexandra and Nicola Coccia in their hatted restaurant Osteria il Coccia in Ettalong Beach .

Where there’s smoke there’s ire: Central Coast’s highest-rated restaurant forced to close

Italian wood-fire restaurant Osteria il Coccia in Ettalong will close after failing to rectify smoke complaints.

  • Bianca Hrovat
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The Bristol, on Sussex Street in the CBD, has been given a head-to-toe redesign

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
The Bat and Ball has reopened in Redfern.

‘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
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
The Odd Culture Group plans to open Bistro Grenier on King Street.
L-R: Sabrina Medcalf, James Thorpe,  Nick Zavadsky, and James MacDonald.

King Street is about to get its first French restaurant, and it’ll be cooler and cosier than most

Odd Culture Group has announced plans to open Bistro Grenier, serving lesser-known French classics in a cosy converted loft.

  • Bianca Hrovat