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14/20

The 50 combos at this Italian-inspired panino shop are all ‘killers with delicious fillers’

More than 50 sandwich options have been created for tiny regional paninoteca and wine bar Arno Deli.

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Portside prepares seafood as it would at a restaurant, such as Hervey Bay scallops and half rock lobsters.

Portside Market

A fishmonger with a fine dining difference.

  • Emily Holgate
The fried cheese empanada.

‘It says Chile more than anything’: Empanadas are the order at this family-run cafe

Born out of Dandenong Market, Cafe Valentina focuses on filling Chilean brunch dishes inspired by the owners’ family recipes.

  • Sanka Amadoru
Sour cherry pie.

Savour the ‘unbeatable tongue-twang’ of fresh fruit pies at this nostalgic bakery cafe

It’s all about fruit, not sugariness, at Miller Street’s Blessed Fruit Pies, which bakes its juicy, glistening sour cherry, blackberry, blueberry and mixed berry pies each morning.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Produce from Moonacres Farm is on the menu at Moonacres Kitchen.

Moonacres Kitchen

A spacious cafe-restaurant built on produce from nearby Moonacres Farm.

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Harissa egg danish.

Idle

Bakery-led cafe from the Agnes team.

  • Matt Shea
The Food Farm owners Tim Eyes and Hannah Greenshields.

The Food Farm

A regenerative farm selling grass-fed beef and pasture-raised organic chicken and eggs.

  • Mike Bennie
Ian Moore’s three-acre garden-flanked Distillery Botanica site.

Distillery Botanica

A gin distillery set among three acres of botanical gardens.

  • Mike Bennie
Warm tofu noodles.
14.5/20

‘Warm hug for your stomach’: This eatery takes three days to make its tofu noodles

This Hurstville venue is one of the few places in Sydney serving the traditional and “unapologetically bold” cuisine of Myanmar.

  • Helen Yee
Coffee at Tortoise.

Tortoise Espresso

Home to bottomless filter and filled bagels baked fresh every morning.