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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
The Fold is the namesake sandwich made on a chargrilled Turkish flatbread.

This folded Turkish sandwich is so good they named a cafe after it

Sink into a sofa for its charred flatbread folded around meat or vegies with lemon slaw and zingy pickles. The Two Good Co-run cafe is also a work-friendly oasis.

  • Erina Starkey
RAFI is an ambitious restaurant and terrace bar in North Sydney.
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RAFI

Good times and great plates in a North Sydney oasis.

The clubhouse feel of North Sydney’s Poetica Bar & Grill.
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Poetica Bar & Grill

A carnivorous corporate go-to.

Genzo’s neon-lit dining room.
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Genzo

Channelling the bright neon, flavour and excitement of Tokyo.

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Pancho Bakery.

Sydney’s only brick-and-mortar Mexican bakery specialises in hard-to-find treats

Pancho Bakery’s busy location means it’s easy to overlook, but its conchas, coyotas and molletes mean this one-of-a-kind shop deserves to be noticed.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Matcha latte.

Cafe Cre Asion

Step through the sheer curtains to discover a pioneering matcha oasis in North Sydney.

Toasted ham, cheese and pickle sandwich.

The menu at this Sydney restaurant stretches from sweet to savoury, and does it all in great style

The menu at North Sydney’s Sol Bread and Wine stretches from sweet to savoury, and does it all in great style – just try not to touch everything.

  • Lenny Ann Low
LA-inspired Soluna.

Soluna

A little ray of sunshine, all year round.

A dish at Soluna Dining in North Sydney.
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The new metro will take you to North Sydney in a flash. First stop, this fancy 260-seat diner

Large, light-filled Soluna is the flagship venue at the new precinct, joining cosy bakery cafe Sol Bread & Wine, boutique food store Una, and slinky modern Japanese spot Genzo.

  • Terry Durack