Katoomba
- Recommended
- Cedar Take Away
Cedar Take Away
A local secret for kebabs, salads and fluffy, herb-strewn falafel.
- Erina Starkey
Latest
- Recommended
- Hominy Bakery
Hominy Bakery
A Katoomba bakery serving croissants, danishes and three kinds of pastry snails.
- Erina Starkey
- Recommended
- Black Cockatoo Bakery
Black Cockatoo Bakery
Make sure you come on the right day for the ham and gruyere bechamel croissants.
- Erina Starkey
- Recommended
- Mountain Culture
Mountain Culture
A Katoomba brewpub set in an old printing press.
- Erina Starkey
The Good Food Guide to a road trip to the Blue Mountains
Ham and bechamel croissants from Black Cockatoo bakery, loaded Lebanese wraps from Cedar Kebab Cafe and dinner at Megalong Restaurant should be on every Blue Mountains food trail.
- Erina Starkey and Good Food Guide reviewers
- Opinion
- New South Wales
Skip this ‘forlorn’ Blue Mountains town? You’ll be missing out
Poor old Katoomba has seen better days, but to suggest it be bypassed en route to other sights in the area does the town a major disservice.
- Julie Miller
Millions of visitors drive through this town every year. Some tell them to skip it
The gateway to one of the state’s top tourist attractions has become a “blighted, deteriorating town”.
- Julie Power
The state of the iconic Paragon Cafe left everyone in shock. Now ‘enough is enough’
The NSW government is taking action against the owner of the heritage-listed art deco cafe in the Blue Mountains.
- Julie Power
- Exclusive
- Heritage
Inside the once-charming Paragon, a heartbreaking discovery is made
It epitomised glamour and fine dining for 110 years. Now, as our photos show, vandals have trashed its interior.
- Julie Power