A beautiful expanse of parkland. The lungs of Sydney. Horse riding. Fresh air. Ponds. 220 hectares of open green space. Experience the ultimate sense of health and well being. Stunning old homesteads. Close proximity to Queen Street shopping, Woollahra. Leafy surrounds. Claim a shady spot of your own and partake in a BBQ or picnic. Exercise. Relax. Enjoy. Centennial Park.
The Entertainment Quarter, Cnr Lang Rd and Driver Ave
The Sydney Comedy Store offers up the cream of the touring comics. Century Venues (who also run the Metro, the Enmore Theatre and Factory Theatre – all of whom also host their share of comedians) have taken over the old girl and have been delivering surperb comedy since November 2008. Theyre also the folks behind the Sydney Comedy Festival, so expect to see many of the stars on the Stores bill....
Grand Drive
While theres always been somewhere to get something to eat on the grounds, theres never been anything as special as this. Split into three separate sections including a café and kiosk, this brand new fine diner offers interesting food in a beautiful setting. With views of the park including folks out walking their dogs and sweaty joggers puffing by, the rooms absolutely huge. Its as close to eating on the lawn as youll get in a restaurant.
Chef David Whitting is running the show, which is no...
248 Glenmore Rd
True love is what brought Tiger Mottle to the good people of Paddington. A former Allpress barista, owner Peter Henderson moved here from New Zealand to be with his partner, eventually setting up shop in Five Ways.
Tiger Mottle refers to the ‘mottled surface of a perfect espresso extraction, which pretty much sums up this little Paddington local. A restored terrace, the café is all sleek white interiors while the front wall is decorated with a row of retro vinyl covers over a smart...
108 Boundary St
Over the past 21 years, the walls of Buon Ricordo – one of Sydney’s most established restaurants – have held some of Sydney’s biggest hitters. Everyone from Cate Blanchett to Packer family captain John Alexan- has been spotted there, and it’s easy to see why: if you’ve got the moolah, and you order right, you’re in for something exceptional.
Chef and restaurateur Armando Percuoco came to Australia in 1972 and brought serious, authentic Italian cooking with him, and he still stalks the floor...
211 Glenmore Rd
In A View to a Kill, James Bond refers to French cocktails as "musical comedy drinks". You can see why with concoctions such as the Flirt Sur La Plage, described on the menu at Letoile as a "favourite in 80s French seaside resorts" (enough said). The combination of vodka, peach schnapps, cranberry and pineapple juice tastes exactly like a Frosty Fruit. Similarly hilarious French cocktails include the Paul Bocuse. Named for the famous French chef, its a mix of Champagne, crème de cassis and...
10 Elizabeth St
Sugo is now closed and has been replaced by Cipri.This Paddo newbie is serving up
traditional woodfired pizze including one
with ‘nduja (a type of spicy sausage common
to the cooking of Calabria and, for
all you sausage nerds out there, a distance
relative to the French sausage made from
tripe and lard, andouille) as well as a very
good margherita. There are a bunch of
nice old Italian dudes running the fl oor
and it’s a hop skip from Oxford Street....
395 Oxford St
Eastside Music Cafe (based at Paddington Uniting Church) is a not for profit Cultural Arts Centre of performing and visual arts events. Providing programs that encourage and facilitate quality artistic development and innovation within a community context....
47 Windsor St
Italian born Lucio Galletto is the host with the most. While he works the restaurant floor, head chef Logan Campbell works the burners turning out a mix of Ligurian classics and dishes with a mod Aussie twist....
312 Oxford St
An Oxford Street favourite, this funky cafe is a prime spot to unwind and enjoy an all-day breakfast, healthy lunch bite or afternoon snack. Favourites include the haloumi, roast pumpkin, semi-dried tomato, chilli jam and spinach sandwich on Turkish bread, and the prawn, chilli and tomato linguine....
180 Oxford St
Love Supreme has the atmosphere of a neighbourhood restaurant where the owners remember your face and maybe even send over a bowl of olives with their compliments.
Brought to you by Bosko Vujovic, the guy who made Arthur’s Pizza the Sydney icon it was, Love Supreme has the same jazzy, zany character and social club feel. Love Supreme uses organic produce as far as possible.
Its always busy (dont go if youre in a mad rush) and extremely fun. The long marble table at the back is great for big...
The Entertainment Quarter Centre Management Building, 122 Lang Rd
Fiat flies in fresh produce from Queensland regularly and supplies Sydney’s fancier Thai restaurants. He also supplies a few Melbourne restaurants....
2011-12-08 12:00:00 - 2012-02-18 12:00:00
Centennial Park Between Oxford Street, York, Darley, Alison & Lang Roads
In Centennial Park you can catch a huge line-up of summer blockbusters alfresco including Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Not keen to slum it in the park? Head for the Gold Grass area to relax on a bean bed with a glass of wine....
2012-03-01 12:00:00
The Hi Fi 122 Lang Rd
Soundwave pile on the sideshows with this triple header of US prog-metal legends Mastodon, Frances Gojira and Swedish rising metal stars Kvelertak....
2012-03-08 12:00:00
Hordern Pavilion 1 Driver Ave
Its been a big year for the Essex popstress, with massive hits with Price Tag and Nobodys Perfect, and after her acclaimed promo tour in 2011 shes coming back for a proper tour, which promises to be spectacular....
2012-03-16 12:00:00 - 2012-03-17 12:00:00
The Hi Fi 122 Lang Rd
Barbie Girl. Doctor Jones. Lollypop. Those songs - and, presumably others - will be banging around the former Forum when the Danish 90s pop masters return - with the original lineup, which seems important....
2012-03-26 12:00:00
Hordern Pavilion 1 Driver Ave
Well, not that much longer: theyre only doing four shows, but theyll be celebrating 20 - count em! - years of making music, and theyre bringing the up-and-coming Bombay Bicycle Club along with them....
2012-03-30 12:00:00
Hordern Pavilion 1 Driver Ave
If youre not heading to Byron Bay for Bluesfest, you can still catch this guitar hero supergroup in their Hordern show - and its reserved seating, by the way....
2012-04-29 12:00:00
The Entertainment Quarter Lang Rd
With three venues in the Entertainment Quarter (the Coachbay, Showring and Hi Fi), Creamfields 2012 is set to be the biggest dance party yet with a line up including David Guetta, Above & Beyond, Dirty South, Alesso, Excision, W&W, Giuseppe Ottaviani (live), Congorock, Vitalic, Sied van Riel, Tritonal, Downlink, Shockone, MaRLo, Bombs Away and MC Stretch. Earlybird tickets are on sale now, so get a wriggle on....
2012-03-07 12:00:00
Hordern Pavilion 1 Driver Ave
They were a big surprise when they were added to the Future Music Festival line up, now the legendary band play their sideshow - bassist Hooky is still missing, controversially, but keyboardist Gillian Gilbert has returned for the first time in over a decade, and thats pretty damn rad....
2012-04-11 12:00:00
Hordern Pavilion 1 Driver Ave
Its hard to believe, since its taken them - get this - 23 years to come back to Australia, but the legendary band are coming, complete with the mercurial Shane MacGowan, to celebrate a decade since they reunited. ...