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3 October, 2025

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Tara Bennett

Home, sweet home. Sydney has no shortage of amazing eats, cute places to drink and be merry, cool stores, and of course, our favourite local spots.

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Paramount House Hotel.

Stay

Paramount House

Worth a stay for the bath alone.

Ace Hotel

Nice rooms, you can bring your pet, and it’s in the heart of Sydney. What more could you want?

Australia Street Suites

From the team at Pistano & Daughters, these suites are located behind their restaurants in Newtown.

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Superfreak.
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Australia Street Suites Newtown.

Eat and Drink

Artificer Coffee

Our friends over at Artificer make the best coffee ever.

Jane

This little wine bar is perfect for a happy hour spritz and oysters. Everything on the menu is Australian

Superfreak

Our favourite porridge!

Soulmate

Yummy food and delightful staff.

Butter

Known for their fried chicken, we can’t go past a hot cinnamon doughnut.

Tokyo Lamington

Pie, lamingtons and onigiri - yes!

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Continental Deli.
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Chloe's Bondi.
Continetal Deli

Probably our most frequented place for a negroni and a snack.

Bar Demo

New to Enmore Rd, this nice little bar does amazing martinis and is dog friendly.

Ante

A saké listening bar, with a top-notch menu.

Where’s Nick

A favourite Inner West wine bar. It’s fun for people watching and eating a few sardine toasts.

Sáng

This Korean place never ever disappoints.

My Zakaya

Our top Japanese spot, run by the nicest couple.

Baba’s Place

Located in an industrial warehouse, Baba’s place is the perfect Inner West food spot.

Chloe’s

Natural and interesting wines and all the food is cooked on a hibachi.

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Ante.
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Baba's Place.

Shop

Provider Store

If you find yourself in Sydney, make sure to pop into our little shop and say hi!

Maple Store

Our go-to shopping spot in Newtown.

INCU

Always delivers the goods and a shop we find ourselves coming back to again and again for quality pieces.

Freitag

Pretty fresh to Surry Hills, our friends at KEOMA have just opened this cool new store. Grab yourself a one-of-a-kind bad made from up-cycled truck tarps.

108 Warehouse

Curated vintage and second-hand pieces. It’s hard to walk in here and not want to take home everything.

Big Trouble

Shop hard to find brands from Japan and America, accessories and a few local pieces. This is a must visit spot.

Qurated

Championing high end vintage pieces from Japan.

The Standard Store

Filled to the brim with handpicked pieces from around the world, spend sometime in this cool spot in Surry Hills.

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Provider Store.
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108 Warehouse.

See and Do

A Swim At Little Bay

Top spot for a swim.

White Rabbit Gallery

One of our favourite gallery spaces.

Phoenix Central Park

Enter the ballot to win tix for gigs at Phoenix. Free tickets to epic shows.>Need we say more?

Carriageworks Farmers Market

Lots of delicious things to taste and try, a must for a Sydney visit.

Opera Bar

Some might see this as a little touristy but sometimes you must embrace that and this is a top spot to sit, have a drink, admire the view and do a bit of people watching.

Candle Making At Provider

Make your very own Provider candle over some wine and nibbles.

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Candle Making At Provider.
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White Rabbit Gallery.

Further reading

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