Bored of your usual stomping ground? Check out these new venues that have created quite a stir in the foodie community.
Sandoochie
Starting from humble beginnings of owner and chef Lucy’s love for a really good sandwich, Sandoochie was born. With a small, however regularly changing menu, boasting seasonality and creativity, enjoy lip-smacking sandwich combinations we bet you’ve never tried before. Promising fillings that always come right to the edges, get more bang for ya buck during your lunch hour.
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Sourdog Provisions
From the minds behind one of Verity Lane’s very first pop-ups Project Enoki comes an exciting neighbourhood deli, bakery and providore. Opening at the Nicholls shops, Sourdog Provisions features a rotating menu of fresh baked goods, cakes, pastries and pies made in-house daily. Through seasonality forward deli specialities, hot sandwiches, cold salads and artisanal provisions, pop on past for a catch-up lunch or delicious takeaway.
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No.9 Palace
Focusing on creating delicious Chinese food that promises to wow you with the presentation as well as the flavour, No.9 Palace is Dickson’s newest restaurant. Describing their food as ‘art Chinese fusion’, each dish is beautifully presented, reflecting traditional Chinese symbols and customs. From goldfish shaped dumplings to skewers served on a steaming boat, you won’t find a dining experience like this anywhere else in Canberra.
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Short Eats
Finding a bigger, more permanent home, popular Canberra food truck Short Eats has opened a café. Serving delicious Sri Lankan food for breakfast and lunch, enjoy traditional dishes, as well as Sir Lankan inspired western classics. Think eggs benedict with a curry hollandaise and their take on steak and eggs with slow-cooked lamb, capsicum and a fried egg.
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Moo and Chick
Get your brekky and lunch favourites from your new café regular Moo and Chick. Inspired by the grooviness of the 70’s, enjoy Redbrick coffee, homemade pastries and those brekky classics with a little Moo twist.
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Sugar Plum Fairy Cakes
From a hobby to an online store and now a bakery, Sugar Plum Fairy Cakes has been baking and decorating your special occasion cakes and cookies since 2016. Now opening a store in Hall, it’s worth the drive to have a lovely afternoon tea with some naughty sugary goodies that have been made with love.
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Café Beetroot
Getting name inspiration from the way beetroot is bright in colour and permeates easily, Café Beetroot says they are full of colour and will permeate your life. Giving us a little preview of their delicious menu items such as a kimchi scramble, smashed avo and granola and yogurt, find them in Dickson and try it for yourself.
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COMING SOON
Leyla Bar
The newest venue to come out of the Doma Group, Leyla Bar is set to open in June. Perched on the rooftop of the Burbury Hotel in Barton, Leyla will bring an exclusive club lounge experience to Canberra with an outdoor oasis feel.
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Parbery Lane Pizza
Giving locals a little teaser while they get ready to officially launch, Parbery Lane Pizza is set to open very soon in the Kingsborough Village. Promising good pizza, good drinks and great times, expect delicious wood-fired Italian pizzas.
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Walter Café
Inside the highly anticipated new venue The Marion will be the Walter Café. Inspired by Walter Burley Griffin, the modern café at Commonwealth Park is yet to launch their menu, however, they say it will combine top quality, seasonal and sustainable produce and inspired flavours of the globe to produce spectacular dishes.
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