Northern beaches restaurants, pubs and clubs reopening after coronavirus restrictions lifted
Cafes, restaurants and clubs will begin reopening their doors across the northern beaches from Friday as dining restrictions are eased. But many larger venues say they are not yet prepared to welcome back 10 patrons at a time. See the list.
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Dozens of cafes, restaurants and bars will reopen their doors to diners across the northern beaches from tomorrow as life during the coronavirus outbreak slowly begins to return to normal.
The lift in NSW Government restrictions will allow pubs and clubs across NSW to reopen attached restaurants and cafes from Friday with up to 10 patrons allowed to sit inside and dine.
A number of the smaller restaurant and cafes on the northern beaches are gearing up to welcome smaller crowds after turning to selling just takeaway meals since public gatherings restrictions were imposed in March.
But many of the bigger pubs, registered clubs and restaurants say they are not yet prepared to welcome back diners 10 patrons at a time because it doesn’t add up financially.
Clubs including Manly Leagues Club at Brookvale, Pittwater RSL, Balgowlah RSL, Dee Why RSL and The Beach Club at Collaroy are not yet opening in-house dining facilities.
But Harbord Diggers at Freshwater today reopened its cafe and restaurants, as well as its bottle shop, for takeaway service only.
It said it will also allow diners into restaurants within the club that are operated independently of the club — Teddy Larkin’s and Acquafresca. They also have their own street access.
A Harbord Diggers spokesman said the club will also allow diners into its cafe and coffee shop. But diners can only chose items from the takeaway menu.
The iconic Steyne Hotel at Manly is keeping its dining room doors closed.
“We won’t be doing anything this weekend and we’re still working out our plans,” said licensee Glen Pocklington.
“It’s not really worth our while opening up for dining for just 10 people at a time, and we’ve got renovations on at the moment.”
The Merivale pubs on the northern beaches, The Newport and The Collaroy said they will “not be opening just yet”. and will continue with some takeaway service while they “work out how they can navigate through the new easing of the COVID-19 restrictions”.
The Rockpool Dining Group, which operates the Sake Japanese and El Camino Cantina Mexican eateries at Manly Wharf said it will not be opening their doors on Friday
“Rockpool Dining Group doesn’t plan to reopen its restaurants for in-venue dining at this stage,” a spokeswoman said.
“We will inform our customers, suppliers and other stakeholders of our intention to reopen at the relevant time. This is likely to be in Phase 3 of the Government’s road map, when gatherings of 100 people are permitted with strict social distancing measures in place.”
The Boathouse Group, which operates the The Boathouse Shelly Beach and the Whale Beach Deli are reopening on Saturday for takeaway meals and drinks only.
The Boathouse Home and The Boathouse Bakery at Palm Beach, which do not cater for in-house diners, are also open.
But a smattering of cafes and small restaurants up and down the peninsula said they were happy to welcome back in-house customers.
The popular Albert & Moore cafe in Freshwater will offer indoor and outdoor eating options from Friday.
Co-owner Adam Foti said during the last two days his regular customers have been asking him if they can come in and sit down.
“I have to tell them to wait until Friday,” Mr Foti said.
“We’ll have to work out the detail of managing the indoor and outdoor seating, but it should be an interesting day.”
John Walker, the manager of The Tramshed Cafe at Narrabeen said he was “excited to see people in the cafe again’
“We were a bit sick of seeing the place empty,” Mr Walker said.
At the nearby Boatshed Cafe & Bar on Narrabeen Lagoon, diners are welcome, but can only stay a maximum of 45 minutes.
One Manly eatery opening to diners has an interesting approach to the easing of dining restrictions.
Co-owner of Manly eatery Belgrave Cartel, Joe Bruzzese, said the venue is offering set menu dinner and lunch menus for group bookings only of between six and 10 people.
“We’re taking private bookings now for lunch and dinner on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays,” Mr Bruzzese said. “Diners will get a personal chef and waitress or waiter for a four-course dinner for $80 a head or a three-course at $60.
“People can still come and see us and order takeaway too.”
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OPEN FOR MEALS:
Clubs
Harbord Diggers – Freshwater
Cafes
Fika Swedish Kitchen – Manly
Market Lane Cafe – Manly
Albert & Moore – Freshwater
Gusto on the Beach – Curl Curl (outdoor dining from Monday)
Sandbar – Dee Why
Sloppy Tee’s – Collaroy
The Tramshed Cafe – Narrabeen
H20 Cafe & Restaurant – Narrabeen
Sunrise Cafe – Warriewood
Village Park Cafe & Restaurant – Mona Vale
Cafe Monaka – Mona Vale
Nourished Wholefood Cafe – Avalon
Restaurants
Belgrave Cartel – Manly
Manly Thai Gourmet – Manly
Bluewater Cafe/Bistro -Manly
Wildwater Grill – Dee Why
The Boatshed Cafe & Bar – Narrabeen
CLOSED FOR MEALS:
Pubs
The Newport – Newport
The Collaroy – Collaroy
Manly Wharf Hotel – Manly
The Steyne – Manly
Clubs
Balgowlah RSL
Pittwater RSL — Mona Vale
The Beach Club — Collaroy
Manly Leagues Club – Brookvale
Restaurants
Sake – Manly
El Camino Cantina – Manly