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March 2022 hit list: Where to eat and drink in Sydney this month

The best bar, cafe and restaurant openings so far of 2022 to add to your must-visit list.

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Egg sando from A.P. House by All Purpose Bakery.

A.P. House opens rooftop bakery at Paramount House in Surry Hills

  • Scott Bolles
Designer Matt Darwon's brief was to blend the interior in with the Harry Seidler buildings on the site.

Middle Eastern restaurant Aalia opens at 25 Martin Place with former Fish Butchery chef at the helm

  • Scott Bolles
Owner-chef Annita Potter has opened her Woolloomooloo restaurant, Viand.

New top-notch Thai restaurant Viand pushes green curry off the menu

  • Scott Bolles
CopperTree Farm dry-aged Friesan rib-eye.
13/20

Sydney's new Botswana Butchery has the steak, but has it got the sizzle?

  • Terry Durack
Pork shoyu ramen.
14/20

Everybody loves ramen, no Bones about it

  • Callan Boys
Swishing chicken, pickles or bread through toum (at rear) renders everything extraordinary.

Has El Jannah still got it? We visit the chicken chain's newest Sydney outlet

  • Lenny Ann Low
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Chorizo and potato breakfast taco.
14/20

Start the day at cheerful Chippendale taqueria Ricos Tacos

  • Callan Boys
A faded Resch mural takes pride of place upstairs at Odd Culture Newtown.
14.5/20

Where the wild things are at Odd Culture Newtown

  • Terry Durack
Chef Tomoko Niwa at Best Bagel Co. in Cremorne.

Good intentions ring true at Best Bagel Co. in Cremorne

  • Lee Tran Lam
Sticky chicken wings are currently steamed and robata-grilled with house-made koji, yakitori-style.
14/20

Revenge of the 'burbs at Baba's Place

  • Terry Durack
Pork xiao long bao.

There's a secret in every dumpling at Sydney's Mr Yip

  • Pilar Mitchell
Mini passionfruit madeleines.
14.5/20

Sydney's frou-frou-free Loulou is a flexible bistro for uncertain times

  • Terry Durack
At the Genovese Coffee House, a quick espresso or macchiato standing at the bar comes highly recommended.

Sydney's Genovese Coffee House sets the bar for fine Italian brews

  • Lenny Ann Low
Sitting in a sunny cushioned booth in busy Bondi is ideal stuff.

Don't mention the plant-based meat at Flave

  • Lenny Ann Low
Jane's pink cake.
Good Food hat15.5/20

Something old, something new at Jane in Surry Hills

  • Terry Durack
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Go-to dish: Grilled Skull Island prawns with 'nduja and sea greens.
Good Food hat15/20

'Not everyone has Grange for blood': Why Sydney needs more lunch places like Menzies

  • Callan Boys
Kare pan (Japanese curry bread).
Good Food hat15/20

Is it a bar? Is it a restaurant? Newtown venue ups the Ante for the best-of-both trend

  • Callan Boys
QT Sydney's Gowings Bar and Grill has had a redesign and a change in direction.

QT Sydney's Gowings Bar and Grill relaunches as New York Italian steakhouse

  • Scott Bolles
Retro Japanese coffee shops are one of the inspirations for Wan.

Travel back in time in Mascot at Wan

  • Lee Tran Lam
Ora chef Nobuyuki Ura's signature Balmain bug tempura sang choy bao.

Ora Japanese Bar & Dining opens in Luke Mangan's former Waterloo eatery

  • Scott Bolles
Bar Mammoni's mortadella and whipped ricotta pastry.

All-day Bar Mammoni joins siblings Lana, Grana and Apollonia at Quay Quarter

  • Scott Bolles
The Fish Butchery in Paddington.

First look at Josh Niland's Fish Butchery Waterloo

  • Scott Bolles
Prosciutto focaccia slice is served only at night.

Fortuna Drink + Eat opens with a takeaway window pushing focaccia

  • Scott Bolles
The star pithivier from LuMi's degustation menu is filled with wagyu brisket at Lode.

Are Sydney's Lode Pies worth the hype?

  • Lee Tran Lam
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Former Potts Point landmark Bayswater Brasserie will become Eros, a Mykonos-inspired restaurant.

Former Potts Point landmark Bayswater Brasserie to become Greek restaurant Eros

  • Scott Bolles

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