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Charlie’s at Church

Buzzy trattoria loved by locals and pasta fans.

The sourdough pizza bases are slow-fermented for 72 hours.
1 / 5The sourdough pizza bases are slow-fermented for 72 hours.Supplied
Roma tomatoes with tuna belly emulsion.
2 / 5Roma tomatoes with tuna belly emulsion. Supplied
Caramelised apple tart with ice-cream.
3 / 5Caramelised apple tart with ice-cream. Supplied
Clarence River prawn raviolo with sauce American.
4 / 5Clarence River prawn raviolo with sauce American.Supplied
Fraser Island spanner crab tortellini.
5 / 5Fraser Island spanner crab tortellini.Supplied

Critics' Pick

Italian$$

This green-toned, warm-lit eatery is the place to be on a Friday night in Bellingen. Beneath pendant lights, seating is comfortably spaced, with room for cheery staff to dance between tables.

Consider ordering your bread-friendly plates (such as Byron Bay-made burrata in floral basil oil, or puck-sized slices of heirloom tomatoes dressed in balsamic) to arrive at the same time as your pizza, so you can also soak up the juices with chewy sourdough pizza crusts.

Pepperoni and pesto pizza is a highlight, pulled at the precise second from a raging fire, and humming with honey and spice. Dorrigo lamb stars in a hunky ragu clinging to ribbons of mafalde pasta, and you can expect a solid selection of weekly specials, often headlined by rib-eye dry-aged in house.

Good food to put you in a great mood.

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