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Your March hit list: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

A smart neighbourhood boozer for Darlinghurst, a reborn Mexican spot on Enmore Road and an indoor-outdoor Argentinian-inspired restaurant in Balmain, plus an excellent pizzeria from the LuMi team in Manly.

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Wood-fired garlic flatbread.

‘Top-notch stuff’: Ciro’s pizza spot boasts puffy crusts, community spirit and fantastic service

  • Lenny Ann Low
The Joey

Former Boathouse site at Palm Beach reopens as upmarket diner The Joey after $7m rebuild

  • Scott Bolles
Fire-roasted whole baby pumpkin with mushroom risotto (centre right), and kingfish tiradito.

Sprawling indoor-outdoor Argentinian-inspired restaurant Casa Esquina opens in former Efendy site

  • Scott Bolles
The zingy fish toast.

Don’t miss the ‘tongue-zing of a thing’ at Japanese-style cafe-restaurant Poketto

  • Lenny Ann Low
Cacao & Cherry cocktail.
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The Waratah is the smart neighbourhood boozer this neck of the neighbourhood needed

  • Callan Boys
Three-cheese toastie with warrigal greens, kimchi and tomato.

Clever Aussie flavours make this ‘sensationally good’ three-cheese toastie one to savour at BTB Kirribilli

  • Lee Tran Lam
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Go-to dish: Pied de cochon stuffed pig’s trotter with mash.
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Show me you love me – with a stuffed pig’s trotter at Parisian bistro Restaurant Hubert

  • Terry Durack
Saffron and vanilla scroll.

Made-from-scratch pastries are the star of the show at sunny suburban spot Flour in Caringbah South

  • Lenny Ann Low
Miss Fritta Pizza with extra prosciutto.
14.5/20

‘Bloody delicious’: The verdict on Avoja, a Manly pizzeria from the LuMi team

  • Terry Durack
Owners Nicole Galloway and Peter Lew with newborn baby Louie.

Potts Point favourite Fei Jai takes new-wave Cantonese cooking to Rose Bay

  • Scott Bolles
“New style” kingfish sashimi with salmon roe, pickled jalapeno and truffled dashi.
14/20

Tanuki is a cheeky, glam Japanese-inspired spot that aims to be Double Bay’s Nobu

  • Terry Durack
A roaming performer helping a customer with their drink at Pleasure Club, Newtown.

Chicken parmi cocktails and roaming puppets: Is Pleasure Club Sydney’s weirdest late-night bar?

  • Bianca Hrovat
King Clarence’s “Scandinavian ramen bar” interior.
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DJs, fish finger buns, Vegemite toast: King Clarence is not your typical two-hat restaurant

  • Callan Boys
Centro 86 is a bar for pre- or post-dinner drinks.

First look: Cantina OK! team open otherworldly late-night tequila bar Centro 86

  • Bianca Hrovat
Chef Martin Benn (left) and head chef Jamie Robertson.

Former Sepia chef mentors ‘Londonesque’ revamp of hotel dining at Sydney Common

  • Scott Bolles
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The new Maiz on Enmore Road.

Mexican restaurant Maiz reopens on Enmore Road with late-night mezcal bar

  • Bianca Hrovat
Tita’s Carinderia in Marrickville is inspired by the Tita (Aunty) Marlene, and these Filipino women in food represent the “modern tita” the cafe wants to champion.  L-R: Kat Kat, Kimberley Cruz, Karen Rodrigueza-Labuni and Christine Knight. Luisa Brimble

Times are tough in cafe land, but these new inner-west venues are up for the challenge

  • Bianca Hrovat
The dining room has expansive views of the Pacific Ocean and Norfolk pines.
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Meribella at the Crowne Plaza in Terrigal has stunning views, but does it deliver food and service to match?

  • Terry Durack

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