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Stunning harbourside location. Once a haunt of artists, actors, writers and musicians. The land boasts grand mansions and stylish apartments. A rich and risqué history. Picture perfect in a magnificent setting. Stroll along the waterfront. Create your own, or enjoy the memories of Sydney’s historical and bohemian wild side. A calm sophistication. Elizabeth Bay.

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Cafes & Restaurants

1. Gastro Park

5-9 Roslyn St
The name sucks. Everyone knows it, no ones denying it, and theres no point harping on about it. And yet you cant avoid it because GastroPark (shudder) is the restaurant that Sydney cant stop talking about. It occupies the old Barons site, which was home very briefly to Blanco, followed by Steak Haus (Beach Haus, the bar for holidaying Euro clubkids, is still upstairs) and is the project of Grant King - the russet-haired Kiwi and ex-head chef of Pier. There’s...
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2. Cafe Sopra - Potts Point

81 Macleay St
The second version of Fratelli, the massively popular Italian-with-a-British-slant-café-plus-fruit-and-veg-store has moved in on the site of the short-lived French/Indian restaurant, Le Khan on Macleay St in Potts Point. Unlike the inner-city arts hub of Waterloo, Potts Point opens at brunch time and stays open for dinner (for those who cant drag themselves out of bed before Saturday arvo, this is a major blessing) serving the likes of a scotch steak - battered out until slim, covered...
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3. Ms Gs

155 Victoria St
RESTAURANT REVIEW: Just when you thought you knew chef Dan Hong, he comes out with a red-hot, left-of-field doozy of a new restaurant with all the punk and sass we always wished for at Lotus, combined with some damn fine cooking. He and head chef Jowett Yu are at the helm of Ms G’s – the mod- Asian restaurant you can’t afford not to be at, in and around. Ignore the name (M.S.G – geddit?) and ignore the deliberately ‘street’ interior design work. But whatever you do, don’t ignore what Hong...
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4. Flour and Stone

53 Riley Street
Nadine Ingram, the master baker behind designer cookie business Cookie Couture, has opened up a new bakery right in the heart of Woolloomooloo. Flour and Stone bakes the kinds of old-fashioned delights you would expect to find in an Enid Blyton book. Think lemon drizzle cake, chocolate tarts, cinnamon buns, and a hazelnut torte that will leave you weak at the knees - that crashing sound is diets being gleefully cast aside in favour of a slice of triple layered vanilla cake with cream and...
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5. The Apollo

44 Macleay St
Jonathan Barthelmess has long been one of Time Out’s favourite chefs. We sang his praises back at Coast in 2008/2009 when he was doing his elegant, restrained Italian food and then again when he opened Manly Pavilion. He’s back on the mainland now, doing Greek food. And we couldn’t be happier. Barthelmess has opened this new joint with fellow Greek Sam Christie – the man behind mod-Thai restaurant Longrain. And while Christie is still juggling vodka stick drinks and egg-nets, he’s...
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6. The Fish Shop

22 Challis Avenue
Lotus has bitten the big one and has gone to that large bistro in the sky. We’re still mourning the loss of the Florence Broadhurst wallpaper and those spun glass chandeliers over the bar, and yes, the bar itself where countless nights were lost in the bottom of a cocktail glass. Its gone but not, as they say in the funny pages, forgotten. In its place is a fish restaurant run by executive chef Jeremy Strode (Bistrode,...
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7. BlancHaru

1/21 Elizabeth Bay Road
Chef Haru Inukai has an impressive resume - hes trained under culinary legends like Frances Joel Robuchon, cooked for Keanu Reeves and has spent the last few years as executive chef at Galileo, the Observatory hotels restaurant, creating a fusion of French and Japanese cuisine. Now, he has struck out on his own, leaving the gilded cage of hotel dining to open his own bistro. Were guessing BlancHaru is pronounced like a combo of the French word for white and Inukais first name. The décor...
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8. Fei Jai

31 Challis Avenue
Fat Boy? Maybe the owners went with that because the Cantonese for “skinny white chicks who smoke a lot” didn’t sound quite as snappy as “fei jai”. Anyway, the chubby blokes are thin on the ground, and the slender and gabby Potts Pointers are packed tightly into the glow of the dim, dark single room and its tables out on Challis Avenue, smoking wherever and as much as they can. Fei Jai is loosely modelled on Lau’s Family Kitchen, the popular homestyle Chinese restaurant opened a couple of years...
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9. Ithaka Kafeneion

13/24-30 Springfield Ave
Kings Cross by day is very much a lucky dip. Potts Points well-heeled rub shoulders with party-hardy backpackers, while the odd straggler can be seen wandering about doing the walk of shame, looking lost and confused by the daylight. Throw in a few of the citys fringe dwellers and the rainbows complete. But look beyond the neon and fishnets of the red-light district and you will discover a capillary system of laneways and malls that offer a gentle reprieve from the main drag. Duck into...
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10. Brass Bistro and Bar

57-59 Macleay St
Oh, Yellow Bistro and Food Store. How we loved your tiny, house-made, coconut-covered marshmallows and apricot slice, and your surly, surly floor staff. Alas you are gone, sweet patisserie, but not forgotten. And in your place is a perfectly respectable bistro and restaurant opened by chef Darren Taylor, last seen working at Buon Ricordo. Brass isn’t so much a transmutation as a transition from Yellow – a cosy little restaurant and patisserie selling some of the best sweets on the eastern...
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1. Morgan Page

2012-05-19 12:00:00
Soho Bar
171 Victoria St
After winning hearts with his single The Longest Road, Morgan Page is here to reveal his latest work. Together with Tegan & Sara, Page has weaved an intricate harmonic basket in this follow-up-soon-to-be-hit and he wants to share it with you. ...
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2. Reasons To Be Pretty

2012-05-09 12:00:00 - 2012-06-03 12:00:00
Darlinghurst Theatre
19 Greenknowe Ave
The Australian Premiere of Reasons To Be Pretty will strike a chord with anyone who’s wanted to be loved, wanted to feel attractive or has struggled to understand someone else. Nominated for three Tony awards, Reasons To Be Pretty explores the age-old arguments between women and men....
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3. Reasons to be Pretty

2012-05-04 12:00:00 - 2012-06-03 12:00:00
Darlinghurst Theatre
19 Greenknowe Ave
James, tell us how the play begins. It starts with a blistering argument between a couple. Steph has found out that Greg has said something about her face that she doesn’t find terribly flattering. He calls her "regular"? Yeah, Greg’s trying to join in and be one of the boys and still, in his own clumsy way, defend his girlfriend from the ugliness of the world, if you like. But "regular" is not a good word to hear about yourself from someone who says that they love you. And I think that...
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4. The Unspeakable Itch

2012-06-13 12:00:00 - 2012-07-08 12:00:00
Darlinghurst Theatre
19 Greenknowe Ave
The Unspeakable Itch follows a couple stuck in a matrimonial rut as they wait for a bank loan to grant them all that they desire, and the subsequent tensions and musical expression that follows....
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5. The Seafarer

2012-07-13 12:00:00 - 2012-08-12 12:00:00
Darlinghurst Theatre
19 Greenknowe Ave
A combination of myth, poetic narrative and dark dialogue is created for a contemporary take on an old tale about The Prince of Darkness. Nominated for four Tony Awards, The Seafarer involves a group of friends, a deck of cards and a sinister turn of events. ...
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6. Treasure Island

2012-08-29 12:00:00 - 2012-09-01 12:00:00
Darlinghurst Theatre
19 Greenknowe Ave
The classic tale of adventure, courage and discovery by Robert Louis Stevenson is refashioned into a new family-friendly adaptation for The Darlinghurst Theatre....
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7. The Lunch Hour

2012-09-12 12:00:00 - 2012-10-07 12:00:00
Darlinghurst Theatre
19 Greenknowe Ave
Office relationships and dynamics are tested in the follow-up production to Human Resources, previously staged at Darlinghurst Theatre. A bunch of call-centre employees secretly write a play for a competition about their boss, while unknowingly, their boss has done the same about them. ...
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8. Miss Julie

2012-10-17 12:00:00 - 2012-11-11 12:00:00
Darlinghurst Theatre
19 Greenknowe Ave
Miss Julie is a re-imagination of the classic play set during midsummer 1888, exploring themes of boundaries, feminism and the restrictions of class gender and upbringing....
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9. Lenny Bruce: 13 Daze Un-Dug In Sydney 1962

2012-11-21 12:00:00 - 2012-12-09 12:00:00
Darlinghurst Theatre
19 Greenknowe Ave
The world premiere of a mash up of stand-up, documentary and jazz production about the attempted 1962 tour of American hipster comedian Lenny Bruce, as he spends 13 days in Sydney searching for jazz, companionship and a stage....
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10. Confession Booth

2012-07-04 12:00:00
The World Bar
24 Bayswater Rd
The first Confession Booth was a mighty triumph of terrifying revelation and public humiliation, and the second one was just as personally devastating-slash-hilarious – our own Andrew P Street was a highlight. Wholl be asking for forgiveness next, were still not sure. But it promises to be awkward, boozy and most of all: very, very funny. ...
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