Chef-restaurateur Andrew Burns at his burger shop 2 Smoking Barrels,following the closure of his hatted Wollongong restaurant Babyface Kitchen.

After the hospitality boom,regional NSW restaurants are closing one after the other

More than 60 high-profile restaurants and cafes have shut in the past 18 months. “It is,hand over fist,a million times more challenging.”

  • Bianca Hrovat
Napoletana and mortadella pizzas at Pizza'Mare.

‘We need cheaper options’:Two-hat Italian restaurant to open waterfront pizza spin-off

A renowned Italian chef-restaurateur will offer fine-dining views and culinary direction,for up to half the price.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Bartender Hugh MacMaster with the fish burger at The Bat&Ball Hotel in Redfern.

Simple,nostalgic,and Easter-ready:15 of Sydney’s best fish burgers

No meat? No problem. Eat one by a three-hated chef,a pub bestseller,a Sizzle O Fish and a spicy take on Nashville’s famous sandwich.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Flying Fish in the former Balla site.

Flying Fish to close in Pyrmont after more than 20 years

But it’s not the end of the story for the popular seafood restaurant.

  • Scott Bolles
Golden Avenue has become known as “Brisbane Babylon”.

This one-off dinner brings together two of the country’s best restaurants and chefs

Brent Savage and Ben Williamson will team up for a Middle Eastern feast like you’ve never had before,complete with new dishes like Moreton Bay bug shish and smoky tomato kibbeh.

  • Erina Starkey
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Rat’s brain,anyone?

Bangkok’s renowned chef Gaggan Anand to cook in Sydney and Melbourne next month

The inventive chef,best known for creations such as “rat brains” and a menu entirely out of emojis,will be in Australia for a series of dinners,a progressive Indian lunch and more.

  • Erina Starkey
Head chef Alex Prichard at Icebergs Dining Room&Bar.

Head chef steps down at Icebergs Dining Room and Bar

Alex Prichard,who led the Bondi restaurant through the tumultuous departure of founder Maurice Terzini,announced plans for a restaurant in Berry,NSW.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Brothers Andrew and Nectar Malanos.

Iconic vegie cafe Badde Manors to be reborn as Goode Manors with meat on the menu

The sibling team who once operated Bar Coluzzi have stepped in to breathe new life into the long-running cafe on Glebe Point Road.

  • Scott Bolles
The Fold is the namesake sandwich made on a chargrilled Turkish flatbread.

This folded Turkish sandwich is so good they named a cafe after it

Sink into a sofa for its charred flatbread folded around meat or vegies with lemon slaw and zingy pickles. The Two Good Co-run cafe is also a work-friendly oasis.

  • Erina Starkey
Charlie Colosi and wife Virginie.

Leichhardt legend Grappa to take over iconic former Rockpool site

While the other Rockpool site will be reborn as an Italian restaurant with a former Young Chef of the Year in the kitchen.

  • Scott Bolles