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Here's news: the vineyards are not reserved strictly for hoity toity wowsers who quaff the good stuff from extra large glasses and spit contemptuously into buckets. No, in fact there are so many vineyards nestled into the rolling landscapes of the Hunter Valley, and by extension so much vino, that the good folk up north have been known to give the stuff away to anyone.
WHAT
SYDNEY FOOD AND WINE FAIR 2008
WHERE
HYDE PARK NORTH, SYDNEY
WHEN
SAT NOV 1, 12PM-5PM
HOW MUCH
COUPONS ARE $3 EACH, MEALS DIFFER IN COST
Do you like a meal paid for with coupons, with a side of drag? Do you like eating in an inner city park, sharing with 30,000 of your closest friends? Ok yes, this is a test. We're ranting about the Sydney Food and Wine Fair of course, and we pity the fool that doesn't take advantage! As with previous years, 10 of Sydney's finest restaurants sell their food for as little as $3 a dish, while singers, dancers and a drag show try to pull your attention away from the front of the line.
Event: Markets
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Pssst! Amigo! Want to tell a good Spanish restaurant from a crappy one? Look up. Now count the hunks of cured meat hanging from the ceiling. Sure, a few lend an air of authenticity, but you know you're in for a treat when you walk into DELICADO - Spanish providore, restaurant and wine bar - and discover the roof is a riot of dangling chillis, retro flamenco posters, dusty wine bottles and ripening Jamón Iberico.
Much has been made of Time To Vino's name, its cutesy menu divisions (with sections like ‘Waiting For Friends'), and its position at the forefront of the rash of new small bars expected in Sydney.
Most of this misses the point, concentrating on TTV's form over its substance.
On the one hand, it's an appealingly quirky little bar, but you're not here for the décor.
There's no question that the Inner West has its share of excellent pubs. Come summer, so many million beers will be poured down throats at these various bars and balconies. What is harder to find west of the city is a place for a good, crisp rosé.
More often than not, pubs provide only a list of serviceable but boring standards.
Read this slowly, god knows it took us a while to digest. This is a l-i-c-e-n-s-e-d cafe. On O-x-f-o-r-d S-t-r-e-e-t. Where you will a-c-t-u-a-l-l-y want to stay a while.
As its neighbours dance at light speed, Falconer quietly cruises through coffee (morning) and wine (evening) accompanied by a tasting plate (any time).
Those new licensing laws are finally starting to kick in and small bars are popping up all over the place. The latest addition is the wine bar/restaurant/café Yulli's. Like a caped crusader of hospitality, Yulli serves coffee by day (and breakfast on the weekends) before dimming the lights and switching to wine bar by night.
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