Posted: April 24, 2020
Featuring: Apoteca, Sidewood Estate Restaurant and Cellar Door, Mum Cha... FOR nearly 20 years the Apothecary 1878 has remained a somewhat secretive oasis in the darkest depths of Hindley Street, winning many awards for its extraordinary wine lists curated by its remarkable...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine May June 2020 / 14 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: March 3, 2020
Featuring: Fino Vino, Mayflower, Little Wolf... ONE of the most anticipated Adelaide restaurants of 2019, it scraped in just a few days before Christmas, is Fino Vino the latest venture by co-owners chef David Swain and front of house maven...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine March April 2020 / 16 View / March 3, 2020
Posted: January 8, 2020
Featuring: Fino Vino, l’Italy, Nido, La La La Osteria ... THE opening of Fino Vino in the Adelaide CBD in December is the latest and much anticipated venture by Fino Seppeltsfield partners David Swain and Sharon Romeo. And while they...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine Annual 2020 / 12 View / January 8, 2020
Posted: November 29, 2019
Featuring: Ragini’s Spice, Paloma, l’Italy... BACK in the days when banks managed to have personal relationships with their customers, the conventional wisdom was to “follow your bank manager”, wherever he or she went. These days it’s probably much more sensible...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine November December 2019 / 28 View / November 29, 2019
Posted: September 5, 2019
Featuring: Nido, Sparkke at the Whitmore, Lot 100... RESTAURATEUR Simon Kardachi built his considerable Adelaide empire (Press Food & Wine, Melt, Shobosho, Osteria Oggi, SeaSalt to name some of it) on his first restaurant, the Melting Pot, a tiny but...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine September October 2019 / 33 View / September 5, 2019
Posted: July 1, 2019
Featuring: Mallozzi, The Den, Henry's Table... HE’S one of Australia’s most celebrated chefs and a pioneer of Australian indigenous cuisine, with his landmark Adelaide restaurant Orana last year named as Australia’s best restaurant. But Jock Zonfrillo is also half Scottish...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine July August 2019 / 30 View / July 1, 2019
Posted: May 2, 2019
Featuring: ORSO, Serafino, Coccobello... ORSO has been Adelaide’s most exciting restaurant opening for the year so far, having been two years in the making by chef-restaurateur Andre Ursini. Ursini’s previous, and ongoing restaurant, Andre’s Cucina & Polenta Bar, has long...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine May June 2019 / 36 View / May 2, 2019
Posted: March 1, 2019
Featuring: 2KW, Longview Vineyard, Herringbone, Coriole... UNDER the guiding hand of McLaren Vale legend Mark Lloyd, Coriole has always been noted for its impressive range of new varietal wines, along with its better-than-average cellar door platters. The dining area itself...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine March April 2019 / 28 View / March 1, 2019
Posted: January 10, 2019
Featuring: Red Chilli, Est Ovest , Bai Long, Hey Jupiter... ALMOST submerged under a huge carpark it’s easy to miss Red Chilli, or even worse to dismiss it’s bland facade as a front for a less than significant restaurant. But...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine Annual 2019 / 45 View / January 10, 2019
Posted: November 2, 2018
Featuring: Maxwell’s, Sea Salt, Spaghetti Crab, Red October... IT has a new name and its menu is constantly evolving, but Maxwell’s - formerly known as Ellen St - continues to display the same outstanding quality and value. Nor has there...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine November – December 2018 / 24 View / November 2, 2018
Posted: September 1, 2018
Featuring: Hispanic Mechanic, Sunny’s Pizza, Bocca di Lupo... McLAREN Vale continues to raise the bar when it comes to the number and quality of its restaurants, lifting its culinary offering - not to mention its wine - to become among...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine September – October 2018 / 36 View / September 1, 2018
Posted: July 1, 2018
Featuring: Amalfi, Level One, Electra House... ANYONE who’s been around Adelaide restaurants long enough will remember Marco Furlan as the best Italian waiter in town when he commanded the floor at the long-established favourite Amalfi. Then he reappeared as the...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine July – August 2018 / 64 View / July 1, 2018
Posted: May 1, 2018
Featuring: Low & Slow American BBQ, Pike & Joyce, 2KW... IT’S an almost inevitable progression that the most successful food trucks will sooner or later be forced to find bricks and mortar premises due to popular demand. So it was...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine May – June 2018 / 48 View / May 1, 2018
Posted: March 1, 2018
Featuring: Jolley's Boathouse, Stone's Throw, Longview Vineyard... JOLLEY’S Boathouse is yet another of those Adelaide restaurants that have quietly, unassumingly clocked up 30 years, but Jolley’s has more of a story than most because its roots extend back into the...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine March – April 2018 / 47 View / March 1, 2018
Posted: January 5, 2018
Featuring: Caledonian Hotel, Star of Greece, Serafino... TO the casual visitor the Caledonian Hotel is nothing exceptional. It has a good dining room, Bartons restaurant, with above average pub food and a strong focus on high-grade steaks. A further clue...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine Annual 2018 / 46 View / January 5, 2018
Posted: November 1, 2017
Featuring: The Apothecary, Cos, Lantern by Nu... AFTER a veritable roundabout of restaurants, cooking multiple styles of food in several countries, Thai chef Nu Suandokmai has gone right back to his roots - back to the sort of cooking his...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine November – December 2017 / 70 View / November 1, 2017
Posted: September 1, 2017
Featuring: The Pot Food and Wine, Shobosho, Crafers Hotel... FOR nearly 20 years The Pot Food and Wine has been a comfortable and popular institution with a loyal, largely local, clientele. At times it’s been a stepping stone for some...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine September – October 2017 / 30 View / September 1, 2017
Posted: June 27, 2017
Featuring: Coal Cellar + Grill, Gaucho’s, Pepe Cucina, The Cellar Kitchen Restaurant and Bar... FINDING a good steak isn’t a difficult thing to do in Adelaide, especially given many of the local steakhouse owners’ familiarity with star South Australian waygu...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine July – August 2017 / 101 View / June 27, 2017
Posted: April 11, 2017
Featuring: Hardy’s Verandah Restaurant, Ichitaro Dining, Satoshi Omori, Nagomi Japanese Kitchen, Takumi Yakitori... WHILE everyone is waiting to see what sort of restaurant will evolve as part of Chester Osborne’s $14 million d’Arenberg Cube project in McLaren Vale, another wine...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine May – June 2017 / 68 View / April 11, 2017
Posted: February 22, 2017
Featuring: The Lane, Summertown Aristologist, Star House... YOU don’t need to arrive by helicopter, but if you do you’ll have swooped in over cabernet sauvignon vineyards, rolling hills, gum trees, dams and grazing cows. If the view was the only...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine March – April 2017 / 75 View / February 22, 2017
Posted: February 22, 2017
Featuring: Blackwood, Jasmin, Le Mistral, Magill Estate Kitchen... ADELAIDE super-chef Jock Zonfrillo has won national recognition for his unique Orana restaurant, where he and his kitchen team have created exquisite dishes featuring native Australian produce. That’s the upstairs restaurant, but...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine Annual 2017 / 83 View / February 22, 2017
Posted: February 22, 2017
Featuring: The Currant Shed, The Henry Austin, Uraidla Hotel... THEY may be the driving force behind Adelaide’s small bar revolution, but it’s still rare to find a “sommelier-led” restaurant, but that’s how it is at McLaren Flat’s The Currant Shed...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine Special Edition 2016 / 67 View / February 22, 2017
Posted: November 1, 2016
Featuring: Bartons Restaurant, Georges on Waymouth, Ballaboosta... SMALL, independently-owned hotels can often provide surprisingly good food and wine offerings, and the Caledonian Hotel, on the edge of Adelaide’s CBD facing the northern parklands, is one of them. Its Bartons Restaurant...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine November – December 2016 / 107 View / November 1, 2016
Posted: August 1, 2016
Featuring: The Apothecary, Ellen Street Restaurant, Orana... FOR all the excitement generated by the temporary relocation of Swedish restaurant Noma to Sydney recently, one can’t help but suspect those eager Sydney punters would have been far better rewarded had they...Comments Off on Adelaide Grapevine September – October 2016 / 125 View / August 1, 2016
Posted: July 1, 2016
Featuring: Level One, Pepe Cucina, Chloe’s Restaurant… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: May 1, 2016
Featuring: Windy Point Restaurant, Andre’s Cucina, Peel St… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: March 1, 2016
Featuring: Osteria Oggi, The Locavore, Crafers Hotel… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: January 19, 2016
Featuring: Assagio, Coal Cellar & Grill, Gondola Gondola… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: December 1, 2015
Featuring: Botanic Gardens Restaurant, Bar Torino, Hentley Farm, d’Arry’s Verandah… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: November 1, 2015
Featuring: Bridgewater Mill, The Lion, La Buvette Drinkery… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: September 1, 2015
Featuring: Magill Estate Kitchen, Chianti, Cork and Cleaver… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: July 1, 2015
Featuring: Africola, Bread and Bone, Maybe Mae… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: May 1, 2015
Featuring: 2KW Bar and Restaurant, Mayflower, Madame Hanoi Bar & Bistro… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: March 1, 2015
Featuring: Fino at Seppeltsfield, Mothervine, Cliché… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: January 14, 2015
Featuring: Golden Boy, Africola, Peel Street… To read the full article click here.
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