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Their dining rooms have closed, but these Sydney restaurants are finding other ways to feed society’s most vulnerable

In these difficult times, these eateries are still helping those most in need through the best way they know how – through the power of a home-cooked meal.

Don Peppino’s is here for another year

New year, new room. The “temporary” Italian eatery on Sydney’s Oxford Street has a new lease on life.

Sydney cafés are temporarily banning reusable cups in response to coronavirus concerns

These are the measures they're taking to protect staff and customers.

Upmarket bar The Cat’s Meow signals a new era for Sydney’s Oxford Street

A menu by an ex-Quay chef, a glamorous private room where phones aren’t allowed, and a cocktail list to rival the best speakeasy – this is Darlinghurst but not as you know it.

First look: Melbourne’s DOC pizza has opened in Sydney

It’s regarded as one of the best pizza places in the Victorian capital, and it’s arrived in the harbour city for a slice of the action.

Watch: In Service with O Tama Carey, Lankan Filling Station

In our new video series, we step into the kitchens of Australia's best chefs and find out what it takes to dish up some of the finest food in the country.

Bite size: the Sydney restaurants to try this month

Pull up a seat at these new (and new-ish) venues in town.

Review: Nomad has had a change of scenery, but the flavours are as good as ever

They've moved up the road sans wood-fire oven, but that hasn't stopped the Sydney restaurant from serving good, honest food backed up with a commitment to sustainability.

Sydney’s Paperbark is closing this week

But another successful vegan pasta-and-gnocchi trattoria will rise from the ashes.

Now open: Merivale’s three new venues at Sydney’s Coogee Pavilion

The blockbuster beachside spot welcomes a seafood restaurant, a cocktail bar and a tapas joint, with two Peter Doyle-mentees leading the charge.

Opening soon: Bar Totti’s and its all-snacks menu, late-night agenda and Negronis for all

Merivale brings the success of Totti’s to the Sydney CBD, and it’s another hopeful harbinger of George Street's rejuvenation.

The much-loved restaurants which closed in 2019

So long, farewell.

Sydney’s Sonoma and Icebergs to release a limited-edition panettone in time for Christmas

With macadamias, milk chocolate and Davidson’s plum, this is the sort of panettone that Nonna would recognise, but would never cook.

The best Sydney bars to visit in summer

Don your crispest linen and find your best friends. These are our favourite sunny spots for a drink in town.

Exit interview: Jaci and Monty Koludrovic on leaving Icebergs Dining Room & Bar (and no, they’re not opening their own restaurant)

The Sydney chef power-couple on departing the hospitality group they’ve loved for six years, pivotal moments with pipis, and their big move up north.

Now open: Toppi Martin Place, an expansive Italian restaurant in Sydney by the family who founded Machiavelli

Paola Toppi says a little prayer with her latest venture in the heart of the city. Just don’t talk to her about pasta extruders.

Review: XOPP is a glimpse into the future of Cantonese dining

XOPP, the next step for Sydney's Golden Century, strikes a balance between old and new, writes David Matthews.

Sydney’s LP’s Quality Meats is closing its restaurant

It will live on as a wholesale business, but co-owner Luke Powell has decided to cease the dining-in component of the smokehouse.

Kylie Kwong announces plans for her new Sydney restaurant

The menu is in its early stages, but already the chef has confirmed a dish she’s made around 200,000 times.

Review: Cafe Paci is simple yet cerebral, and better than ever

Sure, Pasi Petänen can spin Pacojets with the best of them. But with his new, permanent home in Sydney's Inner West, the chef and serial pop-up artist shows he can still win at the basics.

On the pass: Isabelle Caulfield, Poly

The head chef on her cult fried-potato dish, her modern take on room service and her lessons learnt about the kitchen fire.

Chefs Monty and Jaci Koludrovic to depart Icebergs Dining Room & Bar

After almost six years with Maurice Terzini’s flagship restaurant and The Dolphin Hotel, the executive-chef power couple is moving on.

Now open: Shwarmama, a standing-room only kebab and falafel joint by Ester’s head chef

Mat Lindsay has gone in with the owners of Paramount Coffee Project, and they're serving the Middle Eastern snacks from morning till night. Your late-night kebab just got a whole lot better.

Now open: Ragazzi, the Sydney pasta and wine bar by the Love, Tilly Devine crew

There’s an ever-evolving menu of hand-rolled pasta, a 300-strong list of mostly Italian wines, and a plum CBD location. This pocket-sized bar could be your new friend in town.

Is this Sydney’s most-wanted dinner invitation?

One sitting. Sixteen guests. And a cavalcade of courses that reflect the chef's fine-dining background. No wonder word has spread about this neighbourhood cafe.

Just in: you can now package your Harbour Bridge climb with a Quay or Bennelong dinner

It’s dinner with a view, squared, as restaurant group Fink and BridgeClimb announce a partnership that allows guests to climb one Sydney landmark, then dine at another. Talk about a meal deal.

Ferris Wheel Dining returns for a seventh year, but is it just another restaurant gimmick?

GT took the experience for a spin to see if it was worth the $420 price tag.

Dan Hong is (re)opening Lotus this weekend

The chef is returning to the Sydney kitchen where, 11 years ago, he made his start at the Merivale group. And he's bringing back that hot fudge sundae.

We have a date: Cafe Paci set to open in Sydney

Chef Pasi Petänen may be the finest serial pop-up artist we know, but now he’s setting up in Sydney’s Inner West for the long haul.

Review: RIP the gastropub; hello there good, pubby food at the Old Fitz

A talented chef, a less-is-more approach, and how about that chip butty. Sydney's the Old Fitzroy Hotel is essential pub dining.

On the pass: Kitty Hong Xiao of Sydney vegan restaurant Bodhi

The dumpling maestro on the challenges of being a female chef, the evolution of Chinese cuisine and which dish she has made millions of times throughout her career.

Watch: inside the restaurant named after those famous XO pipis

It's old-school meets new-wave at the Golden Century restaurant group's latest Sydney restaurant. We take a look inside, outside, and round and round.

Sydney’s Est is closing in December

After 19 years, the Merivale fine-dining establishment is calling time.

Nomad head chef Jacqui Challinor and co-owners Rebecca and Al Yazbek.

After last month’s blaze, Sydney’s Nomad makes a temporary move to the former Longrain site

It’s out of the fire and back to the frypans as the Surry Hills restaurant relocates around the corner – and they have chef Jock Zonfrillo to thank.

CicciaBella opens on Monday with ex-Acme chef Mitch Orr in the kitchen

With the Icebergs team rallying around him, the chef can return to what he does best.

Sydney’s Maybe Sammy cracks The World’s 50 Best Bars list

And it’s the only Australian venue to make the top-50 rankings.

Now open: XOPP, the sister restaurant to Sydney’s legendary Golden Century

Considering its blood line, this is one much-anticipated restaurant opening.

Sydney restaurant Don Peppino’s is sticking around for another 6 months

The ’90s-nightclub turned temporary trattoria was due to close in October, but diners can ascend that neon-lit staircase well into February 2020.

The fried-chicken triangle in Sydney’s Inner West: an investigation

Along a 300-metre stretch of Newtown's main drag, three restaurants are dishing up some top-notch fried chook. On a wing and a prayer, Tristan Lutze tries them all.

Aria is celebrating 20 years in Sydney with a tasting menu of its greatest hits

Two decades is a long time for a fine-dining restaurant to not just survive but thrive in this town. A lot has changed but the tablecloths, and that stunning view, remain.

Review: inside Orana’s pop-up, the restaurant Sydney is lucky to have

With our growing familiarity with wattleseed and finger limes, some would say that the quest to bring Australian ingredients into the national vocabulary is over. Over 22 courses at Orana, it’s clear that we’re just getting started.