by Myffy Rigby June 2, 2020

Glory be, restaurants are back and we’re very excited.

Break out the cocktails, pop the champagne, and butter the bread that you have not made yourself – the low-grade hum of happy diners in restaurants across the land is back. No one is more excited than our hospitality industry, both to throw open their doors to customers again but also to eat and drink out themselves. Here’s where a selection of them are busting to get back to.

Sam Young

When it comes to supporting neighbourhood dining, the head chef of Potts Point diner Lotus is very plugged in. Pre-COVID, he would regularly take his staff out to Eastwood, Bankstown and Cabramatta, BYO a few bottles of nice wine, and then restaurant hop, eating a single dish at as many as six different venues. “I’m craving Phu Quoc in Cabramatta. They make these incredible rice paper rolls,” says Young. “I called them, and they’re opening back up this week. And the ramen at Chaco, it’s the best in Sydney, in my opinion.

Also, VN Street Foods in Marrickville. And then the cheong fun (steamed noodles) at Traditional Cantonese Taste in Eastwood. They make [the flat rice noodles] themselves and you can choose your own ingredients. It’s really cool. You can have fish and beef, some people  will add an egg for breakfast. There are so many gems in the suburbs that are fully delicious,”  Young says.

Sydney street (food) directory

• Artificer, 547 Bourke Street, Surry Hills, artificercoffee.com
• Banh Xeo Bar, 11/61-71 Mentmore Avenue, Rosebery, banhxeobar.business.site
• Cantina OK, Council Place, Sydney, cantinaok.com.au
• Cafe Paci, 131 King Street, Newtown, cafepaci.com.au
• Chaco Ramen, 238 Crown Street, Darlinghurst, chacobar.com.au (Chilli coriander ramen pictured at right)
• Chat Thai, locations around Sydney, chatthai.com.au
• Dodee Paidang, 9/37 Ultimo Road, Haymarket, dodeepaidang.com 
• Ester, 46-52 Meagher Street, Chippendale, ester-restaurant.com.au
• Fleet, 2/16 The Terrace, Brunswick Heads, fleet-restaurant.com.au
• Firedoor, 23-33 Mary Street, Surry Hills, firedoor.com.au
• Gure Txoko Basque Club, 344 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst, guretxoko.com.au
• La Casita, 5/3 Fawcett Street, Brunswick Heads, lacasita.com.au
• Lankan Filling Station, Ground Floor/58 Riley Street, East Sydney, lankanfillingstation.com.au
• Lotus, 22 Challis Avenue, Potts Point, lotusdining.com.au
• Mabu Mabu, 13 Anderson Street, Yarraville, mabumabu.com.au
• Marrickville Pork Roll, 236 Illawarra Road, Marrickville
• Maya Vegetarian, 470 Cleveland Street, Surry Hills, mayavegetarian.com.au
• Momofuku Seiobo, Level G/80 Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont, seiobo.momofuku.com
• Myeong Dong, 1/5 Railway Street, Chatswood 
• Oakridge, 864 Maroondah Highway, Coldstream, oakridgewines.com.au
• Palace Chinese, Shop 38 Level 1 Piccadilly Tower, 133/145 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, palacechinese.com.au
• Paramount Coffee Project, 80 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills, paramountcoffeeproject.com.au
• Phu Quoc, – 11/117 John Street, Cabramatta 
• Pipit, Shop 4/8 Coronation Avenue, Pottsville, pipitrestaurant.com
• Pilot, 1 Wakefield Gardens, Ainslie, pilotrestaurant.com
• Provenance, 86 Ford Street, Beechworth, theprovenance.com.au
• Quay, Upper Overseas Passenger Terminal, The Rocks, quay.com.au
• Rodriguez Bros, 144 Miller Road, Villawood, rodriguezbros.com.au
• Sample Coffee, 1a/118 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, samplecoffee.com.au
• Single O, 60-64 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills, singleo.com.au
• Sang by Mabasa, 98 Fitzroy Street, Surry Hills, sangbymabasa.com.au
• South Melbourne Market, 322-326 Coventry Street, South Melbourne
• Tio’s, 4/14 Foster Street, Surry Hills, tios.com.au
• Tyalgum Gelato, 15 Coolman Street, Tyalgum 
• Traditional Cantonese Taste, 9a/1 Lakeside Road, Eastwood
• VN Street Food, 294 Illawarra Road, Marrickville, vnstreetfoods.com.au