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Category Archives: Inner West

JIMMY THE FISH

Thursday, January 31, 2013

[Photographs: David Straight] Finally, Auckland has a seafood joint that matches the quality of our fish. But that comes as no surprise: owner Jimmy “The Fish” Gerard is something of an Auckland seafood legend. Until recently he was one of the owners of Harbourside, he buys fish for a bunch of restaurants around Auckland, and [...]

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SECOND HELPINGS: SUNDAY PAINTERS

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

[Photographs: Todd Eyre] It started as a popup restaurant run by, yes, a group of friends who painted on Sundays. I liked it from the start – the murals on the walls, the hand-written menus, the hand-cut chips. It was one of a wave of post-recession bistros that popped up all over the city. It [...]

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EMPRESS GARDEN

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

[Photographs: David Straight] This is the kind of place you might not know about until you’ve lived in Auckland for a few years. It’s in a pretty old villa and it looks like the kind of “Chinese” restaurant that you went to in the 16980s, and which just happens to serve the best Peking duck [...]

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SIDART

Thursday, July 19, 2012

[Photographs: David Straight] Some restaurants take a while to come of age. We like that. After a stint cooking at The Grove, Sid Sahrawat opened up here in 2009, in possibly the most unprepossessing location in Auckland: up a flight of stairs in the Alhambra Arcade in Three Lamps. We like this too. You walk [...]

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CLOONEY

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

[Pictures: David Straight] Clooney is in a nondescript warehouse on an otherwise deserted block. You enter up a concrete flight of stairs that leads you to a dark, glamorous space. You go through the restaurant, all concrete walls, black beaded curtains and tan leather. It is still the most glamorous restaurant in town. In its [...]

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