On the boil
Eat up this news about the Sydney restaurant scene
Fratelli Fresh opens East side branch
All the things you know and love about Jamie and Barry McDonald's Waterloo fruit and vegetorium are now at your fingertips in Potts Point. There's even a 49-seat Café Sopra supervised by chef Andy Bunn with all the classics like risotto Milanese and banoffe pie. The word from Barry is there's going to be an aperitivo bar serving antipasto as well, once the kitchen crew get settled in. And unlike the mother ship in Waterloo, the café is open for dinner service.
Fratelli Fresh 81 Macleay Street, Potts Point 2011. (02 9368 6655).
Marque to renovate
To celebrate its upcoming 10th birthday, the Bests will be closing the restaurant on Monday June 9 set to re-open Friday July 4. Architect Mark Coulston will be doing the re-furb which will include an extended dining space and a new look colour palette of lush, dark, glossy walls and surfaces. Upon reopening, Mark Best and Co will be doing a series of degustations for $145pp building up until the 12th of July and on the 18th of July will begin to do Friday lunches.
Marque 4/5 Crown St, Surry Hills 2010. (02 9332 2225).
Universal's June Lunar Dinner
Check out this winter degustation of avian proportions. A six-course tasting menu will set you back $150 where you'll eat the likes of goose liver parfait, quail with its own egg, five-spice duck salad, roast chook and
pheasant pie. Dinner is on Thursday 26th June, bookings essential.
Universal Republic 2 Courtyard Palmer St Between Burton & Liverpool, Darlinghurst, 2010. (02 9331 0709)