Marie Anita’s Cafe
Nov 2018: As if we needed a reason to visit... Marie Anita's has just launched their new summer menu. It is completely GF and sugar free using organics where possible,…
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Marie Anita’s Cafe
Le Café Gourmand
A display of brightly coloured chairs on the Cronulla corner of the highway in Mermaid Beach marks a little French café / restaurant! The bright attitude is obvious. “Here I…
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Le Café Gourmand
Food Smith Café & Pantry
It takes a lot of guts to be a pioneer, to venture out into the unknown, breaching new territory and providing a new service. When Sarah and Glenn Smith opened…
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Food Smith Café & Pantry
Pastries are Moonsun’s specialty
This is the story of two fine pastry chefs. They come from different sides of the world, one from Korea, the other from the Gold Coast, but they share a…
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Pastries are Moonsun’s specialty
5B2F Bakehouse
We may not see it when we walk in the door, but some Gold Coast business owners come from rather surprising backgrounds, facing tough cultural challenges along the way. That’s…
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5B2F Bakehouse
The Pastry Emporium
Adrian Grazioli always had a dream of opening his own patisserie. After training at Brunetti’s in Melbourne, Adrian moved back to the coast, working for different cake shops before opening…
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The Pastry Emporium
Brasserie Bread
Bread is the most widely consumed food on earth whose very name itself denotes staple nourishment. Yet it is one of the foods that we have the least knowledge about,…
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Brasserie Bread
Greenwood Farm
“When you work hard for something you don’t like, that’s called stress. When you work hard for something you enjoy, that’s passion,” Greenwood Farm’s co-owner Paul Fullwood tells us, laughing.…
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Greenwood Farm
Bam Bam Bakehouse
Despite the reference in its name, there’s nothing ‘Stone Age’ about Bam Bam Bakehouse. Nor anything so deep; it’s just the childhood chant of owners Ursula and Ben Watts’ young…
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Bam Bam Bakehouse
Retro Refuel
Every country town used to have a Niagara Café or the equivalent. Mostly owned by Greeks or Italians, they were the place we relied on in the 70s for fast…
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Retro Refuel