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Live local music Thursday to Sunday Suffolk Park Village Centre
Ph. 6685 3101 Open 7 days from 5pm Facebook, Instagram, www.pizzaparadisobyron.com
Get the freshest produce weekly. Direct from the people who grow it!
- FREE PARKING - ENTERTAINMENT - BREAKFAST OPTIONS - LOCAL COFFEE EVERY THURSDAY
8 - 11am butler st reserve
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EVERY SATURDAY
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Byron Farmers Market
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On the morning we meet, Smoje has his hands full of quinces. He peels and cleans the plump, yellow fruit, a hundred of them, as we talk. ‘I like these in my hands,’ he says. He is making quince relish. He makes nearly everything from scratch and only special spices and salt are sourced from interstate. ‘My food is hearty and comforting,’ he says. ‘The flavours are familiar yet people will discover new things and feel nourished.’ He makes fresh sourdough bread, chorizo and cheeses such as feta and ricotta. He has built a metal frame so he can slow cook ‘big chunks of animals’. A good chef is always learning, Smoje says, and he makes sure he learns new skills by spending time at the local butcher and inviting a cheesemaker to his home. ‘I try to keep myself fresh
with knowledge,’ he says, as if describing a menu item. ‘The day you stop learning, you stop growing.’ Growing up in Argentina with Italian parents, he has lived in Byron Shire for four years. With stints in kitchens in Argentina, London, Europe and Australia, he has learnt a lot along the way. ‘We try not to manipulate the food too much,’ he says. Honest is the best way to describe the food at Francisco’s Table: full of flavour, and with the smell of fire and passion on every plate. This
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Bangalow Hotel Open 7 days Lunch: 12 – 3pm Dinner 5.30 – 9pm All day bistro menu
BYRON BAY
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Rae’s Fish Cafe Lunch and Dinner 7 days Wategos Beach, Byron Bay 6685 5366 raes@wategos.com.au
The Treehouse on Belongil Full Cocktail & Wine Bar. Extensive Menu Includes Tapas, Mains, Desserts and Famous Woodfired Pizzas. 25 Childe St, Byron Bay 6680 9452
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Enjoy our balcony restaurant, intimate dining room and generous bistro food in the pub. With reasonable prices our menu reflects the wonderful local and fresh produce of the region. SMH GOOD PUB Large groups welcome. FOOD GUIDE We also offer off-site catering. 2013 AND 2014 www.bangalowdining.com Overlooking the beautiful Wategos Beach, Rae’s Fish Cafe is the mustvisit restaurant while you’re visiting Byron Bay.
is food to share with friends. Q Francisco’s Table. 0416 057 705. francisco.food@ gmail.com. At: Coorabell, Federal, Bangalow & Corndale Halls. Cost: $60/head, BYO. Next event: 13 June, traditional Argentinian food at Coorabell Hall.
Eating out guide 7 Days Lunch 12pm - Dinner 5pm
The Sun 61 Bayshore Drive Byron Bay 6685 6500
$10 menu every day
Full Menu at www.thesunbistro.com
Kids’ playground TAB/Keno/Skyy Parking a-plenty Bottle Shop & Drive Through
Italian at the Pacific WINNER OF CHEF'S HAT
ALL NEW MENU FOR SUMMER & LIVE ORIGINAL MUSIC Come and try the all new summer tapas and mains menu with a few old favourites. Fresh cocktails in the bar. And always presenting incredible live music in Byron’s most intimate performance atmosphere. Check our website or facebook for the gig guide. facebook.com/treehouse.belongil treehouseonbelongil.com
Open for Dinner & Cocktails 7 days from 6pm till late Next to the Beach Hotel Bay Street 6680 7055 italianatthepacific.com.au
Happy Chilli Garden Open 7 days 12pm till late Byron St (opp Aldi) Byron Bay P 6680 9191 F 6676 4869 M 0403 516793 happychilligarden@hotmail.com
Italian at the Pacific provides a bustling atmospheric restaurant, dishing up contemporary inspired Italian cuisine and some of Byron’s finest cocktails and wines.
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Hand-thrown artisan pizzas, craft beers, wines and cocktails
The food is fresh, with eggs and honey straight from the backyard. The trestle tables are long and customers are called friends. Before the meals are served, the waitstaff gather and toast the feast with a glass of champagne. This is Francisco’s Table, a roaming restaurant serving seasonal, uncomplicated food at village halls in Bangalow, Federal, Coorabell and Corndale. Myocum-based chef Francisco Smoje believes the ambience while you eat is as important as the food. ‘The atmosphere is about togetherness. It is like a big dinner party,’ Smoje says. ‘You don’t eat and leave. It takes at least three hours.’ Recoiling at the phrase ‘pop-up’ restaurant, Smoje feels roaming is a better way to describe what he does. ‘When we started (three years ago), hardly anyone was doing it. The pop-up is a thing now,’ he said. ‘The advantage of roaming is you make different friends at different places.’ The 41-year-old chef has a dream amid all the roaming. ‘We’re looking for a property, a dream place for a rustic, humble restaurant where we serve local food,’ he says. His partner of 20 years, Emma Byrne, and their fivemonth-old son are part of the dream. Byrne manages the bookings and helps to create the friendly atmosphere by decorating the halls with native flowers in a quintessentially Francisco’s Table style.
Hong Kong chef specialising in Chinese and Malay foods Special $10 Menu - Changes Daily Includes soft drink or water BYO Dine In / Takeaway / Home Delivery Available
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