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The Engine Room, Northcote Point, North Auckland © Iconic Eats
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NEW TO THE FOOD SCENE Peter Gordon’s innovative community food hub Homeland is based in the Wynyard Quarter and dances to its own tune; it’s an all-in-one dining room, film studio, cooking school and public space. Japanese-Peruvian Azabu has branched out with a second restaurant opening on Mission Bay’s waterfront and nearby Fishboy is the suburb’s latest must-try chippy. Award-winning chef Ben Bayly recently opened his highly-anticipated restaurant Ahi in Commercial Bay and Auckland’s Sudima Hotels welcomed 100% plant-based restaurant, East. Azabu, Ponsonby, Central Auckland © Iconic Eats
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TOP TIP: ‘Iconic Eats’ showcases Auckland’s best cuisine across 23 central Auckland restaurants, with 50 top dishes voted by well-known Aucklanders and 50 top dishes picked by the public. Learn more at iconiceats.co.nz
HISTORIC HANGOUTS Tony’s Original Steak & Seafood Restaurant is an Auckland icon, sitting on Wellesley Street for over 58 years. Likewise, The Shakespeare Restaurant & Brewery on Albert Street has been serving punters since 1898 and houses New Zealand’s oldest microbrewery. If you’d like your next Auckland night out to encompass salacious tales from bygone times, try the Auckland Historic Bar Tour. Scouring the streets of central Auckland, it provides three hours of stops, stories and sips.
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