Tweed the darling of Delicious Magazine

By Madeleine Murray

OUR BEAUTIFUL Tweed Valley has recently become the darling of Delicious Magazine, a top-selling food and lifestyle magazine that reaches more than two million Australians.

When Delicious reporters went looking for 12 of the best restaurants in regional NSW, three of them were based in the Tweed.

But The Weekly thinks there’s certainly more to chose from locally, including Mavis’s Kitchen, in a classic two-storey elegant white house, with its own kitchen garden.

Plus the stunning Tweed River House, which has featured in many a foodie magazine and serves exquisite food in a spectacular setting on the edge of the Tweed River in South

Murwillumbah.

And don’t forget Potager, Johnny Francos, JuJus and Wild Thyme — but I’m getting carried away now.

But those featured this time around in Delicious Magazine include the following:

Bistro LIVI, Murwillumbah

Delicious Magazine wrote: “The Northern Rivers homecoming of sisters and co-owners Danni and Nikki Wilson alongside Ewen Crawford, brings a city polish to colourful Murwillumbah.

“LIVI is a blueprint for an exemplary neighbourhood restaurant and a beacon of optimism that, after a pandemic and floods, shows a restaurant and town can bounce back better.”

A year ago, LIVI took over the Bac -

Pipit, Pottsville

“Like most of the Northern Rivers, Pottsville is characteristically tranquil, making it an unspoilt canvas on which Pipit can work its magic,”

Delicious Magazine wrote about Pipit restaurant.

Pipit is owned by husband and wife team Ben Devlin and Yen Trinh.

“It is always an honour and thrill to be recognised by peers and we’ve been very lucky with food media seeing the quality in our regional dining scene,” Yen told The Weekly.

“At Pipit we focus on local ingredients. The farmers, producers, distillers, markets, and fishermen in the Tweed are what grounds us here.

“In the restaurant we give every guest a map of our suppliers so our diners can support them directly.”

Paper Daisy, Cabarita

aro space in Murwillumbah, and created an elegant, classy space, which was filled with water a few weeks later during the February flood.

“It took us about six weeks before we could reopen after the floods,” co-owner Danni Wilson told The Weekly.

“We are proud to be recognised by Delicious Magazine alongside the other great restaurants in the Tweed.

“We love the Tweed. The region has amazing produce and amazing people. What more could one ask for!”

Delicious Magazine wrote of Paper Daisy, the stylish restaurant in beautiful Halcyon House, “Ex ecutive chef Jason Barratt’s menu is a palette of exciting flavours hinging on regionality and creativity.”

Catch up with Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin

I’VE WRITTEN to Deputy Premier and NSW Minister for Police Paul Toole, protesting the distinct lack of community consultation prior to the NSW Government’s decision to relocate the Firearms Registry from Murwillumbah to a new site on the Tweed Coast.

A decision that has not been communicated to me but one I have read about in the media.

Mr Toole’s reported comments to Tweed Valley Weekly newspaper state that this was ‘an operational decision by police’ which ‘followed standard procurement processes’.

Surely as the responsible Minister, Mr Toole would have been kept updated on these processes and signed off on the final decision?

The Minister also reportedly raised flooding of the current registry site as a driver for the move.

On behalf of our local community, I have asked Minister Toole whether suitable flood-free sites in Murwillumbah were fully investigated.

Local businesses and residents of Murwillumbah must be wondering why ‘The Nationals in Government’ have deliberately chosen to abandon the Murwillumbah CBD and to remove 84 jobs from the Murwillumbah and Tweed valley local economy.

The loss of so many jobs will deal another body blow to a town that has been badly impacted by major flooding in 2017 and 2022.

And this comes on top of The Nationals in Government’s other arbitrary decision, made without a skerrick of community consultation, to close Murwillumbah’s four public schools and replace them with an American-style mega school campus.

Rather than take police and public servants out of this town, the government should instead deliver on its 2007 election commitment, made from opposition, to provide 24/7 policing at the Murwillumbah Police Station.

What an absolute betrayal of Murwillumbah residents’ trust that has been.

I am committed to saving our schools and to 24/7 policing in Murwillumbah.

Pop the champagne

C ONGRATULATIONS TO Sue and Bob East and their fellow co-owners of the Tyalgum Hotel on a highly successful launch I attended recently.

I’m old enough to have been a barmaid so I know how to pull a beer and tap a keg.

I also know how country pubs form the lifeblood of small communities as meeting places for locals.

The new-look Tyalgum Hotel has it all; superb food, comfortable accommodation, a swimming pool and great hospitality — a winning combination as more tourists are discovering what our villages have to offer.