The Feed | Hobart Food News To Bookmark For Your Next Tasmanian Holiday

The food and drink news has been coming in thick and fast in Hobart, so we're dropping the latest openings, pop-ups and culinary buzz in one spot. 

Read on for all the latest food and drink news in Hobart.

Pub Classics And A Swish Refurb At The Hobart Town Hotel

Hobart’s newest pub with an old soul, Hobart Town Hotel is bringing elevated yet cosy vibes to this historic space. Formerly the site of Tom McHugo’s, the spruced up interior nods to its long 200-year-old heritage with the original pressed metal ceiling, restored bar and warm timber tones. Settle in for bougie pub grub like Scotch eggs and ploughmans platters, Sunday Roasts with Yorkshire puds, favourites like schnitzels and fish finger sandwiches on the all-day menu.

Top it off with local beers on tap and Tassie wines and a weekday happy hour, and you’ve got a friendly new local. Open 7 days a week, you can expect trivia, raffles and live music kicking off in the months ahead.

Share A Meal With Meaning At The Sunlight Kitchen Project

One of Hobart’s most diverse menus, all for a good cause. Every Friday at the Kickstart Arts Centre, women from refugee backgrounds share the flavours of their homeland as part of the Sunlight Kitchen Project. For 4-6 week stints, women (and occasional mother-son duos) feed crowds and tell their stories while raising money and building skills. The menu changes, so keep an eye on socials. Sometimes it’s Eritrean stews on injera teff pancakes, Syrian dishes like Dawoud Pasha beef, Afghani bolani flatbreads and samosas with curries, or glass noodle dishes with fragrant lemongrass and ginger from Karen women of Myanmar. They also run one-off special events, like a recent Palestinian fundraiser.

“I think a lot of barriers are crossed with food,” organiser Niccola Mudge says. “It’s a really good place to have a conversation. People are really excited to hear stories about food and where it comes from, it’s a great way to share culture. It’s a great gateway.”

The Sunlight Kitchen Project works with Friends of Refugees Tasmania, Migrant Resource Centre and Catholic Care Tasmania. Coffee is served from 9am, and lunch from 11:30am-2pm.

MAMA Mia! It’s An Italian Bake Sale

MAMA bakery’s regular Domenica Mattina (aka. Sunday Morning) bake sale is on again! Every second Sunday, like clockwork, you can head on down to Pitzi pasta bar to scoop up one of MAMA’s 100% sourdough croissants and seasonal specials like ricotta and spinach torta salata, focaccia, cornetti and other “treats with a strong Italian accent”! They’re always switching it up, but crowd favourites include sopressa and smoked scamorza croissant, sour cherry and almond croissant and Vegemite and parmesan scroll. There’ll be coffee and prosecco, and the famous Espressomisu will even make an appearance.

Speak, Sing and Sip Your Heart Out At The Alabama Hotel

Pubs and poetry? Perfect. Poetica Collective has launched their regular artsy sessions at Tasmania’s quirky arts hotel and bar, The Alabama. It’s an open mic night of spoken word poetry and storytelling, with soul tunes playing between performances and the Alabama bar slinging drinks and their classic toasties. It’s cosy, it’s creative, it’s a cut above your average pub gig.

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“The bigger dream is to expand,” organiser Ava Leary says. “Bringing down incredible movement speakers and powerful Australian artists to perform and share their stories with the Hobart community.”

Dust off the poetry journal and down some Dutch courage—you’re up next.

Keep an eye on their socials to catch the next event.

Aperitivo Happy Hour At Pitzi Pasta Bar

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Fridays at Pitzi are your new go-to for a long, relaxed knock-off to start the weekend right. From 3-6pm, you can enjoy a free stuzzichino (a little snack) with your drink. As if you needed a reason to enjoy your spritz even more.

Mountain Culture Taproom Now Open

Blue Mountains beer legends Mountain Culture have finally launched their new taproom, taking over the Fox Friday space on Murray Street. Mountain Culture acquired Fox Friday earlier this year after the latter entered administration.

The swish new fitout includes murals, merch and a cockatoo-topped menagerie of taps to choose from. This beer lineup is far from stale. Expect their award-winning core range on tap, like the Status Quo Pale Ale, as well as new beers every Thursday and some exclusive Tassie-brewed bevs in the future - brewed in their new Moonah facility. The kitchen will be churning out classic beer-appropriate cuisine like burgers, wings and frickles (fried pickles).

“We have always dreamt of bringing Mountain Culture to Hobart,” co-founder and CEO DJ McCready says. “Not just dropping beers off on a pallet, but building a proper home and brewing our beer locally. The locals have a real passion for adventure, the outdoors and have a great beer drinking community, which is what we are all about.”

New Whisky Experience Hits The Waterfront

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Whisky distillery Callington Mill have just opened their new cellar door and restaurant in MACq 01. Enjoy guided tastings through their award-winning whiskies and gins or make your very own single malt to take home. Swing by for a casual cocktail at the bar, or sit in at the restaurant for lunch or dinner. Dine on local fresh produce with international twists, like Tasmanian rock lobster with togarashi butter, Cape Grim fillet with calamansi juice and scallop on pecorino donut with jalapeno salsa. For dessert, you can have your whisky and eat it too, with an infused Callington Mill Tiramisu or Bombe Alaska with a whisky flambé.

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And if wetting your whistle here whets your appetite, head out to the distillery in Oatlands for the full experience and guided tour.