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.
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.
Seafood-focused Restaurant Sylvie Switches It Up With A Casual, Cocktail Bar Direction
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Hobart's pescetarian fine-diner has pivoted to a la carte. The new Fiskebar form is a tapas style menu that still heroes the finest possible fresh seafood and produce in Southern Tas.
"We wanted to make it more accessible so more guests can enjoy the amazing quality Tassie seafood we're able to source every week,” Chef Martin Dreyer says. “Not everyone can sit down for a 14 course degustation, but most people can stop in for a few small plates or a meal with friends. We change our menu every week, and this way it's easy for people to come in and try something fresh each time."
Think, crumpets with uni, konbu-cured garfish lightly cooked over charcoal and cuttlefish sashimi and abalone skewers.
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“When we can get it in, Tassie Alfonsino is my absolute favourite fish to use,” Dreyer says. “Almost like Waygu of the sea.”
Their drinks menu skews towards the classic cocktails - martinis, Manhattans, cosmopolitans - with little seasonal twists.
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.
Half price oysters every weekday? Be Still my heart!
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What’s better than a happy hour martini? One with cheap bites to pair. From Monday to Friday, 4-6pm, The Still is shucking oysters for half price, alongside their $12 martini. These happy hour snacks from the sea are offered three ways: natural, with Forty Spotted honey gin or with Lark classic mignonette dressing. And for the martini, your choice of the Still Classic with rosemary olive oil fat-washed gin, dry vermouth and olive, or Native with gin, strawberry vermouth and a zippy twist of lemon.
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