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.

Master culinary arts at Agrarian Kitchen’s 2026 classes

Agrarian Kitchen have revealed the schedule for their much-anticipated 2026 classes. From mastering cake decorating to composting, gardening, handmade pasta, truffle cooking and puff pastry, there’s a lot to sink your teeth into. Agrarian Kitchen Executive Chef Rodney Dunn is leading a few sessions personally, including cheesemaking, charcuterie and even a tomato specialty class. Their guest chef series is stacked with the likes of Andrew McConnell, Annie Smithers, Matt Moran, Thi Le, Peter Gilmore, Danielle Alvarez and Rosheen Kaul. You can learn baking from Natalie Paull (Beatrix Bakes) and household name Belinda Jeffery, the art of fermentation from Adam James (Rough Rice) and game cooking from Analiese Gregory and Jo Barrett.

Channel The Mediterranean With Snacks And A DJ Sesh At MARIA 

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Restaurant MARIA is getting Saturday nights started this summer! At golden hour from 6:30pm, guests can stop in and enjoy the Sunset Sessions overlooking the harbour. Walk in and take a hi-top spot for enviable waterside views and curated sounds by the best local DJs. Sip your summery aperitivo, graze the Mediterranean-inspired bar snacks and let the vinyl grooves whisk you away. No booking needed. First in, best dressed.

Experience The Real Taste Of Italian Street Food At This Pitzi Popup

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A Sunday lunch with a difference. Pitzi pasta bar will host Chef Daniela Maiorano on December 14, where Abruzzo-born Maiorano will bring her beloved flavours of Italian street food, ‘Mangiare di Strada’, to the Hobart CBD. Known for her cooking workshops and retreats around Australia, as well as her food and wine tours of Abruzzo, Maiorano is a fourth-gen chef with her own style of simple, seasonal and seriously flavourful Italo-inspired cuisine. A rare chance to taste her take on Tassie produce. Book now

Christmas Cheers With Lark

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Stuck for gift ideas? Lark’s just released their annual Christmas Cask for 2025, a festive dessert in a bottle: brandy-soaked pudding and marzipan notes, with hints of gingerbread, matured in port and sherry casks and finished in red wine barrels infused with fruit mince pie jus (good heavens), it’s the taste of the holidays distilled. Plus, The Still whisky bar has a suite of special experiences that are a cut above the usual stocking stuffer from the exclusive Fuse experiences blending a personal one-of-a-kind whisky to a guided whisky tasting. See more

Take To The Streets For 10 Years Of Franko

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The summertime sessions are back, celebrating a decade of music and street food at Franklin Square! From December 5 ‘til April 24 2026, every Friday is a Franko party with an ever-changing lineup of live music and DJs, drinks and delicious eats. You can sample everything from American to Filipino BBQ, street foods from Mexico, Indonesia and Thailand, dumplings and vegan specialties, with beer, wine and G&Ts on the bars. Swing by Hobart’s most beloved street party when you’re in town and join in with the locals. See more

New Menu With A Nod To Dalí Hits The Table At Faro

Deep within the heart of Mona, Faro restaurant has come alive for spring with a new à la carte offering: a ‘greatest hits’ of their most iconic past dishes. Exec Chef Vince Trim has refreshed the Faro faves into his collected works of fine dining. Faro is famously perched between art and cuisine, and this new ‘Les Dîners de Faro’ menu is a nod to the cookbook by surrealist artist Salvador Dalí (the lavishly illustrated and somewhat sexy ‘Les dîners de Gala’). Each Faro dish a burst of colours and sculptural plating, with their signature unique tableware. Taste Tasmanian oysters, abalone, wallaby and venison from local producers with herbs, vegetables and flowers from Faro’s ‘Victory Garden’. Pair it with wines from Tasmania and Australia’s most iconic and interesting producers (including some special exclusives).

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Peppina Pulls Out All The Stops For Summer With Whisky, Aperitivo And Parties

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Having recently scooped up multiple Hospitality Tasmania Awards and one Michelin Key, Peppina restaurant is ready to go all-out for summer. Not only will they be holding whisky and wine tastings for the public, they’re throwing open the doors for lunch on Fridays from November 28 all the way through December, and opening the terrace for afternoons of spritzes and snacks. In town for the holidays? Have yourself a Buon Natale at Peppina on December 25 with a long, leisurely lunch of 11 sharing dishes by Chef Massimo Mele. For NYE, some pasta, some summery flavours and a four-hour premium beverage package of Tas, Aus and international vino excellence.

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Hobart Now Has An Exclusive Golden-hour Sunset Club

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Travelling to Hobart for a big celebration? Give it a touch of gold. Guests at The Tasman can book golden hour experiences on the Aurora Suite terrace. For two hours, you and your party can enjoy the finer things with the Aurora Sundown, complete with a private chef and bar and stunning views over Hobart to Mount Wellington and the River Derwent. Charge your glasses (spritzes, of course) as the sun goes down and snack on seafood canapes straight from the hibachi. Slip into the evening by the firepit while a live DJ fills the air with music. There’s no more luxurious way to enjoy the twilight. Ideal for groups of 8-30, $295pp plus a room reservation (to be eligible for the package). 

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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.

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.