Guidebook for Camperdown
Shopping
Carriageworks is what all markets should be—beautiful food and lots of chatter in a lovely setting every Saturday. My Bread and Butter Project has a stall here, selling bread and pastry made by refugees, and I love Kylie Kwong’s for pared-back versions of her restaurant dishes. She uses native greens, crickets, and other indigenous ingredients.
Arrive by 9 am, before the crowds set in and when our baked goods will still be warm from the oven. The croissant is really flaky and beautiful, and our whey-and-rye bread—organic sourdough enriched with yoghurt whey—is another best-seller.
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Carriageworks
245 Wilson StCarriageworks is what all markets should be—beautiful food and lots of chatter in a lovely setting every Saturday. My Bread and Butter Project has a stall here, selling bread and pastry made by refugees, and I love Kylie Kwong’s for pared-back versions of her restaurant dishes. She uses native greens, crickets, and other indigenous ingredients.
Arrive by 9 am, before the crowds set in and when our baked goods will still be warm from the oven. The croissant is really flaky and beautiful, and our whey-and-rye bread—organic sourdough enriched with yoghurt whey—is another best-seller.
With Sydney Harbour as a backdrop, this outdoor market is a great place to learn about Aboriginal culture every couple of months. It’s a social enterprise set up to provide economic opportunities to indigenous peoples. You can paint boomerangs and make spears, and food stalls sell crocodile burgers, kangaroo sausages, and lemon-myrtle lemonade.
The market started in Bare Island, about a 30-minute drive south of Sydney, which has been a free area for Aboriginal people since the 1880s. The market is still held there on occasion, and is definitely worth a visit. It’s gorgeous—surrounded by crystal-clear water—and a very local spot.
KU Lance
37 High StWith Sydney Harbour as a backdrop, this outdoor market is a great place to learn about Aboriginal culture every couple of months. It’s a social enterprise set up to provide economic opportunities to indigenous peoples. You can paint boomerangs and make spears, and food stalls sell crocodile burgers, kangaroo sausages, and lemon-myrtle lemonade.
The market started in Bare Island, about a 30-minute drive south of Sydney, which has been a free area for Aboriginal people since the 1880s. The market is still held there on occasion, and is definitely worth a visit. It’s gorgeous—surrounded by crystal-clear water—and a very local spot.
Food Scene
Our seventh bakery, this is the centre of the environmental side of the business. The interiors are earthy to reflect where our products come from, we’ve got a progressive composting operation, and there are five bee boxes on the roof which produce the honey we sell. In our native garden, there’s an outdoor piano where diners can punch out tunes.
We run baking classes on-site where you can learn the secrets of sourdough, pastries, and pizza. Sourdough is the most popular, and students use our 12-year-old starter (the same one our refugee trainees work with at The Bread and Butter Project). The class gets booked out fast so email us early.
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Bourke Street Bakery
19-25 Grosvenor StOur seventh bakery, this is the centre of the environmental side of the business. The interiors are earthy to reflect where our products come from, we’ve got a progressive composting operation, and there are five bee boxes on the roof which produce the honey we sell. In our native garden, there’s an outdoor piano where diners can punch out tunes.
We run baking classes on-site where you can learn the secrets of sourdough, pastries, and pizza. Sourdough is the most popular, and students use our 12-year-old starter (the same one our refugee trainees work with at The Bread and Butter Project). The class gets booked out fast so email us early.
A bookshop-cafe that feels like your lounge room and hosts the odd music gig, they do great work with refugees and asylum seekers—mainly with barista training—and serve a killer piccolo. It’s like a speakeasy with twenty-something artists and musicians drinking wine and spirits. People here believe in making Australia a more compassionate place.
They’ll have refugees come in and cook their specific type of cuisine for attendees that range from dudes with dreads to women from posh Woollahra. They’ve also hosted awesome Sri Lankan feasts. Visit their Facebook page for details.
Parliament on King
632 King StA bookshop-cafe that feels like your lounge room and hosts the odd music gig, they do great work with refugees and asylum seekers—mainly with barista training—and serve a killer piccolo. It’s like a speakeasy with twenty-something artists and musicians drinking wine and spirits. People here believe in making Australia a more compassionate place.
They’ll have refugees come in and cook their specific type of cuisine for attendees that range from dudes with dreads to women from posh Woollahra. They’ve also hosted awesome Sri Lankan feasts. Visit their Facebook page for details.
This traveller’s cafe with wall murals and communal tables feels like it could be anywhere in the world—it’s that diverse. You order vegan a la carte items, from eggplant curry to rice biryani, and pay what you like in a wooden box. The spiced dahl is what they do best; you’d be worried if they didn’t, given their name. The chai is also great.
The place is largely run by volunteers, so sign up if you’d like to try your hand in the kitchen or out on the floor. They’ve also got quite a lot of merch that you can buy to support them, their charity partners, and their mission of providing food without borders.
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Lentil As Anything
391 King StThis traveller’s cafe with wall murals and communal tables feels like it could be anywhere in the world—it’s that diverse. You order vegan a la carte items, from eggplant curry to rice biryani, and pay what you like in a wooden box. The spiced dahl is what they do best; you’d be worried if they didn’t, given their name. The chai is also great.
The place is largely run by volunteers, so sign up if you’d like to try your hand in the kitchen or out on the floor. They’ve also got quite a lot of merch that you can buy to support them, their charity partners, and their mission of providing food without borders.
This Surry Hills cafe has a great fit-out with a little courtyard out back. They serve Gabriel coffee, a brand founded by one of the owners, and work in conjunction with groups like Bright Employment, Edward Eagar Lodge, and a training room around the corner to employ youths, the long-term unemployed, and minority groups.
Gratia hosts philanthropic events, classes, speakers, and art exhibitions, as well as the Gratia Buffet on the last Sunday of the month. The executive chef used to work for Thai cooking star David Thompson, so the food is top-notch.
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Ame Catering
372 Bourke StreetThis Surry Hills cafe has a great fit-out with a little courtyard out back. They serve Gabriel coffee, a brand founded by one of the owners, and work in conjunction with groups like Bright Employment, Edward Eagar Lodge, and a training room around the corner to employ youths, the long-term unemployed, and minority groups.
Gratia hosts philanthropic events, classes, speakers, and art exhibitions, as well as the Gratia Buffet on the last Sunday of the month. The executive chef used to work for Thai cooking star David Thompson, so the food is top-notch.
Drinks & Nightlife
Wayward runs a Craft for the Community initiative, which sees the brewery plan events and brew special beers to raise funds for community groups and causes like cystic fibrosis research. They’re in Camperdown and lots of beards go in. It’s got a cool, motorcycle air about it. Being a dad myself, I order the Dad Rock Imperial IPA.
On weekends, they host food trucks, guided tours, and Sunday Sessions, where local singer-songwriters play in a former winery hidden down the laneway.
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Wayward Brewing Co.
1 Gehrig LnWayward runs a Craft for the Community initiative, which sees the brewery plan events and brew special beers to raise funds for community groups and causes like cystic fibrosis research. They’re in Camperdown and lots of beards go in. It’s got a cool, motorcycle air about it. Being a dad myself, I order the Dad Rock Imperial IPA.
On weekends, they host food trucks, guided tours, and Sunday Sessions, where local singer-songwriters play in a former winery hidden down the laneway.