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chilled and the food is a crowd-pleasing mix of fancy sandwiches (including the ingredi-
ent du jour, pulled pork), salads and burgers. The tables on the street fill up quickly.
BOURKE STREET BAKERY$
CAFE
Queuing outside teensy Bourke St Bakery is an essential Surry Hills experience. It sells a
mean selection of pastries, cakes, croissants and tarts, all baked with that rare combo of
deliciousness, dedication and delight. If you're hungover, the coffee here will right your
rudder. There are a few tables inside but on a fine day you're better off on the street.
BANGBANG$
(113 Reservoir St; mains $9-20; breakfast & lunch; Central)
If anyone knows the value of a res-
torative breakfast it's a DJ; this stylish little cafe is run by one (the headphones mural is
the giveaway). At lunchtime, bangbang shoots out pulled-pork sandwiches and cooked
meals. Settle into a shiny silver saddle seat and enjoy.
CAFE
BISTRODE$$$
MODERN AUSTRALIAN
Once awfully offally, Bistrode moved to a less blood-splattered menu when husband
Jeremy Strode opened Bistrode CBD and wife Jane Strode took the helm here. More Asi-
an flavours have crept into the British-influenced dishes, and the food remains as excel-
lent as ever.
CAFE
BOOK KITCHEN$$
( 0420 239 469;
www.thebookkitchen.com.au
; 255 Devonshire St; breakfast $10-23, lunch $17-21, dinner $29-34;
breakfast & lunch daily, dinner Fri & Sat; 355)
Nobody's cooking the topics here. They're all
too busy preparing inventive meals or delivering them with a smile to your table. Grab a
table on the sunny footpath or inside the brick warehouse, where foodie books line the
walls, waiting to be sold raw. At lunchtime $25 buys you a main, wine and coffee.
BODEGA$$
( 9212 7766;
www.bodegatapas.com
;
216 Commonwealth St; tapas $8-28; lunch Thu & Fri, dinner Mon-Sat;
Central)
The coolest progeny of Sydney's recent tapas explosion, Bodega has a casual
vibe, good-lookin' staff and a funky matador mural. Tapas dishes vary widely in size and
TAPAS
