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(46a Commercial St; meals $14-28; 9am-late Mon-Sat; )
Dedicated to Frank Zappa ('In the
kitchen of danger, you can feel like a stranger'), DK serves largely healthy, good-value
fare such as felafel, pizza, spicy-bean burritos, fresh pasta, great baking and juices. Mel-
low and laid-back, with a sun-trap courtyard out back and people-watching out front.
Mussel Inn
PUB
$$
(
www.mussellinn.co.nz
;
1259 SH60, Onekaka; all-day menu $5-18, dinner $23-30; 11am-late, closed Jul-Aug)
You will find one of NZ's most beloved brewery-taverns halfway between Takaka and
Collingwood. The Mussel Inn is rustic NZ at its most genuine, complete with creaking
timbers, a rambling beer garden with a brazier, live music, and hearty, homemade food.
Sup a handle or two of 'Captain Cooker', a brown beer brewed naturally with manuka, or
the delicious 'Bitter Ass'.
Brigand
(
www.brigand.co.nz
;
90 Commercial St; meals $16-35; 11am-late Mon-Sat)
Beyond the gates you'll find
good food such as sandwiches, chowder and meaty mains served in a relaxed atmosphere.
A garden bar and great baking feature, too. Equally important, the Brigand is a mainstay
of the local entertainment scene with regular live music, and popular shake-a-leg open
mike Thursdays.
CAFE, BAR
$$
Roots Bar
(
www.rootsbar.co.nz
;
1 Commercial St; 4.30pm-late Wed-Sun; )
This popular dance-music-focused
joint has decent beer on tap, a quality sound system, lively evenings, and a garden bar
with the odd tree root and bedecked Bay resident lending colour.
BAR
Paul's Coffee Cart
(Takaka Library car park; 8am-1pm Mon-Sat)
The dude with the tunes does the best brew in town
from his cart tucked into the library car park.
CAFE
Entertainment
Village Theatre
(
www.villagetheatre.org.nz
;
32 Commercial St; adult/child $12.50/7)
Demonstrating, yet again, provincial
NZ's appetite for quality movies.
CINEMA
