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ourful Med-style dishes (spaghetti with tomato, goat cheese and herbs; Moroccan veget-
able tagine). Loiter in the garden over lunchtime wines.
USSCO Bar & Bistro
MODERN NZ $$$
$$$
( 06-868 3246;
www.ussco.co.nz
;
16 Childers Rd; mains $30-42; 4.30pm-late)
Housed in
the restored Union Steam Ship Company building (USSCO - get it?), this place is all
class. Silky kitchen skills shine in a highly seasonal menu featuring the likes of soy-
glazed pork belly with caramelized yams, parsnip puree and toasted nut salad. Devilishly
good desserts, plus plenty of local wines and NZ craft beers. Generous portions, mul-
ticourse deals and live piano tunes.
Drinking & Entertainment
Smash Palace
BAR
( 06-867 7769; 24 Banks St; 3pm-late Mon-Thu, 2pm-late Fri, noon-late Sat, 2-11pm Sun)
Get
juiced at the junkyard: an iconic drinking den in Gisborne's industrial wastelands, full to
the gunwales with ephemera and its very own DC3 crash-landed in the beer garden. Oc-
casional live music.
Rivers
PUB
(cnr Gladstone Rd & Reads Quay; 11am-late Mon-Sat, from noon Sun)
This well-run, British-
style pub does the business, offering steak-and-ale pie, proper pudding, big-screen telly
and pool. It's also family friendly and cosy, with some choice artefacts adding a convin-
cing veneer of history. Quiz nights Tuesdays.
Poverty Bay Club
LIVE MUSIC, CINEMA
( 06-863 2006;
www.thepovertybayclub.co.nz
;
38 Childers Rd; 5pm-late Wed-Fri, 8pm-late
Sat, 5.30pm-late Sun)
Sharing this lovely old historic building with a cafe and art shop is
Winston's Bar
, where occasional live music and vintage board games transpire, as well
(
08-324 3005;
GOOGLE MAP
www.domecinema.co.nz
; tickets $15;
from 5.30pm Wed-Sun)
, which screens art-house
flicks.
