Sips & Bites: Autumn 2023
What’s brewing, cooking and happening…
YOUR NEW LOCAL
The Comiskey Group’s multi-purpose, garden-themed venue with indoor and outdoor dining, beer gardens, bars, a pizzeria, ice creamery, cellar door, multiple function spaces and lots of room for the kids, is now open! The Doonan is just down the road from our favourite Noosa Reds, which feature on the menu alongside other local food and beverage producers. Bookings highly recommended after more than 4,000 people joined the waitlist to book a table in the first week!
Keep an eye on our social media for a special event as part of The Curated Plate!
APPS AWAY!
Ordering organic food for healthy families just got easier with online ordering and the launch of the Organika App that includes free membership to its reward club.
ORGANIC OPENINGS
Moving all the way from California, M & Love Café brings their self-loving foods to Gympie Terrace, Noosaville with a 100% plant-based and gluten-free menu!
Flannerys Organic & Wholefood Market is now open in Tewantin with gluten-free goodies, plant-based products, organic skincare and bulk wholefoods.
Stop by The Cart Cooran, the new family-owned corner store offering baked goods, homegrown fruit and veggies, organic deli items and some of the best coffee in the hinterland!
COMFORT COFFEE
Visit Café on Carramar from STEPS Pathways Charity, offering young adults with disabilities and autism the chance to learn industry skills at the café space in NoosaCare Inc.
ALBA ALL WEEK!
On the 1st Saturday of every month, indulge in Alba Noosa’s shared feast for family and friends, the Sri Lankan 5-Pot Curry Lunch! PLUS, Margarita Mondays from 4pm to 6pm, BYO Wednesdays from 5pm with 10% off wine at Alba Providore, Wine on Us Thursdays and the Chef’s Choice weekly three-course Lunch Special!
RELISH THE SEASON
Relish Restaurant at Noosa Springs is savouring autumn with their First Friday of the Month Themed Dinners including Irish, Moroccan, Spanish and Greek; and Burger & Beer Special available until 31 March! Bookings are essential!
CUISINE CONNECTIONS
Sunshine Beach Surf Club is collaborating with local producers for a homegrown menu featuring House of Salsa’s hand-crafted salsa, Blue Plum Noosa’s authentic gyoza and premium BBQ brisket from the Noosa Hinterland.
FROM THE KITCHEN
This March, step inside Culinary Noosa, The Culinary Academy’s new restaurant in Noosa Junction offering real-world experience for hospitality trainees with locally-sourced lunches and dinners to be offered!
HATS OFF!
Our favourite local venues went home hatted at the 2023 Australian Good Food Guide Chef Hat Awards!
Congratulations to Alba by Kuruvita, Lucio’s Marina, Noosa Beach House, XO Sunshine Beach, Locale Noosa, Rickys River Bar & Restaurant, Sails Beach Restaurant and Bar, Noosa Waterfront Restaurant, Sum Yung Guys and Sumi Open Kitchen!
THE SPIRIT TO WIN IT
Congratulations to Noosa’s homegrown gins in the Hottest 100 Aussie Gins of 2022 – Noosa Gin coming in at #59; 2020 Distillery: East London Dry at #72; 2020 Distillery: Pink at #91; and Pomona Signature Dry at #94!
BREWS AND BARS
Launching mid-March, Heads of Noosa’s third Limited Release beer is a German-inspired beauty, full of autumnal flavour and plenty of malty goodness!
Taste the fresh flavours of the land and sea with a new menu of seasonal cocktails (including booze-free options) at Seabourne Distillery Bar with former Sum Yung Guy’s mixologist Dylan Campbell and his brother Duncan joining founder Hayden Weir on the gin journey. Open Fridays 4-8pm adn 12-8pm Saturday and Sunday. Let the good times roll at Your Mates Bowls Pub, now open for craft brews, delicious food, live entertainment and barefoot bowls in Cooroy!
