Last week I wrote about Martin Townshend and his new brewery next to T.O.A.D. Hall Store & Café and this week I took a few steps across the shiny new deck between the brewery and café so I could sit…
In case you haven’t noticed Café Affaire at the top of Trafalgar St was renamed as Bacco Restaurant and Wine Bar about 18 months ago. Owner Terry Milton set up Milcrest Wines about 10 years ago when he “bought a…
As the name suggests Chocolate Velvet is a business that specialises in happiness, glorious cake happiness. Established in 2004 by Phil and Leanne Lash in a building at home they had converted into a commercial kitchen, it wasn’t long before…
Yaza is a quirky little café in a corner of the Montgomery car park that has carved a reputation for very good food at great prices, and of course their cheese scones are world famous in New Zealand. Kelly Malone…
We have been buying wonderful artisan breads from Tozzetti for many years and when they moved to new premises on Vanguard St I expected to find a larger version of the old bakery and shop on Halifax St, just a…
If you have been around Nelson as long as I have you will remember the days when the local dairy was more than just a place to by soft drinks, ice creams, cigarettes, pies and other takeaway foods; before the…
My last column for 2017 will be published next week and in it I will reflect on some of the wonderful food products I have discovered and people I have met in the last 12 months or so. While I…
You may know Morri Street by its old name, Morrison Street Café, but it doesn’t matter what you call it the important thing is they have great food, excellent coffee and a warm, buzzy café environment. Kay Field established Morrison…