Sitting on the new deck at Jellyfish Restaurant with views across the wharf and down the estuary to the open sea, is arguably the best waterside aspect in the region. TDC recently repaired the heritage wharf-side building that is home…
The building FORD’S Restaurant is located in at the top of Trafalgar Street has had many iterations as a café or restaurant since the late 1980’s. I can’t remember what business was operating in the premises before Jane and the…
After 50 plus years of spinning spanners, owning a retail shop and brewing beer Dick Tout has decided it is time to make a last brew and retire; and that means only one thing – it is party time at…
Like many business owners Kevin Hopgood relies on his staff to excel at everything they do and the person leading the kitchen at Hopgood’s and Co is head chef Aaron Ballantyne. Ballantyne has worked at Hopgood’s for almost 11 years…
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…
I first met Matt Bouterey when he and his wife Tania opened a restaurant in the Abbey complex on the Appleby Straight. Enjoying exceptional food in the rustic Abbey environment was a mixed experience; the old church relocated from Stoke…