JCorlot

JCorlot you claerly are grinding an axe. Newtown is clearly a good centre of food (whether cheap or not) and nightlife. And yes we're left winger because we're educated!

Food is rubbish in Newtown and massively over priced. Not one good cafe. Newtown was ok for food between 1985 and 2000. Once the Greeks, Italians and Portuguese moved out it became a joke of McDonalds facsimiles

Yeah really Matty? There are a few fast foodies out of what? 200? Maybe more. If you can't find somewhere for a great feed you're walking with your eyes closed

Name one. Oscillate Wildly, BlackStar and Bloodwood are good but hardly fast food. The Carlise Castle does great pub food. There are a couple of good Lebanese, African and Turkish restaurants, and odd good long running takeaway. Not one good cafe. Marrickville has good cafes, Haberfield has good cafes, but Newtown does not have any, never really did have many good cafes. Sydney in general does not have many good cafes. I have travelled to over forty countries, worked in four countries and worked in four Australian capital cities. There are probably as many good Newtown restaurants as in previous decades, maybe more, but Newtown was never been a real foodie place. People generally buy cheap and cheerful takeaway. I have many friends living in Newtown and not one of them knows how to cook and they rarely cook. People that do not know how to cook are generally not foodies. Once the delicatessens, butchers, fish mongers, fruiterers, coffee roasters and bakeries closed in the 90's it went to the franchise dogs. High St Northcote, Sydney Road Brunswick and Gouger St Adelaide leave King St for dead. Wasting my time on this site, it is like trying to explain economics to a Trump supporter. Will not make further comments or further readings so smart arse barbs are wasted.

Right, well it looks like the door-Matt isn't coming back to brandish us with more wasted eyespace - thank God. Is it just me, or does he seem to be shooting his own argument in the foot with this last diatribe mentioning a bunch of names and styles of food available? My wife wants to go back to the 80s like the Mattster, but things have changed and we're getting older and moving on. Anyway, I'm just making a note here for anyone that is reading to this point - a sweeping statement such as "Food is rubbish in Newtown and massively over priced" is nothing short of ridiculous. You can rest assured it isn't the case. Franchises are few and far between. I can't comment on cafes as I don't frequent them, but there are so many great restaurants - and even many of the pubs - to get an excellent meal along the entire length of the strip. They're not hatted restaurants, but that's not what anyone claims. They're just great food and more often than not at a reasonable price. You can tell the ones that don't do great food - they're empty on Friday and Saturday nights - and soon gone! He's mentioned some ones to try. Clearly his taste in food doesn't extend to Asian food as they are by far the most abundant (all types), and there are quite a number that do excellent food that would normally rate a mention. So don't listen to Matty. Get online and see what people recommend, book ahead so you don't get disappointed like the original poster, and get yourself some of Newtowns not-at-all-rubbish-sorry-Matty food.