July 2025: Five To Try
Hungry for more? We’ve got you covered!
Pinco Italo
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Meet Pinco Italo – the brand-new Italian eatery from the brains of local food royalty Saba Maghsoudi and Elijah Makris. Opening in February as the sister store to the two Pinco Deli stores, this restaurant confirms that all good things come in threes. Think mouth-watering fresh focaccia sandwiches stuffed with salami, ricotta, pistachio, and chilli honey, and gnocchi lathered with rich cheese, pepper, and prosciutto. Whether you’re craving a quick feed or a sit-down dinner, Pinco Italo has you covered, with their simplistic menu of antipasti, pasta, sandwiches, and desserts. Cocktails, live jazz nights, Italian meals, and crayons on tables? I’ll meet you there.
Yes please: Rigatoncini Alla Vodka Pasta, Chilli, Parmigiano.
Where: 50 Exchange Place, Adelaide
Follow: @pinco__italo
Mala Town
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Winter is well and truly upon us here in SA, but we can stay warm thanks to Mala Town and their delicious noodles, broths and laksas. Hot Pot just got a whole lot hotter with their huge selection of ingredients, ensuring every time you DIY your bowl, it is exactly to your tastes. Think spicy mala broths, fried chicken noodles, steamed dumplings, and the ability to customise each of these dishes with ingredients like mushrooms, bok choy, fried egg and scallops. A great way to fill your bellies before heading to a show.
Yes please: Laksa broth with a little bit of everything.
Where: 254-266 Unley Road, Hyde Park
Follow: @malatown.au
Yuko Dō
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If the sound of matcha and fluffy strawberry sandwiches piques your ears up, we can assure you that the Japanese-inspired café Yuku dō in the spot for you. Bringing classy light fast-food bites to Hindley Street is Malaysian-born owner Anjelin Lim’s mission. Any Insta baddies looking for their morning caffeine and a delicious lunch are in luck with this brand-new, earthy café. Think sandos packed with chicken katsu, crab salad and seasonal fruits, pickle onigiri, herb covered shoestring chips and stunning Japanese caffeinated beverages. This menu truly has something for everyone.
Yes please: The tonkatsu (pork) sando.
Where: 252 Hindley Street, Adelaide
Follow: @yukudo_adl
Shmochi
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Enter Shmochi: the dessert parlour of your dreams – pink, red and sugar all over. Owned by sweet tooth connoisseurs Lisa Chao, Thy Nguyen, and Quang Nguyen, responsible for countless delectable dessert bars, cafes, and eateries in SA. Their signature gluten-free mochi doughnuts alone put Shmochi on the map (which you may have been lucky enough to snag a bite of at a festival recently), but their dreamlike ice-creams are what keeps you coming back. We’re talking Earl Grey and strawberry, coconut and kaya caramel, ube cookies and cream, matcha strawberry and Vietnamese coffee and condensed milk (yes, these are all ice cream flavours). Yum.
Yes please: Doughnut Sundae with Durian Birthday Cake Ice-cream.
Where: Shop A 199 Payneham Road, St Peters
Follow: shmochi_byshibui
That’s Enrico
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Sustainability and a full tummy go hand in hand in the Adelaide Hills with authentic Italian pizzeria That’s Enrico. This intimate 20-seat restaurant was created by Enrico Sgarbossa, a multi-award-winning chef and former flour technician in Italy, with a focus on quality, sustainability, and simplicity. Made with a focus on local seasonal ingredients, the menu includes delights such as a classic margherita pizza made with Italian flour, lasagne pizza with house-made bologna sauce and their Cotto & Funghi, a Japanese Italian fusion pizza with tomato, mozzarella, smoked ham, mushroom, cream, and mayo. Your date night out never tasted so good.
Yes please: The ‘Diavola’ – Tomato base, fior di latte mozzarella, Casalingo salami, organic homemade garlic and chilli emulsion.
Where: 53 Main Street, Lobethal
Follow: @thats.enrico
