The Studio is a new wine bar and bakery that's a must-visit in the Southern Highlands
The What If Society, which started with a Saturday street stall 150 metres down the road, turned four in July. In five weeks or so, The Studio's sibling venue, The Exchange – a grocery store selling bread, preserves, pickles, jam, cultured butter and local produce – moves from a nearby street to two doors along.
Meanwhile, Maloney's indefatigable vision for ethical, sustainable and considered food draws in ever more converts.
'I see the same customers every single day because they don't want to spend their money anywhere else,' she says. 'They've bought into our business and this lifestyle, and they feel so good for it. That feels so rewarding. It feels like I've played the part that I was meant to in the world.'
Three more to try in the Southern Highlands
Moonacres Kitchen
Chef Stephen Santucci uses the organic fruit and vegetables from Phil Lavers' world-renowned Moonacres Farm up the road for masterful salted cod and potato hash browns, a fruit-loaded bruschetta with ruby red rhubarb and much more.
81 Illawarra Highway, Robertson, moonacres.com.au
Eschalot
Set in a converted 1840s inn on the main street of Berrima, Eschalot's Mediterranean-ish focus on seasonal and local produce hits a high with the restaurant's popular Chef's 'Feed Me' barbecue of wintry meat and vegetable dishes and ambitious desserts.
24 Old Hume Highway, Berrima, eschalot.com.au
Paste Australia
It's easy to drive past Mittagong in the weekend flow to Bowral's tulips, wineries and main street shopping, but leave the path for chef Bee Satongun's lauded Thai food, a hatted inclusion in the Good Food Guide.
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