http://www.corridorkitchen.com Necessity is the mother of invention. Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:46:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/02/freda%e2%80%99s-bar-and-canteen-chippendale/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/02/freda%e2%80%99s-bar-and-canteen-chippendale/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:20:59 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=3117 Freda’s isn’t small, it’s large. But it doesn’t feel large because it employs this revolutionary idea I like to call hospitality. That's what happens when the staff can be bothered to say hello. It’s where there are chairs to sit on and music that ranges from a hum to upbeat background noise - on Saturday night, you’re just short of shouting but you probably won’t notice. It’s where the food comes out quickly and the bread comes with it, where you can order at the bar or have table service, your choice. It’s where every person that serves you treats you like a person, not a nuisance at the end of a woolworth’s deli-style queue, and you treat them like a person right back.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/02/freda%e2%80%99s-bar-and-canteen-chippendale/feed/ 10 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/12/cafe-review-york-lane-sydney-cbd/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/12/cafe-review-york-lane-sydney-cbd/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:14:59 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=2686 Coffee kindred spirit John over at he needs food sent me this recommendation a while back and it’s taken me this long to get to it, but this morning I finally made it to York Lane, a new-ish laneway café/bar located, funnily enough, on York Lane. It’s right by Wynyard station (convenient) and was one of the recipients of the City of Sydney grants to spruce up our dingy laneways. It’s definitely done that. Senhor R and I arrived to find York Lane littered with just the right amount of milk crates. It’s a cosy place with recycled floorboards, pops of colour in the form of red stools, menus scrawled on walls and windows with whiteboard pen and upcycled everything else. It definitely had the look, but there’s more to a good cafe than thoughtful, trendy aesthetics. And I don’t just mean great coffee or food.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/12/cafe-review-york-lane-sydney-cbd/feed/ 11