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Savour The Tweed Trails: Curated Eats & Sips from Coast to Valley

16 September, 2024

savour the tweed trails

Savour The Tweed Trails:
Curated Eats & Sips from Coast to Valley 
 

With 25 appetising events over 5 days, Savour The Tweed is a celebration of The Tweed’s standing as one of Australia’s leading culinary hot spots.

To dig deeper into The Tweed’s food and drink essentials beyond Savour The Tweed’s mouth-watering program, we caught up with the event co-curators, acclaimed chef and author Christine Manfield and Amy Colli of Straight To The Source. 

Both local to the region, Christine and Amy have gathered some of their go-to Tweed favourites, from fresh baked goods, farm visits and food trucks to coffee spots and cocktail bars, casual pub bites and awarded dining spaces. 

Curated as a coast to valley trail to help guide your eat and sip journey from seaside to countryside, enjoy a true local’s taste of The Tweed while supporting sustainable small businesses across the region. 

Tweed Heads

A magnet for devotees of artisan baked goods, from organic sourdoughs to light buttery pastries, plus generous sandwiches, The Bread Social is open daily for all your brekky, brunch and lunch cravings. 

Coffee-lovers, Ground Control awaits! With the philosophy that good coffee brings people together to slow life down, take time at this roastery espresso bar to sip a brew and grab ethically farmed beans for home.  

From here you can board a Tweed Eco Cruises tour to savour a lunch river cruise or join a fun crab catching adventure. 

Tweed Eco Cruises lunch cruise

Fingal Head

Proudly Aboriginal owned, miimi’s cafe, on Gudjinburra Country, serves healthy juices, açai bowls, vegan and gluten free treats and coffee in custom crafted mugs. They’re committed to sourcing local, being sustainable and cultivating care for Country. 

Kingscliff

A regular in best lists for over 30 years, Fin’s Restaurant & Bar is synonymous with seafood, specifically local, line-caught and sustainable fish and seafood. Also not to be missed is their happy hour cocktail and oyster sittings from Tuesday to Saturday. 

oysters at fins restaurant and bar

Farm & Co, set back from the coastal fringe, is a farm wonderland, from rows of fertile crops and a fresh produce store to its paddock-to plate-restaurant menu and inviting cafe. 

Farm and Co long lunch

For spanakopita, halloumi and other Greek-inspired treats, be sure to put seaside Taverna on your Tweed food trail, serving fresh and seasonal flavours across a banquet or a la carte menu. 

seasonal dish at taverna restaurant

Chinderah  

 Iconic Cubby Bakehouse has all that you anticipate – flaky pastries, delectable sweets and show-stopping cakes – plus more, like their fabled karaage chicken or hot pork banh mi.  

Cubby bakehouse strawberry tarts

 Fresh caught for home or just cooked fish and chips to devour by the river, Tweed River Seafoods is your go-to for locally fished and super fresh seafood.  

Casuarina  

In the greened hub known as The Commons, the hip crew from Jordy’s sling naturally leavened sourdough pizzas that are fondly named after Tweed villages with crusts both puffy and crunchy.  

Also a drawcard at The Commons is laid-back Tucker, open daily for breakfast, brunch and lunch with a hot tip from our trail curators to not resist the delicious burgers! 

pancake breakfast at Tucker in Casuarina

Nearby, residing at a creative and culinary zone called Greenspace, She Oak Espresso is the place for your morning coffee (using beans from Ground Control) and breakfast toasties. 

Cabarita Beach  

 No 35 Kitchen & Bar, described as Italian-ish, invites long lunches and ambient evenings, plus an irresistible happy hour with $10 Palomas and delicious snacks. 

flatlay image of pasta, foccacia and salami at No. 35 Kitchen and Bar

For a fun and casual neighbourhood vibe, head to The Burrow with crowd-pleasing nightly specials such as tacos, burritos and pizza, plus live music and drink specials.  

Pottsville  

Pipit Restaurant, renowned for its focus on wood-fired cooking, innovative dishes and championing sustainability, offers an outstanding tasting menu from Thursday to Saturday nights plus an a la carte experience for a weekend lunch or Monday dinner. 

chef Ben Devlin cooking at pipit restaurant

Celebrating fresh, seasonal and local, your brekky at Black Drop Cafe might include a crab omelette, chilli prawn scrambled eggs or mushroom toast. Open daily with monthly pop-up dinners. 

Everything about Hummingbird Bakery & Gelato will have you drooling – Basque cheesecake, vanilla slice doughnuts, lemon curd muffins, rich gelato and refreshing sorbet!  

Bakery line-up at Hummingbird Bakery & Gelato

Carool  

Up in the Carool hills you’ll find Potager, a gorgeous kitchen garden experience and one of the region’s most awarded restaurants. Meander around their thriving patch before unforgettable dining on the terrace, pampered by their engaging staff.  

vegetarian entree at potager

Clothiers Creek  

Set on a vibrant, community-centred micro-regenerative farm, Raven Place Farm shares its fresh produce from an abundant roadside stall along with homemade traditional Japanese condiments.

Sleepy Hollow  

 Relax on a picnic blanket in the lush and sunny paddocks of The Sleepy Barn with delicious food and drinks, live music (on Sundays) and a very zen vibe across their cafe and restaurant/bar offerings. 

Burringbar  

A hidden gem no more, don’t miss sweet Teakwood Cafe in Burringbar for a scrumptious breakfast or brunch – think delicate crepes, Spanish-inspired omelettes, potato rosti and corn fritters. 

corn fritters at teakwood cafe

Bringing natural wines to Burringbar, the aptly named Natural Wine Shop is a find for wine-lovers seeking drops from around the world. Book a wine tasting with owner Bron to taste and learn more.  

Uki  

Bastion Lane Espresso is a much-loved coffee spot that’s part post office (housed in the original 1906 postal store), part art gallery and part coffee roastery.  

flat white and long black coffee at bastion lane espresso

 Also in Uki, the famous Uki Pies!  A beacon for those partial to award-winning hot pies and tasty sausage rolls.  

Tyalgum  

In the tiny town of Tyalgum, you’ll discover artisan gelato and sorbet made fresh by Valentino, a second generation Gelato Maker from Cinque Terre in Italy, using local and Italian ingredients. Open weekends only. 

Murwillumbah  

Kat Harvey creates and curates some of the best cheeses around, available from her rightly named Kat Harvey Cheese store. Taste and take home mouth-watering bites and do not miss her outrageously tasty cheese toasties.  

cheese on display at kat harvey cheese

For food that will have you returning often, book at award winning Bistro Livi, a plush neighbourhood restaurant where local flavours are celebrated across a menu of share plates, all set in a stunning Art Deco building.   

Serving mouth-watering treats from breakfast to lunch, Monday to Saturday, Keith is a firm favourite with locals and visitors in the know. 

Still hungry? Check out what’s on offer at Savour The Tweed from 30 Oct – 3 Nov 2024.

We wish to acknowledge the Ngandowal and Minyungbal speaking people of the Bundjalung Country, in particular the Goodjinburra, Tul-gi-gin and Moorung – Moobah clans, as being the traditional owners and custodians of the land and waters within the Tweed Shire boundaries. We also acknowledge and respect the Tweed Aboriginal community’s right to speak for its Country and to care for its traditional Country in accordance with its lores, customs and traditions.