Do you see that there? That’s a goat enchilada!
How can anyone see a goat enchilada on the menu and not try one?
Let me tell you it was seriously delicious too.
The Elk and Pea is on the ever more hip Lonsdale Street in Braddon and describes itself as an “eating house”. With some of the interior [...]

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This in from the National Gallery:

Rain, hail or shine the National Gallery of Australia Sculpture Bar in association with Veuve Clicquot re-opens for the summer this Friday 18 January in the new location of the Sculpture Garden Restaurant.

After several weeks deprivation, I and a few other sublic pervants made our way past the Burmese Place in the hopes that the sign about it being shut until February was some cruel hoax.
Rounding the corner of the Quick & Go, our hearts simultaneously fluttered as we saw the familiar sign of people, who don’t [...]

It may be 14 January but the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate have just posted an announcement dated 7 January on the good news they’re stocking Gungahlin Pond with 6,000 baby Murray Cod:
ecreational fishers and the environment will benefit from the release of 6000 Murray cod fingerlings into Gungahlin Pond on 8 January, Environment and [...]

I thought I’d try the RiotACT brains trust and ask: anybody here know of a local store stocking grits?
thanks!
Androo

Jorian’s blog post (which was published in the Canberra Times as an opinion piece) about Canberra’s centenary celebrations lacking in local fun is spot on.
I would have preferred Robyn Archer’s travel budget went towards an account at Barlen’s for Jorian.
The longest bubbly bar did sound appealing, until I read “..frequent short sittings, so military precision [...]

Kimchi in Dickson is one of those restaurants I’ve peered through the window of for a while now but never managed to eat at.
Last night GoosePig and I gave it a go and were pretty impressed.
A word of warning though, not being au fait with Korean fine dining we made some mistakes and you can [...]

It is with great excitement we announce that the December 2012 Mully Cup has been won by Freddy Vegan who was more outraged than everyone else by kangaroo on the menu at Tidbinbilla.
The Mully Cup is awarded monthly to the entity stimulating the most comment on this website. It is named in memory (if not [...]

I’ve noticed that Gourmet City in the Canberra Centre is boarded up.
Anyone know if it is being refurbished or replaced? It will be missed if so.
The Canberra Centre needs a decent delicatessen.

Has anyone any idea about what happened to the chicken shop in Cooleman Court called Chicken Galore?  The shop was boarded up when I last popped by without any explanation as to if it was reopening, relocating or what.
Anyone know?  Or can anyone recommended a similar business somewhere in close proximity to Weston Creek?
Thanks Rioters.

This morning. Hot Cross Buns at Coles Belconnen.
Wonder if I could smuggles those into the Hoyts cinema?

Well It’s time to go shopping for drinks for new years (a bit late I know) and I was hoping to find some of this wonderful mastic flavored Greek liquor called Mastica.
I don’t suppose anyone would have a clue as to where to find it, a European grocery perhaps?
Do we have any specialist [...]

… never tried it, and want to do so!
I don’t mean the “fake” caviar that is sold in supermarkets, I want to try the real thing, Russian or similar, from sturgeon eggs. I know it isn’t cheap

I did try to search for “jerky” at T-Ra, but maybe not surprisingly I came up with TV reception, taxi’s and a popular drinking dive for the toff’s around Kingston.
What I’d love to know about is decent places to buy beef jerky?
The “old” Civic shopping centre used to have a butcher near the Supabarn that had good [...]

Now for the important debates of the day!
My wife and I were recently refused entry to Hoyts Belconnen for the heinous crime of carrying delicious take-away Muffin Break coffees into the cinemas.  Apparently the condition of not allowing any food or drink from external sources has always been a policy of the cinema -  but [...]

Troy has sent in proof that the red has been sighted again, this time in Belconnen.
Seen a prohibition notice around town? Send it in to images@the-riotact.com .

The Health Directorate is calling time a day early on Jindi and Wattle Valley 1kg soft cheeses:
ACT Health is warning against eating a number of 1 kg Jindi and Wattle Valley-branded soft cheeses sold at delicatessens and independent supermarkets throughout Australia with best before dates of 21 December 2012.
“A national investigation is currently underway into [...]

This just in and worthy of your attention:
Grab your optical tools and get outdoors!!
Scope at Mt Stromlo is looking for big, beautiful and unique images of the Weston Creek and Cotter Region to be part of Past Present Future – 10 Year Bushfire Anniversary Exhibition.
Emphasis is placed on the present: how our community has [...]

This year it seems that Christmas eve coincides with a Monday.
It looks like every restaurant in town is closed for dinner, and most for lunch.
I am looking for a nice place to go with a group, and I am sure I am not alone - does anyone know of somewhere that is open for dinner, looking for [...]

Feeling a little hungover, I decided I needed something healthy for lunch, breakfast having been an impossibility.  The new bakery and café Sweet Bones on the non-city end of Lonsdale Street has been beckoning for a while now; I kept trying to get in before they were open.
Now, from recent threads I know that some [...]

Anyone know a good source of edible nettles in or around Canberra?

 Context; I have recently returned to eating fish, (but not meat,) after 30 + years of vegetarianism. (Reasons available on application.) As a newb I am not au fait with the purchase of fish dishes or fish in the ‘Berra
 Please, hive mind, name me, in terms of fish dishes, your favourite;
– Chippy:
– Indian restaurant / takeaway:
– Other ethnicity [...]

The beer drinking man has long faced a conundrum.
The best mass produced beer in Australia is, as any fule kno, Coopers Pale.
On the other hand the cheapest beer is from Aldi.
Until today, oh joyous day, when I found Coopers Pale going in Aldi for $42 a case.
Tonight’s going to be a good night.

Andrew Barr is celebrating The Yellow Van’s 2,000,000th meal delivery:
The celebration took place at the official launch of the service’s ‘Unwrapping Hunger’ campaign in the lead up to Christmas.
The Yellow Van has a Christmas fundraising goal of $50,000, which will help it support the most disadvantaged people in the Canberra community.
I encourage all Canberrans to [...]

Over the weekend myself and an interstate friend went to Tidbbinbilla for a lovely day with the kangaroos and wildlife. Afterwards we decided to stop off at the new cafe they have there for lunch. You can imagine our shock and horror when we saw grilled kangaroo fillet and kangaroo sausages on menu. Kangaroos are [...]

Has anyone heard whether this year’s pub crawl is going ahead?
Regardless of what happens, I think I’ll keep up the tradition and show up this Friday at PJ’s in my Santa outfit anyway.
[Photo from 2009 Santa Pub Crawl]

[ 30 November, 2012 to 2 December, 2012. ]

For those not of a Corinbank bent we have word of the National Cherry Festival at Young this weekend:

The town of Young in NSW will this weekend host the 2012 National Cherry Festival. For three days, 30 November – 2 December, the 63rd National Cherry Festival will offer a highly colourful program of [...]

Driving home from work the other day I noticed the famed red Brodburger caravan appears to have ended its useful life in the back streets of Fyshwick (Wiluna Street, in this case).
May it rust in peace.
[ED and here's a memory of the glorious past]

I walked past the Landmark Cafe yesterday (Wednesday) and saw that the business was closed, and for sale. 
Does anyone know more about the situation?

A fortnight ago we thrilled to the promotion of the ANUS Burger at ANU.
We can report it’s now just a beef burger.

Sic transit gloria mundi.

[ 25 November, 2012; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ]

This in from facebook:

Please ride your bike down to the Co-op from 9am on the morning of Sunday the 25th of November and enjoy an organic breakfast! You will help us raise much needed funds for a *pedal powered cinema* and be serenaded by live Jazz musicians while you eat.

Your breakfast will be cooked to [...]

Knowing how much so many of you like a deal on a burrito I thought I’d better pass this on:
MAD MEX BRINGS AUTHENTIC MEXICAN CUISINE TO CANBERRA WITH FIRST ACT STORE!
Baja-style Mexican now on the menu for local residents – $5 Burritos available all day 15 and 16 November to celebrate!
If a trip to Mexico [...]