Graze with Booze on the Sapphire Coast

Cool bar culture is thriving on the Sapphire Coast, not least thanks to the team that has brought us Bar Superette! Serious about food and wine but casual in nature, Bar Superette beckons with an irresistible lineup of hard-to-find wines, perfected Euro-inspired bites and traditionally preserved seafoods and fine cheeses.

Bar Superette is both a wine bar and store with more than 450 bottles of wine on offer, and about 20 offerings by the glass. You can savour wines in their cosy bar (complete with vinyl spinning on the daily) or otherwise pick your favourite drop for a boozy picnic or night in. Ask the sommelier for a recommendation and they'll be sure to surprise you.

Uptown in holiday central Merimbula, hidden behind a picket fence, is a little cottage with fabulous things on offer. A humming bar for beers and cocktails, a caravan serving up great burgers and oysters, an outdoor courtyard garden under a shady Jacaranda tree, and there’s often a DJ spinning tunes to help shimmy away the evening (which may have started as an afternoon) all helped along by authentic and professional service. By great burgers we mean the Dulcie burger, cheese burger, chicken burger, shroom burger, build your own burger and a load of pickly, bacony, sides and fries. Dulcie's is a legendary Merimbula hang out, for good reason; the team delivers on all levels and has a few awards to show for it. Open every day, Monday to Friday from 5pm and weekends from 12.

On the main street of lovely Pambula Village you’ll find a little cafe / eatery with a dedication to big flavours, consistent culinary excellence and good times. Toast Cafe has a lot more going on that its name would suggest, with chef’s dinners, Mexican nights, some incredibly refined specials and a cocktail philosophy worth investigating. Both cooks and coffee makers at Toast take their responsibilities very seriously, the coffee here is mindfully made with ONA beans from the popular Canberra roasters. Chef Ollie is always creating something new and delicious so you can visit again and again. Breakfast cocktails on the shaded outdoor deck under a big cedar tree? Why not? Breakfast is as good as it gets here. One thing we’ve learned recently is that we should celebrate life when we can, and Toast is ready to help you with that. Open seven days from 8am with Mexican on Wednesday nights.

Located in Candelo’s historic general store building, carefully refurbished in 2014, cafe / store combo, is an elegant hot spot in this lovely creek-side village. The Cafe is a busy and popular licensed eatery, making great coffee and drinks, serving hearty, rustic food with a courtyard that is often a stage for local musicians, of which there a many. Enjoy a glass of Prosecco with your housemade cake, a beer with your BLT, and the veggie burgers are perfect to pair with a glass of red. Smoothies like green kiwi and ginger, and a selection of tarts and slices for take away also, but the space is so pretty and vibe so warm and friendly you could end up dining in. The store has a range of groceries, local produce, breads, hardware and farming supplies and collectible Candelo souvenirs, extremely browseable. Open every day.