Redfern area guide
Restaurants, bars, shops and events in Redfern
Redfern is the heart of Sydney's Indigenous community, but it's at something of a crossroads of late –gentrifying bar and café owners haved seeped in from Surry Hills, while longtime locals defend their turf. It's the suburb where you'll find Redfern Oval – the spiritual, if no longer actual, home of the Rabbitohs – as well as the always-buzzing Redfern Community Centre and the Sydney Story Factory. And no matter where you stand on gentrification in these parts, the winds of change have brought some pretty great venues: for café fare, the Milk Bar by Café Ish is a gem, as is St Jude. And for a drink, the Bearded Tit might just be the friendliest little neighbourhood queer bar in town.
The best restaurants in Redfern
Nourishing Quarter
So you can't eat gluten? Nourishing Quarter has you covered
The best bars in Redfern
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Story Club
Story Club fills the void of its spiritual – and actual – home, Giant Dwarf, with the sound of voices raised in tales of woah and/or woe
Erotic Fan Fiction
Comedy and erotica make sweaty love in this semi-regular storytelling night at Giant Dwarf
