Good news – the Real Food Pop-Up has re-emerged, this time in Newtown. The store first appeared late last year in Darlinghurst, focusing on hand-crafted, locally made and sustainable goods – think honey collected from nearby suburbs (The Urban Beehive) or muesli made in Surry Hills (Farmer Jo).
Real Food is now making a welcome appearance on Enmore Road – a few doors down from Hartsyard and opposite The Midnight Special. Until April 14, you can drop by and load your arms with feelgood items for your pantry: Cornersmith preserves and condiments, multi-flavoured marshmallows from Sweetness The Patisserie, brews from The Vegan Teahouse and Sticky Chai, and plate-worthy organic sauces and pasta from Pasta Emilia – to name a few of the items worth adding to your shopping list.
Also appealing: there’s no Aisle Rage, need to battle queues or endure a supermarket soundtrack from the dinosaur era here. There’s a real personal charm to the Real Food Pop-Up. All the produce feels hand-picked and small-batch – so the shop has the appeal of a market stall, in a rustic, farmhouse-like setting, thanks to the recycled fixtures and furniture from Re-Creation, and the vintage homewares by Chris On King.
Real Food opened on the weekend, and I’ve already made return trips to stock up on a few things (next visit note: I still need to pick up another jar of Cornersmith chilli zucchini pickles – these zippy preserves add zing to even the boringest of work lunches). One of my favourite in-store items is the mango cordial by The Shrubbery – it only has three ingredients and it’s pretty much the one thing aiding my summer-is-ending denial. I add fizz and lots of ice and pretend that its sunny flavour can reverse the season’s inevitable end.
Despite the unavoidable temperature drop, there is a lot to look forward to – especially here. Real Food’s founder Kate Walsh has many things planned and will be running tastings and classes in due course. And on Thursday Feb 28, the pop-up gets properly launched with the help of local craft brewery Young Henrys. Drop by between 6-7.30pm. Or if your diary won’t let you, visit this pop-up another time. It’s worth the detour. Just make sure you get here before Real Food disappears in mid-April.
Real Food Pop-Up, 27 Enmore Road, Newtown NSW 0423 138 357, ieatrealfood.com.au. Follow Real Food Projects on Twitter or Facebook for updates.
Hello there,
Oh my gosh, that honey in the jar looks AMAZING! biting into a big wad of honey comb is my idea of heaven! yum. Thanks for the amazing find! 🙂