Cheryll Goodridge has captured the stunning river view that locals and visitors will have from the new Portobello Restaurant at Newport Quays when it opens in September.
Cookery classes by one of Australia’s great chefs will be a regular feature at the 200-seat restaurant with its its Mediterranean cuisine and al fresco riverside dining.
Our roving photographer Cheryll Goodridge was on hand when Council was cleaning graffiti off historic Hart’s Mill in Port Adelaide.
Hi John, don’t know if this is of interest to you, but I noticed a crane propped up next to Harts Mill this morning, so I went to investigate.
Apparently Graffiti artists had attacked the Hart’s Mill, and the council was there painting over it.
It happened last weekend sometime, and by BLADE, who has been leaving his work all around.
As the Hart’s Mill is unsafe, it is quite amazing as to how they actually got up to the very top of it without any accidents.
It’s good to see that the Council are mindful of taking care of the old Hart’s Mill.
Cheryll
Adelaide’s Pie Floaters often are eaten from the back of a fast food van, but now you can enjoy a gourmet homemade floater at the stylish new Swedish Tarts Patisserie which opened this week at 40 Semaphore Road.
If you’re over Pie Floaters, there’s a wide range of delicious home made Swedish cakes, pastries, pies, sandwiches, coffee and breakfast or lunch seven days a week from 7am to 5pm.
Owner Louise Vanzati has transformed a dull and run down shop into a brilliant space with a large chandelier, lots of timber and eye-catching Swedish tree paintings and even the al fresco pavement area has wooden tables and chairs.
The decor and many other things about what she has done certainly lifts the bar for other cafes on Semaphore Road.
It takes almost as long to read the vast menu boards as it does to read the Portside Messenger.
The historic move of The Navigator memorial from St Vincent Street has begun with the large ship’s wheel lowered into place in its new home in Timpson Street where it intersects with Queens Wharf.
This major Port history project follows an enormous amount of dedicated work by sculptor Karen Genoff, the Land Management Corporation, Council and contractors Seacon and Tillets as part of the commitment by all to the ongoing maritime history of Port Adelaide.
Karen Genoff has a diverse and widely acclaimed body of public art work across Australia. She is shown below with Port Adelaide Mayor Gary Johanson at The Navigator steel ship’s wheel and in the background the historic 91 year old steel ketch Falie.
The moving of The Navigator to Timpson Street was funded and project managed by LMC, after a meeting with the Port Seafarers Memorials Committee, founded by Mayor Gary Johanson.
Today, June 10, marks the death 12 months ago of Semaphore Mainstreet Association Secretary, Susan Lodge, who has been, and will continue to be, sadly missed by her family, friends, work colleagues and all who knew her.
Our thoughts go out to her family: Marcus and Mandy, Duncan and Kirsten, James and Jessica, Jolyon, Louis and Gabriella.
News of the sudden death of Susan last year shocked and saddened many of those who knew her.
A wonderful, tireless worker for Semaphore, Susan is seen in our photograph with Andrea Murray, current SMA Vice Chairperson, at the SMA AGM early in 2008.
Thanks to Dominique from Century 21 for these photos that will please everybody in Semaphore as they show that the landmark Baptist Church is to be fully restored and the new building next to it will house medical professionals.
It’s a grey day weather wise, but a bright future for the popular icon building, which would make a great theatre and acting academy, but will probably go retail.
This exceptional photo of Semaphore beach on a stormy afternoon by Mowling is one of many at Flickr.
In the Adelaide Advertiser, Red Ass Curry & Noodle Café owner Geoff Willsmore said his restaurant on Semaphore Road had had three quarters of “exceptional” growth, after nine years in business.
He put it down in part to more restaurants springing up in the area, and their affordable meals.
“Each of the last three quarters have just kept growing,” Mr Willsmore said.
“We expected this quarter, after the last two quarters exceeded each other by a heck of a lot, usually there would be a marginal shift, but we’ve seen fantastic growth and this current quarter is just blowing us out of the water.”
Swedish Tarts is the name of a new patisserie opening at 40 Semaphore Road about mid-June.
Eat in or take away homemade Swedish cakes, pastries, pies, sandwiches, coffee and breakfast or lunch seven days a week from 7 am to 5 pm.
Owner Louise Vanzati already operates the Argus House Patisserie in Strathalbyn.
Photo from the Postcake Company.
Swedish baker Bo Sundstrom developed the popular Swedish postkakan (post cake).
He received the top prize with his tasty honey-glazed hazelnut cake in the Swedish Postal Service’s contest to bake a cake that was delicious and easy to send by mail.
Although Swedish Tarts is next to the Post Office, you no longer have to wait on the postie from Sweden to enjoy authentic pastries, cakes and other delights.
Photo by Jenna at Picasaweb.
We hear that Portobello will be the name of a 200-seat riverfront café, specialising in Mediterranean cuisine, at the recently completed second stage of the Newport Quays development.
It has been described as food, kitchen and bar because not only will you be able to eat and drink there while looking out on the Port River and Harts Mill, but you will also be able to learn to cook.
And the cooking lessons will be conducted by one of Australia’s Great Chefs, who loves creating sumptuous mushroom dishes, which may be the reason behind the name.
Portobello will cater for Newport Quay’s residents and will have indoor and al fresco dining that will also attract locals who will find a pleasant space to relax after after the riverside walk.
Newport Quays has opened up the Port River to locals with the riverside walk and now the soon to be opened Portobello with riverside dining.
Photo of Portobello mushrooms by Leif K-Brooks from Wikimedia.
