THE NEW DOWNTOWN DELI
Beloved Israeli restaurant Ima is preparing for the arrival of Ima Deli, an Eastern European and Mediterranean style-delicatessen picked to become inner Auckland's favourite pit stop.
There will be an all-day and night menu for those who wish to dine in; owner Yael Shochat will be smoking her own meats, home-made sausages will be strung up over the counter, and the pastries will fly out of the door, with freshly baked filo burakas, danishes and more. Due to open in the first week of November, two doors down from Ima Cuisine on Fort St.
RAISE A TOAST
New Zealand's impressive results at the International Wine & Spirit Competition have just been released, with Two Sisters' Single Vineyard Central Otago Riesling 2009 scooping two wins, and Lansdowne Estate Wairarapa Pinot Noir 2010 winning The Bouchard Finlayson Trophy for Pinot Noir.
