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The towns and villages in the Canberra District are a treasure trove for food lovers, showcasing the very best of the region’s artisan producers, providores, cellar door restaurants and growers’ markets hawking local specialties such as apples, nashi pears, olives, truffles and exotic mushrooms.
Taste what’s in season at Smokehouse Restaurant which you’ll find at the family-run Poachers Pantry. Here, meats are cured and smoked in-house, organic produce is grown in the kitchen garden and wines are made in the surrounding vineyards.
Olleyville, at Shaw Wines, boasts a refined gastronomic experience with a four-course set menu; Lake George Winery’s Westering offers decadent charcuterie boards to share in their EAT rustic space next to the vines; and Grazing uses premium produce — think saltwater barramundi and Black Angus beef — served up at a former former travellers’ inn dating from the 1830s.
Spend a romantic night in Yazzbar, a cosy country wine bar showcasing the region’s finest food, wine and entertainment. And pick up road-trip snacks in-between wines at Clementine Bakery, where the sourdoughs, croissants and pastries often sell out.
