From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Easter Trading Hours

March 31, 2010

In the interest of maintaining our sanity (and getting Chris out of the kitchen for more than five minutes) THE COMMONS will be closed this Easter Saturday, Sunday and Monday. We will reopen for breakfast on Tuesday April 6 from 7.30am. Happy Easter from all of us at THE COMMONS (and Cheryl, pictured.  Take it [...]

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Wednesday is Market Day

March 31, 2010

Every week Chris, Gab (and occasionally Bob) head out to the Sydney Growers’ Market in Flemington to pick up fresh food and flowers. They then develop THE COMMONS’ menu and table settings depending on what is available. This week we’ve got chestnuts, Elk leaf and a whole lotta lemons.

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The Wardian Case Gallery is open

March 28, 2010

THE COMMONS proudly launched our Wardian Case Gallery last Wednesday March 24 with Mycology, an exhibition by Sydney photographers Lyn & Tony. A Wardian Case is a wood and glass compartment that was used to keep and transport precious plant specimens in Victorian times. Fittingly, The Wardian Case Gallery explores the often strange relationship between [...]

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Weekend Australian Magazine Review

March 20, 2010

On March 19 we received an gratifyingly honest review by John Lethlean in The Weekend Australian magazine entitled ‘It’s a Keeper’. Article excerpt: “IF 2009 was the year of the pop-up (restaurant/cafe/cupcake emporium), 2010 seems to be the year of going legit. First we had the fascinating Greenhouse, a Melbourne flash-in-the-pan that morphed into a [...]

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lyn & tony ‘mycology’

March 19, 2010

Darlinghurst-based photographic collaborators Lyn Balzer & Tony Perkins have been working together for many years in a relationship that is almost symbiotic. Their work has been exhibited and published internationally, portraying the contrast between the delicate human form and the harsh Australian landscape. Lyn & Tonys’  photographs highlight the surreal light, colour and textured surfaces [...]

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