BLOG – JOE AVATI – NOV 2011

Love Fitzrovia for Breakfast. Its on Fitzroy Street St Kilda and another addition to the many wonderful breakfast places Melbourne has to offer. We tried the poached egg with asparagus pictured left. In a great twist the specs, which look like flakes of pepper, are actually bacon…

BLOG – RAMBLING RELISH – NOV 2011

A sunny afternoon whilst running around the new neighbourhood of St Kilda, and I find myself drawn into this amazing attractive glass house styled entrance of Fitzrovia. The smell of freshly ground coffee, the smiles of the staff and the ambiance was definitely a great start to an awesome lunch…

FOOD REVIEW – HERALD SUN – NOV 2011

With all-day dining, a front counter heaving with sweet and savoury goodies and picnic hampers available, Fitzrovia is happily something to everyone. And when the sun’s out, be one of the pavement posse, enjoying Fitzrovia’s finest with a spot of people watching in one of the city’s best neighbourhoods to indulge.

BLOG – SHARKING FOR CHIPS AND DRINK – NOV 2011 – Fitzrovia serving some of the best brunch in town

Fitzrovia is an all-day cafe-restaurant from chef Paul Jewson and his partner Marco Pugnaloni, a welcome new addition to the hit-and-miss strip that is Fitzroy Street in St Kilda. Their most recent collaboration was Outpost Cafe in South Yarra (reviewed here). The restaurant has installed itself in the neighbourhood of Golden Fields and Baker D. Chirico. Just having these couple of places open up along Fitzroy Street shows that the area is turning itself around from being a grungy backpacker hangout / tourist hotspot to an exciting home of new and upcoming restaurants…

MAGAZINE REVIEW – THE WEEKLY REVIEW – NOV 2011

Paul Jewson has a supplier on an island off the east coast of New Zealand who will deliver line-caught fish within 36 hours. “Yes, there’s an air-mile issue but there are only 600 people living in the place, it’s sustainable, the population is low and the waters are relatively unfished,” he says.

Free-range, organic produce, sourced with deference to food miles – within 100 kilometres of Melbourne – is the mantra at his eight-week-old restaurant, Fitzrovia, but Jewson is uncompromising on quality too. He can’t find anything he prefers to Pyengana cheddar from Tasmania, and when Moreton Bay bugs are available, he has to have some…

VENUE MAGAZINE

Paul Jewson and Marco Pugnaloni have resurfaced with a brand new all-day eatery, after having wowed the crowds cramming into the all-too-small Outpost. For South Yarra locals, the tiny triangle tenancy (co-owned with Salvatore from St Ali) was the perfect introduction to Jewson’s cuisine, developed in the UK at hotspots like Terrence Conran’s Bluebird and SoHo House, and celebrated in the spate of events Paul designed for the Royal Family…

Read More: http://www.venue.net.au/index.php/hail-fitzrovia/

ONLINE REVIEW – ESPRESSO MELBOURNE – NOV 2011

Fitzrovia has managed to brilliantly bridge the gap between cafe and restaurant. This collaboration between chef Paul Jewson and his long time partner Marco Pugnalioni combines excellent front of house service with a spectacular menu.

Local organic produce is used extensively in Paul’s delicious creations with beans from St Ali including a variety of single origins to chose from depending on whats in season.

The passion for customer satisfaction and pride in their craft shines through at Fitzrovia. Always a pleasure to finish a shoot on a caffeine high resulting from the barista insisting that his next extraction will be that little bit better than the last…