Sunday crowds at Grounds of Alexandria

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Grounds of Alexandria

Top choice in Newtown & the Inner West


A quite extraordinary Alexandria spot, the Grounds goes well beyond converted industrial chic. This former pie factory sports futuristic coffee technology, tip-top baking and delicious food, but it's the enormous garden setting that has the biggest impact: chickens, a waste-chewing pig and greenery all around. It's a real sight to behold. You won't behold it alone though…prepare to queue.

Also here is the Potting Shed, another riot of plants open for evening drinks and food.