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Preparing cinnamon buns with maple whipped cream at Ard, Stanmore.

Ard

A plant-based bakery selling gingerbread buns and strawberry chiffon cake.

  • Bianca Hrovat

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Iced yensoon tea, iced plum pistachio matcha, date shortbread, spinach triangle, and Biscoff baklava at Ard.

‘Things disappear quickly’: Set your alarm for bakes and bevs from this old-school charmer

This inner-west bakery is your go-to stop for drinks and an ever-changing menu of generous pastries, from sweet frosted buns to creamy, lush pistachio tiramisu.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Sixpenny’s Jerusalem artichoke tart with black truffle.
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Sixpenny

Personal, highly poised dining in a quiet corner of Stanmore.

A forward-thinking father paid $1.1 million at auction on Saturday, securing a unit in Stanmore for his 14-year-old daughter.

Forward-thinking dad nabs $1.1m inner west unit for 14-year-old daughter

The father outbid first home buyers, placing just one bid to secure a two-bedroom art deco apartment in the inner west at auction on Saturday.

  • Kristy Johnson
Newington College.

Newington College taken back to court over co-ed move

A student will appeal a NSW Supreme Court decision that found the boys private school can accept girls from next year.

  • Lucy Carroll
Pandan bun with custard.

Pantry Story

This venue is a finalist for best treats in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

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Flight paths and housing.

The Sydney suburbs excluded from ‘missing middle’ housing plan

The “missing middle” reform was supposed to increase density in inner-city suburbs. Now the government will exclude most of the inner west and parts of other areas.

  • Max Maddison
The Olympia Milk Bar in Stanmore, as pictured in a concept image by SRH Architecture, and in Google images in 2018 and 2023.

Nod to nostalgia: Plans to restore Sydney’s historic Olympia milk bar

A million-dollar project includes an upmarket new residence and repairs to the heritage-listed shopfront.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Sixpenny in Stanmore has two new venues on its horizon.

Two big Good Food Guide winners are joining forces to open a surprising European venue

Chef-owner Dan Puskas of Stanmore fine-diner and Alex Kelly from Baba’s Place will open a new venue serving ‘plenty of old-school Hungarian classics’.

  • Scott Bolles
The waterfront unit at Double Bay had a price guide of $1.3 million.

First home buyers snap up $1.685 million waterfront unit in Double Bay

The tightly-held two-bedder complete with access to a private lawn and private access to a beach was on the market for the first time in 42 years.

  • Tawar Razaghi