Dear Sainte Éloise

· Iconic Sainte Éloise is the second Swieboda room and now operates as Sydney's de facto natural-wine clubhouse — the place every off-shift sommelier in the eastern suburbs ends up between nine and midnight. The glass programme rotates faster than the parent bar's, with single-case allocations from Anton von Klopper, Tom Shobbrook and a rotating list of Beaujolais growers including Yann Bertrand and Julien Sunier.

The kitchen, led by Anna Ugarte-Carral, runs short plates with a heavy Spanish-Basque accent: anchovies on smoked butter, pintxo-format tortilla, a single brilliant chicken-liver parfait. The room is thirty-five seats split between a curved bar and a back banquette, with a soundtrack that leans 1970s soul. Number two because the buying is sharper than Love, Tilly Devine on certain weeks and the format is more accessible to first-time natural drinkers.

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