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Great Butcher, Great Service, Great Meat. They sell fresh chooks from GIlgandra Poultry. Plenty of cuts of meat from roasts, eye fillets and cattlemans cutlets, down to crumbed lamb cutlets and marinated ready to go stir-frys and the like. The shop has that old fashioned good butcher smell. They have one shop in Darling Street and one in the Riverdale Mall.
Newtown Providores is one of Dubbo’s greatest small business success stories, a gourmet deli that has absolutely everything that Coles and Woolworths doesn’t.
Buffalo cheese, goats cheese, every cheese under the sun, vanilla pods, herbs and spices, more herbs and spices, exotic pasta, chunky red pesto dip, sourdough bread, french truffles, salad dressings, organic chicken, the best ham in Dubbo (by a long mile), fresh kaffir lime leaves, and the list goes on, and on, and on!
If you visit, make sure you leave plenty of time for a browse of the wares and a chat to the friendly staff. It’s the brainchild of Peter Davis, a man as passionate about his food as he is about science, and let me tell you, Peter is passionate about his science!
They also serve great coffee and generally have a copy of the local paper to read.
It’s at 62 Wingewarra Street, ph 6882 0055.
Peter also runs a coffee float at every Farmer’s markets.
For local produce every day and fresh fruit and veges, Mick and Paul’s is hard to beat. A couple of local fellows who do a great job at always having good quality fruit and veges. They don’t have eftpos, so make sure if you go you take cash. It’s on Wingewarra Street, on the left heading away from the main street, on the block after the cultural centre and the Old Dubbo High School. Good berries and mangoes in season. Good fancy baby lettuce leaves. Good potatoes. Fresh Herbs. Huge local cauliflowers in season.
The lime cordial from the Lime Grove is great. They make a fantastic marinade for chicken that you can sample for free at the markets, that has lime and soy sauce and some other goodies. And I won’t tell you how good their figs are because the less people that know, the more chance I have of getting some.
The lime grove itself is at Narromine, and they take tours. For more info check out the website at http://www.limegrove.net.au
Come on down to the local Farmer’s Markets and you’ll meet all kinds of locals out for a browse. The markets are on the first and third Saturdays of the month in Dubbo, usually in the park alongside the Tourist Information Centre at the North end of Macquarie Street, but in rainy whether they often move into the RSL undercover carpark.
You’ll find all sorts of Fresh Produce including fruit and vegetables, organic produce, poultry, saltbush lamb, olive oil, wine, sourdough bread, as well as fresh coffee and food. There are also usually plant stalls - including native plants, flowers and vegetable seedlings. On special occasions you may be lucky enough to see a cooking demonstration from a local cheff or some live jazz music.
Click here to see some of the regular local stalls
If you want to set up a stall, you need to contact Macquarie Valley Food and Wine, their contact phone is 6885 4300 or you can try mvfoodwine@yahoo.com.au.
I went to a wedding at the Lazy River Estate last year, and it was one of the best outdoor venues I have seen for a wedding anywhere, nit just in Dubbo. Overlooking the vinyards and the tree-lined Macquarie River, a rustic coffee-shop and wine-tasting area, wooden verandah/pergola, with a modern yet old-time feel. The food was great, and although I havn’t tried it, apparantly they are now open for breakfast. If you try them for breakfast, be sure to come back here and make a comment! Click on the picture below to go to their webpage.