Coffs Coast
Restaurants, rafting & romance in Russel Crowe country.
… But the surprise ticket is the fact that he region is also emerging as one of Australia’s cultural hotspots. “A lot of people used to think this area was pretty dead culturally a few years ago,” Steve Bush, director of the John Gordon Gallery, says “But it’s really coming into its own – we showcase local artists and at every opening we get over 300 people. There are a lot of people moving here every year from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, awareness is really growing.” Simone Nye from Lake Russel Gallery agrees. “Even in just a few years, this area has changed,” she says. “The art here is fantastic, there’s a lot to great local artists. People used to say Coffs was ‘Byron for beginner’, but it’s more than that now.”
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The Coffs Coast Advocate 2004 |
Bellingen Restaurant is an award winner
Bellingen’s best known fine dining restaurant No. 2 Oak Street has continued to build on its history of success by again winning in the Restaurant and Catering NSW Northern NSW Region Awards for Excellence.
No 2 Oak Street won the Formal Modern Australian Restaurant category, notching up its fourth Restaurant and Catering award in five years. |
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Good Food Guide 2003
This enticing 1910 heritage cottage in the quaint hippy village of Bellingen is warm and welcoming. You can sit on the verandah in warmer weather, and enjoy the open fire in the small, creamy, softly lit dining room with its bisto tables and chairs. Bubbly host Toni Urquhart offers attentive, friendly service, and has a keen understanding of the wine list, which features many rarely seen names. |
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Australian Gourmet Traveller 2003 |
Restaurant Guide 2003
Just one room and a veranda in a cottage tucked down a side street in a small north coast town. But a cosy fire in winter and a couple of people with years of experience, make this a most pleasant place to be. Chef Ray Urquhart’s menu is unpretentious yet sparked with imaginative accents that let you see why this venue has become so popular in the past seven or so years. There’s a serious wine list (with many cholces available by the glass) and a menu that keeps things simple, being divided into “small plate”, “large plate” and “sweet things” lists. There’s some of the slickest floor management that you will ever see, despite limited staff. Even when packed to bursting, No 2 is more professional than many city places, yet the friendly welcome is pure country style. |
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The Coffs Coast Advocate 2003 |
Restaurant team earn praise far and wide
Laurel leaves might be more appropriate at the moment than oak leaves for Ray and Toni Urquhart of No 2 Oak Street.
The husband and wife team, who own and run the well-known boutique Bellingen Restaurant, often just with the help of the son and dishwasher are being heaped with honours from far and wide. |
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Best fine dining restaurant 2003 |
Top Bellingen restaurant celebrates an excellent result
2003 is shaping up to be a good year for Bellingen restaurant owners Toni & Ray Urquhart. Last week their popular restaurant No 2 Oak Street was judged the best fine dining restaurant in the restaurant & Catering NSW 2003 Northern Region Awards for Excellence. Just four months into the new year and No 2 Oak Street has made it into the well read and respected Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide and Gourmet Travellers Restaurant Guide. “After eight years in the business the award was a nice recognition”, Toni said. |
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Good Food Guide 2002
Down a quiet side street in one of the area’s most picturesque villages, this 90-year-old timber cottage is a softly glowing beacon to attentive pleasure.
A new lick of paint (a creamy line wash) has lightened and brightened the dining room with its open fire. On warm nights it’s fun to settle into garden furniture on the verandah and let the enthusiastic Toni Urquhart take you through husband Ray’s baker’s dozen Asian, Med and down home country dishes.
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Good Food Guide 2001
Just around the corner from the town’s memorial to its lost sons lies the warm glow of this pretty timber cottage. Ray and Toni Urquhart settled in the picturesque Bellingen valley four years ago, tracking down the best local produce for hearty honest country dishes. |
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