Once upon a time I would never dream of going into a discount super market, oh what I was missing!…read moreRite Price is a wonderful place, especially if you don't believe what the used by date says! There are many products that are in date and you can really get a great bargain, and then there are the Eastern European Imported products that are as entertaining as finding a tin in your pantry without a label and daring yourself into eating whatever the contents may be! I particularly like the Prospect Venue as I have found the staff there particularly friendly and always keen for a brief chin wag while scanning your goods....not too much of a chat, just enough to pass the check out time. No one likes a 'Chatty Cathy'! P.S. If you have a sweet tooth like myself you save a bundle if you stock up rather than going to traditional sources!

So here's a little insight into my background: I grew up in a family who owned a supermarket…read moremeaning that anytime that something was about to go out of date....or actually DID, it would end up on our dinner table - and here's the thing...I never got sick and it always tasted great (which could have something to do with my mum being some what of a master chef...) Anyhow, my point is that the 'use by' or 'best before' is just a date for legal purposes (for many but not all products)...there is a bit of flexibility here. Those of you unfamiliar with the Rite Price chain may wonder why I am bringing this up, so here's the deal: Rite Price is a discount supermarket. Not all, but most of there wares are on the shelves because they are near this use-by or past their best before and are therefore severely discounted. So here's a depressing fact - 20% of all our groceries go to waste...and I recall that when we had the supermarket, a lot of stuff ended up in the bin. It's such a shame to straight out waste food - but you can prevent food being wasted by supermarkets AND save yourself a BUNCH of dolla dolla by having a look at Rite Price! Now they don't have EVERYTHING but if you head here first, you can definitely plan around what you can find and as the previous reviewer wrote, yes there are always plenty of cheap treats for the sweet tooth. Recent bargains - HUGE wheels of cheese - brie, blue and all the fancy ones, still in date for a few days for only $4.50. Perfect for the weekend picnic, yes? Added bonus - they are now open til 7pm on Thursdays for all those who work all day long! - enjoy the cheap life!

I have been giving the whole vegetarian thing a lot of thought. The way I figure it, I am dead…read morecertain that anything that tastes good should be consumed.....therefore meat is your friend! Why would you want to ignore your friend......snobs! The Butcher at Sefton Plaza is a very old school. No frills, just beautiful, BEAUTIFUL meat arranged in easy to understand groupings of........meat, placed next to other meat in a glass front counter made specifically for.....MEAT!!!! Yay for meat! If you are feeling guilty and having a premature heart spasm from all of the meat you have just bought, a health food store is right next door for you to pick up some lavely carob or soy based products of some prune juice?!

This is my local butcher and they are great!…read more I have asked for recommendations a few times and every time they've been spot on, whether it was what cut, how to cook it or the quantity. The quality is also outstanding and it's worth paying the few extra bucks to support local business.

This is an East European Delicatessen, quite special in its own way. You can also get things like…read moreDVDs here for $1 per week rental from their extensive library and gift items as well as beautiful Icon Cards from Russia, so it is more than a food store. Some of the favoured dessert wines and liquors from Eastern Europe are to be found along with most of the traditional items you'd want in the kitchen. I always enjoy having a look around in the store and am enamoured with their relaxed attitude to life the universe and everything. Music Cd's, books, magazines and if you crave it, company of other Eastern Europeans... if you are a traveller you can immediately network into the local scene through this place. You can pick up sweets, desserts and good advice on how to cook with many of the spices and traditions of the Eastern block as well.

Mozaika is a cute little shop offering a verity of primarily East-European products. Besides food…read morethey offer CD/DVD's, books, nesting dolls and souvenirs. However, it's the food that brings me here because if you're after Russian sauerkraut for your homemade Russian beetroot salad you'll find it here. If your craving for Pelimene and you believe that tortellini aren't 'the real think' you'll be happy to find delicious authentic homemade Pelimene here. If you love super sweet and/or dark bitter confects & chocolates you'll find them here. And of course Vodka;) The staff was always friendly and happy to explain the products. This shop is the only one of its kind in Adelaide specialising on primarily Russian goods. This shop is covering all my Russian deli and service needs and it being unique in SA I'm confidently giving this folks a 5rating!

Botega Rotolo is a really good Italian/gourmet food store in Norwood…read more It is tucked away a bit, in an unobtrusive building on Osmond terrace which at first glance almost could pass as an accountant's office. Inside there are stacks of pastas, preserves, oils and vineagars and of course, fancy imported wine and cheese in which they specialize. In addition to functioning as a gourmet food store, Botega Rotolo also offer cooking classes at which one can be initiated into the cooking secrets of the Italian masters (like garlic is for slow cooking and onions for fast cooking and never the twain shall meet). The quality of the produce here is high and things are certainly not cheap, but it is quite good value considering what you are paying for.

Bottega Rotolo's cheese room is undoubtedly the best I've ever experienced. There's something…read moredecadent about those huge wheels of cheese. Maybe its not so much decadence as it is my arteries hardening at the thought of all that cheese but let's forget my arteries momentarily and talk cheese! As well as locally produced cheeses, their cheese room stocks products from Italy, France and Spain and those using a variety of milks and ingredients. Soft cheese, hard cheese, blue cheese, any cheese ... Don't let me give you the wrong idea though, Bottega Rotolo is not only about cheese. Just go inside and you'll find foods you never dreamed existed unless of course you're already a gourmet chef. If you are (or you're a chef in the making) and you're in the market for some couverture chocolate, Italian sparkling wine, truffles, imported pasta, or a spot of caviar - is your mouth watering yet - pay Connie and Rosalie a visit. Bottega Rotolo also hold their own cooking classes. After all what's the use of having all those ingredients if you don't know what to do with them. Their classes include everything from total hands on experiences to demonstrations as well as a combination of the two. They issue a new calendar of classes every couple of months and most are priced at $95. Located on Osmond Terrace at Norwood just before you get to the Oriental Hotel. In fact if you get to the Oriental, you've gone too far. Look for the famous Bottega "B" on their sign.

The lunch specials are great value. I most often have the…read morechips and gravy. I do need to try something else but the chips and gravy are so good. The decent sized serving with tasty gravy and chicken salt always makes me have that time and time again. The fish is always nicely battered and not too oily. I love the chicken burger. Nice fresh salad on the burger is always good. Decent prices. Not too long to wait. Friendly staff. I will keep coming back.

Best chips I've had from a fish and chip shop! And I like the variety of fishes that they have…read more Friendly service as well :)

This is a meat lovers paradise to shop in! Goat, Pork, Poultry, Lamb, Beef and all at very…read morecompetitive prices. Nice looking meat. The staff are helpful and you can ask questions without feeling like they are going to mock you. The parking is off the main (busy) road and the shop is packed with produce. It's a small area and they make use of every bit of it. The prices are very good. If you have a family to feed this is a really good place to save a few dollars. Open six days a week. There are a few of these butchers around the area so if you want to get really picky about what you spend and how much you get for your dollar there is another place within a ten minute walk, where you can go compare the price and cuts of meat - on South Road - so even if you think you are getting a bargain you can go double check if you really want to. It does get busy at times and you may find yourself waiting a few minutes, but it is worth it. The meat is delicious and the place smells and looks very clean.

Saying Speciality Foods is a butcher is a little like saying a Ferrari is a mode of transport -…read moreit's true, but it doesn't really begin to describe what they do. I'm going to digress, for a moment, to their website, which, as well as explaining where to find them, and showing a full list of specials available, also gives the best explanation I've seen to the cuts of meat that are made from lamb, beef, pork and chicken, but also shows the differences, the correct terminology for each cut, and where it comes from on the animal. Brilliant stuff. Back to the store - a firm family favourite here is the yiros meat they supply - we've previously gone with the fresh product and picked up sauce, wraps, lettuce etc and made them up from scratch, but the great solution for a quicker dinner is the $25 pack they supply, complete with one kilo of par cooked meat that takes minutes to finish off to a beautiful, juicy offering, wraps and sauce to make up ten yiros. Again, brilliant stuff. Speciality Foods prepare products that you'll see in stores all around Adelaide, as well as being able to purchase direct from their store. They have the freshest meat, and every cut and joint of meat you can imagine. It's a trek from my home, but the savings are definitely worth it for top quality product. The carpark gets a bit frantic at times, but Thebbie Rd is a bugger to park on, so slip on in and wait your turn for a park - they're masters at keeping the turnover going so spaces open up all the time.

I drive past this place every day on the way to work and it intrigues me. I had to stop and make a…read morespecial visit to see what it was all about. I wanted to like this place, I really desperately did. I wanted another place that I could stop by and pick up some imported goodies, some nice cheeses or meats. Again, I really wanted to like this place. Sadly I felt let down... It's not all bad, let me just get that out there. There's fresh fruit and veg on offer, there's a small selection of cheeses and meats, but the rest of it really is standard supermarket fare. Oh sure, there are a few specialty goods like certain brands of... well, popcorn for example. But you can buy popcorn at any supermarket, why would you go out of your way for it? Sigh... I wanted to like this place, I really did. I know I keep harping on about it but it's true.

I wanted to like this place, especially since the location was previously home to an adult store…read more. But, unlike Paul M, I DO like it! The owners have been in the premises less than a year, and they're still ironing out some of the kinks in their business model, but they're well-intentioned in doing so.. Example: some of their goods can get a bit close to use-by date, because they try to stock such a variety, but don't yet have the sales volumes to support it. BUT: - It's the best local spot to get a decent coffee - The owners are friendly and helpful, e.g. we asked if they had free range eggs one day, and they didn't, but the next week they had started stocking them - Their prices are very reasonable - Their pre-made focaccia and pasta make for excellent Slow Sunday breakfast Stop by and support your local deli!

A perfect winter hideaway and little spot for a Friday or Saturday night drink. The crowd is super…read morelocal and often the place is quiet but they are now putting on jazz mid-week to add some pizazz to the venue. An ever changing and simple wine list of SA wines by the glass and bottle as well as a few ciders and beers to boot complement the gourmet tapas style menu on offer. I love sharing food and so this place suited me perfectly however my partner was hoping we would go out for the "main meal" after dining here! Every dish was incredibly well flavoured and spiced as well as being rich enough to be filling. It wasn't the healthiest meal but every we tried couldn't be faulted. From the thai chicken balls with a caramelly soy sauce to waygu meat balls, fennel and orange soaked olives (my fav) and the fried haloumi it all worked well with each other and what we were drinking. This venue is also deceivingly larger than you would expect as you walk up to the counter (in a room behind the front bar and dining area) and can explore a larger carpeted dining and entertaining area as well as seating out the side of the house. It has been furnished very classically with old wooden chairs and tables but given a modern twist with the quirky addition of wine glass chandeliers and a mirrored room indoors. So if you're looking for a pre-dinner or late evening snack over some unusual local wine and tasty tapas, this place is worth bookmarking.

We discovered this spot some time ago and have visited it a few times since…read more Time for a review. Last night we got an off the cuff invite for drinks at 16:30 and to hear a band The Prospectors. Arriving late (that's our style) we missed the first set so sat out the back with a glass of bubbly and had a chat. There are a variety of rooms from the main with couches, large and small tables and bar stools, to small quiet intimate side rooms that can be used for groups. The wine is varied, many by the glass at fair prices and the staff are well versed in wine so are able to find something you'll like. The food is so very tasty. Mustard cheese bread, arancini balls, crushed potatoes and a three cheese plate. Ordered just at the end of the bands second set we were up on the dance floor. Tradition states with The Prospectors, that one of their last songs of an evening is 'dancing on the streets' in which you go and do just what the song says. A final note on the first Wednesday of the month they do a wine food pairing night with a local wine producer. It is a very popular event often being booked out weeks if not months in advance (we booked the last seat for the December event, 2 months in the future from time of posting) So expect an update in a few months.

There is nothing quite as refreshing as walking into a butcher and not being able to smell…read moreanything. You know? Possibly not because who goes to a butcher these days? Most of you will be purchasing your meat in the meat department at one of the big supermarkets, but let me tell you - there really is something special about the old school variety of butcher where they store the whole source in their cool room out back and cut it off as required. This is the case at Corinthian Meats up the road from where I live, and the difference is really something. The meat is less wet, the freshness is very clear and obvious and the scent is not at all like that old smell you get when you peel the plastic back off of the small back tray of meat you bought in the supermarket. I'm just saying. The other really cool thing is you can discuss the meat and what to do with it. You can have it cut in a particular way to suit a special recipe. You can even hire a spit to have a big home backyard roasted critter, such as a pig or a baby cow... I know it doesn't suit everyone, but for some this is just brilliant. For under $200.00 you can hire the spit, purchase the coal and get the whole lot delivered. The meat costs more obviously... I just think you can not go past a really clean and fresh butcher on the local level. Try it out and smell, see and taste the difference. Have Peter Marinis show you around if it's not too busy, he's a really nice bloke and takes great pride in his work.