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	Inner West Courier 07/07/2008 SMH Good Food Guide 2007		Grappa
	Score 14/20 "elio bares all to the street - full frontal glass shows off a smart, casual space, midriff marble , open kitchen....The food mirrors the mood - nothing superfluous to obstruct the pure, balanced flavours.		Functions
	Sydney Eats 2007		Catering
	We love the courtyard, the service, the laidback friendliness of the place ...but above all, we love Robyn Touchard's food.		Events
	SMH Good Food Guide 2006		Recipes
	Score 14/20 " In a street where there's no shortage of cucina of the boot,
	elio has always been ahead of the pack. Beef carpaccio is lifted by salmoriglio and wild rocket . Braised beef cheeks adorning perfectly aldente casarecce pasta has a lush earthiness. With Elio himself suggesting clever tipples from a ripper list, it's hard to say no when he suggests a grappa too."
	Sydney Eats 2006
	"What you need is more restaurans like Elio. Robyn Touchard's food breaks new ground without losing touch with La Vera Cucina."
	SBS Eating Guide to Sydney 2005
	"a beautiful modern space with two floors and an open kitchen. It was one of the first more contemporary eateries on the new look Norton Street strip and it has quite a following."
	SMH Good Food Guide 2005
	Score 14/20 "Is this Sydney's prettiest dish? A Roman mosaic of thinly sliced octopus tentacle covers a plate, with a thatch of julieanned fennel and carefully peeled orange segments. It's certainly packed with flavour, and that's what makes this cool, informal restaurant, with wooden tables topped with butcher's paper, so popular."
	Sydney Eats 2005
	"To many, Norton Street's rep for fine Italian dining is a bubble waiting to burst. Elio is one of the few ristoranti to hold the line, partly because Robyn Touchard's food breaks new ground without losing touch with la vera cucina."
	Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide Australia 2004
	1 Black Star,'The menu is refreshingly simple...A reasonably priced wine list includes a good Italian selection...Service is efficient and in keeping with the restaurant's casual but eminently competent mood.'
	Sunday Telegraph 2004
	Score 8/10. "Head & Shoulders above the rest in a busy street"
	SMH Good Food Guide 2004
	Score 14/20, 1 Chef Hat. Consistently very good, effortless Italian style...It is at once contemporary and exuberant, and with a menu that's similarly simple, bold and beguiling. The listed dishes are familiar enough, but most have an elegant twist, raising them above the ordinary.'
	SMH Good Food Guide 2003
	Score 15/20. "Elio - a smart, modern restaurant that sets the neighbourhood standard. Too many regulars know of Elio's fresh zucchini flowers, .....fresh pasta made daily. Add attentive, informal service and Elio is Leichhardt best asset".
	SMH Good Food Guide 2002
	Score 14/20, 1 Chef Hat. "A major metropolitan daily once declared elio, Norton street's only outstanding restaurant.... there is little doubt that elio helped restore street cred to one of Sydney's least respected eat streets..... we love the juicy beat in a terrina of ocean trout and potato..... A generous main course of grilled meaty scampi with basil oil, fennel and an outstanding kipfler mash was enough to give prawns a bad name - this dish is a revelation and an example of the excellence that elio frequently attains."