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![Restaurant review: Verona Cafe, Auckland CBD](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Restaurant review: Verona Cafe, Auckland CBD
K Rd classic feeds diners’ souls with great music and a promise of organic satisfaction to come.
![Brunch: Brighton Road Cafe, Parnell](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brunch: Brighton Road Cafe, Parnell
The look was that of a cosy local cafe, inside an old railway cottage. There were just enough tables and wicker chairs inside to cater to the happy Saturday morning crowd.
![Kiwis eating more Maccas](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwis eating more Maccas
McDonald's NZ has reported a 2 per cent lift in revenue to $221m as the business grapples with falling sales globally.
![Restaurant review: Et Tu, Te Atatu Peninsula](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Restaurant review: Et Tu, Te Atatu Peninsula
In Auckland's insane property market, Te Atatu North, reinvented as Te Atatu Peninsula, is the new front line of upward mobility.
![Brunch: Deco Eatery, Titirangi](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brunch: Deco Eatery, Titirangi
The look is five-star. Blond wood furniture, blue Mediterranean tiles on the floor, palms in copper pots and smartly dressed — and friendly — waitstaff.
![Kiwi in Mexican Happy Meals](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi in Mexican Happy Meals
Every Happy Meal sold at a McDonald's in Mexico from this weekend will include a New Zealand kiwifruit.
![Auckland's top eateries named](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Auckland's top eateries named
Auckland’s hospitality industry has named its best and brightest for 2015 in last night’s Lewisham Awards.
![Depot blaze - what started the fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Depot blaze - what started the fire
A wooden rake mistakenly left in a duct contributed to a blaze that gutted the kitchen of one of Auckland's most popular eateries.
![Westside: Best of the west cafes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Westside: Best of the west cafes
We're loving the new Outrageous Fortune prequel, Westside. To enjoy a taste of the west, try these three great cafes.
![Restaurant Brands sales up 15pc thanks to KFC](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Restaurant Brands sales up 15pc thanks to KFC
Restaurant Brands increased its FQ sales 15pc as revenue jumped at KFC, and it added more Carl's Jr stores.
![Hammerheads owed $400k](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hammerheads owed $400k
Auckland waterfront eatery Hammerheads collapsed last in April owing the taxman nearly $400,000, liquidators say.
![Restaurant review: Nanam, Royal Oak](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Restaurant review: Nanam, Royal Oak
Gone too soon, Coco shut its doors in November after barely 18 months of serving its Vietnamese-inflected pan-Med food.
![Leftovers a hefty headache](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Leftovers a hefty headache
McDonald’s audits leftovers as other stores explain policies on where discarded fresh produce ends up.
![Pie-stuffed crust pizza](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pie-stuffed crust pizza
Pizza Hut has taken fusion cuisine to an all new level, stuffing eight miniature pies into the crust of a pizza.
![Molten restaurant's official review](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Molten restaurant's official review
We've returned to dine at Molten since the online review incident. The official review is in.
![Brunch: Nomad, Pt Chevalier](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brunch: Nomad, Pt Chevalier
The service was welcoming, with a bit of banter to take the edge off the obvious fact that the 5-month-old cafe was empty.
![Why Auckland lost one of its top restaurants](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Why Auckland lost one of its top restaurants
Auckland may be gaining a reputation as a place where the food matches the scenery, but making a seafood restaurant work on the waterfront is a struggle.
![Top Auckland restaurant shuts down](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Top Auckland restaurant shuts down
Hammerheads restaurant is in liquidation after occupying a prime waterfront position for more than 20 years.
![Review: Xacuti, Howick](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Review: Xacuti, Howick
Strange spices seduce Unfamiliar elegant creations are a far cry from tikka masala.
![Brunch: Crumb, Grey Lynn](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brunch: Crumb, Grey Lynn
On offer is a small selection of about half a dozen different, delectable sandwiches. There's also a selection of sweets from Meola Kitchen.
![Depot fire blamed on dirty flue](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Depot fire blamed on dirty flue
Unclean kitchen flues may have led to the fire that caused extensive damage to celebrity chef Al Brown's high-profile Auckland restaurant.
![Restaurants follow unprocessed foods trend](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Restaurants follow unprocessed foods trend
Instead of counting calories, today's diners are often focused more on eating unprocessed foods.
![Peter Calder: Waiter, these 'parasites' not to my liking](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Peter Calder: Waiter, these 'parasites' not to my liking
It would take a hard heart not to feel some degree of sympathy for the restaurant owners who have come out swinging against anonymous reviews and the websites that carry them.
![Foodie rips into rival eatery](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Foodie rips into rival eatery
Food wars have been taken to a new level after a bar manager wrote a scathing online review about a rival restaurant.