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Through working at Spot, you have a perfect location to take a lunch break, impress your client or finish off your working day by going to a few of Adelaide’s most popular and contemporary restaurants within the city. With Adelaide being the most relatively small city it is, we are not short for our fine dining and cafes to inspire the contemporary worker during and after their busy workdays. Spot has a perfect location, being in the heart of the city surrounded by wine bars, Thai, Japanese, Italian, contemporary Australian and many more types of cuisine. Providing an array of engaging foods while keeping the atmosphere of every restaurant suited to the single eater.

With a short walk 6 doors down from Spot lies Osteria Oggi. A vine-clad pergola and cobblestones lend the sunlit dining room in Adelaide’s most forward-leaning Italian restaurant. A relaxed, piazza-like atmosphere that belies its location on our busy Pirie Street. Fan favourites including thick strips of pappardelle in blue swimmer crab and pearls of smoked salmon roe, complemented by a wine list that foregrounds elegant Italian varietals.

Walking down Adelaide’s busiest laneway, Peel St Restaurant has the ability to engage every person that walks through their doors. After your short 6-minute walk from Pirie St, all are welcomed with generous serves of herb-laden dishes melding Middle Eastern and South-East Asian influences. What should you order? The ever-popular crispy pork belly, however it comes, is the non-negotiable.

In moving to your quieter side of town, another 5-minute walk into the city leads you to Leigh Street, thus letting you witness and dine at Shōbōsho. With fire-blackened timber walls set the scene at this hotspot where flame is in its element. Enjoy the show and grab a seat at the bar to watch umami-glazed proteins and share plates emerge from the smoke-wreathed yakitori pit. For a quick and easy fix, head adjacent to Shōmen to enjoy a bowl of hearty ramen with bacon bone broth from the same kitchen.

A quick bus trip towards Hutt St and East terrace sends you to the one true love every Australian has, Wine. Looking for timeless classics from Barolo to a vintage Australian Shiraz? After a long day at the office nothing feels better than sitting down with a nice glass of Wine to cap the evening. At East End Cellars you’ll find their 15,000 strong collection that stands head and shoulders above the competition, even in a city known for far-reaching wine lists. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, the knowledgeable staff can point you in the right direction or pour you something from the more manageable selection available by the glass.

Turning to the fine culture of Italy, Spot welcomes you to Fugazzi. While just being in front of Shōbōsho, the restaurant at the intersection of rich Italian flavours, a lavish New York-style setting and a distinctly Adelaidean hospitality, resulting in a relaxed approach to refined produce. The décor is its own delicious offering, with lofty ceilings, cushy banquette seating and, crowning the bar, a large decorum of cream-veined marble rich merlot tones.