A Food and Entertainment Circuit. An evening enjoying eats and entertainment on Albert Street as part of Restaurant Month.

Supported by Activate Auckland and City Rail Link

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Beeing Grateful

Griffiths Gardens

Corner Wellesley Street & Mayoral Drive

Free food and entertainment from 6-9pm

A free meal of Pumpkin Soup will be served along with fried Māori bread and organic honey between 6-7.30pm, followed by lovely cake at 8pm. The Auckland Street Choir will be blessing Griffiths Gardens with song and hundreds of pumpkin seedlings will be given away throughout the evening, providing food for a bee before it will be transformed into food for people. This meal and celebration of life is a collaboration between the For the Love of Bees, Everybody Eats, the Auckland Street Choir, Kai Auckland, Love Food Hate Waste, Beezthingz, using the Carbon Cycle, an artwork by Amanda Yates.

Taste of Thai

Grasshopper Thai Restaurant

Stamford Plaza 22 Albert Street

Performances between 7.45pm & 9pm

Dine on delicious Thai food accompanied by traditional Thai dance performances.

Bloomin' Delicious

Roma Blooms Florist

From 6-9pm, 93 Albert Street

Meet at the table and enjoy an edible floral event for adventurous foodies. Lara Cheadle will delight with edible flowers, table settings and a living sculpture in the window.

The Italian Affair

Da Vinci’s Restaurant

7pm, 7.45pm & 8pm only, 87 Albert Street

Enjoy fine Italian food and delight in opera from the balcony of Da Vinci’s restaurant. Be wooed by arias from Soprano Natasha Wilson, who has the support of the 'Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation' and is a recipient of the Dame Malvina Major Foundation scholarship to Italy. It is such a joyful, memorable experience to listen to Natasha sharing her love of classical and modern opera and musical theatre.

Hot Drinks & Cool Music

Little Albert Coffee

All evening long from 6 - 9pm, 87-89 Albert Street

Warm up with free hot drinks and cool tunes throughout the evening.

Taste of Thai

Mai Thai

57 Victoria St West, corner Albert Street

Performances between 6pm - 7.15pm

Tantalise your tastebuds with delicious Thai food and enjoy traditional Thai dance.

Shimmy & Shakespeare

The Shakespeare Hotel and Brewery

61 Albert Street

DJ from 6pm

Performances at 6.50, 7.10 & 8.20pm

Live rock n roll at 7.15pm

Dr. Sketchy from 6 - 9pm

Eat, drink and be merry at the Shakespeare Hotel and Brewery! Try one of the brewery’s expertly crafted beers that are brewed on site, sink your teeth into their famous steaks or burgers and be entertained all evening long. Take in an all-vinyl rare rock’n’roll DJ set from the House of Bamboo, performances by Kiki Kisses, Amourous Ava and Miss Kitty Rose, live rock n roll from the Recliner Rockers and an anti-art school alt drawing class from Dr Sketchy featuring MC Mark Rous and models Frankie Dots, Miss Charlotte Cake and Madam Rou!

Indonesian Peacock Dance

Food Alley

9 Albert Street

Performances between 6.30-8.30pm

Food Alley is celebrating 25 years! Established in 1992, Food Alley was Auckland's first dedicated Asian food hall and their mission has always been about offering the taste of authentic Asian food: Northern Thai, Malaysian, Indian, Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese as well as two bars to satisfy thirsty patrons. Niken Waloejo, a regular at Food Alley, will delight with her traditional Indonesian dance that she has performed since she was four. Tari Merak (Peacock Dance) is a modern-traditional dance from West Java.

Fakespeare and Friends

Fake Shakespeare and friends will show you the way around Albert Street and drop you off at event locations - served with a side of history.

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