Brooklyn Boy Bagels closing

Matraville's hip-hopping Brooklyn Boy Bagels bakery-cafe is closing its doors. With a portrait of Biggie Smalls, a 1940s cash register and bumping bagels, it waved the food flag for the low-key suburb. "Our last service is Sunday, February 7, the day before the Super Bowl; very un-American of me," says BBB's US-born owner, Michael Shafran. Brooklyn Boy will swap Matraville for Marrickville, where Shafran has nabbed a factory space.

The long-term plan is to open to the public there on weekends, but for now Sydneysiders will have to source the bagels from farmers' markets and retail stockists. "Our current bakery is being demolished to make way for a mixed-use development," Shafran says.