New York Magazine says Adelaide is better than Sydney - Adelaide Now

Bistro Dom, Waymouth Street, Adelaide. Source: News Limited

The city of churches is revamping its image with a new ad featuring DJ Minx.

A new television commercial promoting the Barossa Valley as Australia's premier food and wine destination was launched today.

TOURISTS should bypass Sydney for a stay in Adelaide, according to New York Magazine.

New restaurant Peel St and Bistro Dom in Waymouth St get special mentions in the travel article, titled 'Adelaide Instead of Sydney'.

It says Clarion Hotel Soho in Flinders St has "elegant touches" and also recommends Annie's Place on Franklin St and North Adelaide's Fire Station Inn.

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The warm praise from across the Pacific comes as Lonely Planet named Adelaide one of the top 10 cities in the world.

"Now that recently revised liquor laws have made it easier for small venues to obtain licenses, the city has seen a boom in boutique bars," Alexa Tsoulis-Reay wrote in the New York Magazine piece.

"Once known as a city of serial killers and churches, Adelaide is now jokingly referred to as Australia's answer to Portland.

"Like its eastern cousin Sydney, Adelaide has eclectic cuisine, idyllic beaches, shiraz wineries, and kangaroo spotting galore - but with a fraction of the tourists and for a whole lot cheaper."

Bartender extraordinaire Shaun Pattinson, who recently closed Adelaide's top cocktail bar Cushdy, provided his top drink tips for the article.

They were Grapple Cooler from Gouger St's Loft Oyster and Wine Bar, the Break Fast Fizz from Casablabla, "the United Nations of bars" on Leigh St, and home-bottled punch from "funky gem" Four Doors Plus One on Hindley St.

The article says "Sydney's excursions have nothing on (Adelaide's) side trips" to Wilpena Pound, the Barossa Valley, Maslin Beach, Port Willunga and Kangaroo Island.

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