Happy Birthday Danks Street Depot

Tonight, Danks Street Depot, celebrates its fifth birthday. The popular café, situated amidst Waterloo’s warehouses and galleries, is holding a party for regular customers, staff and media personal.

The birthday party is coinciding with the launch of Jared Ingersoll’s, head chef and owner, second recipe book, Sharing Plates.

Cocktails and canapés, which feature in his new book, will be served at the function. This will include pear martinis and rhubarb mojitos and BBQ cuttlefish, hasslebacks with Charleston Brie and doughnuts with hot chocolate.

This year Jared is embarking upon a new philosophy. Instead of importing ingredients from overseas he will, where possible, only use local produce that is generated using environmental and sustainable friendly practices. “Why look elsewhere when Australia grows beautiful, quality produce,” Jared says. “I think it’s important to support our farmers, especially at this difficult time of drought.”

Since the opening of Danks Street Depot, Jared has extended the restaurant to seat 80 people. Tonight it will hold 200-300 non-sitting guests. Jared will give a speech detailing his philosophy and, for this reason, the changes to the regular food and wine menu.

Jared is still amazed at the success of his business because of its odd location. The restaurant backs onto the public housing apartments of Redfern, neighbours a retirement home and sits directly opposite Hillsong Church. He owes it to, “the fact that there was obviously a market for a place that serves good food in this area. If it’s good, people will come."

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