12 Dine with hospo royalty at a stately pub

It may look like a regular vintage pub from the outside but Tom McHugo’s Hobart Hotel (87 Macquarie Street; 03 6231 4916) is the hospitality crowd’s hangout of choice – and that’s how you know the food is going to be great. On any day the team from The Agrarian Kitchen may be at one table, indulging in confit rabbit with borlotti beans and tomatillo, while at another the crew from Our Mates’ Farm in the Huon Valley is tucking into smoked beef topside with corn and peppers.