Emily and Andrea Bonotto
Twenty years of feeding
this town
Andrea did his first sourdough course in 1999, but it was Lismore where he started baking properly. In 2010 he built a wood-fired oven on a trailer and took it around the district, which is more or less where the local pop-up and food truck scene started.
He grew up in a family of publicans and cooks, with a grandmother who ran the kitchen. The recipes here are hers and his, made with a sourdough culture and sustainable, locally grown flours. After Dirtys went under in the 2022 flood, Emily and Andrea opened up at the village shops in Goonellabah. This is the only place in Lismore doing traditional Italian pizza.
2006Arrived in Lismore and started cooking for the town
2010Il Carretto opens, and the wood-fired trailer hits the road
2017Dirtys Burger Bar and Craft Beer, lost to the 2022 flood
2022Village Cafes, then Village People Pizza in Goonellabah