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SERVING ACES

82 FOOD NEEDS IMPROVING, SERVICE IS TERRIFIC.

A confession. When a colleague suggested I review Ozone — the Taranakivia-London coffee roaster’s newish all-day eatery in Grey Lynn’s Westmoreland Precinct — I didn’t really take them seriously. I just thought it was a cafe that served wood-fired pizza at night. Good for the kids but not a fully-fledged local. Then I had a look at the menu, and saw that they had handmade linguine with tuatua and nduja, and

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