The UPPside European Restaurant and Wine Bar

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The UPPside European Restaurant & Wine Bar

Farm fresh, paddock to plate, local farms and suppliers.

Locals Supporting Locals Showcasing Local

Caity and Christian Uppill met 20 years ago whilst working in the hospitality industry, leading them to
own and operate an Italian Restaurant in Hampstead Gardens, Adelaide.
Growing and expanding upon their experiences, they now bring you
The UPPside (name play on their surname, Uppill).

Transporting you to Europe and bringing to your table some of the best cuisine
that the continent has to offer, utilising fresh produce grown on site, at their family farm
and Clare Valley suppliers.

Christian grew up in Clare where he completed his apprenticeship as a Qualified Chef.
He now showcases 30 years of culinary experience, where he developed a passion for
European food and a love for hand-made, home-grown produce.
His menu is based around this and features seasonal changes.

Caity has a passion and love for wine. Caity's love grew from when she indulged in a glass
of wine as Christian cooked her dinner throughout the years.
Caity has selected only local wines that pair perfectly with the menu, so you too can now have
a glass of wine as Christian cooks dinner for you.

Sustainable Practices

Leading the way since 2017

2017 Christian and Caity with a love for European food and culture opened up a small Italian restaurant in Hampstead Gardens, Adelaide. As part of this culinary journey Christian, drawing on his mums love for growing fresh produce wanted this as a feature of the restaurant. Christian grew up in the Clare Valley where his parents still live, and they started their own bio dynamic hobby farm for their restaurant. This was the beginning of their sustainable journey.


Fast forward to October 2021 where Christian and Caity purchased some land and a building in the small township of Penwortham, Clare Valley and opened their second restaurant, The UPPside European Restaurant and Wine Bar. This was ideal to carry on their sustainability journey, not only do they still use the family farm but now grow fresh produce onsite along with a number of composting practices including cooked and raw food composting, worm farming, coffee grind composting, using pot ash from the fireplace, using an environmental cycle system to repurpose grey water for certain plants and natives, installation of solar power and of course enviro-friendly packaging including SA's very own fully compostable coffee cups. They also use local eco and enviro-friendly suppliers/producers.

Since their journey began a number of other businesses in the region now follow
along the sustainable footpath. To a stronger and healthier future.