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Joe's, 133 Main Street, McLaren Vale (2026)

14/09/2026

LOCALS NIGHT #77
Wednesday 16th September
ZUCCHINI & JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE SUGO

This one is credit to Alice.

Every week we throw ideas around for Locals Night. What’s in the fridge, what’s in season. Some are good, some are fu***ng terrible. And then Alice came at me with zucchini and Jerusalem artichoke sugo.

Alright Alice.

You win.

Get in the bowl.

Alice and I have developed a fairly mature and sophisticated way of communicating in the kitchen

“No, you get in the bowl.”

“No. YOU get in the bowl.”

And apparently we’ve now reached the point where the vegetables are involved too.

Jerusalem artichoke - a weird little knobby vegetable that looks like a weird growth everyone turns their nose up at and screams ‘what the f**k is that’

We’re cooking it down into a proper sugo with its long skinny mate Zucchini, throw in some confit garlic because honestly, everyone wants to know where and how you got garlic breath that fills the office break room 2 days later. Saucy juicy tomatoes and whatever herbs we can get our hands on. It’s rich, savoury, glossy, silky, garlicky and a little earthy. Exactly how we like it.

Leave her, she’s happy.

Ye yeah you meat freaks - add ya sausage, salty anchovies and truffle for something a little extra

Get all the sides while you’re at it. We’re goin all out on Wednesday.

Alice had the idea.

The vegetables put up a fight.

You get in the bowl.

Wednesday 16th September
from 5pm
$20
FREE BYO
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

133 Main Road, McLaren Vale
8323 8270
joesatsabella.com

Come hungry, leave late

10/09/2026

Our very first Mexican menu at Joes has had a bloody good run.

It’s the menu that started with the dishes you took a chance on, came back for and now refuse to share.

But the seasons are changing.

And our menu is about to change with them.

New produce, new ideas and fresh reasons to come hungry.

Try the dish you’ve been eyeing off. Order your favourite one more time. Because not everything is coming with us into the new season.

Come hungry, leave late

07/09/2026

LOCALS NIGHT #76
Wednesday 9th September
SWEET POTATO PASTA

Alright, this Wednesday I’ve got a good one for you. Carbs on carbs. It’s Wednesday and you come every week so why not load up on it all.

Creamy sweet potato pasta.

Roasted sweet potato, garlic, cream and parmesan all worked into this silky, slightly sweet, ridiculously savoury sauce.

Served on hot rigatoni pasta.

More parmesan goes on.

Eh what the heck, you can go to the gym next week to work off that winter warmer. It’s Wednesday and we’re going to Joe’s.

It’s creamy without being stupidly heavy. Sweet without being sweet. Salty, garlicky, cheesy and very hard to stop eating once you’ve started.

And because spring has finally shown its face, you can come out of hibernation, bring that extra bottle and make a proper night of it.

We know who we’re dealing with.

Yes I’m sorry I forgot to add this in last week - ALWAYS gluten free options, vegan options you know I’ve got your back

Add sausage.
Add truffle.
Add anchovies.

And while you’re making questionable Wednesday-night financial decisions…

All the sides available also. You know the drill

That’s Locals Night.

Nothing needs to be complicated.

A bloody good bowl of pasta.
A bottle from home.
A table full of whoever you feel like spending Wednesday with.

And no cooking.

$20.

See you Wednesday.

Wednesday 9th September
from 5pm
$20
FREE BYO
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

133 Main Road, McLaren Vale
8323 8270
joesatsabella.com

31/08/2026

LOCALS NIGHT #75
Wednesday 2nd September
Pasta All'Arrabbiata

This Wednesday we're turning up the heat.

Tomato cooked down until it’s rich and glossy. Plenty of garlic. A good hit of chilli. Salty little capers thrown through the lot.

Do we really need to add anymore?

Simple ingredients with a bit of fu***ng attitude.

Because Arrabbiata means “angry” in Italian.

And we can get behind that.

Not completely 'lose your s**t angry'.

More like someone just took the car park you were clearly waiting for.

Your phone battery is on 3%.

You’ve been on hold for 47 minutes and then the call drops.

You opened the fridge and someone put the empty milk bottle back in there.

Your ex reaches out again after all the progress you've made. 🖕🏼

That sort of angry.

The kind you probably shouldn’t take out on another human being.

So take it out on a bowl of pasta instead.

This one’s hot, garlicky, salty, a little fiery and absolutely covered in that rich red sauce that inevitably ends up somewhere on your shirt.

Exactly as it should.

And because anger management is always better with wine...

Free BYO

Bring a bottle.

Bring your favourite people.

Sit around the table, eat angry pasta, drink good wine and complain about whatever insignificant thing has pi**ed you off this week.

Buon cibo, buona compagnia.

Good food. Good company.

Because life might occasionally be a pain in the ass...

but dinner doesn’t have to be.

LOCALS NIGHT #75 — PASTA ALL’ARRABBIATA

Wednesday 2nd September — from 5pm

$20
FREE BYO
GF - YES always
Additions - Always.
What’s an angry pasta without a bit of sausage
Sides - Always. Crispy potatoes and a creamy Caesar.

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

133 Main Road, McLaren Vale
8323 8270
joesatsabella.com

29/08/2026

What’s better than that feeling of cracking open a new release wine from a winery you love.

This brand new 2025 feeling good ‘Red Wine’ from Ink Well has found its way to our shelves, into our glasses and judging by the look on Tara’s face, probably into the staff knock-offs too.

This beautifully structured red is a blend of everything delicious, with complexity and that mouth watering feel you get from a fresh drop. We know you know what we’re talking about.

It’s feeling good.

Tara’s pouring till we’ve got none bloody left.

🍷

24/08/2026

LOCALS NIGHT #74
Wednesday 26th August
CACIO E PEPE

This week we're keeping it simple.

Dangerously simple.

Three ingredients.

That's it.

Pasta. Pecorino Romano. Black Pepper.

Cacio e Pepe is one of those dishes that has absolutely nowhere to hide.

No lengthy list of ingredients that gives you a panic attack half way through woolies trying to find them all.

No twelve-hour ragu.

No secret family recipe locked in a vault somewhere outside Rome.

No mountain of ingredients all screaming for attention.

Just hot pasta, salty pecorino, cracked black pepper and enough pasta water to somehow turn the whole thing into a glossy, silky, cheesy little miracle.

The kind of pasta that makes you stop talking halfway through the first bite.

The Romans worked this s**t out centuries ago.

And, for once, we're not going to f**k with it.

We're going back to tradition this week.

Otherwise Nonna will appear out of nowhere and slap us clean across the face for interfering with a perfectly good thing.

Although, let's be honest.

Tradition left the building a long fu***ng time ago.

We're a Mexican restaurant serving Roman pasta on a Wednesday night in McLaren Vale.

Nobody's calling the authorities.

No elaborate story this week.

No vegetables pretending to be meat.

No earthquake-induced appreciation for carrots.

No Sasquatch smoking a ciggy.

Just really, really good pasta.

The sort of pasta that reminds you why some dishes survive for hundreds of years while others disappear faster than your mate's promise to "just have one drink."

Sometimes you don't need to reinvent anything.

You just need cheese, pepper, carbs and a bottle of wine you brought from home to share with people you actually like. Or don't we wont judge who your friends are.

Yes we have Gluten free options - we've kept that tradition
Yes we have vegan options

LOCALS NIGHT #74 — CACIO E PEPE

Still $20

FREE BYO

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

133 Main Road, McLaren Vale
8323 8270
joesatsabella.com

Come hungry, Leave late. Joe's has got you

16/08/2026

Locals Night #73
Wednesday 19th August
Veg Bolognese.

This Wednesday we’re doing Veg Bolognese — and it’s not pretending to be anything it’s not.

It’s rich. It’s slow-cooked. It’s deep, savoury, and built with that oomph bolognese should be.

We’ve got carrot, celery, zucchini, mushroom, tomato, onion, garlic, lentils — all cooked down until they collapse into one thick, glossy, ridiculously good sauce that clings to the pasta like it was always meant to be there.

Don't all you gents worry that It’s a “vegetarian option" week. It's not. If you don't like your veggies but still demand for a tiramisu each for the table ...

Add Italian sausage.
Add truffle.
Add anchovies.

Make it hearty.

The kind that makes you stop talking halfway through the first bite because you’re suddenly locked in a private relationship with your bowl.

And if you want to take it further,

No judgement. Just outcomes.

Charred potatoes and Caesar salad will shut you up.

Everything else this week is simple.

Good food. Good wine. Good people.

A reminder that sometimes the best thing on the table is what’s already on the table.

This week is hearty because its cold. Anyone else run away to Bali to get some well needed vitamin D this winter?

Wednesday 19th August

From 5pm

$20 · FREE BYO · BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

133 Main Road, McLaren Vale
8323 8270
joesatsabella.com

09/08/2026

Locals Night #72
Wednesday 12th August
Green Cream.

Ok ok ok let’s start with the important part for this weeks pasta.

This weeks pasta is fkn creamy.

Like properly, stupidly creamy. The kind of sauce that gets inside every little gap in the pasta and clings on for dear life. Broccoli, spinach, basil, parmesan and garlic cooked down into this thick, silky, violently green situation, finished with more parmesan until the whole thing becomes less “eat your vegetables” and more “maybe I’ll lick the bowl when no ones watching.” Do it. There's no judgement.

It’s rich.
It’s garlicky.
It’s cheesy.
It’s green as heck.

And somehow, despite containing everything green vegetable-wise to make your mum proud, it tastes absolutely nothing like self-improvement.

Which brings us to something we need to discuss.

Green food has been absolutely f**ked over by the wellness industry. A $14 green swamp water to make the 6 margaritas you had on Saturday become justifiable? Heck what is happening with society. Maybe ill make kiwi margs next. Thoughts?

This green deserves to be eaten with a bottle of wine on a Wednesday night without anyone mentioning antioxidants.

And because apparently we’re incapable of leaving anything alone:

Add sausage.
Add truffle.
Add anchovies.

Do one.

Do all three.

Create something deeply concerning.

And somewhere along the way Sassy wandered into this week's poster, lit a ciggy, looked at the Green Cream and delivered probably the most comprehensive review we're ever going to get:

“IT’S FKN MINT AY.”

Hard to argue with that.

$20
Free BYO
ALL THE SIDES and absolutely no green juice in sight.

Wednesday 12th August

from 5pm

Bookings essential.

133 Main Road, McLaren Vale
8323 8270
joesatsabella.com

02/08/2026

Locals Night #71
Wednesday 5th August
Pasta Alla Norma

Every restaurant has that one dish..

The one the owner orders after a fourteen-hour shift.

The one the chefs quietly hope people discover..

The one that never screams for attention... because it doesn't have to.

For Lilli, that's Pasta Alla Norma.

Which is awkward, because every time I tell someone it's my favourite they pull the same face.

"Eggplant?"

Yes.

Eggplant.

Not steak.

Not Lobster.

Just that one vegetable with the worst PR team in history.

It's spent years being the punchline of emojis and bad jokes when really all it ever wanted was to be loved, salted and enjoyed.

And honestly...

Same.

When you roast it until it's silky, let it melt into slow-cooked tomato, basil and parmesan, something happens. It stops being eggplant and starts being one of those dishes where the room goes quiet because everyone's too busy eating.

It's humble.

It's comforting.

It's proof that you don't need twenty ingredients and a bloke with tweezers to make incredible food.

I could eat this every week.

So if you've spent your whole life saying you don't like eggplant, this is your intervention.

If you already love it, congratulations you've got impeccable taste.

And if you're only coming because you saw an eggplant on the poster and thought this post was heading somewhere else...

Sorry to disappoint.

There is no big 🍆 energy here anymore.

Still $20.

Still Free BYO.

Yes GF option

Bookings are essential.

Come find out why this is Lilli's favourite.

You might leave with a new appreciation for eggplant.

Or at the very least, a full stomach and one less terrible decision.

Wednesday 5th August • From 5pm

133 Main Road, McLaren Vale

8323 8270

joesatsabella.com

31/07/2026

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