Serving pizzas until 1am, this is a hospo hot spot for knockoffs but earlier in the day, loaded fries and crumbed chicken tenders and mozzarella sticks with pizza sauce, as well as Leonardo’s monster American-style pizzas – that come with a side of ranch sauce for dipping the crusts in – keeps all ages happy.

With its graffiti-clad walls, industrial fit-out and fast-casual service, this pan-Asian eatery is a haven for families chasing an affordable feed in fun surrounds. While the fare is complex, delicately nuanced and heavily layered with flavours for adults, it’s familiar and approachable enough for kids. Expect everything from fried chicken, spring rolls and baos to the 10-hour coconut braised beef where the bovine is simmered into sweet submission, suspended in a thick curry shining with spice and aromatics. Vegan, peanut-free and gluten-free menus are also available.

Cherry-red banquettes and curved-back chairs wait to hug diners through long lunches and stretching suppers at this elegant yet approachable Italian favourite. Chef/owner Tony Percuoco’s menu showcases the food of his home town of Naples, meaning terrific red and white-based pizzas fly out of the wood-fired oven with the dough taken to bubbly, charred brilliance under classic toppings of top-notch ingredients. The rest of the menu covers classic appetisers, entrees, mains and desserts, all built around the freshest ingredients of the season treated humbly and with care. 1000 Ann St, Fortitude Valley; tartufo.com.au.

This fairytale cottage in the back blocks of McLaren Vale also happens to turn out some of the best wood-oven pizzas you will find anywhere. Even better, once the kids have filled up on their margherita and chocolate gelato, they can run wild on the huge expanse of lawn at the front, where there is plenty of room for footy or cricket.