Katie Ukleja

It might sound industrial, but the etsy force is strong in this new addition to the growing dining scene in Dulwich Hill. The quaint, DIY feel at the Sausage Factory is the result of a genuine neighbourly disposition created by its cheerful proprietors Jim and Chrissy Flanagan, the latter the titular snag queen of her own small batch sausage-making business, Chrissy's Cuts. Yep, that hand-made vibe you’re getting is because practically everything here is, from the tableware and the furniture to the pickles and snags. Chrissy proudly tells us that the plates were made by her friend Stacey’s mum as she hands them to us around the table. She also tells us that a local artist, Benedict Maurice, was originally commissioned to make a bench for the venue and ended up insisting on designing and producing all the interiors. The result is a feeling that’s somewhere between Old Paris and a lumberjack’s saloon, but it never strays into cheesy territory. Oz pub rock and 60s girl groups provide the informal soundtrack to a comfort dinner. Of course the main event is the sausages, which are made with free range meat – no mystery cuts or extra fat. You can order them individually – they come with a trio of pickles and two side sauces – and you can add a radicchio, cauliflower, hazelnut and prune salad to round it out to a meal. But better value is in the ‘dinner for two’, which offers five different snags with all the fixings as well as sourdough, cultured butter and one of three salads. It'