Laura Dawson
Laura is a Brisbane national living in Melbourne. She loves spicy food and spicier drinks. Favourite things: the sound of rain, a small dachshund, a good book.
73 Chapel Street, Windsor
There's no doubt that Borsch is a stalwart, and a damn fine one at that.
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9 Carlisle Street, St Kilda
This St Kilda cafe's been doing this thing for a long time.
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306 St Kilda Road, St Kilda
Recently refurbished, The Post is now a pretty schmick St Kilda gastropub.
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30-32 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
A Gertrude Street dive with a point of difference: their Bloody Marys.
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116 Errol Street, North Melbourne
The quintessential modern Italian neighbourhood cafe North Melbourne never knew it needed.
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The guys at The Rum Diary know all about the good life. They show us five ways we can get to it.
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