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Event
Gluten-Free Expo

Sat, 5 Oct - Sun, 6 Oct 2024
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf

The Convention and Exhibition Centre will be filled with heaps of food stalls for two days — and everything will be gluten-free.

Buy Tickets

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Bar
The Paddington

380 Oxford Street, Paddington

The Oxford Street pub has all the Merivale calling cards: great food, consistent service and constant flow of thirsty patrons.

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Restaurant
Aunty Peg's

200 Wellington Street, Collingwood

Get to know your cup of joe at Proud Mary's roastery and educational coffee bar.

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Restaurant
Supernormal

180 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Lobster rolls and karaoke, together at last.

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Restaurant
Proud Mary

172 Oxford Street, Collingwood

A Collingwood coffee institution.

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Restaurant
Higher Ground

650 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

The mammoth CBD cafe was an instant classic and remains a beauty.

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Restaurant
St Ali

12-18 Yarra Place, South Melbourne

Melbourne's original cult-status cafe.

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Restaurant
Cecconi's

61 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Top-notch Italian food. Essential Melbourne dining.

Book a Table

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Restaurant
The Cornish Arms Hotel

163A Sydney Road, Brunswick

A multi-level pub with a rooftop bar serving all types of goodness day and night.

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Restaurant
Trattoria Emilia

360 Little Collins Street, Melbourne

A real Italian joint doing a mean ragu.

Book a Table

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Restaurant
Sunset Sabi

28 Pittwater Road, Manly

Watch the sun go down with some killer sushi rolls at one of the best places to eat Japanese food in Sydney.

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Bar
Stokehouse

30 Jacka Boulevard, St Kilda

After a devastating fire, St Kilda's Stokehouse has made its comeback — and it's here to stay.

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Restaurant
Sister of Soul

73 Acland Street, St Kilda

St Kilda's most soulful vego eatery.

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Bar
XOPP

Mezzanine Level, The Exchange, Darling Square, 1 Little Pier Street, Haymarket

The Golden Century team's Darling Square restaurant is a homage to its famed pipis in XO dish.

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Restaurant
Two Chaps

122 Chapel Street, Marrickville

This Marrickville haunt serves up exciting breakfast fare by day and vegetarian pasta by night.

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Guide
The Best Places to Buy Next-Level Cheese in Melbourne

These spots see your cheese dreams and raise you with toasties, coffee and wine for a very gouda grocery trip.

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Restaurant
Code Black Coffee

15-17 Weston Street, Brunswick

With freshly roasted coffee beans you can’t go wrong, but it's the food menu is where this Brunswick roasting house goes oh-so-right.

Book a Table

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Restaurant
Cafe Di Stasio

31 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda

Here, expect the upper echelons of elegance, service and rich Italian food.

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Restaurant
Wholegreen Bakery CBD

257 Clarence Street, Sydney

The CBD outpost of Waverley's beloved 100-percent gluten-free bakery has bigger digs and a bigger menu.

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News
Buses Will Replace Trains on Some of Melbourne's Train Lines Again This Autumn

Parts of the rail network will be closed throughout March, April and May in a massive construction blitz.

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