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    Bloody Awesome: Four Pillars Is Bringing Back Its Bloody Shiraz Gin for 2024 for Its Ninth Vintage

    Made with Yarra Valley and Faraday shiraz grapes, and best served in a G&T, this cult-favourite tipple is a winter tradition.

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    Coming Soon: Celebrity Chef Luke Mangan Is Returning to Melbourne with His New French Restaurant Bistrot Bisou

    This new French eatery is slated to open in an oft-forgotten corner of the CBD this June.

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    OUR HOUSE Is Back for 2024 with Two Huge Months of Luxe Dining, Art Installations and Live Music

    This year's massive program stars Sydney and Melbourne talent, from top musicians and artists, to hospitality giants and more.

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    Sydney Is Getting a Pop-Up Winter Wonderland with Private Igloos Serving Raclette and Mulled Wine

    Round up the crew, book an igloo and transport yourselves to the French Alps with one of these cheesy feasts.

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    Now Open: Northshore Brisbane Has Scored an Airy New Riverside Eatery in Riva Kitchen & Events

    The team behind The Garden Room in Roma Street Parklands is now serving up tiramisu overnight oats, truffled scrambled eggs and angus rib-eyes in Hamilton.

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    Coming Soon: The Gambaro Group's New Black Hide Steak and Seafood Will Be Perched by the River at Queen's Wharf

    The Treasury's steakhouse is moving to bigger digs, seating 240 people as part of The Terrace at the Brisbane CBD's soon-to-open new precinct.

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    Coming Soon: Andrew McConnell Isn't Just Bringing Supernormal to Brisbane — He's Also Opening Bar Miette

    The European-inspired terrace bar will sit above Supernormal, serving up everything from breakfast to cocktails — and Brisbane River and Story Bridge views.

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    Where to Find Victoria's Best Vanilla Slices

    Mille-feuille, snot-blocks, slices of heaven — here's where to find all the best vanilla slices Victoria has to offer.

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    Where to Find the Best Yum Cha in Sydney

    It's a truth universally acknowledged that it is impossible to leave yum cha feeling hungry.

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    Where to Eat Yum Cha in Melbourne When You're Feeling Like a Bottomless Pit

    It's a truth universally acknowledged that it is impossible to leave yum cha feeling hungry.

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    Coming Soon: The Brass Monkey Is the CBD's New Basement Bar Celebrating Victorian Produce

    The underground bar's wine list, cocktails and food offerings champion produce from all around Victoria.

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    Now Open: William Angliss Students Are Slinging $3.60 Coffees From a Vintage Tram in the CBD

    Score one of Melbourne's cheapest coffees from budding baristas and pastries from chefs in training.

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    Now Open: Longrain Is Serving Reimagined Menu Favourites at Its New Takeaway Canteen in the City

    Make a move – Longrain Canteen is here for a good time, not a long time.

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    Huge News: Tetsuya's Is Shutting Its Doors This Winter After Nearly Four Decades of Service on Kent Street

    Sydneysiders will have until July to indulge in the CBD institution's Japanese fine-dining experience before it shuts its doors.

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    Nail That Crucial Third Date with These Memorable Date Night Spots in the CBD

    Because there's nothing like a mariachi band to bring a couple closer.

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    The Best Coffee Shops in Sydney's CBD

    Seek out these Sydney CBD coffee spots for a top-notch pre-work caffeine hit.

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    Now Open: Uncle Don Has Expanded Its Donburi Empire with a New Eatery at Woolloongabba's South City Square

    Already slinging Japanese rice bowls in Paddington and West End, this chain has brought 20-plus variations of the dish to its biggest venue yet.

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    KFC Is Opening a Two-Day-Only Crispery Where Everything Is Double-Breaded and Fried — Including Cheesecake and PB&Js

    This Sydney pop-up will give desserts, sandwiches, broccolini and asparagus the KFC treatment — and it's slinging free burgers, too.

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    The 20 Best (and Cosiest) Bars and Pubs with Fireplaces in Melbourne for 2024

    Melbourne's infamous chill has set in, so warm up over fireside beers and comforting bowls of pasta.

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    The 21 Best Cheap Eats in Melbourne for Under $20

    You'll find big bowls of ramen, towering Korean sandwiches, chicken parma deals and big cheesy pizza slices at Melbourne's best cheap-eat haunts.

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    Now Open: Fior Is Gymea's New Modern Italian Restaurant from the Crew Behind Jane and Arthur

    Fior is the Sutherland Shire's new Italian-Australian restaurant with a share-focused menu, sophisticated fitout and roving gelato cart.

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    The Best Mexican Restaurants in Sydney

    Head to Sydney's top Mexican restaurants for seriously good tacos and tamales, rare mezcals and many, many margaritas.

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    Now Open: Wagyu Tasting Boards and Booths with Floor-to-Ceiling Curtains Await at Fatcow on James Street

    Also on offer at the relocated steakhouse: gold-wrapped steaks, caviar, lobster and ten types of cheese for dessert.

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    Postponed: Matt Whiley's Sustainability-Forward Cocktail Bar Re Won't Reopen Until Later in May

    This boundary-pushing cocktail bar will be reopening its doors later than expected, following last-minute delays ahead of moving to The Norfolk Hotel.

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    Now Open: Longwang Is Serving Up Modern-Asian Dishes in a CBD Spot That Was Previously a Void Between Buildings

    It might measure just three metres in width, but this Edward Street newcomer also boasts a rooftop bar and a cocktail lounge.

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    Now Open: Brighton Hotel Is Back with a New Beer Garden and Bistro After a Five-Month Renovation

    The northside pub 20 minutes from Brisbane is also a motel, and its rooms have had a makeover as well.

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    Coming Soon: The Bat and Ball Hotel Is Reopening This Winter with Five Hospitality Heavyweights at the Helm

    This Redfern stalwart is set to return in mid-2024, with talent ranging from Enmore Country Club and DOOM Juice to The Sunshine Inn breathing new life into the space.

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    Coming Soon: Thai Dining Institution Longrain Is Opening a Pop-Up Lunch Spot in the CBD

    Score grab-and-go lunches and Thai pantry items at Longrain Canteen on Little Collins Street until the start of spring.

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    The 20 Best Pubs in Sydney

    Looking for a new local? This selection of classic boozers and more contemporary gastropubs will suit all beer and parma enthusiasts.

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    Coming Soon: Acclaimed Chef Chase Kojima Is Opening Japanese-Brazilian Restaurant Tokyo Samba in Sydney's West

    Bankstown is set to score a new halal addition to West Terrace with the arrival of this Japanese steakhouse with a Brazilian spin.

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    The 21 Best Restaurants in Melbourne

    From high-flying fine-diners in the CBD to tried-and-true neighbourhood haunts — these are the Melbourne restaurants we'd recommend to a friend (you, dear reader).

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    Coming Soon: Sbagliata Is Portside's New Italian Restaurant From the Chef Behind Ramona Trattoria

    The 120-seater eatery will set up shop next to seafood spot Fosh — and feature an open kitchen with its own pasta room.

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    Now Open: You'll Find Thornbury's 14-Seat Restaurant p r o v a Through the Back Door of an Italian Grocer

    Come Friday and Saturday evenings, Pastificio Sandro transforms from an Italian grocer specialising in fresh pasta into a hidden restaurant.

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    Now Open: Tawooq Is Slinging Loaded Lebanese Sangas and Wraps in Brunswick East — All for Under $15

    There are just nine items on the menu, but you've only got to master a few to become a true food destination in Melbourne.

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    Now Open: Chin Chin's One-Year Pop-Up Restaurant Is Feeding Footy Fans and Geelong Locals at Kardinia Park

    Club Chin Chin is serving up a stack of menu favourites alongside a few new dishes exclusive to the Geelong outpost.

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    Secolo Balmain Is Shutting Its Doors This Month — But the Crew Will Open Two New CBD Spots This Year

    While the time has come to bid arrivederci to this Italian gem in Balmain, you'll soon be saying ciao to a retro trattoria and a sambo-slinging joint in the CBD.

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    Messina Will Give You a Free Scoop of Vanilla Slice-Inspired Gelato Today If You Have Snapchat on Your Phone

    The limited-edition Oh Snap! flavour features vanilla custard gelato, passionfruit puree and caramelised puff pastry pieces.

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    Now Open: Emme Is the New Woodfired Eatery That's Taken Over Spoon Deli Cafe's Old James Street Digs

    Breakfast, brunch and lunch here — and soon dinner — means enjoying a Jordanian- and Moroccan-inspired menu across from James St Market.

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    Now Open: Astro Is the New Barangaroo Restaurant That's Fusing Tokyo's Izakayas with Seoul's BBQ Joints

    Now open in SOOT's former digs, this new Asian restaurant is Matkim's cooler, younger sibling venue, starring a laidback approach to Japanese cuisine and groovy 80s tunes.

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    Two Sydney Cocktail Bars Have Been Named Among the World's Best in The Pinnacle Guide's First-Ever Picks

    El Primo Sanchez and Maybe Sammy are the only Australian bars to make the initial picks from this new bar recognition system, which gives pins — not stars — to top watering holes.

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    The 18 Best Bottomless Brunches in Melbourne

    Swap your muesli for a mimosa and your coffee pot for endless flutes of champagne at these outstanding bottomless brunch spots in Melbourne.

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    Now Open: Handpick Your Own Cuts of Wagyu Before Firing Them Up at the CBD's New Korean BBQ Joint Woo399

    Pick your meat from the fridge, pay at the counter and then cook up your own highly personalised KBBQ feast.

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