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    The Little Beer Brand That Could: Young Henrys Celebrates Ten Years With (What Else) a Beer

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    We're Giving Away $1000 to Spend on Your Ultimate Long Weekend

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    Regional Flavours Is Bringing Its Three-Day Food and Booze Festival Back to South Bank This Autumn

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    Melbourne's New Nordic-Inspired Diner Will Boast Two Chefs From a Michelin Starred Restaurant

    From June, Freyja will bring an expert taste of new Nordic fare to Collins Street's heritage-listed Olderfleet building.

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    The Sydney Collective's New Waterfront French Restaurant Whalebridge Is Arriving in Circular Quay Later This Month

    Circular Quay's latest venue will serve up French eats and harbour views with a former St John and Restaurant Hubert chef in the kitchen.

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    Parlar Is Potts Point's Catalan-Inspired Fine Diner with a Focus on Tapas and Shared Plates

    Owner Andrew Becher has opened the restaurant and bar next door to his popular French brasserie, Franca.

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    Gelatissimo Wants to Pay You $500 to Spend a Morning Taste-Testing New Gelato Flavours

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    Beloved Turkish Restaurant Stanbuli Is Closing This Month After More Than Six Years on Enmore Road

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    McDonald's Is Dishing Up 350,000 50-Cent Cheeseburgers for One Day Only

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    The Minds Behind Beloved Lockdown Pop-Up Parco Have Opened a Ramen Bar in Moonee Ponds

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    Now Open: Stratton Bar & Kitchen Is Newstead's New Industrial-Style Hangout Inside Two WWII Hangars

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    Now Open: Blackwood Bondi Is the Eastern Suburbs' New All-Day Dining and Aperitivo Venue

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    Coming Soon: Topiko's Is Bondi's New Greek Restaurant and Bar from the Team Behind The Dolphin Hotel

    Seating over 200 people, this expansive venue will serve up meze, souvlaki, gyros and glasses of baklava old fashioned from midday to midnight.

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    Taiwanese Bubble Tea Giant Milksha Is Finally Opening Its First Brisbane Store

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    Four Pillars Has Just Added a Yuzu Gin to Its Range — So There's Another Bottle for Your Shrine

    After dabbling with yuzu before, the Australian distillery has created a standalone new tipple — and it's made with yuzu grown up the road from its Healesville base.

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    Messina Is Bringing Back Its Super-Sticky Bake-at-Home Hot Cross Bun Scrolls for Easter

    It comes filled with choc chips and vanilla custard, and topped with cinnamon malt caramel — or you can grab a giant Messina Easter egg packed with sweet treats.

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    I Went to the Luxe 11-Course KFC Degustation Dinner — Here's What Happened

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    Piccolina Has Unveiled Its New Hawthorn Flagship Gelateria

    Drop by for signature scoops of all-natural gelato — and have a crack at the Better Than Nutella sauce fountain while you're there.

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    Papa Pasta Is Wentworth Point's New Halal Italian Eatery from Three Ex-Merivale Chefs

    The 100% halal restaurant is now serving up hefty portions of truffle mac and cheese and pappardelle lamb shank inside Marina Square.

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    Din Tai Fung Is Now Serving Up Hot Cross Bao Filled with Molten Nutella

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    Now Open: Haidilao Has Opened a New 200-Seat Hot Pot Restaurant in Darling Square

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    First Look: Barlow Is the Luxe Speakeasy Tucked Within the New-Look Continental Sorrento

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    Dan Murphy's Has Just Opened Its First Bar in Melbourne — and It Doesn't Serve Alcohol

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    Hawke's Brewing Co Is Opening The Bob Hawke Beer and Leisure Centre in Marrickville This Week

    Opening Thursday, the venue will hark back to pubs of the 1980s and serve an Australian-Chinese bistro menu with deep-fried Viennetta.

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    The Hinchcliff House Team's New Venue Bar Mammoni Is Tucked Away in Circular Quay Laneway

    The small walk-in-only bar promises to be both your first and last stop of the day, serving up coffee, snacks and cocktails.

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    Orazio D'Elia Is Reopening His Beloved Italian Restaurant Da Orazio with a New Accompanying Bar in Bondi

    The red door and the rotisserie porchetta are back, alongside a reinvented pizza menu and a fresh new fit-out.

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    Chase Kojima Is Now Serving Up a 20-Course Omakase Experience with a Sake Flight on the Gold Coast

    The acclaimed chef's Kiyomi, at The Star Gold Coast, is heroing Queensland produce across its new menu offering — and only dishes up its 20-course feast to eight diners a night.

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    KaiKai Chicken Is Opening a Second All-You-Can-Eat Korean Fried Chicken Joint in Brisbane's South

    You'll soon have a second spot to feast on all the fried chook pieces you can handle — and bottomless booze, too.

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    Chase Kojima's Revamped 21-Course Omakase Experience Shines at Sokyo at The Star

    This modern chef's table-style menu at Soyko is a much-welcome addition to Sydney's omakase boom.

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    Paniyiri Is Returning in 2022 with a Full Two-Day Celebration of Greek Food, Booze and Culture

    After two pandemic-interrupted years, Paniyiri will return to its usual two-day setup in Musgrave Park — an abundance of loukoumades, souvlaki and haloumi included.

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    Six Reasons This Bayside Suburb's Hospitality Scene Is Booming

    It's not just the beach that's calling hospitality operators to this seaside region. It's culture, nature and opportunity.

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    Stranded Is Winn Lane's Soon-to-Open New Punk-Inspired Cocktail Bar From The Zoo Crew

    Named after The Saints' '(I'm) Stranded', this mezcal-heavy, rock and punk memorabilia-filled newcomer will open its doors in April.

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    Table Wines and Park Pét-Nats: Here's What Concrete Playground's Editors Are Drinking Right Now

    Looking for the ideal sip? Here at CP, we drink a lot of grape juice — so whether you like your wine clean and crisp or fun and funky, this list is a good place to start.

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    US Burger Chain Five Guys Is Opening Its Second Sydney Store in George Street

    The cult-favourite brand will finally start slinging its burgers, shakes and fries in the Sydney CBD in mid-2022.

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    Redfern Neighbourhood Pub The Woolpack Has Been Revamped with a New Menu from Ricos Tacos' Toby Wilson

    Toby Wilson has reinvented a heap of nostalgic pub classics for the new-look Woolpack menu.

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    Now Open: Chase Kojima's Ramen Omakase Restaurant Is Serving Up a Seven-Course Set Menu in Chatswood

    Kojima has created four signature bowls of ramen featuring 12-hour pork broth, spicy miso butter and rare smoked duck, all served across a 90-minute dining experience.

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