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    Now Open: Preston's Bar Mexico Pairs Sipping Tequilas and Mezcals with Build-Your-Own Taco Feasts

    This two-storey bar is bringing big taco and tequila energy to the Preston end of High Street.

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    Now Open: The Sporting Globe x 4 Pines Is the New 1000-Person Brewpub in Surfers Paradise's Old Hard Rock Cafe

    Instead of a giant guitar, this Gold Coast spot now boasts a $6.5-million sports bar and microbrewery with 60-plus screens playing games from around the globe.

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    Now Open: You Can Play Free Pool and Tuck Into Med-Inspired Loaded Sangas at The Continental in Collingwood

    This is a takeaway joint at its heart, but you're more than welcome to stick around and play pool with other customers.

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    Now Open: Windsor Wine Room Is Bringing Laidback Sips and Creative Snacks to Chapel Street

    Keep it classic with a rosé matched with burrata and oysters, or get a bit more playful by pairing a natty number with octopus and nduja gnocchi.

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    Not-So-Sweet News: Sydney Favourite Donut Papi Is Closing After a Nine-Year Tenure

    Marrickville's crowd-favourite doughnut spot is bidding farewell — and to honour its nine-year-long service, it'll be bringing back its greatest hits.

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    Now Open: 170 Grammi Is the Roman-Style Pizzeria From the Via Napoli Crew That's Dishing Up Carbonara Pizza in Surry Hills

    Even when you're not in Rome, you can do as the Romans do thanks to the latest game-changing venue from Sydney's OG pizza pioneer.

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    Now Open (Again): Single O Has Extended Its Newstead Cafe and Added Coffee Flights to the Menu

    The Australian coffee roaster only launched its Brisbane base in 2023, complete with self-serve taps — and now it's nearly twice as big.

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    Coming Soon: Landers Pocket Is the New Brisbane Airport Precinct with a Brewery, Distillery and Beer Garden

    Green Beacon will oversee the booze side of things — and there'll also be an amphitheatre, second mini-golf course and padel tennis courts.

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    Coming Soon: Chris Lucas Is Bringing Two New Restaurants to Bourke Street's Billion-Dollar Office Tower in Spring 2026

    The "new-style Chinese" restaurant and "sophisticated Mediterranean" diner are slated to open in 2026.

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    Now Open: Drop by Brunetti Classico's New Coburg Concept Store for Cake Consultations and Takeaway Bites

    Either nab your favourite Brunetti torta to take home, or team up with a cake consultant to dream up your own delicious masterpiece.

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    Josh Niland's Latest Cookbook Has Won One of the Top Gongs at the 2024 James Beard Awards

    Chinese Australian food writer Hetty Lui McKinnon was also named among this year's top cookbook authors, illustrators, designers and food journalists.

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    Coming Soon: Calida Is the New 180-Seat Argentinian Steakhouse That's Getting Sizzling at South Bank

    The hospitality company behind Olé Restaurant, Mucho Mexicano and Vici Italian is adding another eatery to South Brisbane.

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    Just In: Castlereigh Street's Late-Night Asian Eatery Hey Chú Is the Latest Sydney Spot That's Closing Its Doors

    You'll no longer be able to "pay your uncle a visit" at this Castlereigh spot, which is shutting its doors before the week is out.

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    Coming Soon: ATTENZIONE! Food and Wine Is the Lively New Neighbourhood Bistro From a Fabbrica and Ragazzi Part-Owner

    Expect full-bodied drops, snackable street eats, delicious pastas and classic antipasti from this vibrant diner backed by some impressive hospitality expertise.

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    Grazeland Is Getting the Winter Wonderland Treatment with Falling Snow, Firepits and Plenty of Mulled Wine

    Cosy up by the firepits while tucking into dumplings, raclette, curries and hot jam doughnuts.

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    Now Open: Lucky Egg Is Back Slinging Fried Chicken at The Brightside Four Nights a Week

    Tuck into chicken burgers and chook pieces in the live music venue's beer garden, or pick some up from the window to take away.

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    Wine and Dine Your Way Through Winter at These Must-Try Lake Macquarie Restaurants

    Taste your way across one of the largest lakes in the Southern Hemisphere with this locally curated foodie guide.

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    Smoky Success: Smoking Meats, Roasting Treats and Other Eats with One Machine

    Making a delicious meal just got easier (and quicker).

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    It's Official: Neil Perry Has Been Named an Icon by One of the World's Top Culinary Awards

    The World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2024 honoured the top Sydney chef with its coveted Woodford Reserve Icon Award.

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    Coming Soon: Big Names From Grossi Group and Purple Pit Are Among the Folks Behind Med-Inspired Restaurant and Bar Orlo

    This multi-level Collingwood restaurant and bar is set to open soon within an 1880s cordial factory.

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    Coming Soon: Ciel Is the Soon-to-Open Rooftop Restaurant in The Hills Helmed by a Michelin-Trained Chef

    Helmed by Michelin-trained chef Joshua Mason, this new addition to Norwest promises stellar seafood-forward fare in lavish digs.

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    Now Open: Strange Bedfellows Rum and Champagne Come Together at Brunswick Street's New Lola Belle

    We all love unlikely animal friend pairings, so why wouldn't wouldn't feel the same way about surprising booze combos?

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    Paddington's NOTA Is Closing Its Doors After Six Years — But Another Hospitality Figure Is Taking Over the Space

    Come August, the Given Terrace restaurant will say goodbye, with co-owners and chefs Kevin Docherty and Sebastiaan de Kort focusing on Newstead's Allonda.

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    Now Open: Step Through a False Wall to Find The Bon Vivant's Companion's Hidden Whisky Bar

    This new Mornington bar offers up a bit of old-world luxury — even if you can't find its secret whisky bar.

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    Now Open: Champagne Problems Is the New Grown-Up Sister Venue to Evie's Disco Diner

    If you loved drinking and dancing at Evie’s but now feel a little too old for it, consider a trip to its older sibling in the CBD.

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    What's Open in Sydney This King's Birthday Long Weekend

    Spend the long weekend eating and drinking with friends and family at these top Sydney bars and restaurants.

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    Melbourne's Best Underground Bars That Are Actually Underground

    From Mexican-themed mezcal bars, to haunts with over 400 different spirits, these are the best bars under the city.

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    Cheese Toast Returns: Fritzenberger South Bank Has Brought Back Everyone's Sizzler Favourite

    The Brisbane burger joint has gotten its hands on an original cheese toast machine — and you can nab a piece for free with a burg or main dish purchase for a week.

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    Now Open: Brooksy Is the Extravagant Speakeasy That's Bringing 1920s Decadence to 21st-Century Sydney

    From absinthe fountains and roving whisky carts to palm-reading fortune tellers and tableside oyster shucking, too much is never enough at this CBD bar.

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    Quay Quarter's Bar Mammoni Is Now Slinging Made-to-Order Pasta Bowls and Fresh Deli Goods

    Circular Quay spot Bar Mammoni has transformed into an all-day pasta bar and deli, dishing up made-to-order pasta, focaccia sandwiches and more.

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    Now Open: Hotel Nacional Is Hardware Lane's New Five-Storey, Totally Gluten-Free Mexican Restaurant and Bar

    The huge new CBD venue boasts a ten-strong margarita menu, a rooftop bar with city views, and an impressive lineup of tequila, mezcal and raicilla.

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    We Challenged an Editor to Eat Nothing But 7-Eleven Food Using the Menulog App For a Week

    Our writer accepted a challenge to test just how convenient a convenience store can be.

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    Now Open: South Bank Is Home to Brisbane's First Two Yolks and Finn Poke Right Next Door to Each Other

    Whether you’re keen on burgers and beers or bowls and tacos, you’ll now find them on Grey Street thanks to these two chains setting up shop.

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    Important Doughnut News: Krispy Kreme Is Giving Away 100,000 Freebies for National Doughnut Day 2024

    If you love Krispy Kreme's sweet glazed doughnuts, the best day of the year is upon us again.

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    Now Open: Spice Alley's New Japanese Quarter Is Slinging $15 Ramen and Warm Saké in Time for Winter

    A fast-paced ramen and sushi joint and an intimate manga-filled cocktail bar have joined Chippendale's popular Asian dining precinct.

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    Now Open: Mork's New Two-Storey Concept Store Is Home to Its Most-Experimental Creations

    The new site is showcasing the team's unconventional chocolate bars, elaborate drinking chocolates that never made it onto the menu, chocolate cocktail pairings and creative desserts.

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    Genre-Bending Cuisine: Black Star Pastry Is Giving Its Rosebery Spot the Izakaya Treatment for an Entire Weekend

    You'll need to pick up chopsticks on your way to this inventive pop-up, which stars rockmelon nigiri, a pomegranate molasses and yuzu 'soy sauce' and the Ari-Gateaux sushi cake.

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    Light Up Your Tastebuds: The Best Dining Experiences at Vivid 2024

    Michelin-starred meals, First Nations flavours and flame-filled cooking demos are just the start of the must-taste culinary events of this year's fest.

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    The CBD's Purple Pit Is Now Offering 20-Percent Off the Entire Bill for Service Industry Workers

    Anyone who works in the hospitality, education, social services or healthcare industries gets 20% off the bill when they visit on Wednesday nights.

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    Now Open: Romanello Is Serving Loaded Sangas and Pizza by the Slice Across From the Queen Vic Market

    The team is sourcing the vast majority of its ingredients from local market traders.

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    Matt Whiley From Sydney's Re Has Whipped Up a Sustainability-Focused Cocktail Menu for W Brisbane's Living Room Bar

    The bartender's Harbour City watering hole has been named on the World’s 50 Best Bar list — and now his drinks made with discarded ingredients are hitting Brisbane.

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