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GuideNine of the Best Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Events That You Can Still Get Tickets To
From dessert degustations and Michelin-starred feasts to huge communal dining experiences, here's all the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival inspiration you need.
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NewsCasa Esquina Is Balmain's Friendly New Argentinian Restaurant From the Tequila Mockingbird Team
Affordable midweek meals, whole suckling pig, South American wines, and a Fernet-Branca and Coke cocktail — they're all on offer in the former Efendy space.
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NewsCooee Cafe and Restaurant Is Cannon Hill's New 200-Seat Spot for a Caffeine Fix, Bite and Cocktail
The new eatery is part of Minnippi Golf & Range, Brisbane's first public golf course in more than 70 years.
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NewsComing Soon: Portside Social Is the New Gastropub From the Newstead Social Crew That's Opening in Hamilton
From June, you'll be able to pair pints and games of pool with parmigianas in the riverfront precinct.
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NewsMaiz Has Moved Its Vibrant Mexican Eats and Bottomless Brunch to a Sleek New Enmore Road Space
Maiz 2.0 brings weekend brunch with loaded tortas, an affordable set menu and a special Yulli's corn cerveza to the old Hartsyard digs.
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NewsNew Zealand's Coromandel Distilling Co Has Taken Out Five Gold Medals at the 2024 World Gin Awards
The microdistillery took home the gold medal in all five categories that its award-winning gin was entered in.
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NewsNow Open: Advieh Is Auckland's New Go-To Eatery for Middle Eastern Food with a Twist
Located in downtown Auckland with stunning views of Waitematā Harbour, Advieh is sure to become a dining hotspot.
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NewsBrighton's Sushi Baby Has Transformed From a Small Takeout Joint to a Pastel-Hued Dine-In Restaurant
This popular takeaway sushi bar in Brighton now has a pastel-hued dining room and courtyard, plus a new dine-in menu full of both contemporary and traditional Japanese eats.
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NewsComing Soon: Moon Dog Wild West Is Swinging Open Its Saloon Doors in March with Tex-Mex Eats and a Bull Riding League
Join Moon Dog's Western Bull Riders Club to get a swag of gifts and a ticket to its pre-opening event.
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NewsNow Open: The Kitchen's Doing Something Exciting at Sheraton Hyde Park's New Restaurant Sydney Common
A cracking new entry to Sydney's increasingly impressive lineup of hotel-set restaurants worthy of locals' dedication.
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NewsChef Motokichi Yukimura From Kyoto's Kichi Kichi Is Bringing His Viral Omurice to Australia
The Japanese chef is doing 'meet and eat' events in Sydney and Brisbane — and he'll be cooking everyone his specialty dish.
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NewsLune Is Serving Up Limited-Edition Ice Cream Sandwiches Made with Croissant Ice Cream to See Out Summer
This sweet treat takes a Lune pain au chocolat, then fills it with ice cream made using pastry-infused milk and caramelised croissant pieces.
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NewsNow Open: The Lower North Shore Has Welcomed Its Latest BYO Stunner Niche Mosman
This crowd-pleasing breakfast joint offering bottomless rosé brunch transforms into a cosy neighbourhood diner with brown butter swordfish and $8 happy hour wines as the sun sets.
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NewsWhittaker's Has Released a Limited-Edition Easter Chocolate Inspired by the Humble Hot Cross Bun
You've heard of a chocolate hot cross bun, but what about a hot cross bun in chocolate form?
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GuideThe Best Things to Eat, See and Do to Celebrate Lunar New Year in 2024 in Brisbane
From riverside feasts and rooftop parties to tea festivals and citywide celebrations, here's how to welcome in the Year of the Dragon in Brisbane.
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NewsThe Cantina OK! Team Has Nailed the Brief Once Again with Its Expansive New CBD Cocktail Bar Centro 86
A top-secret Pitt Street basement has been transformed into a bustling underground cantina with one-of-a-kind cocktails until 2am, seven days a week.
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NewsBibs at the Ready: Ministry of Crab Is Returning to Melbourne for a Month-Long Celebration of Aussie Mud Crabs
Scuttle on down to Crown Towers to try some of the world's best crab dishes.
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NewsFreebie Alert: Donut King Is Giving Away Free Hot Cinnamon Doughnuts Today
The freebies are celebrating the 'Mean Girls' movie musical — so on Wednesdays, we now eat doughnuts.
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NewsComing Soon: Fleet Is Flinders Street's Sleek New Rooftop Bar with Views Over the Yarra
Sat atop Vibe Hotel Melbourne, the bar will have a slight nautical theme and be fit for use no matter what weather Melbourne throws at it.
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NewsNow Open: Tanuki Is Double Bay's Fun-Loving New Izakaya with an Ex-Sushi e Chef at the Helm
The Matteo team has opened another Bay Street winner with this vibrant new Japanese bar and diner.
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NewsLune Wants You to Spend February Choosing Between Its Finger Bun Croissant and Cherry Ripe Pain au Chocolat
Of course, you could always try both — and a tiramisu pudding and berry juniper cruffin — as part of the cult pastry chain's February-only specials menu.
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NewsNow Open: Dapl Is the New Restaurant Heroing Native Australian Ingredients Inside Brisbane's Amora Hotel
On the menu: peppermint gum lamb, jaffa mousse with eucalyptus honeycomb, and a beer that pays tribute to mango and macadamia Weis bars.
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NewsComing Soon: Melbourne's Famous American Doughnut Kitchen Van Is Opening a Bricks-and-Mortar Shop in Prahran Market
Soon, Southsiders won't have to travel up to Queen Vic Market to nab a bag of these hot jam doughnuts.
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NewsThere's Something for Everyone at Clarence Street's New Basement Cocktail Bar Now and Then
Pét-nats and sage-infused spritzes meet shandys and sherry cobblers at the new subterranean spot from the Door Knock team.
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NewsNow Open: Celebrity Chef Karen Martini Is Running the Show at St Kilda's New Saint George
Martini is leaving her stamp all over the new Saint George — not just in the kitchen. And we are all for it.
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NewsNow Open: Bar Rocco Is Coorparoo's New Italian Osteria From Ramona Trattoria's Ashley-Maree Kent
Leicester Street has scored a second venue from the European Australian restaurateur and chef, this time seating 40 for snacks, wine and cocktails.
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NewsNow Open: The French Cafe Has Transformed into a Central Auckland Dining Hub
The top Auckland restaurant has undergone a makeover and now boasts two restaurants, a bar and private dining rooms.
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NewsMassive New 104-Seat Peruvian Restaurant Callao Has Just Opened Its Doors in Barangaroo
Callao is the stunning new Nikkei diner that's bringing a crudo- and steak-heavy menu to Barangaroo Avenue.
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NewsNewtown's Highly Anticipated New Underground Live Music and Cocktail Bar Is Finally Opening in February
The Odd Culture Group is opening Pleasure Club just off King Street — with a 4am license and cocktails from Re's Matt Whiley.
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GuideThe 25 Best Bars in the Sydney CBD
If you find yourself in Sydney's CBD and in need of a few bevs, drop by any of these exceptional bars. You'll find experimental cocktails, low-intervention wines, local beers and heaps of refined eats.
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FeatureWhere to Dance and Drink the Night Away in Hong Kong Like the Locals Do
Unleash your inner night owl with recommendations from a Hong Kong local with a serious nightlife pedigree.
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NewsComing Soon: The Preston Hotel Is Opening a New Rooftop Cocktail Bar with Pizza, Tapas and Uninterrupted City Views
Lulu Bar will be hosting DJs, rooftop film screenings and wine tastings throughout the year.
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NewsTen Sydney Date Ideas That Aren't Just 'Grabbing a Drink'
If you're seeking romance that's never stale, here's a bunch of Sydney date ideas that go above and beyond a trip to the bar.
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NewsBartiga Is Double Bay's Sunny New Southeast Asian Restaurant and Neighbourhood Bar
A former Tetsuya's chef leads the way at this sunny corner spot offering XO pipi linguine, red curry bug rolls and beef rendang sausage rolls.
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GuideThe Best Melbourne Restaurants for an Excellent Lunar New Year Feast
These are the best restaurants in Melbourne celebrating the Year of the Dragon this Lunar New Year — or putting on fitting feasts all year round.
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NewsNoods, Wonton and Lobster Roll Alert: Luxe George Street Chinese Restaurant Donna Chang Is Now Doing Takeaway
You can now enjoy the Brisbane CBD eatery's Dan Dan noodles, cumin spiced lamb buns, scallop and prawn wontons, and lobster rolls at home.
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NewsRaise Your Tinnies: Australia's Hottest 100 Craft Beers of 2023 Have Just Been Announced
For the second year in a row, Mountain Culture's Status Quo Pale Ale has taken out the GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers poll.
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NewsNow Open: Melbourne Just Scored a New Dessert Shop That's Best Known for Bringing Mochi Doughnuts to Australia
It's serving up its famous Japanese-style mochi doughnuts alongside soft-serve ice cream and ornate cakes.
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NewsThree Interstate Bars Are Coming to Brisbane for One-Night Takeovers of Frog's Hollow Saloon and Alice
Sip drinks from Sydney's Bar Planet, plus Cry Baby and Memphis Slim’s House Of Blues in Adelaide, without leaving the River City.
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NewsLagoon Dining and Piccolina Have Teamed Up to Create a Series of Chinese- and Malaysian-Inspired Gelatos for Lunar New Year
The two crews are also throwing a lunchtime noodle and gelato party for Lunar New Year.
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NewsFuture Brewing Is St Peters' New Cali-Style Microbrewery Pouring Boundary-Pushing Beer
Tuck into an exciting rotation of brews from this brand-new microbrewery and taproom in Sydney's Inner West.
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NewsUber Eats and Planet Ark Have Teamed Up to Solve Your Takeaway Packaging Waste Woes
If takeaway waste is giving you the guilts, this new sustainability program will hopefully make your pepperoni pizza more palatable.
