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Where to Find the Best Lunch in Melbourne's CBD

Melbourne CBD's top lunch spots include everything from sky-high fine diners and sleek wine bars to cheap eats haunts and takeaway joints.

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News
Now Open: Flour Child Is Bringing Its Pinsa Romana and Over 10,000 Bottles of Booze to Richmond's Church Street

You’ve had sourdough pizza, US-style slices and dirty Aussie pizzas, but have you tried pinsa romana?

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Guide
The 23 Best Sunday Roasts in Melbourne

Warm up on a weekend with juicy roast meats and plenty of gravy at these old-school Melbourne pubs and neighbourhood restaurants.

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News
First Look: Contemporary Latin Dining Is Getting a New Home in Morena Melbourne's Restaurant and Barra

Food at the Morena Melbourne venues is set to be more experimental than that found at their Sydney sibling.

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News
The Best Places to Take Your Dad This Father's Day in Melbourne

Here are the best spots to visit on Father's Day in Melbourne, from yum cha lunches and luxe dinners to whisky tastings and a huge barbecue and beer festival.

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Guide
The 21 Best Restaurants in Melbourne for 2024

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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SamSam Chicken

209 Swanston Street, Melbourne

Make sure you pair your Korean fried chicken with a few jugs of beer.
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Suzie Q

247 Chapel Street, Prahran

The Chapel Street restaurant is pairing underground 80s disco energy with contemporary Chinese eats, playful cocktails and karaoke.

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Restaurant
Farro Pizzeria Moonee Ponds

30 Puckle Street, Moonee Ponds

Farro has brought its spelt pasta and sourdough pizza to Moonee Ponds with its seventh Melbourne outpost.
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Romanello

93 Therry Street, Melbourne

Romanello Is serving loaded sandwiches and pizza by the slice across from Queen Vic Market.
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Brunetti Classico Boutique Coburg

107 Newlands Road, Coburg North

Drop by Brunetti Classico's Coburg concept store for cake consultations and takeaway bites.
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The Continental

171 Johnston Street, Collingwood

You can play free pool and tuck into Med-inspired loaded sangas at this Collingwood cafe.
Bar
Suzie Q

247 Chapel Street, Prahran

The Chapel Street restaurant is pairing underground 80s disco energy with contemporary Chinese eats, playful cocktails and karaoke.

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Bar
Aster Cocktail & Wine

31 Tattersalls Lane, Melbourne

Aster is Ferdydurke's replacement, swapping out live music for more grown-up date-night vibes.
Bar
The Bon Vivant's Companion

150 Main Street, Mornington

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

233 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

Strange bedfellows rum and champagne come together at this Brunswick Street bar.
Bar
Bar Mexico

39 High Street, Preston

Preston's Bar Mexico is pairing sipping tequilas and mezcals with build-your-own taco feasts on High Street.
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Orlo

44 Oxford Street, Collingwood

The historic Dyason Cordial Factory has been given a new lease of life thanks to several Melbourne hospo heavyweights.

News
How Belfast Rappers Kneecap Made a Blast of a Music Biopic by Playing Themselves — and Championing the Irish Language

Co-starring Michael Fassbender and taking cues from 'Trainspotting', this lively Sundance award-winner features the hip-hop trio in the roles they were born to play.

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News
The Kid LAROI Has Joined SXSW Sydney's 2024 Lineup as the Festival's Music Keynote Speaker

Before he heads around the country on his latest tour, the Australian singer-songwriter will chat about his career at SXSW Sydney.

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The 2024 Japanese Film Festival Program Is Here with Animation From a Studio Ghibli Alum and Chaotic Karaoke Antics

This is the 28th year that the event has brought Japanese cinema's latest and greatest to Australia, with its 2024 lineup featuring ten new films and a free retrospective.

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SXSW Sydney's Latest Round of 2024 Speakers Includes Lucy Lawless, Grace Tame and Tim Minchin

Sports stars Nick Kyrgios and Noémie Fox, playwright Suzie Miller and former Bangarra Dance Theatre Artistic Director Stephen Page have also joined the festival's lineup.

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Canadian Dramedy 'Universal Language' Has Won Melbourne International Film Festival's 2024 Bright Horizons Award

What if Winnipeg resembled Iran in the 80s? That's just part of the absurdist film that's taken out MIFF's major award in the prize's third year.

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Nine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.

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Open House Melbourne Weekend Has Announced the Full Lineup of Venues You Can Snoop Around in 2024

For two days this July, you can explore private homes and heritage buildings, as well as sports stadiums, places of worship, art gallery archives and more.

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Australia's Most-Stylish Restaurants, Bars and Homes Have Been Revealed at the 2024 Interior Design Awards

Melbourne's Reine and La Rue and Purple Pit, which are located in the same building, shared the Hospitality Design Award.

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Breaking Ground: Work Has Finally Begun on Melbourne's Greenline Project Along the Yarra River's North Bank

The first stage of construction is focusing on the new and improved Birrarung Marr Precinct.

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The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Weekend

This Weekend in Melbourne, you can see the last Now or Never events, score free run club coffees and treat your dad to an epic Father’s Day roast.
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The 23 Best Sunday Roasts in Melbourne

Warm up on a weekend with juicy roast meats and plenty of gravy at these old-school Melbourne pubs and neighbourhood restaurants.
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The Best Places to Take Your Dad This Father's Day in Melbourne

Here are the best spots to visit on Father's Day in Melbourne, from yum cha lunches and luxe dinners to whisky tastings and a huge barbecue and beer festival.

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The Top Seven Experiences You Can Find in the Great Outdoors of Asia

Check your comfort zone at the door with these adventurous escapades.

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Taste Your Way Around Asia on These Incredible Food Tours

Step it up from neighbourhood takeaway and take your tastebuds global with these curated adventures.

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The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Weekend

This Weekend in Melbourne, you can see the last Now or Never events, score free run club coffees and treat your dad to an epic Father’s Day roast.

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Global Hotel Brand The Hoxton Is Taking Over a Former Matchstick Factory in Cremorne

Slated to open in 2027, the new hotel will have the same look and feel as the group's London, New York and Berlin accommodations.

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The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This September

Here's your guide to filling this month with all the best food, drink, films, live music, pop-ups and activations Melbourne has to offer.

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The Nine Best Coastal Walks Near Melbourne

It's time to get off of the couch and onto the coast by hitting up some of these seaside walking trails.

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Trending Bars and Restaurants

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Pirate Life South Melbourne

139-145 Market Street, South Melbourne

This pirate life is all about craft beers, natural wines and a huge selection of South American and Greek eats.
Restaurant
David's

4 Cecil Place, Prahran

Authentic Chinese fare hidden away from the hubbub of Chapel Street.
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Starward Whisky Distillery

50 Bertie Street, Port Melbourne

Melbourne's award-winning whisky now has its own public warehouse distillery bar.
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Supernormal

180 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Lobster rolls and karaoke, together at last.
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Gimlet at Cavendish House

33 Russell Street, Melbourne

Andrew McConnell's elegant cocktail bar and European bistro serves up caviar, champagne and truffles aplenty.