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NewsGood Heavens Is Transforming Melbourne's Largest Rooftop Bar for Winter, Adding a Curling Rink and Cold-Season Cocktails
Shifting up the summery vibe, the sky-high venue celebrates winter with Heavens Above, a cold-season theme primed to keep you feeling cosy.
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NewsChapel Street Rooftop Bar Beverly Is Reopening with a Sweet Late-Night Dessert Activation and New Cali-Inspired Dishes
Returning just in time for its second birthday, this 24th-floor venue is pairing cocktails and desserts into the early hours until the end of July.
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NewsThe Diageo World Class Finals Will See the Country's Eight Best Bartenders Shaking and Stirring for Their Chance to Represent Australia on the Global Stage
The Diageo World Class national final returns this month — and the winner will go on to represent Australia against the world's best in Toronto later this year.
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NewsLittle Drink, Big Flavour: Marmont Is Serving a New Mini Cocktail Menu Featuring Eight Concoctions and a Sardine Snack Pairing
Saunter into this restaurant’s Cali-inspired digs to indulge in eight mini cocktails delivered with plenty of punch.
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NewsHot Fellas Bakery From 'And Just Like That...' Is Popping Up in Australia to Serve Free Sweet and Savoury Treats for One Weekend Only
If you're in Sydney on the last weekend of June, you can head to this usually fictional spot IRL — Vegemite babka and Golden Gaytime cream puffs are on the menu.
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NewsLevel Up Your Lunch as Windsor's Tombo Den Serves Two New Japanese Sandos From Friday to Sunday for a Limited Time
Order one for yourself or trade half for half with a pal, as this stacked sandwich duo sets the tone for your weekend.
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GuideThe 40 Best Bars in Melbourne for 2025
Whether you're on the hunt for an extensive wine collection, a luxe date-night spot or a place to have a little boogie, these are our picks for the best bars in Melbourne.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Coffee in Melbourne for 2025
Whether you're a coffee snob or an extra-weak latte lover, these top Melbourne coffee roasters and brewers will have what you need.
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GuideThe 21 Best Wine Bars in Melbourne for 2025
A guide for any wine lover in Melbourne, whether you want strictly organic, biodynamic and local drops or you don't really care — as long as they taste good and don't cost a fortune.
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GuideMelbourne Bars and Restaurants That Are Undeniably, Unabashedly Romantic
Low lighting, jazz playlists, opulent cocktails — these top Melbourne date spots will help you to start planning the perfect Valentine's Day.
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GuideThe Best Bars in Melbourne with Beer Gardens and Boozy Courtyards for 2025
Save cosy pub corners for the depths of winter — it's time to drink a brew out in the open at these fab Melbourne beer gardens.
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GuideThe 15 Best Sports Bars and Pubs in Melbourne for 2025
These Melbourne bars and pubs play local and international sporting matches live and loud throughout the week — from AFL, NRL and cricket to soccer, tennis, boxing and basketball.
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GuideMelbourne's 20 Most Popular Bars of 2024
Sprawling breweries, neighbourhood pubs, CBD cocktail spots and cosy wine bars — they’ve all grabbed your attention so far this year.
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NewsEight Melbourne Parks Fit For a BYO Booze Picnic (and Where to Pick Up Snacks Beforehand)
Head to the park for a boozy picnic with the finest snacks you can find along the way.
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GuideThe Best Brewery Bars in Melbourne for 2024
Sip chilled pints just metres from away where the beer was was brewed at these much-loved taprooms.
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GuideThe 22 Best Pubs in Melbourne
Looking for a new local? This list of classic Melbourne boozers and more contemporary gastropubs will suit all beer and parma enthusiasts.
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NewsHotel Nacional Is Celebrating Its First Birthday by Taking 50 Percent off Its Entire Gluten-Free Menu for Five Days
Score stellar coeliac-friendly cuisine for a feel-good price, as this five-level Mexican restaurant and cocktail bar rings in its first anniversary.
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NewsComing Soon: The Malibu Barbie Cafe Is Popping Up in Australia for the First Time, Complete with a Cocktail-Slinging Ken-Themed Bar
The Social Quarter at Chadstone in Melbourne is hosting this Barbie hangout from the end of June 2025 until summer 2026.
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NewsNow Open: Head Downstairs for a Fire-Fuelled Feast at II.II.IV, Flinders Lane's Sultry New Basement Dining Room
This subterranean Flinders Lane newcomer — from the same team behind Ministry of Crab — is bringing the heat with its 'flame-first' philosophy.
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NewsSlowpoke's New Kitchen Brings Serious Fun — and Hash Brown Fries — to Its Collingwood Rooftop Setting
The Collingwood venue continues to flip the script with its new food menu — and there's not a slice of kingfish crudo in sight.
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NewsEtta Is Making Winter More Comforting as Head Chef Lorcán Kan Serves a Special Laksa and Lok-Lok Combo Every Wednesday
Your midweek feed is sorted, as this soothing special has got enough aromatic kick to make you forget all about winter.
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NewsWestgarth's Breezy All-Day Diner Ophelia Will Soon Open After Dark — with $20 Pasta Nights and Vinyl-Spinning DJs
The neighbourhood eatery is entering its evenings era with Euro-style snacks, house-made pasta and vibey weekend vinyl sessions.
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BarLe Bar Supper Club
12 North Concourse, Beaumaris
Raise a crystal glass to French food, fancy drinks and burlesque shows in this Beaumaris bar.
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BarHotel Mexico
238 Whitehall Street, Yarraville
Hotel Mexico is Yarraville's huge group hang spot that's made for margarita-fuelled sessions.
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BarBendigo Hotel Collingwood
125 Johnston Street, Collingwood
Collingwood's legendary live music pub The Bendigo Hotel is back in action thanks to The Mill Brewery Crew.
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BarPunters Club
376 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Millennials and Gen Zs might lament the loss of Kewpie, but Gen X music lovers will rejoice in seeing this old boozer return to Brunswick Street.
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CafeMork Chocolate Looking Glass
13 Centre Place, Melbourne
The 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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BarWindsor Wine Room
60 Chapel Street, Windsor
Keep it classic with a rosé matched with burrata and oysters, or get a bit more playful by pairing a natty number with jerusalem artichoke and hazelnut gnocchi.
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BarChampagne Problems
238 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
If you loved drinking and dancing at Evie’s Disco Diner but now feel a little too old for it, consider a trip to its older sibling in the CBD.
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BarGreenhart Camberwell
1226 Toorak Road, Camberwell
This Melbourne wine bar is straying away from the usual European influences, instead showing how contemporary Asian food and Australian wines can be a perfect pairing.
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RestaurantHotel Lona
473 Nepean Highway, Frankston
A two-level venue with a restaurant, public bar and rooftop in one of Frankston’s oldest buildings.
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NewsNow Open: The Force Is Strong with Australia's First-Ever 'Star Wars' Cafe, Which Is Serving Up Blue Milk at Melbourne Museum
The 'Star Wars' Galactic Cafe is designed to look like a Corellian Star Cruiser — and green burgers, Chewbacca cookies and dessert space stations are also on the menu.
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NewsWhere To Eat, Play And Stay During Vivid Sydney
Fiery kitchens and underground gigs—the city comes alive during Vivid Sydney.
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NewsPidapipo Is Serving Its Cult-Followed Hot Chocolate with a Vegan-Friendly Twist, Only for This Long Weekend
Served exclusively at the Fitzroy Laboratorio, this decadent, winter-warming treat is limited to just 100 cups.
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NewsMark Portugal Day with a Free Feed as Oporto Gives Away 10,000 Flame-Grilled Chickens to Celebrate
Say obrigado this Dia De Portugal, as each participating store hands out free chickens — first come, first served.
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NewsNow Open: Middle Park European Is the Neighbourhood Wine Bar the Charming Bayside Suburb Deserves
This Armstrong Street newcomer brings Italian-French flair, a considered menu and Michelin pedigree to the leafy bayside suburb.
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NewsGive the Gift of Free Beer as Heaps Normal's Karma Cases Campaign Invites Customers to Support Their Favourite Venues
Do a good deed for your go-to venue and help others avoid a dreaded hangover.
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EventPlans for the Planet: Olaf Breuning for Kids
Fri, 6 Jun - Sun, 5 Oct 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
This family-friendly event isn't just an exhibition — it's a playful way for young art lovers to explore caring for the environment.
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EventExperience the Art of Tuna Cutting
Fri, 11 Jul and Fri, 25 Jul 2025
Koko, Southbank
Immerse yourself in one of Japan's most revered and fascinating traditions as chef Taichi Kasuya transforms a whole bluefin tuna into an eight-course degustation before your eyes.
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EventScandinavian Film Festival
Fri, 11 Jul - Sun, 3 Aug 2025
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
Straight-from-Cannes must-sees, Norwegian spy dramas, Icelandic black comedies: 2025's Scandinavian Film Festival has them all.
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EventNow or Never
Thu, 21 Aug - Sun, 31 Aug 2025
Various Melbourne locations, Melbourne
From live shows inside a breathing pink bubble to cinema mixed with real-time performance, this festival's 2025 program is jam-packed.
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EventPidapipo Chocolate-Making Masterclass
Sat, 5 Jul, 2025
Pidapipo Laboratorio, Fitzroy
Join the gelateria's esteemed Master Chocolatier, as you learn to craft sweet blocks like the best in the business.
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EventAunty Donna: Drem
Fri, 12 Dec - Sat, 20 Dec 2025
Palais Theatre, St Kilda
Aunty Donna are unleashing their brand-new live sketch show upon Melbourne's Palais Theatre.
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EventHere You Come Again
Sat, 12 Jul - Sun, 20 Jul 2025
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
Rhinestones at the ready: if you adore Dolly Parton, this stage love letter to the icon is the musical for you.
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EventECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen — Malthouse Theatre
Mon, 14 Jul - Sat, 19 Jul 2025
Merlyn Theatre, The Malthouse, Southbank
This international theatre hit from Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour features completely unrehearsed and unpredictable solo performances.
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EventFirelight Festival 2025
Fri, 4 Jul - Sun, 6 Jul 2025
Docklands Harbour Esplanade, Docklands
Light up your winter plans, as Docklands bursts to life with family-friendly art installations, roving performers and flame-filled shows.
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NewsNow Open: Melbourne Finally Has Its Very Own Official Koreatown in the CBD's Healeys Lane
The City of Melbourne has endorsed this opening as part of a project to create more pocket precincts across the city.
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NewsJalapeno Wine Is the Latest TikTok Drink That's Landed in Melbourne — and You Can Try It Right Now at Marmont
Crown's Cali-inspired bar and restaurant Marmont is now pouring jalapeño-spiked sauv blanc — and yes, it's as spicy as it sounds.
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NewsChef and Zero-Waste Advocate Tobie Puttock Is Joining Purpose Precinct's Innovative Circular Kitchen at QVM
This long-time Jamie Oliver collaborator is bringing his passion for zero-waste cooking and food education to QVM's most forward-thinking kitchen.
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NewsDonut King Is Marking National Donut Day by Giving Away Free Hot Cinnamon Doughnuts
Celebrate the sweetest day of the year with a freebie fresh from the fryer.
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NewsNow Open: Carvery Is Hawksburn's New Roast Chook Shop That Combines High-End Produce with Nostalgic Design
Return to the heyday of roast chicken shops, as this inner south arrival serves up considered bain-marie feasts with a retro touch.
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NewsNow Open: Baby Driver Is Beneath Driver Lane's New Sibling, Featuring a Rare Vinyl Soundtrack and Rotating Kitchen Takeovers
Take a turn down Driver Lane to discover this soulful spot in Torino Aperitivo's old digs.
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NewsIl Mercato Centrale Is Elevating Lunch Breaks and Post-Work Hangs with Taco, Oyster, Wine and Burger Specials
Spanning 23 artisanal food stores, this Italian food precinct now has a host of daily specials to tempt your tastebuds at lunch and on weekends.
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NewsW Melbourne's Bar Lollo Is Hosting Weeknight Sip-and-Slice Sessions Featuring Bottomless Woodfired Pizza and Booze
Gather your friends and colleagues for a weeknight feast: this easygoing eatery offers 90 minutes of unlimited artisanal pizza and drinks.
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NewsGet Ready for Brisket Bliss: Fancy Hank's Is Giving Away Free Stacked Sandwiches for International Brisket Day
Score yourself a free lunch for one day only — these beloved pitmasters are giving away stacked brisket sandwiches in the CBD.
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NewsTake Your Workday Lunch Up a Notch Without the Cost: Melbourne Winery Is Serving Drink-Inclusive Meals From $19
Leave the packed lunch at home, with the Express Lunch Lane serving up smashed beef burgers, gnocchi alla vodka and beef short-rib toasties — with a drink — for a rock-bottom price.
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NewsNow Open: Taking Cues From European Corner Stores, Breadcetera Is Combining Fancy Provisions and Cafe Cuisine in Malvern East
Led by the team behind gourmet destinations like Riserva, Baia Di Vino and Lucia, this upscale corner store isn't quite a supermarket or a cafe.
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NewsMarmont, Entrecote and MoVida Are Heading to Mount Buller for Alpine Dinners and Apres-Ski Street Parties
This winter, hospitality group Tommy Collins is heading to the slopes for alpine-inspired meals and shindigs in the streets.
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NewsFour Pillars' Martini Collective Is Back for 2025, Pairing Mini Martinis with Bites Across Sydney and Melbourne
This celebration of the martini is taking over Sydney and Melbourne until mid-June, so you can compare and contrast mini martinis against high-end snacks.
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NewsNow Open: Five Distinct Culinary Concepts Await at Lonsdale Street's Innovative Japanese Restaurant OMI 380
Designed as a multi-sensory culinary destination, this collection of Japanese concepts brings together steak, matcha, pastries, sake and more.
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NewsPidapipo's Cult Hot Chocolate Is Back for Winter — and Every Store Is Now Serving the Drink-Meets-Dessert Favourite
Silky, sweet and oh-so-soothing, Pidadpipo's viral hot chocolate is back to make your winter a little warmer.
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NewsToo Good to Go Is the Discount Marketplace for Surplus Restaurant Food That's Now Available in Four Australian Cities
This food waste app will help you save cash and prevent restaurant-quality food from getting dumped in the bin.
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NewsComing Soon: Daphne Is the New Eatery From Etta's Hannah Green That's Taking Over Bar Romantica's Former Home
Step into Hannah Green's new home just a couple doors down from Etta, with her new restaurant set to offer warm hospitality rooted in community.
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NewsNow Open: To Be Frank Has Opened a New Location in East Brunswick Village, Serving Proudly Minimal Bread and Pastries
Here, you can watch the bread and pastries take shape, with this much-loved bakery's new location inviting customers closer to the action.
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NewsFire Up Your Wednesdays: QVM's Winter Night Market Is Returning for 2025 with Comfort Food, Spiced Drinks and Roving Entertainment
You can toast Melbourne's food and drink scene at this bustling market, which is back for 13 weeks of sizzling delights and twinkling lights from early June.
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NewsComing Soon: Australia's First 67 Pall Mall Is Enlisting Martin Benn and Vicki Wild as Managing Culinary Partners
When this exclusive private wine and dining club opens in Melbourne in mid-2026, the two respected hospitality veterans will guide its culinary direction.
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NewsComing Soon: Chef Mike McEnearney Is Opening a New Dining Destination in Australia's First-Ever 1 Hotels Site in Melbourne
Supporting the hotel's eco-conscious design with a nature-driven dining venue, From Here by Mike will bring guests closer to their food.
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NewsTen CBD and Inner City Spots Where You Can Book EOFY Drinks for the Whole Team
With no minimum spend for EOFY functions at these Melbourne venues, say goodbye to spreadsheets and hello to spritzes.
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NewsWhere to Take Your Team for EOFY Drinks If They Need to Get Out of the Office for an Afternoon
Celebrate smashing your KPIs with no minimum spend and plenty of fun for EOFY functions at these Melbourne venues.
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NewsNow Open: Sat Opposite Southern Cross Station, Quarterhouse Boasts Three Levels of Elevated Pub Cuisine and Game-Day Fun
Catch the game on massive screens, sip cocktails on the rooftop, or stroll to the match from this new multi-level CBD pub.
