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NewsThe Keys Is a New All-In-One Beer Garden, Arcade and Bowling Alley Opening This Summer
Get set for 12 maple timber bowling lanes, three bars and a beer garden with capacity for 450 punters.
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NewsYou Can Now Get Super-Nostalgic DIY Wizz Fizz Margarita Kits Delivered to Your Door
Mix yourself up a batch of Cocktail Porter's sherbet margaritas — and get everything you need to make them delivered to your door.
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NewsSix Interesting Gifts You Can Send to Your Dad This Father's Day
Attain favourite child status without leaving the house.
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NewsSouth Yarra Is Set to Score a Luxe New Rooftop Bar and Restaurant This Summer
Perched 24 storeys above Chapel Street, it'll have space for 200 people and boast primo sunset views.
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NewsThe Everleigh and Congress Wine Are Hosting a Fancy Sausage Sizzle This Weekend
Drop by for venison snags, negroni doughnuts and bottled cocktails to-go.
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FeatureGuinness Winter Guide: Melbourne
Heat things up this winter with visits to these great Melbourne pubs, or try your hand at a warming winter recipe.
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NewsMelbourne'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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GuideThe 20 Best Pubs in Melbourne
Looking for a new local? This selection of classic Melbourne boozers and more contemporary gastropubs will suit all beer and parma enthusiasts.
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GuideThe Nine Best Bubble Tea Shops in Melbourne
From mega chains and traditional Taiwanese operators to a very 'Melbourne' coffee version and all the cheese foam you could ask for.
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GuideSeven Stylish Melbourne Bars That Are Perfect for After-Work Drinks with Your Mates
Hit these drinking establishments as the sun sets and solve the problems of the world with your most trusted mates.
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GuideThe 21 Best BYO Restaurants in Melbourne
Head to your local bottle shop or pilfer your own wine collection before hitting these Melbourne BYO restaurants.
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GuideThe 25 Best Bars in Melbourne
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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GuideThe Best Rooftop Bars in Melbourne
Head to these sun-soaked Melbourne rooftop bars and pubs when you want to enjoy a cocktail and bite to eat skyward.
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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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GuideThe Best Wine Bars in Melbourne
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 Melbourne date spots will help you to start planning the perfect Valentine's Day.
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NewsTaka Gin Is the New Indigenous-Owned Label That's Making Spirits with Native Plants
The Melbourne-produced tipple is made with lemon-scented gum leaf and native lemongrass.
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NewsPort Melbourne's Prince Alfred Hotel Is Giving Free Pints to Folks Who've Just Been Vaccinated
Get the jab at the Port Melbourne Town Hall pop-up vaccination clinic before Friday, July 30, then pop over the road to the pub for a free drink.
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NewsGordon's Has Released Its Own Alcohol-Free Gin So You Can Sip G&Ts Without the Next-Day Headache
It still heroes the usual juniper flavour, but pairs it with zero booze.
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NewsWe're Giving Away an Overnight Stay for You and a Mate (or Date) in South Melbourne
Want to win a staycation complete with dinner, drinks and a cocktail masterclass?
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FeatureThree Top Aussie Bartenders' Twists on the Classic Highball
These fresh takes on the sessionable classic will elevate your cocktail hour, whether you’re wanting to shake up savoury, sweet or spicy tipples.
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GuideNine Melbourne Bars Now Delivering Cocktails and Wine Straight to Your Doorstep
Order quarantinis to make lockdown a little more bearable.
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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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BarMoon Dog Wild West
54 Hopkins Street, Footscray
Make your way through the swinging saloon doors to find bucking bulls, arcade games, pool tables, a dog-friendly rooftop, and food and drinks aplenty.
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BarThe Gertrude Hotel
148 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
The Fitzroy corner site has been reborn once again — this time as a Med-inspired bar and bistro.
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RestaurantSkinny Dog Hotel
155 High Street, Kew
The new sun-soaked rooftop is home to a huge light-filled atrium, refined gastropub eats and weekly live music gigs.
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BarEnoteca Boccaccio
1046 Burke Road, Balwyn
Aussie and Italian produce are on full display here — be it in the glass-walled cheese room, wine fridges, or the European eats coming out of the open kitchen.
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RestaurantYugen Tea Bar
605 Chapel St, South Yarra
Home to an incredibly large range of teas, plus one of the best high teas in Melbourne.
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RestaurantHuTong Dumpling Bar
14-16 Market Lane, Melbourne
This long-running CBD spot dishes up fuss-free, Shanghainese food.
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NewsSix Olympic Events You Should Watch Based on Your Favourite Cocktail
Watch our Australian athletes take on the world — with a drink in hand.
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NewsArchie Rose and St Ali Have Whipped Up a New Coffee Whisky to Add to Your Whisky Shrine
The Sydney distillery and Melbourne coffee roasters have teamed up on a new boozy caffeinated spirit that combines the former's single malt whisky with two of the latter's coffees.
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NewsUnico Zelo Has Released a Third Batch of Its Sweet Yuzu Vermouth
The sweet and juicy vermouth is back again — and it's perfect for easy at-home cocktails.
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NewsEverything You Need to Know About the Classic Highball Cocktail
Discover more about the elegant tipple — then learn how to whip up one at home.
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FeatureWinter Recipes: Colin Fassnidge Shows Us Two Hearty Irish Classics to Make at Home
Stay warm — and well-fed — with these hearty winter recipes.
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FeatureBite-Sized: Three Easy, Meat-Free Dishes with Anthony MacFarlane of Mrs Palmer Sandwich
A monster sambo, flavour-packed salad and easy veggie tacos — add these to your recipe rotation, stat.
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EventBEAST Meat Masters
Monday, July 1 - Saturday, November 30, 2024
Beast City, Melbourne
Everything served at BEAST's Meat Masters takeover series is heavy, meaty and heartburn-inducing. Bring on the food coma.
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EventSweet Home Dog-abama Fourth of July Party at Moon Dog Wild West
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Moon Dog Wild West, Footscray
Moon Dog Wild West's first-ever Fourth of July party comes with live music, food and drink deals, and an all-American hot dog-eating competition.
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EventPalace Cinemas' $8 Movie Weekend
Saturday, June 29 - Sunday, June 30, 2024
Palace Cinemas Melbourne, Melbourne
This cinema chain is treating cinephiles to two days of super-cheap tickets, including sessions of 'Furiosa', 'A Quiet Place: Day One' and 'Inside Out 2'.
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EventThe Finders Keepers Autumn/Winter Market
Friday, July 12 - Sunday, July 14, 2024
Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
Support the next wave of independent artisans at this three-day art and design market that features over 270 makers, foodies and designers.
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EventHorizon — Bangarra Dance Theatre
Wednesday, August 28 - Saturday, September 7, 2024
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne
The iconic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company's first mainstage cross-cultural collaboration tells tales from across Oceania.
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EventScandinavian Film Festival
Friday, July 19 - Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
Whether you're after the latest 'Department Q' mystery or a documentary about the Norwegian wilderness, this film festival has something for you.
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EventDisaronno at Palace Cinemas in Melbourne
Monday, May 27 - Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
Where to taste an authentic amaretto sour across Melbourne.
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EventBastille Day
Saturday, July 13 - Sunday, July 14, 2024
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
Queen Victoria Market will be filled with buttery pastries, cooking masterclasses, live music and more to celebrate France's national day.
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EventQueen Victoria Market's Australian Sake Festival
Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, 2024
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
Take your pick from more than 200 different sakes at the Australian Sake Festival, coming to Queen Vic Market this winter.
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EventThe Promised Land
Thursday, June 20 - Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
More than a decade after 'A Royal Affair', Mads Mikkelsen and filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel have made another grand and gripping drama set in Denmark's past.
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FeatureBite-Sized: Three Easy, Meat-Free Dishes with Riyad Seewan of Henrietta Charcoal Chicken
Need some new recipes to add to your rotation? We've got three easy, meat-free dishes to make at home.
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FeatureBite-Sized: Three Easy, Meat-Free Dishes with Dot Lee of Hartsyard
Cure the midweek blues with these hearty, flavour-packed dishes.
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NewsWeird Beers: Meet the Chemical Engineers Tapping into Science to Make Best-in-Class Brews
Forget brewing in your bathtub — discover how these three mates made wild and wacky beers in a university lab.
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NewsSydney's No-Waste Bar Re Is Now Bottling Its Cocktails and Delivering Them Nationally
With Sydney currently in lockdown, the recently opened bar has launched the Re Up Bottle Shop to showcase its creative cocktails — which are made from excess, salvaged and foraged ingredients.
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FeatureWinter Recipes: Three Indulgent Seasonal Snacks with Colin Fassnidge
Make sure your snack game is strong this winter with these easy crowd-pleasers.
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NewsFive Melbourne Beer Gardens to Check Out At Any Time of the Year
Because sitting outside with a pint is one of life's simple pleasures — no matter the weather.
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NewsFive Cosy Melbourne Pubs Where You Can Catch a Live Gig
These Melbourne pubs bring the cosy vibes with live gigs and open mic nights.
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NewsThe Newly Revamped Penny Black Is Set to Reopen as Part of Welcome To Brunswick
It'll become a late-night live music venue and beer garden from the Welcome to Brunswick crew.
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NewsYou Can Now Pick Up DIY Mulled Wine Kits to Steam Up Your Winter
Jam Shed Wines is giving away mulled wine mixes with bottles of its Jam Shed shiraz at independent retailers.
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NewsPeanut Butter-Flavoured Whiskey Is the Next Creative Tipple You Can Add to Your Liquor Cabinet
It tastes like peanut butter — obviously — with notes of vanilla and caramel popcorn, too.
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NewsYou Can Now Get DIY Gelato Messina Dulce de Leche Espresso Martini Kits Delivered to Your Door
Cocktail Porter will deliver everything you need to whip up these cocktails — and you can subscribe to get a new kit delivered every month.
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NewsFive Impressive Drinks to Serve at Brunch When You Want Your Guests to Let Loose (But Last the Distance)
Make it a brunch to remember — literally — by serving up these delicious, low-alcohol alternatives.
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NewsSix Great Melbourne Pubs to Watch the Footy Live and Loud
Can't make it to the stadium? Cheer your team on from one of these cosy pubs.
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FeatureAn Explorer's Guide to Hong Kong
From verdant, mountainous peaks to secluded, sandy beaches, a different side of the harbour city awaits.
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NewsCraft Brewery Deeds Is Opening a Taproom and Bar in Melbourne's South-East
The 150-person venue launches this weekend — and it's got a massive 28 beer tap list.
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FeatureA Luxury Guide to Hong Kong
As one of the world's great financial hubs, it's probably no surprise that Hong Kong has long been a playground for the wealthy.
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NewsThe Hawthorn Hotel Is Making a Grand Comeback and Reopening This Week
Expect a fresh look, a revamped menu and a new incarnation of the famous Tightarse Tuesdays uni night.
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NewsThese 57 Australian Venues Will Soon Be Pouring Zero-Proof Wine, Beer, Spirits and Cocktails
Hospitality chain Australian Venue Co is ramping up its low- and no-alcohol game from July 1.
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FeatureAn Art Lover's Guide to Hong Kong
Once best known as one of the world's major financial hubs, the harbour city has now made a name for itself thanks to a booming creative scene.
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NewsTasmania's Devil's Corner Has Opened a Pop-Up Cellar Door While Its Current Site Gets a Revamp
Sit around the fire pit, then soak in views of the Hazards mountain range and Moulting Lagoon from the adjacent lookout.
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NewsNine Spots Wine and Food Lovers Should Check Out in Heathcote This Queen's Birthday Long Weekend
Sip your way through this picturesque wine region — with a shuttle bus to get you around, too.
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NewsTwelve Australian Coffee Roasters Delivering Beans and Fresh Grounds to Your Door
Order excellent coffee at the click of a button, no matter where you are.
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NewsThis Year's Australian International Beer Awards Have Revealed the Country's Top Brewers
35 trophies were awarded with favourites like Hop Nation, Bentspoke and Dollar Bill Brewing honoured.
