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NewsAn Ill-Conceived Range of 'Handmaid's Tale' Wines Was Announced and Then Immediately Scrapped
Not every pop culture hit needs merchandise — particularly a show delving into dark dystopian terrain.
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NewsPidapipo Has Released a Stunning New Range Of Gelato Cakes
Including a Lamington Cake and a Peanut Butter Layer Cake — and they can be ordered via UberEats.
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GuideThe Best Cocktail Bars in Melbourne
Whether you want to drink a martini with spaghetti at 2am or pair a whisky concoction with a piece of peach pie, you can have your cocktail any which way in this city.
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NewsSt Kilda Institution The Espy Is Set to Undergo a Huge Revamp and Reopen This Year
It'll reopen in November with two restaurants, a cocktail bar and three stages for live music.
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NewsBass and Flinders' Truffle-Infused Gin Is Here to Fulfil Your Decadent Drinking Dreams
This winter, get your truffles in gin form.
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NewsTrinket Is Flinders Lane's New Art Deco Two-Storey Cocktail Bar
A plush cocktail lounge with a secret basement bar, fireplace and boozy brunch sessions.
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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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NewsMelbourne Is Getting a New Riverside Food Precinct Curated by Acclaimed Chef Scott Pickett
The 2000-square-metre food precinct will be part of a new residential development in Melbourne's north.
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NewsThe Best Bars with Fireplaces in Melbourne
Warm up with a few fireside bevs at these cosy bars and heritage pubs.
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NewsBrunswick Aces Is Australia's First Non-Alcoholic Gin
It's made in Melbourne from native Australian ingredients — and it has hit the shelves just in time for Dry July.
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NewsThe Mornington Peninsula's Vinehop Festival Will Return for a Second Year
The November festival lets you sample the best of the Peninsula's wineries, breweries and cideries, without the need for a designated driver
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GuideThe Best Places in Melbourne to Watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Catch the big games on the big screens at these local pubs.
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NewsThe Poor Toms Gin Duo on Inspiration and the Desire to Give Locals a Taste of Something New
And how what they created has won over the hearts of Sydney's gin lovers.
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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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NewsThe New-Look Holey Moley Opens on Melbourne's Bourke Street Today
It's sporting nine new holes and a new bar offering — and is the group's biggest revamp yet.
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NewsFive Bars with the Best Views of Sydney's Vivid
Head to one of these top spots for epic vistas to enjoy, drink in hand.
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NewsMagnum + Queens Has Opened Its First Bricks-And-Mortar Store in Melbourne
The Coventry Street drinks emporium features over 700 wines
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NewsBroccoli Lattes Could be the Next Australian Coffee Trend
Thanks to a 100% broccoli powder developed by the CSIRO.
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NewsFour Black Pearl Alumni Are Opening a New CBD Bar Called Fancy Free
With over 50 years of collective experience, the group's now planning a neighbourhood-style bar for the city.
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NewsFour Pillars Is Releasing Another Batch of Its Bloody Good Bloody Shiraz Gin
The Victorian distillery has acquired a big bunch Yarra Valley shiraz to make more of the spirit than ever before.
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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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EventBuilders Arms Hotel Sausage Festival
Friday, June 21 - Sunday, June 30, 2024
Builders Arms Hotel, Fitzroy
Snag some not-so-classic bangers at this week-long sausage fest.
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EventFamiglia Affairs Mid-Winter Festival
Saturday, July 6, 2024
Co-conspirators Brewpub, Brunswick
Taste limited-edition winter beers from nine Victorian breweries at this one-day event.
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GuideThe Best Places to Drink Natural Wine in Melbourne
Where to find the funkiest skin-contacts, pét-nats and minimal-intervention wines.
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NewsThe Oeno Files: Sometimes You Should Judge a Wine by Its Cover
Five interesting stories behind the labels.
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NewsOinofilia Greek Wine Festival Will Hit Both Sydney and Melbourne This June
Sample drops from 80 Greek wine producers and authentic food from local Greek eateries.
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NewsFive Classic and New Ways to Drink Gin at Home
An insider’s list from some London gin masters — they’re not giving away their secret recipes just yet, but here’s a start.
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NewsHop Topics: The Rise of the New England IPA
Like IPAs? Meet their new — slightly more delicate — cousin.
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NewsInes Is Windsor's New Old-School European Wine Bar
Complete with Sinatra tunes, Italian wines and classic Euro drinking fare.
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GuideSeven Hop-Filled Events to Head to at Melbourne's 2018 Good Beer Week
Ten days of beer-laden degustations, hoppy cocktails and a boozy mini golf tournament.
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NewsTasmanian Food Trails: The Natural Bounty of the Northwest
Get to know the brews and the bees on the drive from Devonport to Launceston.
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NewsTasmanian Food Trails: Indulge on the Great Eastern Drive
Enjoy the finer things in life as you take in Tasmania's east coast.
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NewsWe're Giving Away Tickets to an Intimate Cocktail Making Class at The Bridge Hotel
Up your cocktail making game at this vodka-fuelled class.
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NewsTonic & Grace Is Glenferrie Road's New Cafe for People with Dietary Requirements
Reversing the usual approach, this cafe puts vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and dairy-free options first — and lets everyone else add to their dishes.
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NewsThe Oeno Files: Bored of the Bottle? Try Your Wine in a Cask, Can or Box
These wines taste as exciting as their packaging looks.
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NewsEastern Larder Is South Melbourne's Tiny New 18-Seat Cafe, Deli and Wine Bar
It comes from the team behind The Alps, The Moon and Milton Wine Shop.
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NewsWe're Giving Away Two VIP Packages to the Mumm Grand Cordon Launch Night
A night of Champagne, confetti canons, dancers and sabrage.
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Gallery: Our Epic Pizza Party at Takeaway Pizza
In partnership with Zantac, we took over Preston's pizza place for a night of slices, cocktails and disco.
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NewsChapel Street's Morris Jones Has Reopened Its Doors After a Huge Renovation
The restaurant now has three sleek bars and a menu that combines elements of Japan and California.
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NewsA Karaoke Bar With A Dog-Friendly Beer Garden Has Opened In Brunswick
Head down Lygon Street to belt out a tune with your pup.
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NewsThe Revamped Prince Alfred Hotel Adds a Rooftop Bar to its Offering
Think bottomless brunches, 60 beer taps and a $15 lunch menu.
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NewsProsecco Road: The Ultimate Autumn Vineyard Hop
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and one had a little bit of sparkle.
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News48 Hours of Autumn Food and Wine Adventures in Victoria's High Country
Pedal to produce, taste wine, make your own gnocchi and rest your head grapevine glamping.
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NewsMelbourne's Good Beer Week Has Revealed Its Full 2018 Program
It features homebrew competitions, wild ale showcases and an all-you-can-eat meat fest.
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NewsNatural History Is Melbourne's New Museum-Inspired All-Day Bar, Grill and Cafe
It's the latest venture from Belles Hot Chicken's Morgan McGlone.
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NewsFour Pillars Has Launched a New Barrel-Aged Gin to Add to Your Gin Shrine
The Sherry Cask Gin is the distillery's first brand new product in two years.
