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NewsBaron Samedi Is Hosting a Tonne of Winter Rum Pop-Ups
Rum will come together with live music at venues across Melbourne and Sydney.
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NewsThe Bitters Lab Is Fitzroy's New Dedicated One-Stop Bitters Shop
Take your drink-mixing skills to the next level.
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NewsThe Best, Weirdest and Most Controversial New Australian Craft Beers to Try in 2016
Beers made with peanut brittle, pork broth and belly button yeast.
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NewsA Brief History of the Negroni
Who invented the Negroni? And why is it so popular all of a sudden?
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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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GuideWhere to Find the Best Coffee in Melbourne
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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NewsThe Ten Best Bars for a Negroni in Melbourne
Warm up with that perfect blend of gin, bitters and vermouth.
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NewsSeven Ridiculously Great Twists on a Negroni
Negroni marshmellows to Negroni ice cream sandwiches.
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NewsThe Old Little Creatures Dining Hall Space Will Be Reborn as Fitzroy Social
You can't keep a good craft beer bar down.
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NewsNoisy Ritual Is Opening Melbourne's First Ever Urban Winery
The people-powered winery has a permanent home in Brunswick East.
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GuideThe Ten Best Events to Drink at During Good Beer Week 2016
Ten straight days of workshops, samplings and potential liver damage.
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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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RestaurantSmall Batch Roasting Co.
3-9 Little Howard Street, North Melbourne
This coffee paradise comes from the original founder of North Melbourne's Auction Rooms.
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NewsThe Ten Best BYO Restaurants in Melbourne
Offset the damage to your wallet on your next night out.
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NewsThis New App Helps You Find the Cheapest Booze in Town
The result of a beer-goggled brain explosion, because of course it was.
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NewsMarket Lane Have Opened a Brand New CBD Coffee Shop on Collins Street
And, true to form, it's as aesthetically pleasing as ever.
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EventNight Trade
Saturday, June 1 - Saturday, June 15, 2024
Capitol Arcade, Melbourne
Night Trade at RISING is back with DJs, performances, psychic readings, food and drink stalls, art installations, and karaoke.
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EventWhisky, Wine and Fire Festival 2024
Thursday, July 18 - Sunday, July 21, 2024
Caulfield Racecourse, Caulfield East
Get cosy this winter with booze tastings and flame-cooked food at Caulfield Racecourse.
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Event400 Gradi x The Lume Dinner
Thursday, June 20, 2024
THE LUME Melbourne, South Wharf
It's not The Lume's last supper, but this collaboration with 400 Gradi will only run for one night.
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EventMelbourne Design Week
Thursday, May 23 - Sunday, June 2, 2024
Various locations across Melbourne, Melbourne
More than 300 exhibitions, installations, talks, tours and displays are filling the NGV and beyond with creativity for this design celebration's eighth year.
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Event'Home Alone' in Concert
Thursday, December 5, 2024, Friday, December 6, 2024 and Saturday, December 7, 2024
Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne
This festive season, you can relive the 90s Christmas classic with a live orchestral score — ya filthy animals.
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EventGemini Season at Gemini Wine Bar
Friday, May 24 - Thursday, June 20, 2024
Gemini Wine Bar, Coburg
The Coburg bar and pantry is celebrating those born during this astrological season with an art exhibition, happy-hour deals, food and drink pairings and a huge party.
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EventMinistry of Sound: Testament
Saturday, September 7, 2024
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
Ministry of Sound's massive 90s and 00s parties are returning to Melbourne to see out winter and kick off spring 2024.
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EventThe Big Design Market
Friday, May 24 - Sunday, May 26, 2024
Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
The Big Design Market is returning to Melbourne with a massive lineup of independent designer stalls and exceptional culinary experiences.
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Event$5 Lamb Steak Kevabs
Sunday, June 2, 2024
Kevabs, Brunswick
The Brunswick eatery is turning five this year, and is marking the occasion with a one-day discount on its new meat-free lamb wrap.
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EventNomu Saketen Sake Sessions
Friday, May 17, 2024, Saturday, May 18, 2024, Friday, May 24, 2024 and Saturday, May 25, 2024
CBCB & ODFUB, Brunswick
Sample small-batch sakes paired with light snacks in Brunswick every Friday and Saturday night.
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NewsSt Kilda's George Hotel to be Reborn as Freddie Wimpoles
Featuring New York deli-style food and a rotating lineup of craft beers.
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NewsStomping Ground Brewing Co. Is Collingwood's New Craft Brewery
From the heroes behind The Local Taphouse and GABS Beer Festival.
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NewsDZ Deathrays Have Released Their Own Beer
They've teamed up with Young Henrys to make 'Pils 'n' Thrills'.
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NewsMeet Capital Brewing, Canberra's New Craft Brewery
Australia's capital is joining the craft party.
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NewsTen Awesome Cellar Doors Worth Visiting in NSW
Some you'll need to road trip to, others are walkable.
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NewsMeet Tripod Coffee, Australia's New Sustainable Pod Startup Taking on Nespresso
Run by two former Aussie cricketers. Really.
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NewsThis Australian Spirit Has Been Named the World's Best Rum
You might be surprised to find out who the distiller is.
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NewsThe 2016 Good Beer Week Program Has Been Revealed
Ten straight days of workshops, samplings and liver damage.
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NewsThe Rewriters: How Ramblin' Rascal Tavern's Charlie Lehmann Chose Bar Life Over Politics
Meet the bartender who threw in the corporate towel to open one of Sydney’s most beloved watering holes.
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NewsToorak Has a Brand New Wine Bar
505 Wine Bar has all the essentials: wine, wine-matched snacks and a solid happy hour.
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NewsMick Fanning Is Opening His Own Australian Brewery
The surfing legend will apparently even be pulling beers at the bar.
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NewsThe Old Pentridge Prison Is Being Transformed Into a Microbrewery and Pub
Have a drink in the clink.
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NewsMeet Jerome Borazio's New Footscray Bar, Back Alley Sally's
The westside bar from the folks behind Sister Bella and St Jeromes - The Hotel.
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NewsNew York's Hidden Cocktail Bar Attaboy Is Popping Up in Sydney and Melbourne
The Lower East Side bar makes it Down Under for two nights only.
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NewsRockwell and Sons Open Bar Liberty
This new wine bar looks set to be your new fave Fitzroy spot.
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NewsWin a Trip to Sydney as a VIP Guest of Monkey Shoulder's Chinese New Year Whisky Pop-Up
The perfect whisky for the Year of the Monkey.
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