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NewsMeet Smash Palace, the Bus Bar Driving Christchurch’s Hospo Revolution
More than just a booze bus, Smash Palace is a temporary bar bringing good spirits to town.
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NewsPinot Palooza Returns (with Over 150 Pinot Noirs to Try)
150 Pinot Noirs all in one place, all on one day.
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NewsYou’ll Soon Be Able to Guzzle Precious Hobbit-Themed Beer
The Smaug Stout is infused with chillies. Nice.
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NewsSand Hill Road Strikes Again: The Terminus Gets a Makeover
The Abbotsford pub sports a classy revamp but maintains the things that matter most: beer, bingo and counter meals.
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NewsWhat to Expect from Australia’s First Cat Cafe
Take a sneak peek at Melbourne's brand new Cat Cafe opening Wednesday.
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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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NewsTwo Birds Brewing Opens New Melbourne Brewery and Tasting Room The Nest
Australia's first female-owned and managed brewing company now has their own brewery.
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NewsDraft Beer Vending Machines Are Now a Thing
The line-skipping device that charges by the gram and knows if you've chugged too much.
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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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NewsAustralian-Grown Truffle Beer to be Served in New York City
At a cheeky $120 a bottle, New York's fanciest new beer gets its secret ingredient from Australia.
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NewsYou’ll Be Able to Toast Season Five with Game of Thrones Wine
"12 houses. 12 temptations. Where does your loyalty lie?"
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NewsBrooklyn Confirms Brooklyn-ness By Holding Dinner Parties in Dumpsters
Trashy fine dining at its most Brooklynised.
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NewsNew Experimental Spirits Co. Launching Crowdfunded Smoked Bacon Bourbon
The team behind Eau De Vie and The Roosevelt wants your help to bring home the bacon.
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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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NewsScientists Have Proven the Existence of Beer Goggles
Your one night stand just got a little more scientific.
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NewsThe Best of the West
Melbourne's western suburbs are bubbling with brand new ventures. Try 'em out.
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NewsBeer Slushies Are a Thing That Exist Now (and They’re Not Bad)
Pure forms of liquid happiness coming to your kitchen.
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NewsThe Ten Best Places to Get Your Cheese Fix in Melbourne
We love cheese. And because we know you do too, we've found the 10 best places to get your cheese fix in Melbourne.
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NewsThe Bluffer’s Guide to Sake
Sommelier and co-owner of Blackmarket Sake Matt Young talks us through the rice brew.
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NewsThe New Experimental Cocktail Bar to End All Experimental Cocktail Bars
An ever changing bar is mixing unlikely themes.
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NewsKeystone’s Rushcutters Serve Up Seasonal Farmer’s Feasts for 25 Beans
Meet star local producers, sample seasonal produce and taste organic wine, without totally shelling out.
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NewsMeet Grant Street, Southbank’s Latest Revamped Arts Space
Turns out student theatre is much more than cheesy Shakespeare and unsubtle politics.
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NewsSt. Vincent Has Created Her Own Signature Coffee Blend
The New York-based multi-instrumentalist joins James Murphy and David Lynch with her own cup o' joe.
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NewsThe Ten Best Bars in Adelaide
With licensing loosened, 2014 is proving Adelaide's year of the small bar.
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NewsWinemakers Want You to Skip the Pre-Drinks and See the Supports For Once
Ditch the pre-drinks and discover the next Arcade Fire.
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NewsSydney’s The Rook and Melbourne’s Black Pearl Are Swapping Bars
Because you should never be too old to go on exchange.
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NewsCraft Check App Distinguishes Between Craft Beers and Fakes
Is that a craft beer you're drinking, or merely a crafty one?
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NewsThe Ten Best Laneway Bars in Melbourne
Melbourne is always bragging about its 'best-kept secrets'. These are what we mean.
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NewsThe Ten Best Events at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2014
Melbourne, it's time to make some dinner plans.
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NewsTen Standout Craft Beers to Try Before the End of Summer
Meet some local beers doing amazing things with hops, water and yeast.
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NewsThe Ten Best Beer Gardens in Melbourne
Rooftops be damned, the humble beer garden is the place to be this summer.
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NewsThe Ten Best Cocktail Bars in Melbourne
Whether it's on a rooftop, down a laneway or inside a dim den, Melbourne loves a good cocktail.
