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NewsNow Open: Johnny's Green Room Relaunches with a Fresh Look and New Italian-Inspired Menu
Carlton's much-loved rooftop bar returns with a stylish renovation, seasonal Italian menu and music curated by the Hope St Radio crew.
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FeatureA Seasoned Hong Kong Local Shares Their Tips for a Perfect Night on the Town
Hong Kong is known for a lot of things, the most prominent being its night vibes.
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NewsOTT Australian Burger Chain Milky Lane Has Launched Its Own Range of Canned Cocktails
Love this burger joint's boozy creaming soda spiders? You can now get them in a tin.
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NewsSave the Date: Here's When GABS Is Bringing Back Its Big Craft Beer, Cider and Food Festivals in 2024
Where can you sip 120 tipples, dance at a silent disco, play games and hear from the folks behind the brews? The Great Australasian Beer Spectapular.
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NewsBahama Gold Has Launched a Wine Delivery Service That Will Guarantee Bottles at Your Door Within the Hour
This is extremely welcome news for anyone who has ever run out of alcohol mid-party (or isn't great at planning).
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NewsGood Beer Week Is Taking a Break in 2024 But Will Still Support Local Beer Festivals Throughout the Year
While you won't be able to hit up Good Beer Week in 2024, beer lovers still have stacks of opportunities to sample local beers and support independent brewers.
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GuideThe Ten Best Waterside Bars in Melbourne
Summer calls for spritzes by St Kilda Beach and a few cold ones on the banks of the Yarra.
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GuideHonda ZR-V-Approved: The Honda Team's Favourite Spots
The Honda team's own picks across Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne: the spots they keep going back to and would probably take you to themselves.
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GuideX-Factor Venues Made to Impress Even the Most Jaded Out-of-Towners
Restaurants and bars across Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide worth showing off to the friend you've been trying to talk into moving closer.
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GuideWine Bars with Excellent By-the-Glass Lists to Slowly Work Through
Wine bars across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide where the by-the-glass list gets treated just as seriously as the bottles on the back shelf.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Coffee in Melbourne for 2026
Whether you're a coffee snob searching for the perfect pour, an over-worked employee needing a quick caffeine hit, or just love to explore Melbourne's cafe scene, these top coffee roasters and brewers ...
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GuideUnconventional Outings to Round Up the Crew for Something Different
Hands-on outings across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne for the group chat that's already bored of brunch, bar-hopping and the same old dinner booking.
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GuidePubs to Settle Into and See Out a Long and Lazy Sunday Session
Twelve pubs made for a lazy weekend sesh with mates — a beer garden to claim, a few pints to work through, and nowhere else you need to be.
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GuideLate-Night Cocktail Bars Made for Just One More Round Before Ubers
Twelve bars built for the hour when "one more round" turns into three, spanning a Godfather-themed basement, a moon-lit Shanghai den and a bar that distills its own fernet.
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GuideHotel Bars That Even the Locals Should Know About and Frequent
The hotel bars across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane worth seeking out for the drinks alone — no room key or out-of-town postcode required.
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NewsCalling All Vino Lovers: These Four Wine Venues Are Australia's Best According to 2023's Wineslinger Awards
Melbourne claimed two of the top four spots, with South Australian and Western Australian venues also earning some love.
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NewsClose the Book on 2023 with These Banger New Year's Eve Events Across Melbourne
Don't leave New Year's to the final week — plan your ending to the year with these events across town.
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GuideMelbourne's 20 Most Popular Bars of 2023
Neighbourhood pubs, laneway wine bars and sun-soaked rooftops — they've all grabbed your attention in 2023.
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NewsNow Open: A Sleek New Bar Has Just Landed Within Bendigo's Only Dedicated Steakhouse, The Woodhouse
The Woodhouse Bar is sporting a luxe fit-out, a 300-strong wine list and a menu boasting variations on wagyu beef.
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GuideWhere to Head for a Weekend Sunset Spritz with Your Mates
Spend your summer soaking in golden hour and sipping cocktails with your mates at these must-visit Melbourne bars.
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FeatureThe Summer of Spritz
The sunny Italian apéritif is synonymous with summer afternoons — and here's all you need to expertly add its bright citrus fizz to the red-hot season.
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BarStokehouse
30 Jacka Boulevard, St Kilda
St Kilda's iconic Stokehouse has passed to the golden hands of Andrew McConnell, and big things are coming.
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BarImperial Hotel
2-8 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Soak up the 360-degree views on the new refurbished rooftop of this CBD pub.
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BarFlorentino
80 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Littered with Italian murals and quintessentially traditional food, this Italian institution has been pumping since '28.
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BarThe Rochester Hotel
202 Johnston Street, Fitzroy
The Rochey boasts a famous happy hour, specials almost every night of the week, and now a comedy and curry evening.
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BarBar Lourinha
37 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
Always bustling and packed to the brim, this little gem offers a trip to Spain sans the passport.
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BarHotel Nacional
23-25 Hardware Lane, Melbourne
Hotel Nacional is Hardware Lane's five-storey, totally gluten-free Mexican restaurant and bar.
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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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NewsNow Open: Maggie's Snacks and Liquor Is the New Neighbourhood Bar at the Brunswick East End of Lygon Street
This isn't your average drinking den, with the crew pumping out some wildly creative eats and drinks for locals.
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NewsNailing Niche: A Gift Guide for Your Picky Loved Ones Who Have Everything
Gifts so spot-on, even your pickiest pals will wonder if you're secretly a mind reader.
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NewsAldi and BrewDog Are Opening a One-Night-Only Sydney Pop-Up Pub Where a Beer Only Costs $3.25
In states where supermarkets can sell alcohol, you'll also be able to pick up a four-pack of ALD IPA for $13.
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NewsComing Soon: A New Rooftop Cocktail Bar Is Coming to South Melbourne's Clarendon Hotel This Summer
Will Mirror Mirror rooftop bar be the fairest of them all? Only time will tell.
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NewsSummer Sesh: Five Ways to Level Up a Legendary Kickback
How to throw a get-together that’s minimal hassle for maximum vibes.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Holiday Drinks Gift Guide 2023
What’s the silly season without some tasty sips?
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Event'Passage: The Art of Atong Atem' at NGV Australia
Fri, 30 Oct 2026 - Mon, 14 Jun 2027
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne
From striking self-portraits to celestial stories, the South Sudanese-Australian artist is showcasing her most comprehensive exhibition yet.
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EventThe Sunday Reset
Multiple single dates
Hyde Melbourne Place, Melbourne
The Melbourne Apothecary is jazzing up the day of rest with a 12-week wellness series.
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EventCharlotte de Witte at The Wool Store
Fri, 11 Dec, 2026
The Wool Store, West Footscray
The global techno powerhouse is taking over a sprawling industrial Melbourne venue with her trademark high-intensity sound.
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EventThe Teskey Brothers at Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Sat, 17 Oct, 2026
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
The city's annual jazz celebration is hitting all the right notes, beginning with a blockbuster hometown performance from The Teskey Brothers.
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EventHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Concert with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Sat, 18 Sep 2027 and Sun, 19 Sep 2027
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf
Celebrating 25 years of this adored series, the MSO will perform John Williams' iconic score across three Melbourne nights.
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NewsComing Soon: Moon Dog Is Planning to Open Two More Mega Venues in Docklands and Frankston
Moon Dog is taking over Melbourne, one huge brewery bar at a time.
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NewsComing Soon: Basement Bar Purple Pit Will Join Reine & La Rue in Melbourne's Queens and Collins Building This December
Head down to the basement for euro-centric cocktails and "champagne food".
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NewsThis New Range of FELLR Seltzers Will Get You Sipping Your Favourite Messina Sorbet Flavours
Messina's yuzu, blood orange, and salted coconut and mango sorbets are getting boozy.
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FeatureA Bluffer's Guide to Dark Rum
Uncover this underrated luscious spirit from the heart of the Caribbean.
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GuideTake It Breezy This Summer at These Luxe Melbourne Bars
Slow things down and savour your sips at these classy spots in Melbourne.
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NewsMoon Dog's New Wild West-Themed Bar in Footscray's Iconic Franco Cozzo Building Will Open in March 2024
The three-storey site will have a bucking bull, live music and a sun-soaked rooftop.
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NewsAustralia's Top 55 Wine Venues for 2023 Have Been Named by the Wineslinger Awards
Normally only 50 vino spots are chosen each year, but 2023's votes couldn't be split — and 19 venues were named for the first time.
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NewsFour Pillars and Go-To Skincare's Limited-Edition Go-To Gin Collaboration Is Back for a Third Year
After selling out in mere hours in both 2021 and 2022, this gin collab is back — this time with more quandong, plus yuzu, lime, coriander seeds and lemon myrtle.
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NewsNow Open: Kew's 150-Year-Old Skinny Dog Hotel Gets a Huge New Rooftop Space Just in Time for Summer
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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NewsGrazie Dio: Johnny's Green Room to Reopen with Fresh Look and New Italian-Inspired Menu This Summer
Carlton's beloved rooftop oasis is set to return with a stylish renovation, seasonal Italian menu — and same immaculate vibe.
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NewsSydney's Maybe Sammy Has Been Named the Number-One Bar in the World for 2023 by Top 500 Bars
The data-driven list sees the Harbour City cocktail bar come out on top — with 22 other Australian bars making the list.
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NewsNow Open: Italian Aperitivo Culture Meets Melbourne Cool at Torino Aperitivo
Chill vibes, Italian-inspired decor and a negroni fountain — benvenuti a Melbourne's newest aperitivo bar.
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NewsIt's Time to Get Drunk on Pud with Nan: Four Pillars' Supremely Festive 2023 Christmas Gin Is Here
Nothing says festive drinks like sipping a gin distilled with Christmas puddings and spicy botanicals, which the Australian favourites have been doing for eight years.
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NewsNow Open: QT Melbourne's Rooftop Bar Has Relaunched for Sky-High Drinks After a Spring Revamp
You've now got new cocktails to sip and dishes to eat — and new alcoves to get cosy in, plus an outdoor bar.
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NewsLive Music, Classic Charm and Pocari Sweat: Welcome to High Note, Northcote's New Music Bar
The historic Northcote Theatre has gotten a musical makeover courtesy of the Crown Ruler crew — -prepare for live acts, workshops and a whole new vibe.
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NewsSydney's Maybe Sammy and Melbourne's Caretaker's Cottage Have Made 2023's World's 50 Best Bars List
Making the list for the fifth year in a row, Maybe Sammy is now ranked 15th in the world.
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NewsWe're Giving Our Readers the Chance to Host a Luxury Cocktail Party For Up to 40 Guests
Enjoy four hours of whiskey cocktails and canapés at home, provided by Woodford Reserve.
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NewsComing Soon: In Great News for Mezcal Fiends, Ghost Donkey Is Opening Its First Australian Outpost
Experience a slice of New York's mezcal scene at Melbourne's next go-to for premium mezcal, cocktails and Mexican bites.
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NewsMelbourne Cocktail Favourite Byrdi Has Been Named in The World's 50 Best Bars 51-100 List for 2023
Just like in 2021, the La Trobe Street bar is the only Australian joint to make this year's extended list ahead of the top 50 reveal.
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FeatureOmakase with a Twist
Looking to dive deeper into the Japanese art of omakase? From chefs' stories and creative processes to martini recipes, we've done the legwork.
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NewsJust In: QT Melbourne's Rooftop Bar Is Relaunching in October with a New Look and Mediterranean Menu
Expect new drinks, new dishes and a view that never gets old at Melbourne's Rooftop at QT after a mid-spring revamp.
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NewsNow Open: Floating Bar and Restaurant Afloat Is Back on the Yarra with Margaritas, Mezcal and Mexican Bites
The Melbourne favourite's latest seasonal makeover will let you spend spring and summer on the river celebrating the culture and flavours of Mexico.
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NewsNow Open: Rocco's Bologna Discoteca Has Added a New Upstairs Bar Just in Time for Spring
The cult-favourite Italian sandwich bar has opened Vince's Bar, featuring an outdoor patio that's ideal for sipping spritzes on — and snacking on mortadella mousse tartlets.
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NewsComing Soon: Hop Nation Is Revamping Its Taproom with Brooklyn-Warehouse Vibes and a New Pizza Menu
Good news for beer and footy fans: it'll be open just in time for the AFL Grand Final.
