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NewsBar Bambi Is AC/DC Lane's New Late-Night Italian Lounge Bar and Diner
Roll in for carbonara toasties, negronis by the carafe and a diverse entertainment lineup — with a cheeky 5am close on Saturdays.
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NewsFarmer's Daughters Has Taken Out the Annual Melbourne Award for Hospitality in 2021
Alejandro Saravia's three-level restaurant and bar has been recognised for its commitment to sustainability and championing local Gippsland produce.
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NewsSydney Butcher Victor Churchill Has Opened a New Melbourne Shop Complete with a Wine Bar and Charcuterie Counter
Dressed in a dramatic vision of marble and metallics, it also boasts an onsite food store, wine selection and soon-to-launch dinner offering.
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NewsThe Queen Victoria Market's Food Truck Stop Will Return for Another Summer Season
Across three Wednesdays this December, catch a globe-trotting lineup of food truck eats alongside an all-Victorian drinks menu.
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NewsFable Is Melbourne's Highest Rooftop Bar and the City's Newest Drinking Destination
14 storeys up, this new Mediterranean-inspired beauty is pairing panoramic city views with clever cocktails.
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NewsBoop Is a Melbourne-Born Dating App Offering Food and Drink Discounts for Your Next Date Night
You can use it to browse and match with new dates, or simply to plan a date night with your current squeeze — and it's free.
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GuideSpectacular Autumn Events For Culture Vultures Seeking Their Next Fix
Make sure you add these must-do events to your Sydney culture calendar.
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NewsFrom the 'Mona Lisa' to 'Codex Atlanticus': A Look Inside The Lume's Multi-Sensory Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition
The only 360-degree exact replica of the world's most-famous enigmatic portrait, da Vinci's notebook pages, 40 of his machine inventions brought to life: they're all on display.
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GuideSix Spectacular Art Exhibitions Hitting Sydney in 2023
Famous Modern masters and significant contemporary artists from Australia and abroad are being celebrated in these unmissable exhibitions.
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GuideEight Unmissable Exhibitions to See in Melbourne This Winter
Chilly winter weather is the perfect excuse to explore a few (or many) of Melbourne's world-class art exhibitions.
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GuideSeven Vivid Sydney Highlights You Need to Add to Your Winter Calendar
With pop-up cabaret bars, thought-provoking conversations and free live music, the 2022 run of Vivid Sydney is set to shine bright.
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GuideImmersive and Impressive Blockbuster Exhibitions to Look Forward to Around Australia in 2022
Plan trips to dive into all things Disney, peer at Yayoi Kusama's finest in two different cities, scope out Picasso's best and fall in love with Elvis paraphernalia.
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GuideHow to Get Your Arts and Culture Fix in Tropical North Queensland
Explore beachfront markets, local art galleries and a tropical gin distillery.
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GuideTen Dazzling Melbourne Exhibitions to Look Forward to This Summer
From international art and iconic fashion to design commissions and immersive installations, here are the exhibitions serving up your summer cultural fix.
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GuideFive of the Best RISING Festival Events That You Can Still Get Tickets To
Prepare your diary now for supernatural winter forests and once-off food pop-ups.
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GuideSeven Immersive and Impressive Art Exhibitions to Visit Around Australia This Autumn
Plan trips to walk over giant Monet artworks, visit Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' and explore decaying rooms filled with street art.
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NewsHigher Order Is the New Perception-Shaking Immersive Dining Series with Food by Scott Pickett
This 90-minute experience delivers a feast for all senses, fusing art, performance, design, music and innovative eats.
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NewsMelbourne Is Getting Another Dining Rebate Scheme That'll Give You $150 Off Meals in the City
Now called 'Midweek Melbourne Money', it'll offer 30-percent rebates on dining in the CBD, Lygon Street, North Melbourne, Southbank, South Wharf and Docklands between Monday–Thursday.
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GuideTen Gift Ideas for People Who Love Australian Cuisine (Because Who Doesn't?)
From picturesque oyster feasts to bush tucker tastings, these food-filled adventures make for ideal pressies.
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NewsThe Bellarine Peninsula's Portarlington Grand Hotel Will Reopen This Summer After a Multimillion-Dollar Makeover
The historic site will feature 18 boutique hotel rooms and four revamped hospitality spaces, including a new bistro, beer garden and picnic lawn.
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NewsImpossible Foods Is Finally Serving Up Its Plant-Based Beef Alternative in Australia
Burger chain Grill'd has added four Impossible burgers to its menu, while Sydney favourite Butter is doing an Impossible pop-up with katsu, cheeseburgers and chilli cheese fries.
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NewsHot Damn: Mat's Hot Shop Brings a Dedicated Hot Sauce 'Tasting Room' to Collingwood
Online chilli playground Mat's Hot Shop is opening an innovative bricks 'n' mortar concept store in the heart of Collingwood.
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GuideEvery New Melbourne Bar and Restaurant Opening to Look Forward to
From coastal pubs to inner-city Italian joints, these are the soon-to-launch spots that deserve a place on your to-do list.
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NewsDate-Night Spots in Melbourne for When One of You Eats Plant-Based But the Other Doesn't (Yet)
Date night just got wholesome.
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NewsThy Thy Counter & Canteen Is Richmond's New Sister-Run Mod-Vietnamese Eatery
The family has deep roots in Vic Street's dining scene with this sister duo taking over the same corner site that once housed their parents' eatery, Tho Tho.
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GuideMelbourne's Best Out-of-Town Restaurants, Cafes and Bars Worth a Weekend Road Trip
From regional fine diners and beachside cafes to small gin distilleries and country pubs, these are the spots to plan a day trip — or a whole weekend away — around.
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NewsEight Melbourne Cafes Where You Can Get a Great Plant-Based Brunch
Start your day on the right note at one of these conscious cafes.
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NewsThe Minds Behind Famed Sydney Restaurant Nomad Are Opening a Flinders Lane Outpost Next Month
Surry Hills' Mediterranean favourite will make its first Melbourne home in the former Ezard space from November 15.
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EventWindsor Wine Room x St Hugo
Mon, 10 Mar - Sun, 23 Mar 2025
Windsor Wine Room, Windsor
Fine, Barossa red wine and fresh pasta pairings, just in time for autumn.
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EventFesta Del Pomodoro at Mister Bianco
Tue, 18 Mar and Wed, 19 Mar 2025
Mister Bianco, Kew
Celebrate the art of sugo-making with a three-course meal and cooking demo at this Italian restaurant in Kew.
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EventLightscape Melbourne
Fri, 20 Jun - Sun, 10 Aug 2025
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens, South Yarra
Another winter, another lit-up garden display, with this after-dark festival getting Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne a-glowing.
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EventAustralian International Documentary Conference
Sun, 2 Mar - Wed, 5 Mar 2025
ACMI, Melbourne
Must-see Oscar-nominees 'Black Box Diaries' and 'Sugarcane' lead the lineup at this celebration of factual filmmaking.
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EventNew Order: Australian Tour 2025
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
After their 2020 tour was cut short due to the pandemic, these music icons are returning Down Under.
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EventGet Up and Glow
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Bossley Bar & Restaurant, Melbourne
Get your Saturday started in the best way with a yoga class, brekkie and beauty products — all for free.
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EventMelbourne International Flower and Garden Show
Wed, 26 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Carlton Gardens, Carlton
This five-day flower and garden fest features landscaping inspiration, workshops for plant lovers, art exhibitions and a special after-dark experience.
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EventBBQs of the World
Sun, 30 Mar, 2025
Dandenong Market, Dandenong
Discover what makes barbecue the oldest cuisine in the world, complete with sumptuous bites from West Africa to Brazil.
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EventThat's Amore Cheese Ricotta Festival
Sun, 30 Mar, 2025
That's Amore Cheese, Thomastown
For one day only, the Thomastown lot will be filled with food stalls, bars, and a stage hosting cooking masterclasses and live music performances.
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EventTesselaar KaBloom Festival of Flowers
Sat, 29 Mar - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
Tesselaar Tulip Farm, Silvan
Give your autumn a blooming boost with this floral event, featuring flower displays, acrobats, food trucks and, for the first time, a soaring ferris wheel.
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NewsAustralian Coffee Roaster Single O Is Opening Its First International Cafe in Tokyo
Just like its Surry Hills venue, it'll feature self-serve coffee taps — plus the brand's first in-store coffee subscription.
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NewsHotel Collingwood Is the New Northside Pub Launching in the Former Robbie Burns Site This Week
This pub favourite has scored an impressive refresh, now boasting a bright new look, a subtly elevated pub grub offering and a drinks list full of locals.
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GuideWhere to Get a High-Flying Feed in Melbourne Without Dipping Into Your Savings
From world-class bar snacks to chic seafood lunches, these dining hacks are here to help you save some hard-earned dime.
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NewsKewpie Is the New Bar and Pizza Joint Launching Inside Bimbo's Former Site Next Month
The iconic Brunswick Street haunt has a new name and new owners — but the cheap pizzas and DJ nights live on.
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NewsChris Lucas' New Fire-Driven Japanese Eatery Yakimono Will Open Next Month
80 Collins' newest resident features a futuristic aesthetic and a menu filled with Japanese street food that's cooked over flames.
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NewsMessina Is Now Selling Chocolate-Covered Lamington Gelato Bars at Australian Supermarkets
They come filled with chocolate gelato mixed with desiccated coconut — plus raspberry sauce.
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NewsQT Melbourne's Secret Garden Bar Is Being Reborn as an Art-Filled Italian Paradise For Summer
Melbourne's secluded summer hideaway returns — this time with bocce, vintage Italian tunes and vino from Dal Zotto Wines.
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NewsWhat Three Top Chefs Love About Eating (And Cooking) Plant-Based
"Plant-based eating is honestly no different to eating any other meal. Good food is good food."
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NewsConnoisseur and Koko Black Have Teamed Up for a New Range of Luxurious Ice Cream Sticks
Two flavours are available, both coated in Koko Black's signature 54 percent dark chocolate.
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GuideAll the Melbourne Restaurants, Cafes and Pubs Taking Bookings From October 26 Onwards
The wait is, finally, almost over — parmas and pints are back on the table.
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NewsMcDonald's Has Launched a Limited-Edition Caramilk McFlurry So That's Your Next Dessert Sorted
You've tried Caramilk cocktails and Caramilk doughnuts — now it's time for Macca's spin on the cult-favourite caramelised white chocolate.
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NewsArbory's Floating Bar Is Returning to the Yarra with a New Look Inspired by Turkey's Turquoise Coast
Arbory Afloat will sail once again in late October with two bars, poolside cabanas and lots of cocktails on tap.
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NewsMessina Has Turned a Heap of Its Most Popular Gelato Flavours Into Chocolates
The dessert brand is doing pick 'n' mix packs filled with gelato-inspired chocolates, including cone-ception, fairy bread and neapolitan varieties.
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NewsVegemite and Cheese Pizza Now Exists Thanks to Domino's New Limited-Edition Menu Addition
Slathering the yeasty spread across a pizza base, then adding mozzarella, the cheesy food mashup is only available for three weeks.
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NewsCucina Povera Is Melbourne's Soon-to-Launch Italian Venue From Maurice Terzini and Joe Vargetto
It'll take over the former Massi site from next month, serving a contemporary take on Italian peasant food.
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NewsSmith St Bistrot Is Scott Pickett's New French-Inspired Venture Coming to Collingwood This Summer
The chef's next project is a classic French-inspired bistro and bar, featuring steak baguettes, lobster thermidor and low-intervention wines.
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NewsBrae and Attica Have Been Named in the World's Top 100 Restaurant Longlist for 2021
The two Victorian restaurants were the only Aussies to make this year's World's 50 Best restaurant awards, ranking 57 and 97 respectively.
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NewsEight Melbourne Picnic Packs to Level Up Your Next Park Session
Lock in a sunny day, pick a favourite park in your bubble, pre-order one of these bad boys and get ready to picnic like a boss.
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NewsTaco Bell Is Handing Out Free Tacos at Every Australian Store Next Week
The Tex-Mex chain is celebrating International Taco Day in the tastiest possible way — with free tacos.
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GuideMelbourne's Best Delis, Bottle Shops, Bakeries and Cheese Stores for Picnic Supplies
No matter your picnic style or location, this lineup has everything you need for total picnic success.
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NewsThe City of Melbourne's New Outdoor Trading Initiative Will See Al Fresco Dining Areas Pop-Up in the CBD
The Inside Out program will make it easier for business owners to embrace outdoor dining and retail via fast-tracked applications, extended hours and laneway pop-ups.
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NewsMelbourne's 48h Pizza e Gnocchi Bar Has Been Crowned the Best Pizzeria In Oceania
The South Yarra venue claimed the title in this year's prestigious 50 Top Pizza awards.
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NewsKrispy Kreme Has Teamed Up with Cadbury to Create the Caramilk Doughnuts of Your Dreams
Both limited-edition doughnuts come dipped in Caramilk, then sprinkled with Caramilk flakes — and they're only available at 7-Eleven stores.
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News'Empty Chairs At Empty Tables' Is a Portrait Series Capturing Melbourne's Hospitality Industry in Hibernation
The photographs and film feature much-loved local chefs and venue owners, including Guy Grossi and Karen Martini.
