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NewsThe Historic Albert Park Hotel Has Finally Reopened and Unveiled Its Ambitious Makeover
Originally set for March, the pub's reopening was delayed by COVID-19 — but now it's finally here.
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NewsYou Can Now Hire Out a Private Igloo for Dinner and Drinks at These Three Melbourne Pubs
Escape the winter chill inside a cosy igloo with espresso martinis and mulled wine.
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NewsBulla's Cinema Choc Tops Have Landed in the Freezer Aisle for a Limited Time
You can now pick up the frosty cinema snacks from the supermarket.
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NewsSydney Seafood King Josh Niland Just Won the James Beard Book of the Year Award
He nabbed the award for 'The Whole Fish Cookbook' — and he's the first Australian to win the coveted prize.
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NewsHow to Eat and Drink Your Way Around Gippsland's Inverloch This Spring
Escape the city for a weekend filled with sipping cool-climate vino and stocking up on local produce.
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NewsThe Top Regional Pub Eats You Need to Track Down This Winter
From the local joint serving up classic pub grub to a two-hatted gastropub with a 28,000-strong wine cellar.
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GuideThe 22 Best Italian Restaurants in Melbourne
Melbourne's greatest Italian restaurants don't simply stick to the pizza and pasta game. These spots serve up all kinds of regional dishes that'll blow your carb-loving mind.
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GuideThe 14 Best French Restaurants in Melbourne Right Now
Live out your Parisian dreams with escargot, caviar, steak frites and lobster thermidor at these exceptional French diners in Melbourne.
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GuideMelbourne's 20 Most Popular Cafes of 2024
Here's where you've been getting your breakfast, brunch, lunch and caffeine fixes during 2024.
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GuideMelbourne's 20 Most Popular Restaurants of 2024
These are the spots you went looking for this year, from stunning beachside restaurants and CBD fine-diners to neighbourhood haunts and hidden Chinatown gems.
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NewsTen of the Best Grown-Up Christmas Treats to Try in Melbourne for 2024
This Christmas in Melbourne, you can take home gelato-filled cakes, eggnog cruffins and decadent trifles, or go out for festive high teas and gingerbread house workshops.
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GuideThe 14 Best Omakase in Melbourne
This multi-course Japanese dining experience has surged in popularity over the past few years — with sushi lovers fighting to get a reservation at the exclusive chef's tables.
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GuideThe 25 Best Japanese Restaurants in Melbourne
These Melbourne diners serve up some of the best sushi, ramen, gyoza, omakase and regional Japanese food in the city.
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GuideMelbourne's Best High Teas for When You Want to Feel a Little Bit Fancy
From art-inspired creations to ultra-decadent chocolate degustations with bottomless sparkling wine, Melbourne's high tea scene is full of contemporary twists.
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NewsThe 21 Best Bottomless Brunches in Melbourne
At Melbourne's top bottomless brunch spots, you can pair free-flowing margaritas, spritzes, natty wines and beers with breakfast buffets, multi-course set menus, pizzas, curries and drag bingo.
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Guide
The 27 Best Private Dining Rooms in Melbourne
These Melbourne private dining rooms can house your intimate birthday celebrations, luxe date nights and epic Christmas parties.
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NewsArnott's Has Released a Recipe for a Silky Cheesecake Made with Its Nice Biscuits
Turn the baking giant's sugar-coated bikkies into a creamy dessert.
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NewsFour Indulgent Feasts You Can Order When You Want To Treat Yourself at Home
Invite your friends over for a playful night of food and drink pairings.
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NewsFour Date-Night Worthy Meals and Booze Pairings You Can Order To Your Door
Match boozy iced tea with a platter of tacos, or a full-bodied cab sav with spicy lamb curry.
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NewsMelbourne's Ides Restaurant Is Currently Delivering That Black Box Dessert from 'MasterChef'
But, some assembly is required...
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NewsMessina Is Bringing Back 40 of Its Greatest Gelato Hits for One Week
Jon Snow, Robert Brownie Jnr and Fairy Bread are all making a comeback.
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NewsMelbourne Food and Wine Festival Has Launched a New 2020 Program with Massimo Bottura and René Redzepi
While the physical 2020 festival was postponed, the team has launched a new online edition — with some IRL food specials (including limited-edition Lune) for Melburnians, too.
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RestaurantAmatrice Rooftop Restaurant
16 Stephenson Street, Cremorne
Zip away to Italy in the back streets of Cremorne, with aperitivo sips and specialty pasta 10 stories above the ground.
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RestaurantD.O.C Osteria
326 Lygon Street, Carlton
20 years on, this Lygon Street stalwart is still one of the city's top Italian restaurants.
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RestaurantReine & La Rue
380 Collins Street, Melbourne
The NOMAD team has taken French fine-dining to the next level in Melbourne.
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BarRuckers Hill
83 High Street, Northcote
This French-accented wine bar and bistro stands out among the crowd on Northcote's High Street.
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RestaurantChiki Chan & Hiki Bar
6 Centreway, Mordialloc
Chiki Chan is serving up playful Asian-fusion fare in Mordialloc — plus plenty of creative cocktails in its adjoining Hiki Bar.
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RestaurantIl Mercato Centrale Melbourne
546 Collins Street, Melbourne
Melbourne's Il Mercato Centrale is serving up pizza, pasta, calamari fritti, gelato, cannoli, cocktails, wine and so much more — to have in or take away.
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BarCircl Wine House
22 Punch Lane, Melbourne
Circl is making it so much easier to try rare wines with over 150 drops offered by the glass.
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RestaurantElio's Place
238 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Elio's Place is serving up breakfast, lunch, aperitivo snacks and late-night dinners every day of the week in the CBD.
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BarFlour Child Richmond
432 Church Street, Richmond
You’ve had sourdough pizza, US-style slices and dirty Aussie pizzas, but have you tried pinsa romana?
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NewsVictorian Cafes, Restaurants, Pubs and Clubs Will Be Allowed to Reopen from June 1
Parmas and pints are back on the table.
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NewsArnott's Has Just Released a Supremely Decadent Recipe for Tim Tam Brownies
The Australian baker is releasing a new recipe every week until social distancing restrictions are lifted.
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NewsEast 33 Is Melbourne's New Home-Delivery Service Dropping A-Class Oysters to Your Doorstep
The NSW oyster collective usually supplies the country's top restaurants — but now it's bringing its bivalves to you.
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NewsSeven Drinks and Snacks to Order For Every Mood You'll Experience in Isolation
Frustrated? Anxious? Overjoyed? We’re on a rollercoaster of emotions right now.
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NewsA Long Weekender's Guide to Darwin for When You Need Warm Weather Again
Spend balmy nights in Australia's Top End tucking into fresh seafood and meeting local makers.
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NewsThe Thornbury Fromagerie Is Melbourne's New Cheese and Wine Shop
Opening as a bar just before COVID-19, the Thornbury spot had to adapt — quickly — and is now offering same-day delivery five days a week.
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EventFree to Feed's Summer Feasts
Mon, 6 Jan - Fri, 21 Feb 2025
Free to Feed Fitzroy North, Fitzroy North
Some of the social enterprise's culinarily-gifted participants are sharing the flavours and stories of their cultures via a pop-up dinner series.
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EventLong Live Longnecks at BANG
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
BANG at The StandardX, Fitzroy
You can get two-for-one Melbourne Bitter longnecks and $1 homemade dumplings during this happy hour deal.
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EventThe Jungle Giants (DJ Set) at Canadian Club's Australian Open Party
Sun, 12 Jan, 2025
Canadian Club Racquet Club, Melbourne
This Aussie band is taking over the Canadian Club Racquet Club sound system for the Australian Open's opening night.
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EventMelbourne Marriott Docklands Rooftop Infinity Pool Pass
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 - Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Melbourne Marriott Hotel Docklands, Docklands
Spend your summer days sipping spritzes and paddling around this rooftop infinity pool.
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EventBaby's Summer of Spritz
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Baby Pizza, Richmond
Baby's summertime happy hour deal includes a bunch of $9.50 spritzes, $6.5 Peroni Rossas and a $7.50 house wine.
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EventUnderground: The Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Elsternwick
This is the first time the archive has been exhibited outside of Europe.
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EventNGV Friday Nights: Yayoi Kusama
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 - Fri, 18 Apr 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
The NGV's big Yayoi Kusama exhibition is hosting after-hours parties so you can spend Friday evenings surrounded by dots and pumpkins.
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EventRenegades Cricket Derby
Sun, 12 Jan, 2025
Marvel Stadium, Docklands
Let the sparks fly as the Renegades Derby sees the Big Bash League reach fever pitch.
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EventThe Other Art Fair
Thu, 30 Jan - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
Showcasing works from emerging contemporary artists, alongside live tattooing, immersive installations and cocktails, this art fair does things a little differently.
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EventCats & Dogs
Fri, 1 Nov 2024 - Sun, 20 Jul 2025
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne
Featuring 250-plus works, NGV Australia's adorable exhibition agrees that there's no such thing as too many pet pictures.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Bringing Back Its Super-Indulgent Choc Chip Cookie Pie
You can preorder it right now.
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NewsFour Ways to Make Nights at Home More Exciting (and What Dish or Drink to Pair With Them)
Level up your nights at home with fun activities, cocktail deliveries and tasty bites.
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NewsMcDonald's Is Doing Free Delivery Every Weekend Until the End of June
Order via UberEats, spend at least $25, then get your fast food fix without leaving the house — and without paying extra.
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NewsArnott's Has Just Released the Recipe for Its Nostalgic Iced VoVo
The Australian baker is releasing a new recipe every week until social distancing restrictions are lifted.
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NewsMelbourne's Best Pub Experiences You Can Now Enjoy at Home
These joints are bringing the pub experience to your house, with takeaway food, tap brews and even virtual gigs.
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NewsKFC Is Offering 25 Percent Off Its Entire Menu for Three Days
And delivering its 11 secret herbs and spices to your door via Menulog.
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NewsHoyts Is Delivering Popcorn and Choc Tops So You Can Pair Your Home Viewing with Cinema Snacks
For a limited time, it's also giving away free choc tops.
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NewsSan Churro Is Serving Up Retro Dessert Snack Packs with Fairy Bread, Nerds and Chocolate Crackles
And every Thursday in May, they're selling them at 90s prices, too.
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NewsThis Healthy Food Service Is Delivering Ready-to-Eat (and Affordable) Meals to Your Doorstep
Set yourself up with a fridge full of dietitian-designed, chef-made meals.
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NewsSeven Unexpected but Delicious Foods You Didn't Know You Could Match with Rose Champagne
Briny feta cheese, fatty pork dumplings and hearty lamb stew all pair well with pink champagne.
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NewsArnott's Has Just Released the Four-Ingredient Recipe for Its Scotch Finger
The Australian baker is releasing a new recipe every week until social distancing restrictions are lifted.
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NewsFive Hacks to Make Your Dinners as Good as What You'd Get Out on the Town
Become the master of at-home fun.
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NewsThe Northern Territory Is Reopening Restaurants, Bars and Cafes in Two Weeks
Could this mean more Australian states follow suit?
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NewsGelato Messina's Handmade Chocolate Bon Bons Are Back for Mother's Day
This year, the fancy box of chocolates come with a bouquet, too, and can be shipped to mums across Australia.
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NewsEight Tasty Food Podcasts to Feast on During Isolation
From shows with quirky food history facts to sit-downs with some of hospitality industry greats.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Pick Up the Best Cookie Dough for Your Next Baking Session
So you can enjoy that oh-so-amazing smell of freshly baked cookies wafting through your kitchen.
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NewsDisney, McDonald's and IKEA Have Shared Their Secret Recipes with the World During COVID-19
Have a go at recreating IKEA's legendary meatballs, try whipping up a McMuffin or recreate Disney's Mickey Mouse-shaped beignets.
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NewsTen Food and Cooking Shows You Can Stream Right Now to Help Up Your Quarantine Kitchen Game
Whether you want to learn to cook with Nigella Lawson, bake with Noel Fielding from 'The Mighty Boosh' or travel the world with David Chang, there's a show for you.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Bringing Back Its Super-Indulgent Cookie Pies
This time, it's red velvet with white chocolate chips — and you can preorder it now.
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NewsArnott's Has Released the Recipe for the Second Best Assorted Creams Bikkie: the Monte Carlo
The Australian baker is releasing a new recipe every week until social distancing restrictions are lifted.
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NewsThese Australian Restaurants Are Giving Back to the Community During COVID-19
Despite being hit hard themselves, these hospo venues are doling out free meals to the country's most vulnerable. And you can help, too.
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NewsWhere to Find Good Baking Flour Without Having to Visit a Busy Supermarket
If you're looking to begin your own baking adventures, here's where to find the essential ingredients.
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NewsThe Bubble Tea Club Is Now Delivering DIY Boba Packs to Homes Across Australia
The packs come in eight different flavours and with 14 different toppings.
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You Can Now Get Restaurant-Quality Mimosa Rock Oysters Delivered to Your Doorstep
The oyster distributor usually supplies fine dining restaurants across the country — but now it's bringing them to you.
