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NewsDavid Jones Will Permanently Close Its Legendary Melbourne Bourke Street Mall Food Hall
The food store will close its doors next month.
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NewsKrispy Kreme Has Just Dropped a Limited-Edition Range of Biscoff Doughnuts
You can choose from two different doughnuts, each featuring Lotus Biscoff cookie butter spread — which is made from the crumbs of caramelised biscuits.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Releasing a Dulce de Leche Version of Its Indulgent Choc Chip Cookie Pie
The OTT dessert is back — this time, with swirls of dulce de leche.
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NewsWhat's Open in Melbourne This Labour Day Public Holiday
Your favourite spot may be closed this Monday, but these cafes, restaurants and bars will more than tide you over.
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NewsSt Kilda's Lau's Family Kitchen Is Closing Down After 15 Years of Service
The Acland Street mainstay will stop serving its signature Cantonese dishes at the end of March.
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NewsHotel Fitzroy Is Brunswick Street's New Multi-Level Pub with an Italian Diner and a Rooftop Bar
The 167-year-old Brunswick Street site has been reimagined, with renowned chef Maurizio Esposito heading up a brand-new kitchen offering.
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GuideThe Best French Restaurants in Melbourne
Live out your Parisian dreams with escargot, caviar, steak frites and lobster thermidor at these exceptional French diners in Melbourne.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Breakfast in Melbourne's CBD
Make time to visit these CBD cafes and never turn up to work hungry again.
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GuideThe Best Mexican Restaurants in Melbourne
Head to these spots for seriously good tacos, rare mezcals and many, many margaritas.
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GuideThe 25 Best Chinese Restaurants in Melbourne for 2025
From Chinatown institutions and neighbourhood haunts to CBD fine-diners and contemporary Asian-fusion eateries, here are our top picks for when you have a hankering for some top Chinese cuisine.
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GuideAll the New Melbourne Restaurant and Bar Openings to Try This Summer 2026
Melbourne’s newest restaurants and bars are setting the tone for summer 2026 — from rooftop spritzes to laneway wine bars, here’s where to eat and drink next.
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NewsTen Road Trip-Worthy Restaurants You Should Visit in Victoria
Life is short, so it's imperative that once in a while you plan a road-trip to sample some of regional Victoria's exceptional food.
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GuideThe 25 Best Restaurants in Melbourne for 2025
From high-flying fine-diners in the CBD to tried-and-true neighbourhood haunts — these are the Melbourne restaurants we'd recommend to a friend (you, dear reader).
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GuideThe 50 Best Restaurants in the Melbourne CBD for 2025
Whether you're after fine-diners or cheap eats, you're truly spoilt for choice when looking for places to eat in Melbourne's CBD.
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NewsWhere to Find the Best Ice Cream and Gelato in Melbourne
Whether you like your scoops creamy, salty, vegan or sandwiched, you can find them in our guide.
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GuideThe Best Private Dining Rooms in Melbourne
These private dining rooms have you got you covered from private bartenders to suckling pigs, martini trolleys to luxurious sashimi platters.
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NewsUS Bakery Chain Cinnabon Is Finally Bringing Its Sticky Scrolls to Melbourne
Westfield Southland will soon be home to brand's first Melbourne store, which marks its first Australian location outside of Queensland.
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NewsAttica Summer Camp Is Now Open for Rotisserie-Driven Picnic Feasts in the Yarra Valley
Complete with roo skewers, glasses of friesling and one heck of a dessert trolley.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Bringing Back Its Super-Fancy Version of Viennetta
It combines fior di latte gelato with choc chips and chocolate fudge, then covers it all with piped vanilla chantilly as well as a chocolate velvet spray.
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NewsDom's Social Club Is the New Three-Level Pizzeria, Pool Room and Rooftop Bar in Melbourne's CBD
The former Peaches and Cheek space has been transformed into a laidback spot that feels distinctly like an Italian social club.
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NewsThe City of Melbourne's Outdoor Dining Program Has Been Extended Until the End of June
More than 200 outdoor dining parklets have popped up over the past few months.
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NewsCBD Cafe Hardware Societe Has Closed Indefinitely After More Than a Decade
A third lockdown has proved the final straw for the long-running laneway institution.
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RestaurantHawker Hall
98 Chapel Street, Windsor
A roomy interior lit by neon signage, a menu packed with hawker-style delights and a standout offering of beers on tap.
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RestaurantYakimono
80 Collins Street, Melbourne
This colourful Chris Lucas venture features a futuristic aesthetic and a menu filled with Japanese street food that's cooked over flames.
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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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RestaurantGood Times
214 Saint Georges Road, Fitzroy North
A charmingly low-key joint with drawing paper on the tables and wallet-friendly negronis, wine carafes and pasta dishes for just $9 a pop.
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RestaurantRuzia's Wine
215 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North
When a venue is named after someone's grandmother, it's a telltale sign that the space is likely to be imbued with a lot of heart and soul.
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RestaurantToken
151 Toorak Road, South Yarra
Get around great sashimi and temaki from the raw bar and flame-kissed Japanese eats from the yakitori grill.
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RestaurantGarfield Pizzeria
297 Lygon Street, Carlton
The counter-service pizzeria, named for an orange cat who visited the building site, reimagines the traditional Italian restaurant experience.
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RestaurantKoi Toy
T16, Pentridge Shopping Centre, 1 Champ Street, Coburg
Menu highlights include angel hair tempura King Prawns, sake-cured Ocean Trout, and crunchy fried whitebait with yuzu tartare sauce.
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RestaurantFrenchie
15 Collins Street, Melbourne
Frenchie's big drawcard is that everything on the menu is priced at $14. Yes, you read that correctly.
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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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NewsThe Fork Festival Is Offering Half-Price Meals at Restaurants Across Australia for Six Weeks
Snag cheap eats at hundreds of restaurants across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane until the end of March.
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NewsIndu Is the New Restaurant Bringing a Taste of Sri Lanka and Southern India to the CBD
You can pair egg hoppers with spiced chai old fashioneds at this atmospheric Collins Street restaurant.
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NewsDoordash Is Offering Free Delivery During Victoria's Snap Lockdown
It's available on every order — and there's no minimum spend.
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NewsDin Tai Fung Is Making Adorable Ox Buns for Lunar New Year
They're filled will molten chocolate — and you can enjoy them in-store and as part of the chain's Lunar New Year hamper to eat at home.
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NewsMelbourne Food & Wine Festival Announces Huge 2021 Program with Not One, But Three Festivals
Work up an appetite for this expanded program of events, including the inaugural World's Longest Brunch.
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EventNational Spanish Paella Day at Anada
Sat, 28 Mar - Sun, 29 Mar 2026
Añada Bar & Restaurant, Fitzroy
Expect generous pans, complimentary wine and a lively vibe that evokes the best of sun-soaked Spanish lunches.
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EventSea of Light at Abbotsford Convent
Thu, 9 Apr - Sun, 12 Apr 2026
Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford
This April, swap screen time for something brighter as kids step into a glowing world of creativity and discovery.
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EventMFWF: Feast for Freedom — A Longer Table
Wed, 25 Mar, 2026
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Footscray
This one-night dining experience blends flavour and storytelling, bringing people together through refugee-led dishes that celebrate cultural richness.
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EventVera Blue x Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Orchestral Veil
Sat, 11 Jul, 2026
Hamer Hall, Southbank
The groundbreaking Australian artist is once again reimagining her music with Victoria's top orchestra this July.
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Event'Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness'
Sat, 28 Mar - Sun, 26 Jul 2026
The District Docklands, Docklands
If you’ve ever wondered what’s really going on beneath the surface, this confronting exhibition uses real preserved human bodies to explore anatomy and emotion.
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EventMFWF: Grana After Dark
Thu, 26 Mar - Sat, 28 Mar 2026
Grana, Brunswick East
Bringing a late-night edge to this neighbourhood deli and wine bar, this three-night affair features dimmed lights, cranked volume and a bespoke menu.
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EventMelbourne Design Week 2026
Thu, 14 May - Sun, 24 May 2026
Various Melbourne locations, Melbourne
With over 400 events to explore, the latest instalment of this design-lovers dream spans big ideas and hands-on experiences across architecture, food, fitness, tech and more.
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EventMFWF: Pizza Pronto — James Lowe at Figlia
Thu, 26 Mar, 2026
Figlia, Brunswick East
Bringing London-born pizza innovations to Lygon Street, this one-night takeover combines Michelin-led cred with crowd-pleasing slices.
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Event'The Vinyl Factory: Reverb' at Rising 2026
Fri, 22 May - Mon, 31 Aug 2026
ACMI, Melbourne
Indulge your wax obsession with this immersive vinyl-led exhibition, spanning multiple genres, continents and musical energies.
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EventAfrica Film Festival Australia
Fri, 27 Mar - Sun, 29 Mar 2026
Cinema Nova, Carlton
Carlton's Cinema Nova will host three days of award-winning African films.
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NewsCult-Favourite Sydney Charcoal Chicken Chain El Jannah Is Opening Its First Melbourne Store
And it's expanding across both Sydney and Melbourne, with plans to boost its footprint to more than 30 stores over the next five years.
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NewsMessina Has Created an OTT Gelato Rose Cake If You Prefer Your Flowers Edible
Exclusively for Valentine's Day.
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NewsVesper Is South Yarra's New Mediterranean Bistro with a Secret Bar and Courtyard
And there's an ex-Vue de Monde chef heading up the kitchen.
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NewsBio Is the DOC Crew's New Restaurant Devoted to Vegan, Vegetarian and Gluten-Free Fare
It's serving up creative pasta dishes, spuntini-style starters and even a tiramisu — all of it done without meat or gluten.
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NewsBen & Jerry's Has Released a Range of Cookie Dough Chunks That You Can Eat Without Ice Cream
You can tuck into a pack just filled with dough pieces, or opt for a combo of cookies and brownies.
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NewsChancery Lane Is the New Euro-Accented Bistro from Chef Scott Pickett in a Historic CBD Building
Roll in for caviar, dry-aged duck burgers and a decadent raspberry gin baba.
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NewsHolmes Hall Is Moonee Ponds' New 400-Seat Mess Hall and Beer Garden from The Ascot Lot Crew
The plant-filled and neon-lit venue has 20 beer taps, a vegan-friendly gastropub menu and even pinball machines and a shuffleboard table.
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NewsBlack Star Pastry Is Serving Up a Heart-Shaped Version of Its Famed Strawberry Watermelon Cake
It's back for Valentine's Day, of course — or you can grab a pavlova for January 26.
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NewsCult-Favourite US Chain Five Guys Will Open Its First Australian Eatery in Penrith This Year
It'll launch next to Krispy Kreme and the Panthers League Club on Mulgoa Road.
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NewsIced VoVo Gelato Is the Indulgent Messina Flavour You Can Now Order by the Tub
It combines toasted coconut gelato with pieces of shortbread biscuit, then tops it with marshmallow, raspberry puree and desiccated coconut.
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GuideWhere to Eat When You're Craving All the Food You Ate on Your Trip to Japan
Go to Japan without ever leaving Melbourne.
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NewsFarmer's Daughters Is Melbourne's New Three-Level Restaurant Dedicated to All Things Gippsland
Helmed by acclaimed chef Alejandro Saravia, the restaurant, deli and rooftop bar is set to open later this month.
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NewsGelatissimo Is Scooping Up Caramilk Hokey Pokey-Inspired Gelato Just for This Month
The caramelised white chocolate gelato features hazelnut and peanut toffee pieces.
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NewsMark Wahlberg Is Opening 20 Wahlburgers Restaurants Across Australia and New Zealand
The burger chain is teaming up with United Cinemas, and opening eateries in theatres and at stand-alone locations in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and New Zealand.
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NewsNutella Is Now Selling Chocolate Hazelnut-Filled Bars in Australian Supermarkets
You'll find them at supermarkets and convenience stories around the country — and they come in six-packs, too.
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NewsPiccolina Gelateria Has Opened Its Fourth Italian Ice Cream Shop in Richmond
The Swan Street store also has Nutella on tap, plus a whipped cream machine so you can top your gelato the authentic Italian way.
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GuideMelbourne's Most Popular Restaurants of 2020
Melburnians feasted on dumplings, boozy yum cha brunches and croissants this year. Did you?
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NewsDeliveroo Is Offering Free Delivery From More Than 130 Restaurants Over Christmas
The offer has kicked off already in Sydney's northern beaches area — and will be available Australia-wide from Monday, December 21.
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NewsWhere to Go in Melbourne for a Last-Minute Catch-Up with Mates This Summer
Celebrate making it through another year at these beachside takeaway joints and inner city rooftop terraces.
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NewsRenowned Israeli Chef Yotam Ottolenghi Is Heading to Australia for a Speaking Tour
Learn a few tips and tricks from the trailblazing chef, author and restaurateur.
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NewsWoolworths and Coles Are Selling $20 Lobsters Nationwide in the Lead Up to Christmas
They're on sale for half the price they were this time last year.
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NewsEight Melbourne Restaurants Open for Christmas Lunch If You're Not in the Mood to Cook
Food and festivities sorted, zero kitchen mess to deal with.
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NewsMelbourne's World-Famous Lune Croissanterie Is Opening a Brisbane Store
Prepare for queues — some of the world's best croissants are heading north.
