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NewsSingapore's Michelin-Starred Hawker Chan Will Open Two More Melbourne Outposts
The Box Hill restaurants will feature new menu items alongside the legendary soya chicken and char siu pork.
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NewsMary's Is Melbourne's Debaucherous New Burger Joint Hidden Down a CBD Laneway
Look for the red light and head inside for cracking burgers — for vegans and carnivores alike.
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NewsCrofter Dining Room & Bar Is Lygon Street's New Home of British-Style Meals and Bar Snacks
Pope Joan's Matt Wilkinson has taken over the old Hellenic Republic space with a menu featuring potato gems, salads and ham off the bone.
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NewsFrankie's Tortas & Tacos Is Collingwood's New Mexican Lunch Spot in a Tiny Car Park Kiosk
Complete with plastic chairs, paper plates and just six (very good) menu items.
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NewsSydney Burger Favourite Mary's Is Opening Its First Permanent Melbourne Venue Next Week
The 140-seat laneway restaurant will have a primo wine list and cracking burgers for vegans and carnivores alike.
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GuideEight Group Hangs to Plan with Your Mates This Summer That Aren't Just Going to Dinner
Round up your crew for bottomless barbecue, boozy brunches and beach parties.
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GuideThe 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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GuideThe 40 Best Restaurants for Group Bookings in Melbourne
These spots are large (and rowdy) enough to host all your mates for dinner.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Burgers in Melbourne
Classic cheeseburgers, spicy fried chicken buns, and everything in between.
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GuideThe 50 Best Restaurants in the Melbourne CBD
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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GuideThe 14 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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GuideThe Best Beachside Bars and Restaurants in and Around Melbourne
We may not have the abundance of beaches some other cities do, but we do have this nice little crop of seaside venues with options from St Kilda to Portsea and from Williamstown to Lorne.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Pizza in Melbourne
From giant pepperoni-topped slices to vegan rounds, these Melbourne pizza joints have you covered.
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GuideThe 15 Best Seafood Restaurants in Melbourne
Here's where to find Melbourne's best seafood — across fine diners, messy crab shacks, local neighbourhood eateries and lavish omakase haunts.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Sushi in Melbourne
These Japanese restaurants and grocers serve up the finest maki rolls, nigiri, sashimi and hosomaki — all stuffed with some of Melbourne's best seafood.
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GuideThe Ten Best Thai Restaurants in Melbourne
Discover fine-diners and neighbourhood haunts, or head down to a hidden CBD basement where robots deliver all your fave Thai dishes to the table.
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GuideMelbourne's Best New Restaurants of 2019
These are the places that you need to try — or revisit — as soon as you can.
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FeatureThe Localist: Bayside
Bayside residents may enjoy the vast blue waters of Port Phillip Bay — but there are a lot of gems on land, too.
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NewsThese 300 Australian Restaurants Are Offering Half-Price Meals for Five Weeks
The Fork Festival wants to lure you out of the house for a cheap meal this summer.
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NewsThis Melbourne Building Has Been Turned Into an OTT Two-Storey Panda Hot Pot Restaurant
The former Dracula's site is now home to an international sichuan hot pot chain.
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NewsUS Bakery Chain Cinnabon Has Opened Its First Aussie Store in Brisbane
And a second sticky scroll outpost is due to launch early next year.
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BarAmatrice Rooftop Restaurant
16 Stephenson Street, Cremorne
They had us at mini lasagne snacks, and then took it to the next level with uninterrupted views across the city.
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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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NewsTaco Bell Is Opening Its Second Victorian Store in Hawthorn
It's the Tex-Mex giant's second Melbourne opening in the space of a week.
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NewsAcre Eatery and Its 2000-Square-Metre Urban Farm Are Now Open on a Shopping Centre Rooftop
It's growing over 70 different plant varieties, many of which you'll see on the menu at the adjoining restaurant.
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NewsFrom the Collective Is Melbourne's New Beer Garden and Bottle Shop Celebrating Regional Victoria
Here, you can pair Texan barbecue-flavoured ales with some of the state's best cheese in a former scrapyard warehouse
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NewsWelcome to Brunswick Is the Inner North's New Fairy Light-Lit Food Truck Park and Beer Garden
Come 2020, the new venture from the Welcome to Thornbury team will also have its own on-site brewery.
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NewsPiccolina Has Released a New Nutella Gelato-Stuffed Panettone Just in Time for Christmas
Or you can order the vanilla version, which comes slathered in white chocolate.
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NewsMuch-Loved Sydney Restaurant Nomad Is Set to Open Its First Melbourne Outpost Next Year
The Sydney favourite is joining the restaurant ranks in Flinders Lane.
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EventTogether for Lebanon Fundraiser
Sun, 8 Dec, 2024
Abla's, Carlton
Abla’s, A1 Bakery, Alimentari, Larderfresh and Linden Cook are joining forces to raise money for people in Lebanon.
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EventRhys Darby: The Legend Returns
Tue, 8 Apr - Sun, 13 Apr 2025
Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
The New Zealand comedian is bringing his first stand-up show in almost a decade to Melbourne.
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EventThe Lord of the Rings — A Musical Tale
Sat, 26 Apr - Fri, 30 May 2025
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
The musical version of JRR Tolkien's classic is taking the hobbits to Melbourne's Comedy Theatre.
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EventLego 'Star Wars': The Exhibition
Sun, 4 May 2025 - Mon, 26 Jan 2026
Melbourne Museum, Carlton
Australia's world-first Lego 'Star Wars' exhibition is soaring into Melbourne in 2025 — from May the fourth, of course.
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EventThis Never Happened Presents
Fri, 17 Jan, 2025
170 Russell, Melbourne
Dance Music record label This Never Happened is back for another Melbourne party that won't allow phones.
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EventThe Rose Street Market
Sat, 23 Nov - Sun, 24 Nov 2024
Rose Street Artist's Market, Fitzroy
Fitzroy's weekly artisan design and art market is a must-hit if you're up for some weekend shopping and wandering.
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EventThe Fitzroy Mills Market
Mon, 25 Nov, 2024
The Fitzroy Mills, Fitzroy
This much-loved Fitzroy market showcases a top selection of local food producers an makers each Saturday.
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EventEtta's Summer Seafood Towers
Fri, 22 Nov - Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Etta, Brunswick East
This incredible wine bar and restaurant is serving decadent seafood towers for just $75 per person every Friday and Saturday afternoon.
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EventPortsea Hotel's Summer Music Series
Multiple single dates
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
The Presets, Jake Webb, Darley and DJ Levi will be playing waterfront gigs this summer at Portsea Hotel.
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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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NewsGami Is Giving Away Its New Extra-Spicy Fried Chicken at All Its Aussie Stores Today
The limited-edition fried chicken comes doused in mala — a hot and numbing chilli sauce.
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NewsGelatissimo Has Released a Trio of Nostalgic Aussie Flavours for Summer
Kick it old-school with flavours like Weet-Bix, chocolate crackle and fairy bread
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NewsElevate Your Sunday Brunch Party With These Five Quick Fixes
Win at hosting your own brunch at home, without ever having to let go of your cocktail.
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NewsTaco Bell Is Opening Its First Victorian Store in South Yarra This December
After seven Queensland openings, the Tex-Mex giant is finally bringing its tacos and frozen margaritas south.
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GuideMelbourne's Best New Cafes of 2019
Start your day at one of our favourite newcomers — there are spots dedicated to crumpets, traditional Japanese breakfasts and famous Korean sandwiches.
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NewsLygon Street's Hellenic Republic Will Become Crofter Dining Room & Bar in the New Year
Pope Joan chef Matt Wilkinson will be taking over the venue, giving it a new name and British-Australian menu.
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NewsMelbourne Food & Wine Festival Has Just Dropped Its Jam-Packed Ten-Day 2020 Program
Hot chip parties, lunch with Alison Roman and a nostalgic exhibition dedicated to 'The Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book' are all on the menu.
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NewsFive Dinner Party Hacks For The Next Time You're Playing Host
From sparkling welcome drinks to tactile table cloths, here are five ways to elevate your hosting game.
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NewsSydney's Black Star Pastry Has Brought the "World's Most Instagrammed Cake" to Melbourne
The patisserie is serving up its famed Strawberry Watermelon Cake at a new pop-up shop in St Kilda.
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GuideHealthy(ish) Brunch Dishes to Make You Feel Human Again After a Night Out
From Middle Eastern and Sri Lankan-inspired breakfasts to the classic eggs benny, here’s how to kick the hangover with a filling and relatively healthy feed.
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NewsKrispy Kreme Is Giving Away 4000 Free Doughnuts
Get festive with sweet — and free — glazed doughnuts.
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NewsPinchy's Now Has a Permanent Home for Its Lobster Rolls and Champagne in Melbourne's CBD
The popular pop-up now has a permanent bright pink space with a sunny terrace overlooking Bourke Street.
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News
US Bakery Chain Cinnabon Is Opening Its First Aussie Store in Brisbane Next Month
The first sticky scroll outpost will open before the year is out.
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GuideSix Local Bars and Wineries to Visit on Your Next Group Getaway to Canberra
Drink your way around the capital with this selection of vineyards, breweries and hidden cocktail bars.
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NewsMornington Peninsula Restaurant Ten Minutes by Tractor Has Reopened Following Last Year's Fire
With a brand-new space, revamped menus and a Noma alum heading up the kitchen.
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NewsSnack Tracker Is the New App Letting You Track Melbourne's Best Food Trucks
The free app makes tracking down cheesy gozleme, ice cream and crispy calamari a whole lot easier.
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NewsThe Minds Behind Daylesford's Lake House Have Opened a Nearby Artisanal Bakery
Alla Wolf-Tasker and ex-Tivoli Road baker Michael James are whipping up artisanal loaves, made the proper old-school way.
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NewsGrazeland Will Be Melbourne's New Permanent Outdoor Dining Precinct
The Spotswood venue will be home to over 50 food vendors and three licensed bars, and will be open every weekend of the year.
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NewsThe World's First Drive-Thru-Only KFC Has Opened in Australia
The trial concept store in Newcastle features multiple drive-thru lanes.
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NewsLagoon Dining Is Lygon Street's Sleek New Spot Serving Popcorn Chicken and Umeshu Spritzes
As the first venture from three Ezard alumni, Lagoon is serving reimagined modern Chinese dishes and an impressive cocktail lineup.
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GuideHow to Eat Your Way Around the World Without Leaving Melbourne
From a Japanese izakaya in Fitzroy to Tex-Mex in Prahran, the city has cuisines from every corner of the globe.
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GuideSix Places to Host Your Next Long Lunch When You Want to Feel Extra Fancy This Summer
Elevate the weekend's big brunch catch up to a leisurely lunch with premium cocktails.
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NewsScott Pickett Has Opened an All-Day Italian Diner Inside the Luxe New Hotel Chadstone
Expect woodfired small plates and handmade pastas served in opulent surrounds.
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NewsJoe Frank Is Melbourne's New Family-Run Cafe with Homemade Crumpets and a Sunny Courtyard
It's from the owners of Mr Tucci and Son of Tucci.
