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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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NewsGame, Set, Feast: Here's Everything You'll Be Eating and Drinking at the 2025 Australian Open
Some of Melbourne's best chefs are serving up ace eats at the 2025 Australian Open, plus a couple big booze brands have set up huge pop-up bars.
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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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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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NewsUS 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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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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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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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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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.
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NewsFive Things to Try at Melbourne's 2019 Night Noodle Markets
With Japanese soufflé pancakes to one-hander cheesy beef-filled waffles, there are a lot of food decisions to be made at this year's market — we'll help you make them.
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NewsFood App Ritual Is Offering $1 Lunches All Week
It's offering menu items from 150 eateries in Melbourne's CBD for just $1 until Friday.
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FeatureThe Localist: Inner City
In the inner city, any laneway could hold the perfect cup of coffee, and a vintage bargain is always just a short tram ride away.
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NewsYou Can Score Chef Shannon Martinez's Vegan Hot Dogs for Free Today
The limited-edition plant-based dog hits Deliveroo this week, but there are hundreds of free ones being given out at lunchtime.
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GuideSix Eateries to Hit When You're Running Errands and Need a Good Feed to Keep You Going
There's nothing like hanger pangs to ruin your day, so fuel up on Korean fried chicken, sushi and monster salads.
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NewsCanberra's Legendary Coffee Roaster Ona Is Opening Its First Melbourne Cafe
Featuring an interactive, open-plan coffee bar and a coffee 'reserve list' full of rare beans.
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Red Rock Deli Secret Supper Recap: Giorgio Distefano
A look back at all the happenings from Paul Turner's secret dinner inspired by Red Rock Deli's new limited-edition chips.
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NewsDessous Is The Mulberry Group's New Moody Basement Bar in the CBD
It's located underneath Flinders Lane serving up cocktails and sea urchin-stuffed 'unicorn' doughnuts.
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NewsMcDonald's Is Selling More Than 144,000 Bottles of Big Mac Special Sauce
You'll be able to buy one on McHappy Day in November, with all the proceeds going to Ronald McDonald House Charities.
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GuideWhere to Shop Like a Local In and Around Box Hill
Thousands of vinyl records, plants, gifts, organic groceries, authentic ramen and more awaits in the eastern suburbs.
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NewsNine Essential Bars and Eateries to Hit in the Bendigo Region
Plan a weekend escape around sipping craft brews, exploring bustling restaurant hubs and tucking into local produce.
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NewsGelato Messina Has Unveiled Its Extravagant Melbourne Night Noodle Markets Menu
This year, its limited-edition frozen treats are inspired by Thailand.
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NewsThe Hardware Club Is Melbourne's New Laneway Italian Restaurant in a 100-Year-Old Social Club
Two childhood friends from Verona have joined forces for their first restaurant venture.
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NewsBetty's Burgers Has Added an Indulgent (But Affordable) Lobster Roll to Its Menu
The $19 rolls are filled with fresh lobster meat, and they're only available for a few weeks.
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NewsBrunswick East's Pie Shop Has Opened a New CBD Outpost So Good Riddance Soggy Desk Sandwiches
You can now grab a spag bol pie or a salted caramel number on your lunch break.
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FeatureThe Localist: Inner North
Along the guiding line of the Yarra and Merri Creek, Melbourne’s inner north is filled with character.
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NewsAcclaimed Chef Andrew McConnell Is Opening a New CBD Restaurant and Cocktail Bar This Summer
The yet-to-be-name venue will open in Russell Street's heritage Cavendish House early next year.
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GuideSeven Ways You Can Celebrate Melbourne Cup Day With Your Mates Without Blowing Big Bucks
Set your work emails to 'out of office', pick out your best outfit and get ready to enjoy bottomless bubbles.
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NewsWhere to Get Oysters Under $2 in Melbourne Every Day of the Week
Whether it's Monday night or Sunday afternoon, here's where you can find oysters for pocket change.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Releasing Another Trifle to Take Your Christmas Lunch to the Next Level
Tell your nan she doesn't need to make a trifle this year.
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GuideWhere to Eat When It's Not Quite Payday But You Just Can't Eat Anymore Leftovers
Warm the soul with ramen, tuck into a stacked burger and dip into a curry, even when money is tight.
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NewsThe Mulberry Group's Newest Restaurant Hazel Has Opened Inside a Historic CBD Building
The minds behind Liminal and Common Ground Project have opened your new after-work go-to for cocktails and things on toast.
