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    Now Open: Two Melbourne Restaurant Groups Have Joined Forces to Create the CBD's New All-Day Brasserie Ruby Dining

    This contemporary brasserie is the brainchild of three hospo heavyweights who collectively own eight drinking and dining venues in Melbourne — with Ruby their ninth jewel in the crown.

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    Now Open: You Can Play Free Pool and Tuck Into Med-Inspired Loaded Sangas at The Continental in Collingwood

    This is a takeaway joint at its heart, but you're more than welcome to stick around and play pool with other customers.

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    Coming Soon: Chris Lucas Is Bringing Two New Restaurants to Bourke Street's Billion-Dollar Office Tower in Spring 2026

    The "new-style Chinese" restaurant and "sophisticated Mediterranean" diner are slated to open in 2026.

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    Now Open: Drop by Brunetti Classico's New Coburg Concept Store for Cake Consultations and Takeaway Bites

    Either nab your favourite Brunetti torta to take home, or team up with a cake consultant to dream up your own delicious masterpiece.

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    Josh Niland's Latest Cookbook Has Won One of the Top Gongs at the 2024 James Beard Awards

    Chinese Australian food writer Hetty Lui McKinnon was also named among this year's top cookbook authors, illustrators, designers and food journalists.

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    Grazeland Is Getting the Winter Wonderland Treatment with Falling Snow, Firepits and Plenty of Mulled Wine

    Cosy up by the firepits while tucking into dumplings, raclette, curries and hot jam doughnuts.

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    It's Official: Neil Perry Has Been Named an Icon by One of the World's Top Culinary Awards

    The World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2024 honoured the top Sydney chef with its coveted Woodford Reserve Icon Award.

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    Coming Soon: Big Names From Grossi Group and Purple Pit Are Among the Folks Behind Med-Inspired Restaurant and Bar Orlo

    This multi-level Collingwood restaurant and bar is set to open soon within an 1880s cordial factory.

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    Now Open: Hotel Nacional Is Hardware Lane's New Five-Storey, Totally Gluten-Free Mexican Restaurant and Bar

    The huge new CBD venue boasts a ten-strong margarita menu, a rooftop bar with city views, and an impressive lineup of tequila, mezcal and raicilla.

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    We Challenged an Editor to Eat Nothing But 7-Eleven Food Using the Menulog App For a Week

    Our writer accepted a challenge to test just how convenient a convenience store can be.

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    Important Doughnut News: Krispy Kreme Is Giving Away 100,000 Freebies for National Doughnut Day 2024

    If you love Krispy Kreme's sweet glazed doughnuts, the best day of the year is upon us again.

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    Now Open: Mork's New Two-Storey Concept Store Is Home to Its Most-Experimental Creations

    The new site is showcasing the team's unconventional chocolate bars, elaborate drinking chocolates that never made it onto the menu, chocolate cocktail pairings and creative desserts.

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    Now Open: Romanello Is Serving Loaded Sangas and Pizza by the Slice Across From the Queen Vic Market

    The team is sourcing the vast majority of its ingredients from local market traders.

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    Just Like Its Meatless Meatballs, IKEA Is Now Serving Up Plant-Based Hot Dogs at Its Australian Stores

    That $2 hot dog on the way to the car now comes in a meat-free version made with rice protein, carrot, onion and apple.

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    Josh and Julie Niland's Saint Peter Is the Only Australian Eatery on 2024's World's Top 50 Restaurants Longlist

    The Sydney seafood favourite is no stranger to accolades, and picks up some new global recognition before moving into new digs in July.

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    Coming Soon: Grazeland's El Taco Team Is Running the Kitchens at Hotel Mexico and Bar Mexico

    The sites that formerly held Preston's Northside Food Hall and Yarraville's The Mersh will soon house big new Mexican diners.

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    Now Open: Farro Has Brought Its Spelt Pasta and Sourdough Pizza to Moonee Ponds with Its Seventh Melbourne Outpost

    Woodfired pizzas, handmade pasta and a huge selection of vegan options are on offer at this new Italian diner on Puckle Street.

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    You'll Find Flame-Cooked Eats, Hot Toddies, Live Gigs and a Silent Disco at QVM's 2024 Winter Night Market

    The long-running market is back to warm up your Wednesdays with a 13-week program of food, drinks, shopping and entertainment.

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    Eleven Australian Eateries Have Been Named on the World's 101 Best Steak Restaurants List for 2024

    Sydney and Melbourne are officially home to Australia's best steak restaurants — with the Harbour City's Margaret coming in third.

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    The North Fitzroy Arms Hotel Has Reopened with a Light-Handed Refurb — But a Totally Reinvented Food and Drinks Lineup

    The historic inner north pub's front bar remains mostly untouched, while the dining room and menu have been given sleek new makeovers.

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    Now Open: Amar Singh Is Growing His Indian Restaurant Empire with the Colourful Bibi Ji on Lygon Street

    Lygon Street was once almost exclusively home to old-school Italian restaurants, but the strip is increasingly welcoming brilliant Pakistani, Turkish and Indian diners like this one.

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    Coming Soon: Celebrity Chef Luke Mangan Is Returning to Melbourne with His New French Restaurant Bistrot Bisou

    This new French eatery is slated to open in an oft-forgotten corner of the CBD this June.

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    Where to Find Victoria's Best Vanilla Slices

    Mille-feuille, snot-blocks, slices of heaven — here's where to find all the best vanilla slices Victoria has to offer.

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    Where to Eat Yum Cha in Melbourne When You're Feeling Like a Bottomless Pit

    It's a truth universally acknowledged that it is impossible to leave yum cha feeling hungry.

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    Now Open: William Angliss Students Are Slinging $3.60 Coffees From a Vintage Tram in the CBD

    Score one of Melbourne's cheapest coffees from budding baristas and pastries from chefs in training.

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    Now Open: Longrain Is Serving Reimagined Menu Favourites at Its New Takeaway Canteen in the City

    Make a move – Longrain Canteen is here for a good time, not a long time.

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    KFC Is Opening a Two-Day-Only Crispery Where Everything Is Double-Breaded and Fried — Including Cheesecake and PB&Js

    This Sydney pop-up will give desserts, sandwiches, broccolini and asparagus the KFC treatment — and it's slinging free burgers, too.

  • Guide

    The 20 Best (and Cosiest) Bars and Pubs with Fireplaces in Melbourne for 2024

    Melbourne's infamous chill has set in, so warm up over fireside beers and comforting bowls of pasta.

  • Guide

    The 20 Best Cheap Eats in Melbourne for Under $20

    You'll find big bowls of ramen, towering Korean sandwiches, chicken parma deals and big cheesy pizza slices at Melbourne's best cheap-eat haunts.

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    Coming Soon: Thai Dining Institution Longrain Is Opening a Pop-Up Lunch Spot in the CBD

    Score grab-and-go lunches and Thai pantry items at Longrain Canteen on Little Collins Street until the start of spring.

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    Now Open: You'll Find Thornbury's 14-Seat Restaurant p r o v a Through the Back Door of an Italian Grocer

    Come Friday and Saturday evenings, Pastificio Sandro transforms from an Italian grocer specialising in fresh pasta into a hidden restaurant.

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    Now Open: Tawooq Is Slinging Loaded Lebanese Sangas and Wraps in Brunswick East — All for Under $15

    There are just nine items on the menu, but you've only got to master a few to become a true food destination in Melbourne.

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    Now Open: Chin Chin's One-Year Pop-Up Restaurant Is Feeding Footy Fans and Geelong Locals at Kardinia Park

    Club Chin Chin is serving up a stack of menu favourites alongside a few new dishes exclusive to the Geelong outpost.

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    Messina Will Give You a Free Scoop of Vanilla Slice-Inspired Gelato Today If You Have Snapchat on Your Phone

    The limited-edition Oh Snap! flavour features vanilla custard gelato, passionfruit puree and caramelised puff pastry pieces.

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    Now Open: Handpick Your Own Cuts of Wagyu Before Firing Them Up at the CBD's New Korean BBQ Joint Woo399

    Pick your meat from the fridge, pay at the counter and then cook up your own highly personalised KBBQ feast.

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    From Family-Friendly Fun to Boozy Brunches: Top Places to Celebrate Your Mum This Mother's Day

    There's a long lunch, boozy brunch and family-friendly munch for every mum this Mother's Day.

  • Guide

    The Ten Best Coffee Shops in Melbourne's CBD

    Seek out these CBD coffee spots for a top-notch pre-work caffeine hit.

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    Coming Soon: The Group Behind Some of Melbourne's Top Vietnamese Restaurants Is Opening Two New Venues

    MAMAS Group's European-inspired wine bar and Cantonese restaurant are both opening on Chapel Street.

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    Gelato Messina Has Whipped Up Handmade Chocolate Bars for Mother's Day If You Want to Be Your Mum's Favourite

    This eight-bar box includes passionfruit yuzu caramel, tea and biscuits, and cannoli and hazelnut flavours.

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    Now Open: Australian Roaster Single O Now Boasts Two Tokyo Cafes — and a Shibuya Coffee Bar Is on the Way

    Ryogoku Roastworks features a cafe and a roastery, while the brand's upcoming Shibuya venue will debut a new coffee bar concept.

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    Coming Soon: Hazel's Founder, Head Chef and Drinks Manager Are Launching a New Cafe and Wine Bar in Abbotsford

    Nathan Toleman, Aleksis Kalnins and Kayla Saito are all playing a part in creating Little Molli and Molli —The Mulberry's Groups latest venues.

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