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NewsA Supernormal Pop-Up Restaurant Is Opening at the NGV Over Summer
Acclaimed chef Andrew McConnell is bringing modern Japanese flavour to the gallery in January.
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NewsCarlton's Nora Will Close Its Doors at the End of the Year
The envelope-pushing Elgin Street eatery will serve its last plate of food in three weeks time.
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GuideMelbourne's Best New Cafes of 2017
Honouring the best new additions to Melbourne's cafe scene this year.
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NewsBen & Jerry's Will Give Out Free Ice Cream Cones to Celebrate Marriage Equality
The frozen dessert brand tops off their long history of support with free sweet treats.
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NewsA Look Inside Mornington Peninsula's Revamped Winery Restaurant, Montalto
The more relaxed design highlights cooking over fire, sharing plates, enjoying long conversations and soaking up rural views.
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GuideMelbourne's Best New Restaurants of 2017
Honouring the best new additions to Melbourne's restaurant scene this year.
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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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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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NewsFancy Hanks Is Opening a Four-Level Open Flame Grill Eatery and Bar in the CBD
With a rooftop beer garden and four private karaoke rooms.
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FeatureBest of 2017 Melbourne
These 36 outstanding Melbourne ventures have been handpicked by Concrete Playground for their combination of originality, innovation, creativity, approachability and sustainability.
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NewsGelato Messina Has Taken on the Humble Trifle for This Year's Christmas Lunch
Tell your nan she doesn't need to make a trifle this year.
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NewsThis Pun-Filled Pop Culture Cookbook is Kickstarter's Latest Gem
Featuring 'Chicken Kebob Dylan', 'Fleetwood Mac & Cheese', 'Gin Diesel' cocktails and and 'Wu-Tang Clam Chowder'.
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NewsThe Melbourne Food And Wine Festival Has Unveiled Its Jam-Packed 2018 Program
Featuring speed wine tasting, a barbecue block party, and much, much more.
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NewsSingapore's Michelin-Starred Eatery Hawker Chan Is Opening in Melbourne
Chef Chan Hon Meng's acclaimed soy sauce chicken will soon be sold on Lonsdale Street.
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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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FeatureNew in Town: Takeaway Pizza
Across the road from its OG venue, the Dexter team has opened a takeaway pizza joint that doubles as a by-the-slice wine bar.
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NewsPizza Hut Has Opened a Sydney 'Concept' Store in an Attempt to Win Back Millennials
Pizza Hut brings its age-old all-you-can-eat model to modern space (with neon!) that looks absolutely nothing like a Pizza Hut.
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NewsMelbourne's Brunetti Enters a Fresh Era with New Contemporary 300-Seat CBD Cafe
It looks quite different to the legendary pasticceria's previous digs.
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NewsMeet Hungry Bear, Melbourne's New Great Outdoors-Inspired Pizza Bar
Serving 15 varieties of pizza and an all-Aussie drinks list.
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NewsThe Best Japanese Restaurants in Melbourne
From sashimi to sake and korokke to katsu, here are ten of the best places to fill up on Japanese nosh.
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NewsA Japanese Company Has Invented Non-Melting Ice Cream
An extract from strawberries helps these popsicles keep their shape, even in the heat.
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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
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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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EventDouble Shot Maggie: Irish Live Music
Sat, 7 Dec 2024 - Sat, 4 Jan 2025
The Quiet Man Irish Pub, Kensington
A night full of singing, dancing, and laughing is in store at The Quiet Man Irish Pub
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EventStars Melbourne Derby
Sat, 4 Jan, 2025
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Richmond
Experience the Stars Derby as the city’s most zealous cricket fans cheer their team to victory.
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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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NewsFive Varieties of Loaded Fries to Discover at the Night Noodle Markets
There's not much that's better than fries — except when they're loaded up with even more tasty treats.
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GuideWhere to Eat When You Want to Be Healthy but a Cleanse Sounds Like Hell
Healthy doesn't have to mean boring.
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NewsItaly's Huge Food Theme Park Has Finally Opened
Featuring more than 40 places to eat, over 100 stalls and shops, and a dedicated parmesan cheese bar.
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NewsUncle Tetsu's Cult Favourite Japanese Cheesecakes Are Coming to Melbourne
The world's most coveted Japanese cheesecakes are coming to Melbourne.
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NewsA New Food And Entertainment Precinct Is Coming to Melbourne's Northern Suburbs
Westfield Plenty Valley's revamp will feature a diverse lineup of food vendors and a brand new cinema.
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NewsTen Things to Try at Melbourne's Night Noodle Markets This Year
Melbourne's Asian food scene will descend upon Birrarung Marr for 18 days. Are you prepared?
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NewsTwo Melbourne Cafes Are Giving Free Coffee to Anyone with a Reusable Cup
Save some money and help save the environment at the same time.
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NewsGood Measure Co Is Australia's New Personalised Artisan Chocolate Delivery Service
Send sweets with your own heartfelt message, with same-day arrival in Sydney and free delivery across the country.
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NewsGoogle's New Feature Will Help You Skip the Line at Your Favourite Restaurants
Find out just what kind of delay you're in for, and work out if that decadent dessert is really worth the wait.
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NewsSydney's Viking-Themed Carvery and Bar Mjolner Is Set to Open in Melbourne
The "contemporary Viking luxe" bar will take over the Hardware Lane space once home to Nieuw Amsterdam.
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NewsRené Redzepi's Noma 2.0 Will Take Bookings From Next Week
The two-Michelin star restaurant will open its next iteration in February 2018.
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NewsMelbourne's Inner North Has a New Weekly Food and Wellness Market
The new Rose Street market will showcase a top selection of local food producers each Saturday.
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NewsMelbourne's Home of Fairy Floss Hot Chocolate Has Opened a Camberwell Cafe
Hash Specialty Coffee has launched a second location for its decadent breakfast treats.
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NewsLaneway Greens Has Opened a New Licensed Late-Night Wholefoods Canteen
Unlike its 12-seat Flinders Lane venue, the Richmond restaurant has room for 60 diners and serves up coffee and booze.
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NewsThornbury's Moor's Head Has Opened a Second Middle Eastern Pizza Joint
As well as its much-loved pizzas, the Carlton eatery has added haloumi fries and a Middle Eastern tiramisu to its menu.
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FeatureNew in Town: Mount Erica Hotel
This Prahran pub's dormancy is over — and, thanks to the team behind the Marquis of Lorne, has many more glory years ahead of her.
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NewsFood critic Max Brearley's Top Ten Spots for Gastronomes in Margaret River
Eat your way across one of Australia's premier food and wine regions.
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Gallery: Our 'Four Elements'-Themed Dinner at The Stoneleigh Project
Earth, water, fire and air all combined to create a decadent meal paired with wild fermented wines.
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NewsWine Entrepreneur Glen Cassidy's Top Ten Foodie Hot Spots in Sydney
Experience one of the finest dining and drinking scenes on the planet, on the advice of a host with the most.
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NewsThis Tokyo Eatery Just Launched a Ramen Subscription Service
Tokyo residents can now get a bowl of ramen a day for a flat monthly rate.
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NewsEurope Is Getting Its First Underwater Restaurant
Eat seafood under the sea at Norway's marine-set and -themed eatery, Under.
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NewsWickens at Royal Mail Hotel Is Dunkeld's New Fine Dining Restaurant Surrounded by Bush
The menu is centred around produce grown on-site and the floor-to-ceiling windows capture striking views of The Grampians.
