Melbourne Food News

News
Former Taxi and The European Chef Tim Martin Is Opening His Own Bar and Restaurant

Prepare your stomach for a dual-venue venture focusing on ageing meat and naturally fermented beverages.

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Queen Vic Market Is Getting An Elevated, Greenhouse-Style Pavilion

Moving on up, literally.

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Soft Serve Sensations Milkcow Open Their First Permanent Australian Store

Soft serve sundaes topped with everything from fairy floss clouds to a shot of espresso.

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News
The Yarra Valley Is Getting a New Wine and Food Festival

The two-day event is the first time that the region's big and small wineries have come together to showcase their tipples.

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News
St Kilda's All New Stokehouse Restaurant Is Finally Opening

It's been a long time coming.

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Guide
Melbourne's Best New Restaurants of 2016

Honouring the best new arrivals on Melbourne's restaurant scene this year.

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The 16 Best Seafood Restaurants in Melbourne

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The 25 Best Chinese Restaurants in Melbourne for 2025

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Savour the Seasons: Where to Enjoy New Zealand's Most Exquisite Eats

No matter the time of year, there's something exciting to discover (and taste) year-round.
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The 50 Best Restaurants in the Melbourne CBD for 2025

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Game, 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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The 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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The 14 Best French Restaurants in Melbourne Right Now

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Melbourne'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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Melbourne's Best New Cafes of 2016

Honouring the best new cafes on Melbourne's cafe scene this year.

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Announcing Concrete Playground's Best of 2016 Melbourne Nominees

Honouring the very best arrivals on Melbourne's scene this year — vote for your favourite now.

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Ate One Ate Is Glenferrie Road's New 180-Seat All-Day Eatery

Serving everything from coffee and cake to carrot hot dogs and carbonara.

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Feature
Best of 2016 Melbourne

These 30 outstanding Melbourne ventures have been handpicked by Concrete Playground for their combination of originality, innovation, creativity, approachability and sustainability.

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Gilson Is the New All-Day European-Style Eatery from the Team Behind Mammoth

It overlooks the Royal Botanic Gardens.

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Brunswick's The Snug Public House Has Launched An Irish Vegan Menu

Hearty staples with a vegetable-focused twist.

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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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D.O.C Osteria

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20 years on, this Lygon Street stalwart is still one of the city's top Italian restaurants.

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Reine & La Rue

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The NOMAD team has taken French fine-dining to the next level in Melbourne.
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Ruckers Hill

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This French-accented wine bar and bistro stands out among the crowd on Northcote's High Street.
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Chiki Chan & Hiki Bar

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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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Il Mercato Centrale Melbourne

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News
Alcoholic Champagne Icy Poles Are Now Available In Australia

Sunny Boys, move to the back.

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Velodrome Is Melbourne's New Four-Day Arts and Food Truck Festival

Eat, drink — and watch outdoor cinema, aerial circus, medieval performance fighting and Mexican wrestling, too.

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A Cheese Advent Calendar Is the Edible Delight Your Festive Season Needs

Putting the cheese into Christmas.

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The World's Best Sommeliers are Coming to Australia in 2017

Melbourne will host the greatest food and wine minds in the world.

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Chin Chin's Chris Lucas Is Opening Another Kong on Smith Street in Fitzroy

The acclaimed restaurateur is heading north.

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How to Make Big Poppa's Next-Level Pasta from Scratch

Try the steak tagliata and semifreddo dessert too.

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Five Highly Delicious Things to Do at Taste 2016

Learn how to cook with Melbourne's best chefs — and eat their hatted food without breaking the bank.

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Vegans Rejoice, Smith & Daughters' Cookbook Is Now In Stores

This might just be your key to unlocking the vegan kingdom.

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Luxury French Macaron House Laduree Has Opened in Melbourne

More double-decker sweet treats coming at ya.

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Hospitality Giants Urban Purveyor Group and Rockpool Group Have Merged

Yep, all of your favourite restaurants are now part of the same company.

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This New Food Delivery Service Recreates Dishes from Some of Melbourne's Fanciest Restaurants

UberEats, meet your stiff new competition.

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Inside Maurice Terzini's Italian Riveria-Style Bali Restaurant Da Maria

The Bondi local behind Icebergs is putting down roots in Bali.

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Jamie Oliver Has Bought Back His Own Australian Restaurant Chain Jamie's Italian

Lovely jubbly.

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