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NewsVegan Cupcakery Baking Bad Is Opening Their First Permanent Location
Just because it's vegan doesn't mean it's good for you.
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NewsGelato Messina Has Unveiled Their Amazing Melbourne Night Noodle Markets Menu
See what ridiculousness the gelato gods have created this year.
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NewsThe Night Market Returns to the Queen Vic Market for Summer
It's back for another summer of pizza pockets, frozen cider and balmy nights.
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NewsSomeone Has Invented Ice Cream That Improves Your Sporting Ability
If this isn't the best excuse to eat dessert you've ever heard, we don't know what is.
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NewsSensory Lab Has Opened A Machine-Like Cafe on Collins Street
Combining calmingly minimalist design with spacey vibes — and coffee, tea, tartines and spreads, of course.
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NewsThese Penguin-Shaped Cuttlefish Balls Are the Adorable Snack Australia Needs
Not made from real penguin.
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GuideThe 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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GuideWhere to Find the Best Breakfast in Melbourne's CBD
Make time to visit these CBD cafes and never turn up to work hungry again.
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GuideThe Best Mexican Restaurants in Melbourne
Head to these spots for seriously good tacos, rare mezcals and many, many margaritas.
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GuideThe 25 Best Chinese Restaurants in Melbourne for 2025
From Chinatown institutions and neighbourhood haunts to CBD fine-diners and contemporary Asian-fusion eateries, here are our top picks for when you have a hankering for some top Chinese cuisine.
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GuideAll the New Melbourne Restaurant and Bar Openings to Try This Summer 2026
Melbourne’s newest restaurants and bars are setting the tone for summer 2026 — from rooftop spritzes to laneway wine bars, here’s where to eat and drink next.
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NewsTen Road Trip-Worthy Restaurants You Should Visit in Victoria
Life is short, so it's imperative that once in a while you plan a road-trip to sample some of regional Victoria's exceptional food.
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GuideThe 25 Best Restaurants in Melbourne for 2025
From high-flying fine-diners in the CBD to tried-and-true neighbourhood haunts — these are the Melbourne restaurants we'd recommend to a friend (you, dear reader).
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GuideThe 50 Best Restaurants in the Melbourne CBD for 2025
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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NewsWhere to Find the Best Ice Cream and Gelato in Melbourne
Whether you like your scoops creamy, salty, vegan or sandwiched, you can find them in our guide.
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GuideThe Best Private Dining Rooms in Melbourne
These private dining rooms have you got you covered from private bartenders to suckling pigs, martini trolleys to luxurious sashimi platters.
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NewsThe Utterly Ridiculous Extra Large Xiao Long Bao Is Coming To Melbourne and Sydney
All our wishing worked.
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GuideThe Ten Tastiest Events You Can Still Get Tickets for at Melbourne Good Food Month 2016
Fancy garden parties, fried chicken feasts and — of course — the noodle markets.
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NewsThis Genius Company Is Bringing Alcoholic Champagne Icy Poles to Australia
Sunny Boys, move to the back.
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NewsHow to Create a Killer Last-Minute Barbecue with Work-Shop and The Farmed Table
Surprise guests? Nail the ultimate barbecue with these handy tips to make the most of your time.
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RestaurantHawker Hall
98 Chapel Street, Windsor
A roomy interior lit by neon signage, a menu packed with hawker-style delights and a standout offering of beers on tap.
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RestaurantYakimono
80 Collins Street, Melbourne
This colourful Chris Lucas venture features a futuristic aesthetic and a menu filled with Japanese street food that's cooked over flames.
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BarHotel Nacional
23-25 Hardware Lane, Melbourne
Hotel Nacional is Hardware Lane's five-storey, totally gluten-free Mexican restaurant and bar.
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RestaurantGood Times
214 Saint Georges Road, Fitzroy North
A charmingly low-key joint with drawing paper on the tables and wallet-friendly negronis, wine carafes and pasta dishes for just $9 a pop.
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RestaurantRuzia's Wine
215 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North
When a venue is named after someone's grandmother, it's a telltale sign that the space is likely to be imbued with a lot of heart and soul.
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RestaurantToken
151 Toorak Road, South Yarra
Get around great sashimi and temaki from the raw bar and flame-kissed Japanese eats from the yakitori grill.
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RestaurantGarfield Pizzeria
297 Lygon Street, Carlton
The counter-service pizzeria, named for an orange cat who visited the building site, reimagines the traditional Italian restaurant experience.
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RestaurantKoi Toy
T16, Pentridge Shopping Centre, 1 Champ Street, Coburg
Menu highlights include angel hair tempura King Prawns, sake-cured Ocean Trout, and crunchy fried whitebait with yuzu tartare sauce.
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RestaurantFrenchie
15 Collins Street, Melbourne
Frenchie's big drawcard is that everything on the menu is priced at $14. Yes, you read that correctly.
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BarFlorentino
80 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Littered with Italian murals and quintessentially traditional food, this Italian institution has been pumping since '28.
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NewsStokehouse Has Opened a Sustainable Fish and Chip Kiosk on St Kilda Beach
Tempura fish, sweet potato cakes and 'grown up' granitas by the beach.
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NewsWin VIP Double Passes to Taste of Melbourne 2016
The four-day foodie festival returns — our stomachs are rumbling just thinking about it.
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NewsA Hereford Beefstouw Is Melbourne's New Nordic-Inspired Steakhouse
Duckboard Place and ACDC Lane have a new Danish neighbour.
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NewsThree Mouthwatering Summer Barbecue Recipes From Three Blue Ducks
We asked our favourite barbecue experts for some recipes, tips and techniques.
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NewsDingo's Is Collingwood's New Nostalgia-Heavy Australiana-Themed Bar
Expect Alf Stewart references, Cottee's-inspired cocktails and Shapes (barbecue, or course).
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EventNational Spanish Paella Day at Anada
Sat, 28 Mar - Sun, 29 Mar 2026
Añada Bar & Restaurant, Fitzroy
Expect generous pans, complimentary wine and a lively vibe that evokes the best of sun-soaked Spanish lunches.
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EventSea of Light at Abbotsford Convent
Thu, 9 Apr - Sun, 12 Apr 2026
Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford
This April, swap screen time for something brighter as kids step into a glowing world of creativity and discovery.
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EventMFWF: Feast for Freedom — A Longer Table
Wed, 25 Mar, 2026
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Footscray
This one-night dining experience blends flavour and storytelling, bringing people together through refugee-led dishes that celebrate cultural richness.
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EventVera Blue x Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Orchestral Veil
Sat, 11 Jul, 2026
Hamer Hall, Southbank
The groundbreaking Australian artist is once again reimagining her music with Victoria's top orchestra this July.
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Event'Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness'
Sat, 28 Mar - Sun, 26 Jul 2026
The District Docklands, Docklands
If you’ve ever wondered what’s really going on beneath the surface, this confronting exhibition uses real preserved human bodies to explore anatomy and emotion.
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EventMFWF: Grana After Dark
Thu, 26 Mar - Sat, 28 Mar 2026
Grana, Brunswick East
Bringing a late-night edge to this neighbourhood deli and wine bar, this three-night affair features dimmed lights, cranked volume and a bespoke menu.
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EventMelbourne Design Week 2026
Thu, 14 May - Sun, 24 May 2026
Various Melbourne locations, Melbourne
With over 400 events to explore, the latest instalment of this design-lovers dream spans big ideas and hands-on experiences across architecture, food, fitness, tech and more.
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EventMFWF: Pizza Pronto — James Lowe at Figlia
Thu, 26 Mar, 2026
Figlia, Brunswick East
Bringing London-born pizza innovations to Lygon Street, this one-night takeover combines Michelin-led cred with crowd-pleasing slices.
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Event'The Vinyl Factory: Reverb' at Rising 2026
Fri, 22 May - Mon, 31 Aug 2026
ACMI, Melbourne
Indulge your wax obsession with this immersive vinyl-led exhibition, spanning multiple genres, continents and musical energies.
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EventAfrica Film Festival Australia
Fri, 27 Mar - Sun, 29 Mar 2026
Cinema Nova, Carlton
Carlton's Cinema Nova will host three days of award-winning African films.
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NewsWe Asked Big Poppa's To Throw Us a Mini Dinner Party
Head chef Liam O'Driscoll cooked up three courses of rustic Italian food — and there was the cheese, wine and hip hop Big Poppa's are famous for.
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NewsMelbourne Will Host the World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards in 2017
They've just announced the dates and details.
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NewsMessina's Eight-Seat Degustation Bar Is Coming to Melbourne for November
But you better make a booking, stat.
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NewsYou Can Now Buy a Cookbook Dedicated to Brad Pitt's Onscreen Eating Habits
The team from Long Prawn were as mesmerised by the constant scoffing in Ocean's 11 as you were.
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NewsThis Narnia-Themed Supper Club Is the Immersive Event Australia Needs
Of course you have to enter through a wardrobe.
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NewsMelbourne Is Getting a Dedicated KitKat Chocolatory
MasterChef regular Anna Polyviou's KitKats looks a hell of a lot more fancy than we're used to.
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GALLERY: Concrete Playground and James Squire's Spring Banquet at The Crafty Squire
Fresh spring produce paired with some of Australia's favourite craft beers.
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NewsFancy Hank's Spinoff Knuckles BBQ Sandwiches & Bar Is Open For Business
It may not be called Hank's, but it does a pretty good impression.
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NewsAntenna Documentary Festival Is Serving Up Ant-Covered Choc Tops
Available at a screening of an edible insect doco, the crawling critters are 100% real.
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NewsGood Food Month Announces Jam-Packed 2016 Melbourne Program
Break out the stretchy pants and get ready for some all-out feasting.
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NewsFirst Table Is Bringing Half-Price Early Bird Dinners to Melbourne
Prepare to up your dining game to new and glorious heights.
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NewsLuxury French Macaron House Ladurée Is Finally Coming To Melbourne
More double-decker sweet treats coming at ya.
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NewsThe Mamasita Crew Have Opened a New Collingwood Taco Joint, Hotel Jesus
Tacos and tostadas, cocktails on tap and a Master Mezcalier.
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NewsPickett's Deli and Rotisserie Is Queen Victoria Market's New All-Day Eatery and Bar
Drop by for a hot chook, or hang around for cocktails, cheese and charcuterie.
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NewsA Mini Food Festival Will Descend on the MCG in the Lead-Up to Grand Final Day
Nosh from the likes of Estelle, Biggie Smalls and Tokyo Tina sure beat a soggy meat pie.
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NewsThis Sydney Social Enterprise Is Delivering Ottolenghi Salads While Helping Domestic Violence Victims
Get lunch delivered, and you'll also give lunch to someone who needs it.
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NewsSTREAT Has Opened a Permanent Social Enterprise Cafe in Collingwood
It's also a roastery, bakery and youth training academy.
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NewsBistro Morgan To Host First-Ever Doughnut Pop-Up in Windsor
Ferrero Rocher, Fairy Floss and Fruit Loops doughnuts, all whipped up by a 15-year-old chef.
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NewsThe Crux & Co. Patisserie Is Coming to Little Collins and Damn Does It Look Delicious
Might be time to preemptively punch another hole in your belt buckle, huh?
