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NewsMelbourne's Gimlet Is the Only Aussie Venue to Make the World's Top 100 Restaurant Longlist for 2022
Chef Andrew McConnell’s Melbourne diner has made an international splash, crowned number 84 in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards.
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NewsHot Chip Alert: Lord of the Fries Is Giving Away Free Fries at All of Its Stores Next Week
Celebrate National Fry Day with free fries.
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NewsHow Victoria's High Country Has Become an Epicentre of Beer and Breweries
Fancy a brew with a view this winter? Hit the High Country Brewery Trail to discover some of Victoria’s finest beer.
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NewsKrispy Kreme Is Now Serving Up Duffins for When You Can't Decide Between a Doughnut and a Muffin
The new range comes in three flavours: apple and cinnamon, blueberry and white chocolate, and double choc.
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NewsHot Off the Press: Bar Liberty's Nick Tesar Was Just Crowned Australia's Best Bartender for 2022
He beat four others in a fierce Aussie finals bout overnight — and now, he'll represent Australia in the World Class Global Bartender of the Year competition.
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NewsFitzroy Newcomer Deep End Is a Deep Dish Pizza Paradise and Craft Beer Haven
With an ex-fine dining chef heading the kitchen, it's heroing three styles of pizza — including a towering Chicago-style stuffed deep dish number.
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GuideThe 14 Best Omakase in Melbourne or 2025
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 18 Best Indian Restaurants in Melbourne for 2025
Explore these Indian restaurants' menus with countless regional dishes — or just order a butter chicken and be done with it.
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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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GuideThe 25 Best Cafes in Melbourne for 2025
How does your favourite Melbourne cafe stack up against these brunch-filled, coffee-slinging, bloody mary-pouring haunts?
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Pizza in Melbourne for 2025
From giant pepperoni-topped slices to vegan rounds, these Melbourne pizza joints have you covered.
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GuideThe 16 Best Seafood Restaurants in Melbourne
Here's where to find Melbourne's best seafood — across fine-diners, messy crab shacks, local neighbourhood eateries and lavish omakase haunts.
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NewsThe Best Things to Eat, See and Do to Celebrate Lunar New Year in Melbourne
Themed high teas, street parties, limited-edition cakes, karaoke, banquets and huge giveaways — now that's how you welcome in the Year of the Snake in Melbourne.
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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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GuideThe 51 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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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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GuideMelbourne's 20 Most Popular Restaurants of 2022 So Far
These are the spots you went looking for so far this year, from stunning beachside restaurants to hidden Inner West eateries — and lots of omakase, of course.
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NewsHot Takes & Takeaways: How Melbourne's Hospo Scene Nails Casual Dining
The brains behind some of your favourite dining establishments share insights into how they became the best in the business.
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NewsHow These New-Generation Producers Are Evolving the High Country Wine and Spirits Landscape
Two of Victoria's High Country producers join forces to create a limited-run muscat gin that celebrates the very best of the region.
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NewsOsteria Renata Is Prahran's Warm New Neighbourhood Italian Spot with a Dedicated Pasta Lab
An imaginative, Nonna-worthy food offering from the Park Street team.
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NewsLune Croissanterie Is Whipping Up Iced Vovo Cruffins and Tiramisu Pastries — But Only in July
OTT dessert alert: these specials will only be available throughout July.
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NewsYakikami Is South Yarra's New Japanese Barbecue Fine Diner With an Intimate Chef's Table Offering
A head chef with Michelin cred, a dedicated yakitori station and menus featuring some of the world's most covetable beef.
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RestaurantSt David Dairy
16-18 Saint David Street, Fitzroy
This Fitzroy establishment scales dairy back to its roots.
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RestaurantIshizuka
139 Bourke Street, Melbourne
This hidden CBD restaurant specialises in kaiseki — effortlessly serving up decadent (but seemingly simple) 11-course feeds to those looking to truly treat themselves.
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BarKolkata Cricket Club
Crown Melbourne, Southbank
Mischa Tropp's sports bar and restaurant at Crown Melbourne takes punters back to a bygone-era in India.
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BarOmnia Bistro & Bar
625 Chapel Street, South Yarra
The menu is stacked with contemporary takes on European classics — but you could simply drop by for the dry-aged roasted duck and a bottle of wine and be very happy.
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RestaurantAstoria Bar Kè Grill
302 Toorak Road, South Yarra
This Toorak Road terrace house is now home to a fab Greek restaurant.
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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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NewsMcDonald's Is Finally Bringing Its Coveted Szechuan Sauce to Australia
The much-hyped McNugget condiment will be available as part of a new limited-edition four-sauce range — which also includes the return of Macca's Cajun sauce.
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FeatureEarthy Inspiration and Chainsaws: A Day in My Boots With Jewellery Designer Holly Ryan
Take a stroll through the creative's day as she shares her driving forces and the craft behind her forever pieces.
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NewsUSA's Cajun-Style Seafood Sensation The Boiling Crab Has Opened Its Second Melbourne Restaurant
Now, you can get your claws into the brand's signature seafood boil offering in the heart of the CBD.
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NewsLOTI Is St Kilda's Breezy New Bar and Diner Celebrating Seafood and Fire
This new St Kilda spot taps into coastal holiday feels with butter-poached scampi skewers and uni-infused martinis overlooking the bay.
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NewsComing Soon: The Terror Twilight and Tinker Crew Are Opening Their Next Cafe in Moonee Ponds
Convoy sees Kieren Spiteri, Ben Argentino and Bec Moore heading back to their roots and delivering a touch of inner-north flair westward.
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NewsClear Your Freezer: Messina Is Bringing Back 40 of Its Greatest Gelato Hits in Take-Home Tubs
Jon Snow, Robert Brownie Jnr and Fairy Bread are all back — and Hodor and Have a Gay Old Time, too.
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EventWindsor Wine Room x St Hugo
Mon, 10 Mar - Sun, 23 Mar 2025
Windsor Wine Room, Windsor
Fine, Barossa red wine and fresh pasta pairings, just in time for autumn.
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EventFesta Del Pomodoro at Mister Bianco
Tue, 18 Mar and Wed, 19 Mar 2025
Mister Bianco, Kew
Celebrate the art of sugo-making with a three-course meal and cooking demo at this Italian restaurant in Kew.
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EventLightscape Melbourne
Fri, 20 Jun - Sun, 10 Aug 2025
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens, South Yarra
Another winter, another lit-up garden display, with this after-dark festival getting Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne a-glowing.
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EventAustralian International Documentary Conference
Sun, 2 Mar - Wed, 5 Mar 2025
ACMI, Melbourne
Must-see Oscar-nominees 'Black Box Diaries' and 'Sugarcane' lead the lineup at this celebration of factual filmmaking.
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EventNew Order: Australian Tour 2025
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
After their 2020 tour was cut short due to the pandemic, these music icons are returning Down Under.
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EventGet Up and Glow
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Bossley Bar & Restaurant, Melbourne
Get your Saturday started in the best way with a yoga class, brekkie and beauty products — all for free.
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EventMelbourne International Flower and Garden Show
Wed, 26 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Carlton Gardens, Carlton
This five-day flower and garden fest features landscaping inspiration, workshops for plant lovers, art exhibitions and a special after-dark experience.
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EventBBQs of the World
Sun, 30 Mar, 2025
Dandenong Market, Dandenong
Discover what makes barbecue the oldest cuisine in the world, complete with sumptuous bites from West Africa to Brazil.
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EventThat's Amore Cheese Ricotta Festival
Sun, 30 Mar, 2025
That's Amore Cheese, Thomastown
For one day only, the Thomastown lot will be filled with food stalls, bars, and a stage hosting cooking masterclasses and live music performances.
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EventTesselaar KaBloom Festival of Flowers
Sat, 29 Mar - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
Tesselaar Tulip Farm, Silvan
Give your autumn a blooming boost with this floral event, featuring flower displays, acrobats, food trucks and, for the first time, a soaring ferris wheel.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Bringing Back Its Single-Serve Cookie Pies to Warm Up Your Winter
The gelato chain is dishing up its one-person cookie pies for another year, serving them at different stores each week.
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NewsThe Crew Behind Abbotsford's Au79 Have Unveiled Two New Cafes and a Wine Bar
The popular cafe has teamed up with apartment brand Home to launch sleek new venues in Richmond and Southbank.
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NewsYarra Falls Is the Tiny CBD Bar Inspired by a Little Known Piece of Melbourne History
A 25-seat boozer guided by locality, steered by the seasons and named after the Yarra River's one-time waterfall.
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NewsReady to Party: The Gertrude Hotel Has Scored an Edgy and Bold Glam-Rock Makeover
The Fitzroy corner site has been reborn as a disco-inspired party paradise by the mind behind the Carlton Club and the Windsor Castle.
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GuideEight Incredible Dishes You Can Only Feast on in Brisbane
Tick these top eats off your culinary bucket list.
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NewsQueen Vic Market's New Munro Development Will Soon Boast Craft Beers, Sushi and a Chocolate Shop
The first hospitality venues coming to the precinct have been announced, including Brick Lane, Moonfishh and Only Mine Chocolate.
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NewsFour Pillars Is Releasing Its First Booze-Free Range for Cocktails Without the Hangover
Four Pillars' new Bandwagon range comes in two varieties, serving up alcohol-free versions of the acclaimed distillery's Rare Dry Gin and Bloody Shiraz Gin.
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NewsNow Open: Freyja Is Melbourne's Sophisticated 'New Nordic' Restaurant With Michelin Cred
With two chefs from a Michelin-starred restaurant in its kitchen, this 130-seat diner is fusing traditional techniques with modern Scandi flair.
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NewsWhat's Open in Melbourne This Queen's Birthday Weekend
Want to fill your weekend with top-notch eating and drinking? Here's where to go.
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NewsBundy Rum Is Releasing an Extremely Limited (And Free) Run of a New Sugarcane Champagne Creation
A very limited edition of a new product from the Bundaberg Rum Distillery will be available in pubs for one weekend only — and it's free.
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NewsItaly's Legendary Mercato Centrale Is Opening Its First International Artisan Market Right Here in Melbourne
The brand's first outpost outside of the homeland will be a three-level homage to Italian food and culture, on Collins Street.
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NewsThis Is What You Can Expect at Hijinx Hotel, Australia's Nostalgic and OTT New Challenge Room Bar
A ball pit that looks like a bowl of cereal, a 'Big'-style floor keyboard, IRL 'Tetris', cocktails topped with bubbles — Sydney's new challenge room 'hotel' has it all.
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NewsScottish Brewery BrewDog Is Opening Its Second Aussie Venue at Pentridge This Spring
Three years after launching its Brisbane taphouse, the craft beer giant is teaming up with Aus Venue Co on a Melbourne beer bar — and it's set to be the first of many.
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NewsBanjo's Bakery Cafe's Spaghetti Bolognese Pie Is the New Food Mashup You Know You Want to Try ASAP
Can't choose between a pie and spag bog? Now you don't have to.
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NewsBirra Is the New Italian Lager by Blackhearts & Sparrows and Its First-Ever House Release Beer
The craft booze store's homegrown answer to a Peroni Red not only solves some pesky supply issues, but it's better for the environment, too.
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NewsNow Open: A 2500-Square-Metre Urban Rooftop Farm and Glasshouse Cafe in Burwood East
Crowning Burwood Brickworks, Acre is home to two sky-high eateries, working bee hives, worm farms, a quail coop and herb and veggie gardens.
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NewsLune Has Added Bolognese and Bechamel-Filled Lasagne Pastries to Its Menu — But Only for June
You've only got until the end of the month to head to the world-famous croissanterie and tuck into these lasagne escargot.
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NewsForget Mixing: These New Aussie-Made Mimosas in a Can Will Level Up Your Brunch Game
The brainchild of two Brisbane communications professionals — and cocktail fans — these canned mimosas pair Aussie dry white wine with natural orange flavours, then carbonate it.
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NewsPepe Saya Has Launched Its Own Delicious Range of Buttery Salted Caramel Bon Bons
Made with Pepe Saya's cultured butter and Olsson’s sea salt, the salty sweet treats are made in limited-edition batches — with only 250 boxes available each week.
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NewsLune Croissanterie Is Opening Its Third Pastry-Slinging Melbourne Spot in Armadale This Winter
The world-famous bakery will soon be serving its flaky croissants in the city's south.
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NewsSouthbank's New 40th-Floor Sky Bar Is Opening This Month for Wining and Dining in the Clouds
Enjoy caviar, cocktails and foie gras macarons 139 metres up, when this five-star restaurant and lounge bar opens its doors.
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NewsCheesy Laneways and Wine-Centric Masterclasses: the 2022 Good Food & Wine Show Highlights According to Concrete Playground's Editors
The foodie fave is back for its 2022 run, and it's bringing a star-studded culinary lineup.
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NewsKrispy Kreme Is Giving Away a Massive 100,000 Free Doughnuts This Friday
What's better than sweet glazed doughnuts? Free sweet glazed doughnuts.
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NewsMoonhouse Is Balaclava's New Modern Chinese Diner from the Hanoi Hannah Crew
This heritage-listed art deco building is your go-to for addictive prawn toasts, Hainanese chicken club sangas and desserts from an ex-Brae pastry chef.
