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NewsStarward Is Releasing Its Latest Super-Popular Ginger Beer Barrel Whisky to Warm Up Your Winter
The sixth annual release from the distillery's ginger-focused program will be available to buy next week — if you're quick.
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NewsVictoria's Small and Medium-Sized Venues Will Be Able to Welcome Bigger Crowds From May 28
Up to 200 people will be permitted in live music venues, restaurants, bars and nightclubs with spaces up to 400 square metres.
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NewsWarkop Is Richmond's New 15-Seater Cafe Serving Indonesian-Inspired Sandwiches
An ex-Navi sous chef and a veteran barista are paying homage to their roots.
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NewsBanjo's Bakery Cafe's Lasagne Pie Is the Next Food Mashup You Need to Try
It layers pasta, beef mince, tomato, vegetables and cheese in a pastry case.
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NewsMelbourne Good Food Month Has Announced Its Tasty Menu of 2021 Events
The Night Noodle Markets are back in a new format — alongside five-course truffle lunches, taco flights, Italian yum cha and gin-paired dinners.
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NewsSix Ways to Indulge When the Cocktail and Comfort Food Cravings Kick In
Satisfy your hankerings by heading to a cocktail festival, tucking into a pub roast or hibernating in front of the big screen.
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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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GuideSavour 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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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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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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GuideThe 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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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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NewsFree Cocktails, Express Manicures and $10,000 Shopping Tabs on Offer Under New FOMO Friday Initiative
Across four huge Fridays, a stacked lineup of Melbourne bars, restaurants and retailers are offering discounts, freebies and giveaways.
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NewsTen Things You Didn't Realise You Could Do on NSW's Sapphire Coast
Discover picturesque swimming holes, wild mountain rides and seafood trails along this glistening coastline.
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NewsAustralia's First Non-Alcoholic and Hangover-Free Bar Has Opened in Melbourne
The new project from booze-free gin producer Brunswick Aces also features the country's first physical non-alcoholic bottle shop.
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NewsFour Pillars Has Released Its 2021 Barrel-Aged Gins So You Can Keep Adding to Your Gin Shrine
Its Sherry Cask Gin and Chardonnay Barrel Gin are back — and the distillery has added a new Single Barrel Gin, too.
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NewsSydney Hospitality Giant Merivale Is Set to Open Its First Melbourne Venue
Justin Hemmes' hospitality group has purchased Melbourne's historic Tomasetti House.
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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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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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NewsArchie Brothers Is Hosting Adults-Only Circus and Cocktail Pop-Ups in Its East Coast Arcade Bars
Once a month, you'll be able to head to Alexandria, Docklands or Toombul for stilt walkers, magicians, burlesque and beverages.
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NewsAndrew McConnell's Morning Market Now Has a New Southside Outpost
Their signature curation of market-inspired sandwiches, gourmet groceries and pantry goodies has landed in Prahran.
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NewsSixty Smith Is the New Collingwood Bar and Restaurant From the Fitzroy Beer Garden Crew
Head in for crafty cocktails, local art and a globe-trotting menu from an ex-MoVida chef.
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NewsHow to Say Thanks to Aussie Hospitality Legends If You're a Bit of a Bar Fly
Show your support by hitting up a cocktail festival, having a parma with your pint and wearing your heart on your sleeve with some fun merch.
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NewsValhalla Is Collins Street's New Nordic-Inspired Underground Cocktail Lounge
A moody after-work haunt with a drinks list that heroes Aussie spirits and locally foraged ingredients.
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NewsLukumama Is the New Mediterranean Dessert Bar Serving Up Loukoumades and Baklava in Hawthorn
Sate your sweet cravings with custard-filled Greek doughnuts, Ferrero Rocher baklava and Turkish dondurma ice cream.
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EventDome Under Fulldome Festival
Fri, 31 Jan - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
Scienceworks, Spotswood
Head to Melbourne Planetarium to see 32 films from 15 countries at Australia's only fulldome film festival.
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EventIce Cream Festival
Wed, 12 Feb - Sun, 23 Feb 2025
Various locations around Victoria, Melbourne
12 days. 144 flavours. Three venues. Many a brain freeze.
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EventThe Chinatown Precinct's Lunar New Year Block Party
Sun, 2 Feb, 2025
Chinatown Melbourne, Melbourne
Ring in the Year of the Snake with food stalls, local restaurant dining deals, cultural performances, a dragon parade, blessings, live music, a kids' area (with face-painting and craft classes) and a ...
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EventLe Bon Ton's Superbowl Party
Mon, 10 Feb, 2025
Le Bon Ton, Collingwood
Pair your Superbowl watching with hot wings, waffles and chicken, and Budweiser beers.
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EventGalentine's Day at Pincho Disco
Thu, 13 Feb, 2025
Pincho Disco, Collingwood
Gather your gals, gays and theys together for a big Latin American feast the day before Valentine's Day
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EventGABS Craft Beer Fest
Fri, 4 Apr, 2025
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf
Where can you get a drink from a 120-tap bar? At 2025's Great Australasian Beer Spectapular.
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EventWhat's on in Frankston: 2025 Events
Multiple single dates
Various Frankston venues
From European beach clubs to street art and sand sculpting, here's everything hitting Frankston in early 2025.
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EventBiggest Best IMAX Film Festival
Sat, 11 Jan - Sun, 2 Mar 2025
IMAX Melbourne, Carlton
This IMAX Melbourne film festival is filled with the best and biggest flicks to see on its huge 32-metre-wide by 23-metre-tall screen.
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EventEuropa! Europa Film Festival
Wed, 12 Feb - Wed, 12 Mar 2025
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
Celebrate European cinema with a packed film festival lineup featuring 44 movies from 26 countries.
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EventDrake: 'Anita Max Win' Tour
Multiple single dates
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
The 'Hotline Bling' performer 'The Degrassi: The Next Generation' star is returning Down Under for the first time in eight years.
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NewsHope St Radio Is Opening a Wine Bar and Music Space at the Revamped Collingwood Yards
It'll be slinging natural wine, fresh pasta dishes and curated tunes from your favourite presenters.
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NewsMelbourne's Night Noodle Markets Are Back for 2021 — But They're a Little Different
Every night through June, you'll be able to get cult festival dishes delivered to your door.
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NewsGelato Messina's Handmade Chocolate Bon Bons Are Back Again for Mother's Day
This year, the fancy box of chocolates features nine different flavours — including mini lamington bon bons, plus Messina Rocher-style treats.
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NewsYou Can Now Buy Gin-Infused Mayonnaise and Ketchup to Level Up Your Condiment Game
Hailing from The Netherlands, the squeezable Gin Mayo and Gin Chup clock in at two percent alcohol per tube.
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NewsThese Four Australians Have Been Named in the World's 50 Best Next-Generation Hospo Leaders
Fish Butchery's Josh Niland, ex-Oakridge Wines pair Jo Barrett and Matt Stone, and agriculturalist Josh Gilbert all feature in the new list from the folks behind the annual World's 50 Best Bars rankings.
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NewsZero Gradi Is Opening Its Second Dessert Bar and Gelateria in Southbank
From gelato to cannoli, this joint specialises in all of the Italian dessert favourites.
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NewsStan's Deli & Sandwiches Is Malvern's New Modern Take on the Classic American Diner
Roll in for Small Batch coffee and crafty sambos from a crew of hopso legends.
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NewsMarko Is South Melbourne Market's New Plant-Based Lunch Spot For Pitas, Burgers and Bowls
With a former Rumi head chef in the kitchen, and a menu developed by Embla and Etta's Charley Snadden-Wilson.
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NewsFrench Restaurant Entrecote Is Farewelling Its South Yarra Digs and Moving to Prahran
It'll open the doors to its new 200-seat Greville Street space this spring.
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NewsRepeat Offender Is Bayside's New All-Day Tapas Fusion Joint with an Entirely Gluten Free Menu
And it's pairing its Latin American-inspired fare with rum and tequila cocktails — and park views.
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NewsFive Ways to Up Your Wine Knowledge If You Still Can't Tell Your Terroir from Your Tannins
Use these tips and tricks to learn — and sip — your way to wine success.
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NewsWhere to Head for Kick Ons Along Swan Street After Catching a Game at AAMI Park
Win, lose or draw, these excellent Swan Street venues are sure to help you make a night of it.
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NewsThis Indulgent New Booze Membership Includes an Entire Beer Vending Machine and a Year of Refills
It's one of the options under Craft Cartel Liquor's new subscriptions — but it'll cost you a tidy $10,000 per year.
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NewsSydney's Award-Winning Maybe Sammy Has Released a Trio of Bottled Cocktails to Sip at Home
The new premium batched creations come in both solo serves and share-friendly 500-millilitre bottles.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Releasing a Birthday Cake Version of Its Indulgent Cookie Pie
It's been a year since the dessert chain released its first cookie pie, so it's celebrating with a fitting new creation.
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NewsTwo Aussie-Brewed 'Game of Thrones' Beers Are Coming to Mark the HBO Show's Tenth Anniversary
Melbourne's Moon Dog Brewing is whipping up a Breaker of Chains chilli and vanilla stout and a Watchers on the Wall white chocolate ale.
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NewsGood Beer Week Is Back for 2021 with a Stacked Tenth Anniversary Program
The annual beer-filled celebration returns, complete with a Daft Punk tribute party, a booze-free bash and lots of beery feasts.
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NewsWhat's Open in Melbourne This Easter Long Weekend
Getting cabin fever? Here's where you can escape to.
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NewsLa Madonna Is the Luxe Hotel Bar and Restaurant Taking Over an Entire Floor Inside Next Melbourne
Roll in for clever snacks and a creative drinks list filled with barrel-aged concoctions.
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NewsKepler's Yard Is Northcote's New Astronomy-Inspired Cocktail Bar From the 24 Moons Crew
DJ nights, mismatched furniture and planet-themed cocktails, in a space that's named after a famous astronomer.
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NewsWe're Giving Away Free Burgers for a Whole Year to One Lucky Melburnian
That's 52 deliciously juicy burgers, absolutely free of charge.
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NewsKFC Is Offering Free Delivery on Its Fried Chicken Over the Easter Long Weekend
Add 11 secret herbs and spices to your break.
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NewsHow to Make an Epic Hot Cinnamon Doughnut Tortilla with Chef Julian Cincotta
Attempt this gooey, melt-in-your-mouth dessert using that famous TikTok hack.
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NewsYou Can Now Help Save Endangered Frogs By Eating Your Way Through a Bag of Freddos
Cadbury has donated $600,000 to frog conservation across Australia and NZ.
