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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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EventCorteo — Cirque du Soleil
Fri, 22 Aug - Sun, 24 Aug 2025
John Cain Arena, Melbourne
Focusing on a clown imagining his funeral procession, this dazzling hit filled with acrobatic wonders features the Montreal-based company's first-ever central stage setup.
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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.
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NewsHospitality Group Australian Venue Co Wants to Pay You to Eat and Drink at Its Bars and Pubs
The company is looking for 36 'secret sippers' to visit its venues, have a meal and provide monthly feedback.
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NewsPappa Rich Is Bringing Back Its Limited-Edition Nasi Lemak Burger This Autumn
And for three days, it's delivering 1000 of them through Doordash for $1 each.
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NewsEight Eateries to Seek Out When You're Road Tripping from Melbourne to Sydney
Swap servo stops for leisurely long lunches.
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NewsPoodle Upstairs Bar Is Now Open Two Nights a Week for Cocktail-Matched Snacking Sessions
Poodle Bar & Bistro has scored a new upstairs sibling, serving signature sips, gourmet charcuterie and caviar two nights a week.
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NewsNine Grown-Up Easter Treats To Hunt Down Around Melbourne
You're never too old for this Easter hunt.
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NewsGelatissimo Is Scooping Up Mint Chocolate Gelato Filled with Mini Easter Eggs for the Next Month
It's your new creative way to get your chocolate fix this Easter, and it also includes cookie crumbs.
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NewsFive Regional Towns to Stop in When Road Tripping from Melbourne to Sydney
Expect baked goods galore — and spending the night in Australia's most haunted mansion (if you dare).
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NewsChris Lucas and Martin Benn Will Open Two-Storey Japanese Eatery Yakimono in the CBD This Year
It's set to open next door to sibling Society in the 80 Collins Street precinct by late 2021.
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NewsDin Tai Fung Is Now Serving Up Hot Cross Bao Filled with Molten Chocolate
You can enjoy them in-store, or get them delivered frozen to eat at home.
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NewsNine Signature Dishes to Try at Melbourne's New Shopping and Dining Precinct
Tuck into an international range of dishes that won't break the bank.
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NewsMr Black Is Doing Coffee Liqueur-Spiked Easter Eggs for Booze and Chocolate-Loving Grown Ups
A collaboration with chocolatier Meltdown Artisan, the dark chocolate eggs are filled with coffee liqueur caramel.
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NewsHandpicked Has Unveiled Its New Three-Level Cellar Door in the Packed 80 Collins Precinct
The luxe venue boasts a cheese, charcuterie and wine bar, plus a retail space complete with an 'experience room'.
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NewsThe Victorian Government Has Announced an Extra $5 Million in Funding for Outdoor Dining
It has been allocated to 22 councils across the state, including 13 in metropolitan Melbourne.
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NewsYou Can Now Get DIY Gelato Messina Cocktails in Easter Eggs Delivered to Your Door
Cocktail Porter will deliver everything you need to make salted caramel cocktails inside Easter eggs — or espresso martinis inside Lindt bunnies.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Serving Up Super-Sticky Bake-at-Home Hot Cross Bun Scrolls for Easter
It comes filled with choc chips and vanilla custard, and topped with cinnamon malt caramel.
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NewsYou and Your Pooch Will Soon Be Able to Spend a Night at BrewDog's Australian Craft Beer Hotel
As part of its big Australian expansion plans, the beer brand is also setting up a second Brisbane bar, and launching its first sites in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
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NewsFive Food Stops to Make on a Road Trip from Canberra to the Coast This Autumn
Let your taste buds lead the way from jam-filled doughnuts to cheeseburger pies.
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NewsOne to Watch: A New Multipurpose Cocktail Lab Is Coming to Wollongong
A couple of bartenders are creating a collaborative and experimental space for the industry, plus a fun new place to drink in the Gong.
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NewsThese Six Big Ideas Have Been Voted Australia's Idea Lab Winners for 2021
From cocktail labs and mentorship programs to standardised sexual harassment policies.
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NewsLona Misa Is the Soon-to-Open Plant-Based Bar and Kitchen From Shannon Martinez and Ian Curley
Launching next month, the all-day venue will be serving up a fresh take on vegan and vegetarian eats.
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NewsDavid Jones Will Permanently Close Its Legendary Melbourne Bourke Street Mall Food Hall
The food store will close its doors next month.
