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NewsKrispy Kreme Has Started Serving 'Pokemon'-Themed Doughnuts and You'll Want to Eat 'Em All
A different Pokémon doughnut will drop every fortnight, including Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle and Poké Ball varieties.
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NewsSmith & Daughters Is Set to Be Reborn as a Huge Vegan Hub in Collingwood
The 500-square-metre site is set to open its doors in November and will boast a Euro-style deli, food store, cafeteria and restaurant.
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NewsFour Pillars Is Releasing Two New Rare Dry Gins So You'd Best Make Room On Your Gin Shelf
If you're a fan of the distillery's Rare Dry Gin, you'll want to try its new Rarer Dry Gin and Rarest Dry Gin — as made with yuzu and bergamot, respectively.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Now Doing Home Delivery to Select Parts of Sydney and Melbourne
Don't live near one of the dessert chain's stores? It's bringing the sweet treats to you.
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NewsLindt Has Released a New Chocolate Koala to Help Raise Funds for the Australian Koala Foundation
The brand is donating $1 from each chocolate koala sold to the foundation's work to ensure the Aussie marsupial's survival.
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NewsAllen's Has Released a New Lolly-Filled Version of AWW's Beloved Birthday Cake Book
Indulge your sweet tooth and find inspiration for your next at-home baking project.
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GuideThe Best Wine Bars in Melbourne
Considered fitouts, elevated shared plates and a uniquely curated wine offering — these are our favourite wine bars across the city.
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GuideThe Best Bars in Melbourne
Whether you're on the hunt for an extensive wine collection, a luxe date-night spot or a place to have a little boogie, these are our picks for the best bars in Melbourne.
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NewsWhere to Find the Best Matcha in Melbourne
Laced with strawberry, topped with ube cream or spiked with yuzu — however you like it, here's where to get it.
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GuideSip, Snack and Savour: These Melbourne Bars Are Pairing Haku Vodka Martinis with Rice-Inspired Bites
This winter, discover elegant Haku Vodka martinis paired with inventive snacks that celebrate Japanese rice craftsmanship.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Coffee in Melbourne for 2025
Whether you're a coffee snob or an extra-weak latte lover, these top Melbourne coffee roasters and brewers will have what you need.
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GuideMelbourne Bars and Restaurants That Are Undeniably, Unabashedly Romantic
Low lighting, jazz playlists, opulent cocktails — these top Melbourne date spots will help you to start planning the perfect Valentine's Day.
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GuideThe Best Bars in Melbourne with Beer Gardens and Boozy Courtyards for 2025
Save cosy pub corners for the depths of winter — it's time to drink a brew out in the open at these fab Melbourne beer gardens.
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GuideThe 15 Best Sports Bars and Pubs in Melbourne for 2025
These Melbourne bars and pubs play local and international sporting matches live and loud throughout the week — from AFL, NRL and cricket to soccer, tennis, boxing and basketball.
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GuideMelbourne's 20 Most Popular Bars of 2024
Sprawling breweries, neighbourhood pubs, CBD cocktail spots and cosy wine bars — they’ve all grabbed your attention so far this year.
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NewsEight Melbourne Parks Fit For a BYO Booze Picnic (and Where to Pick Up Snacks Beforehand)
Head to the park for a boozy picnic with the finest snacks you can find along the way.
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NewsLockdown-Born Kravin Korean Is Melbourne's Newest At-Home Korean Barbecue Experience
Featuring ready-to-grill ingredients, homemade sauces, equipment and tunes to help you recreate the magic of KBBQ at home.
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NewsLocal Burger Guru Goldieboy Is Slinging DIY Double Cheeseburger Kits to Make at Home
His signature creations feature Martin's potato rolls, brisket-chuck patties and a top-secret adobo kewpie sauce.
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NewsYou Can Now Make Your Own Bubble Tea at Home with DIY Boba Kits from Boba Barista
Enjoy bubble tea without leaving your home — and get $10 off your first order.
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NewsThe Latest Plan for Sorrento's Continental Hotel Includes a Sunset Roof and Dining Led by Scott Pickett
There'll be everything from casual pub fare to degustation dining served across its bars, restaurants and function spaces — and the first phase is set to open by February.
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News
Messina Is Turning Andy Bowdy's Peanut Butter Banana Split Into a Decadent Cookie Pie
The Sydney pastry chef's peanut butter and banana sundaes are the stuff of legend — and now they're being reinvented.
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NewsEvery Food and Drink Idea to Spoil the Dad in Your Life This Father's Day
You might need to get a little more creative than usual this year.
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RestaurantGigi's Piazza, Red Hill Estate
1208 Mornington-Flinders Road, Main Ridge
The new laidback hang-out spot is suitable for everything from first dates to family days out.
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RestaurantCrittenden Wines & Restaurant
25 Harrisons Road, Dromana
Not only has this renovation given the restaurant a new lease on life, but importantly, it has been a part of a return to its roots.
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RestaurantPunt Road Wines
12 Saint Huberts Road, Coldstream
The new cellar door cements the estate as a must-visit destination in the Yarra Valley, as visitors can experience many of the region's highlights in one convenient location.
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BarLe Bar Supper Club
12 North Concourse, Beaumaris
Raise a crystal glass to French food, fancy drinks and burlesque shows in this Beaumaris bar.
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BarHotel Mexico
238 Whitehall Street, Yarraville
Hotel Mexico is Yarraville's huge group hang spot that's made for margarita-fuelled sessions.
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BarBendigo Hotel Collingwood
125 Johnston Street, Collingwood
Collingwood's legendary live music pub The Bendigo Hotel is back in action thanks to The Mill Brewery Crew.
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BarPunters Club
376 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Millennials and Gen Zs might lament the loss of Kewpie, but Gen X music lovers will rejoice in seeing this old boozer return to Brunswick Street.
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CafeMork Chocolate Looking Glass
13 Centre Place, Melbourne
The site is showcasing the team's unconventional chocolate bars, elaborate drinking chocolates that never made it onto the menu, chocolate cocktail pairings and creative desserts.
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BarWindsor Wine Room
60 Chapel Street, Windsor
Keep it classic with a rosé matched with burrata and oysters, or get a bit more playful by pairing a natty number with jerusalem artichoke and hazelnut gnocchi.
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NewsLocal Bakery Beurre Is Serving Up a New Line of Cheerful Post-Vax Celebration Cakes
Reward your mates for a 'jab' well done and order one of these colourful, smile-inducing sweet treats.
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NewsWe're Giving Away $500 Cash to You and a Conservation Organisation
Put your multitasking skills to good use by sipping on this delectable new drink while helping the planet at the same time.
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NewsDarrell Lea Is Now Doing Liquorice Beer If You Can't Decide Whether to Get Dad Brews or Sweets
The confectionery company has teamed up with Nomad Brewing Co on a dark chocolate liquorice stout made with Darrell Lea’s Batch 37 liquorice.
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NewsThe Keys Is a New All-In-One Beer Garden, Arcade and Bowling Alley Opening This Summer
Get set for 12 maple timber bowling lanes, three bars and a beer garden with capacity for 450 punters.
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NewsThe Ten Local Cookbooks From Top Melbourne Chefs You Need to Level-Up Your Kitchen Game
Let Guy Grossi teach you the art of pasta-making, or learn the secrets to creating smash-hit vegan dishes from Shannon Martinez.
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NewsTop Local Chefs Ask Aussies to "Put a Jab on the Menu" in This New Hospitality Ad Campaign
Matt Moran, Neil Perry, Danielle Alvarez and Shannon Martinez all feature, stressing how tough the pandemic has been for the hospitality industry.
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EventRooftop Racquet Club at QT Melbourne
Thu, 8 Jan - Sun, 1 Mar 2026
QT Melbourne, Melbourne
Keep an ace up your sleeve this summer, as this glamorous hotel serves up a rooftop pickleball court, signature cocktails and late-night DJs.
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EventSummer Under The Roof: Quealy Winemakers and D.O.C Gastronomia Mornington
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 - Sun, 25 Jan 2026
Quealy Winemakers, Balnarring
Fill your weekends with award-winning wine and top-quality pizza, as this vine-side collaboration takes over summer with culinary goodness.
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EventDome Under Fulldome Festival
Fri, 30 Jan - Sun, 1 Feb 2026
Scienceworks, Spotswood
Head to Melbourne Planetarium to see 39 films from around the world at Australia's only fulldome film festival.
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EventLibrary on the Lawn: Kids Festival at State Library Victoria
Multiple single dates
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Add more reading time and kid-friendly entertainment to your summer holidays schedule, from storytime sessions to scavenger hunts.
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EventChristmas Sculpture and Qris Qringle at QV Melbourne
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 - Tue, 6 Jan 2026
QV Melbourne, Melbourne
Christmas has arrived at QV Melbourne, featuring a towering festive sculpture and mystery Qris Qringle giveaway loaded with daily prizes.
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EventThe Royal Family Dance Crew Presents 'Defend the Throne'
Wed, 27 May - Sun, 7 Jun 2026
Hamer Hall, Southbank
Global street-dance icons The Royal Family Dance Crew will headline RISING 2026 with 'Defend the Throne,' a high-energy showcase blending 14 years of their most iconic choreography with brand-new work ...
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EventSummer Music Series at Mr Mills
Multiple single dates
Mr Mills, Melbourne
Step into this chic late-night basement bar, where high-energy DJs will groove through the early hours all summer long.
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EventLu-Niverse: Countess Luann at Melbourne Recital Centre
Mon, 23 Feb, 2026
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank
Be cool, as this reality TV star brings her infectious energy to Melbourne for a tea-spilling deep dive into a slew of wild moments.
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EventCarlsberg Beach Club
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 - Thu, 29 Jan 2026
Frankston Waterfront, Frankston
Get ready for European holiday vibes, sunset sessions, and free live music just 45 minutes from Melbourne.
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EventCreator Summit: Powered by Fujifilm
Sat, 9 May, 2026
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
Following a sold-out Sydney edition, this hands-on photography festival is headed to Melbourne, jam-packed with lens-based creative encounters.
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NewsYou Can Now Get Super-Nostalgic DIY Wizz Fizz Margarita Kits Delivered to Your Door
Mix yourself up a batch of Cocktail Porter's sherbet margaritas — and get everything you need to make them delivered to your door.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Turning Three of Its Favourite Desserts Into Chocolate Bars for Father's Day
Treat your dad to a three-pack of cone-ception, Messinatella hazelnut and neapolitan chocolate blocks and bars.
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GuideSeven 'Treat Yourself' Meals to Get Delivered If You're Celebrating a Special Occasion in Lockdown
Don't let lockdown stop you from marking another year of life or love.
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NewsSix Interesting Gifts You Can Send to Your Dad This Father's Day
Attain favourite child status without leaving the house.
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NewsAnchovy's Lockdown Pop-Up Banh Mi Window Is Getting a Permanent Space
The rotating menu of contemporary banh mi has proved such a hit, it'll be sticking around for good.
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NewsSouth Yarra Is Set to Score a Luxe New Rooftop Bar and Restaurant This Summer
Perched 24 storeys above Chapel Street, it'll have space for 200 people and boast primo sunset views.
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NewsResidents of Last Year's Locked Down Public Housing Towers Have Created a Free Cookbook
'Cooking, Recovery and Connections' features 18 recipes from residents impacted by the lockdown of Victoria's nine public housing towers in 2020.
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NewsThe Everleigh and Congress Wine Are Hosting a Fancy Sausage Sizzle This Weekend
Drop by for venison snags, negroni doughnuts and bottled cocktails to-go.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Pairing Super-Sticky Bake-at-Home Caramel Scrolls with Cheesecake Gelato Tubs
This time, the gelato chain is pairing two sweet treats into a lockdown snack pack.
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NewsThese Melbourne Eateries Are Offering Takeaway and Pick-Up Options to Help You Eat Well at Home
Restaurants are back to takeaway and delivery services only.
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NewsKrispy Kreme Has Just Released a Limited-Edition Range of Doughnut-Inspired Dog Biscuits
Dubbed 'doggie doughnuts' and available in the lead up to International Dog Day, they come in six flavours — including original glazed and choc sprinkles.
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GuideTen Next-Level Takeaway Desserts to Try When You Need Something to Perk You Up
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month or even your year, these sugary treats will be there for you.
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NewsThis Mr Yum Directory Lists All the Takeaway Options Within a Five-Kilometre Radius of You
Taking the hassle out of your pre-dinner menu surfing.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Filling Its Next Indulgent Choc Chip Cookie Pie with Waffle Cone Spread
For its next OTT dessert, the gelato chain is combining milk and dark choc chips, caramel custard and waffle cone spread in one cookie pie.
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FeatureGuinness Winter Guide: Melbourne
Heat things up this winter with visits to these great Melbourne pubs, or try your hand at a warming winter recipe.
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NewsRobata Is the Fiery New Japanese Grill Restaurant From the San Telmo Crew
Expect charcoal-grilled yakitori skewers and reworked classic cocktails in a neon-dressed space, plucked from the streetscapes of Tokyo.
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NewsHeston Blumenthal Has Teamed Up with Grill'd to Create Two New Vegetarian Burgers
They're made using mushroom-based meat Fable — and only 4000 of the limited-edition Heston Fable Burgers are available across Australia.
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NewsTaka Gin Is the New Indigenous-Owned Label That's Making Spirits with Native Plants
The Melbourne-produced tipple is made with lemon-scented gum leaf and native lemongrass.
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NewsThe Queen Victoria Winter Night Market Has Been Cancelled for the Second Year in a Row
The popular event has again been canned due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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NewsSeven Decadent Hot Chocolates to Treat Yourself to in Melbourne's Inner South This Winter
Warm yourself from the inside out.
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NewsOriental Teahouse Has Just Revealed Its Spicy New Dumpling and Dating Game
Bond over dumplings, drinks and dating questions.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Releasing a Golden Gaytime-Inspired Version of Its Super-Fancy Viennetta
Two beloved desserts combine in Messina's latest limited-edition special.
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NewsThe Newest 400 Gradi Has Rolled Into Mornington With a Restaurant, Bar, Gelateria and Delicatessen
Head coastward for award-winning pizzas, seafood specials and some very snazzy cocktails.
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NewsPort Melbourne's Prince Alfred Hotel Is Giving Free Pints to Folks Who've Just Been Vaccinated
Get the jab at the Port Melbourne Town Hall pop-up vaccination clinic before Friday, July 30, then pop over the road to the pub for a free drink.
