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NewsTaco Bell Is Opening Its Second Victorian Store in Hawthorn
It's the Tex-Mex giant's second Melbourne opening in the space of a week.
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NewsA Bunch of Gin and Tonic Gardens Are Popping Up Around Australia This Summer
Mix, match and experiment with making different varieties — including at the DIY garnish stations.
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NewsSummertime Social Is Melbourne's New Summery Rooftop Oasis with Boozy Ice Cream and Lawn Games
There'll also be fried chicken, pop-up bars, retro caravans and live music.
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NewsAcre Eatery and Its 2000-Square-Metre Urban Farm Are Now Open on a Shopping Centre Rooftop
It's growing over 70 different plant varieties, many of which you'll see on the menu at the adjoining restaurant.
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NewsFrom the Collective Is Melbourne's New Beer Garden and Bottle Shop Celebrating Regional Victoria
Here, you can pair Texan barbecue-flavoured ales with some of the state's best cheese in a former scrapyard warehouse
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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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GuideEight Melbourne Bars with Views for Days
Let your worries sashay away as you take in the views with an ice-cold brew at these bars with backdrops.
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NewsAward-Winning Balter Brewing Company Has Been Snapped Up by Beer Behemoth CUB
The Gold Coast brewery will no longer be independent as it is acquired by Carlton & United Breweries.
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NewsWelcome to Brunswick Is the Inner North's New Fairy Light-Lit Food Truck Park and Beer Garden
Come 2020, the new venture from the Welcome to Thornbury team will also have its own on-site brewery.
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NewsPiccolina Has Released a New Nutella Gelato-Stuffed Panettone Just in Time for Christmas
Or you can order the vanilla version, which comes slathered in white chocolate.
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NewsA Look Inside Sydney's Summer Pop-Up Bar at the MCA
Gaze out over the harbour with a drink in hand on your next long weekender in Sydney.
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NewsSix Sydney Bars with Epic Views to Take Advantage of This Summer
Planning a trip up north? Soak in the sights, and the afternoon sun, while you sip a cocktail or two.
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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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NewsOld Palm Liquor Is Your New Northside Summer Hangout from the Neighbourhood Wine Crew
The wine bar has a standout offering of natural drops, a full snack and dinner menu, and the feel of a comfy retro rumpus room.
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NewsMuch-Loved Sydney Restaurant Nomad Is Set to Open Its First Melbourne Outpost Next Year
The Sydney favourite is joining the restaurant ranks in Flinders Lane.
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NewsArchie Rose Has Opened a Pop-Up Cocktail Bar in Sydney Airport's International Terminal
Take your pre-flight game to the next level with local spirits and signature bottled cocktails.
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NewsFour Pillars Has Been Named the World's Best Gin Producer
The Yarra Valley-based distillery took out top honours at the 50th Annual International Wine and Spirits Competition in London.
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NewsGami Is Giving Away Its New Extra-Spicy Fried Chicken at All Its Aussie Stores Today
The limited-edition fried chicken comes doused in mala — a hot and numbing chilli sauce.
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NewsGelatissimo Has Released a Trio of Nostalgic Aussie Flavours for Summer
Kick it old-school with flavours like Weet-Bix, chocolate crackle and fairy bread
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EventBaker's Dozen
Sat, 29 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Federation Square, Melbourne
Melbourne's most-loved bakers and pastry icons are coming together for a huge pop-up bake shop at Fed Square.
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EventMoon Dog Bus and Beer Crawl
Sat, 22 Mar, 2025
Moon Dog World, Preston
Sample every brewery under the Moon Dog name on this intra-city adventure, which is travelling from Preston to Footscray for beers, bites and mechanical bull rides.
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EventPoodle Bar & Bistro's Fifth Birthday
Sun, 9 Mar, 2025
Poodle Bar & Bistro, Fitzroy
This birthday bash features hot Italian sandos, cocktails and other sips, and late-night DJs whipping up a ruckus.
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EventMoomba Festival
Thu, 6 Mar - Mon, 10 Mar 2025
Yarra River, Melbourne
Viral stars are taking over Fed Square, human-powered gliders will defy physics and 1300 performers are set to enliven the streets across five days of fun.
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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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GuideFive Things to Do This Summer When You Want to Spend All Day Outside
Sun's out, fun's out — here's where to make the most of the season's outdoor events.
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NewsElevate Your Sunday Brunch Party With These Five Quick Fixes
Win at hosting your own brunch at home, without ever having to let go of your cocktail.
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FeatureThree Batch Cocktails to Make for Your Next Sunday Afternoon Picnic
Who doesn't love a lazy afternoon feast in the great outdoors? Here’s how to prepare for a boozy picnic party.
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NewsTaco Bell Is Opening Its First Victorian Store in South Yarra This December
After seven Queensland openings, the Tex-Mex giant is finally bringing its tacos and frozen margaritas south.
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GuideMelbourne's Best New Cafes of 2019
Start your day at one of our favourite newcomers — there are spots dedicated to crumpets, traditional Japanese breakfasts and famous Korean sandwiches.
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NewsYou Can Join a Boozy Mad Hatter's Tea Party at This 'Alice in Wonderland'-Inspired Pop-Up Bar
Go down the rabbit hole to find this part theatre experience, part cocktail class.
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NewsLygon Street's Hellenic Republic Will Become Crofter Dining Room & Bar in the New Year
Pope Joan chef Matt Wilkinson will be taking over the venue, giving it a new name and British-Australian menu.
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NewsMelbourne Food & Wine Festival Has Just Dropped Its Jam-Packed Ten-Day 2020 Program
Hot chip parties, lunch with Alison Roman and a nostalgic exhibition dedicated to 'The Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book' are all on the menu.
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NewsFive Dinner Party Hacks For The Next Time You're Playing Host
From sparkling welcome drinks to tactile table cloths, here are five ways to elevate your hosting game.
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NewsSydney's Black Star Pastry Has Brought the "World's Most Instagrammed Cake" to Melbourne
The patisserie is serving up its famed Strawberry Watermelon Cake at a new pop-up shop in St Kilda.
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GuideHealthy(ish) Brunch Dishes to Make You Feel Human Again After a Night Out
From Middle Eastern and Sri Lankan-inspired breakfasts to the classic eggs benny, here’s how to kick the hangover with a filling and relatively healthy feed.
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NewsKrispy Kreme Is Giving Away 4000 Free Doughnuts
Get festive with sweet — and free — glazed doughnuts.
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GuideSeven Boozy Brunch Spots That Will Help You Feel Human Again (and Keep the Party Going)
For when you want a recovery session that'll keep the spirits up — quite literally.
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GuideTen Places to Celebrate New Year's Eve If You're Staying in Melbourne This Year
Time to get in the group chat ASAP and start planning how you're going to ring in 2020.
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NewsPinchy's Now Has a Permanent Home for Its Lobster Rolls and Champagne in Melbourne's CBD
The popular pop-up now has a permanent bright pink space with a sunny terrace overlooking Bourke Street.
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NewsScotland's BrewDog Has Opened Its First Australian Brewery and Taproom in Brisbane
You'll find the multimillion-dollar venue, complete with arcade games, brunch fare and a takeaway shop, next to the Brown Snake.
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NewsUS Bakery Chain Cinnabon Is Opening Its First Aussie Store in Brisbane Next Month
The first sticky scroll outpost will open before the year is out.
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GuideSix Local Bars and Wineries to Visit on Your Next Group Getaway to Canberra
Drink your way around the capital with this selection of vineyards, breweries and hidden cocktail bars.
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NewsMornington Peninsula Restaurant Ten Minutes by Tractor Has Reopened Following Last Year's Fire
With a brand-new space, revamped menus and a Noma alum heading up the kitchen.
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NewsSnack Tracker Is the New App Letting You Track Melbourne's Best Food Trucks
The free app makes tracking down cheesy gozleme, ice cream and crispy calamari a whole lot easier.
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NewsThe Minds Behind Daylesford's Lake House Have Opened a Nearby Artisanal Bakery
Alla Wolf-Tasker and ex-Tivoli Road baker Michael James are whipping up artisanal loaves, made the proper old-school way.
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NewsSeven Unexpected Food and Drink Swaps That Really Shouldn't Work but Do
Discover classic cocktails reinvented, beloved treats made vegan, desserts made with fish and more.
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NewsGrazeland Will Be Melbourne's New Permanent Outdoor Dining Precinct
The Spotswood venue will be home to over 50 food vendors and three licensed bars, and will be open every weekend of the year.
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NewsThe World's First Drive-Thru-Only KFC Has Opened in Australia
The trial concept store in Newcastle features multiple drive-thru lanes.
