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NewsHere's Your Stage Four Grocery Shopping Guide to Melbourne's Food Markets
Drop by, click-and-collect, or get those essentials delivered to your door.
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NewsSydney Distillery Poor Toms Has Bottled a Beach Holiday for Its New Pina Colada Gin
A limited-edition drop to help brighten up your 2020 winter.
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NewsDavid Jones and BP Are Opening 21 Super-Fancy Convenience Stores Across Sydney and Melbourne
You'll be able to pick up pulled pork empanadas, rotisserie chicken and lasagne with your tank of petrol.
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GuideSix Beverages to Drink If You're Keen to Support Local Winemakers, Brewers and Distillers
From Melbourne-brewed beers to top tipples from East Gippsland, add these Victorian drops to your must-drink list.
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NewsLucas Room Service Is Now Delivering Eats from Chin Chin and All Its Sibling Restaurants
You can order directly from Kisumé, Baby Pizza, Hawker Hall and Chin Chin.
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NewsSeven Classic Melbourne Menu Items You Can Now Get Delivered to Your Door
From world-famous pita to a secret-recipe French butter sauce and your very own viking-style drinking horn.
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GuideAll the New Melbourne Restaurant and Bar Openings to Try This Summer 2025
Whether you’re chasing a rooftop spritz, a long lunch by the coast or a hidden laneway wine bar, these new openings are setting the pace for summer.
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NewsTen Road Trip-Worthy Restaurants You Should Visit in Victoria
Life is short, so it's imperative that once in a while you plan a road-trip to sample some of regional Victoria's exceptional food.
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GuideThe 25 Best Restaurants in Melbourne for 2025
From high-flying fine-diners in the CBD to tried-and-true neighbourhood haunts — these are the Melbourne restaurants we'd recommend to a friend (you, dear reader).
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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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NewsWhere to Find the Best Ice Cream and Gelato in Melbourne
Whether you like your scoops creamy, salty, vegan or sandwiched, you can find them in our guide.
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GuideThe Best Private Dining Rooms in Melbourne
These private dining rooms have you got you covered from private bartenders to suckling pigs, martini trolleys to luxurious sashimi platters.
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GuideThe 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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GuideThe Best Bakeries in Melbourne
Crusty sourdough loaves, flaky croissants, shiopans and shokupans, cookies and doughnuts, bagels and ficelles, pies and pasties, and everything in between.
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GuideThe Best Greek Restaurants in Melbourne
You're in for good times, flowing drinks and belly-filling feeds at these Greek establishments.
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NewsThese Are the 15 Best Set Menus in Melbourne for Under $100
From set menus with a side of karaoke to omakase-style degustations, Greek feasts to vegan banquets, these are the best feed me menus around town.
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NewsSydney Hospitality Giant Merivale Has Postponed the Melbourne Launch of Its Meal Delivery Service
The decision comes after local hospitality businesses slammed the idea, calling it "tone-deaf" and "out of touch".
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NewsCult-Favourite US Chain Five Guys Is Bringing Its Burgers and Shakes to Australia and New Zealand
Starting with Sydney, it'll open at least 20 stores in Australia alone.
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NewsLasagna Del Rey Is Melbourne's New Pasta Service Delivering Vegan and Organic Beef Slices
The teams behind The B.East and Ferdydurke are hiring out-of-work hospo and music staff to help make and deliver generous hunks of lasagne across Melbourne.
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NewsPiccolina Is Now Selling Nutella Ravioli, Cookie Dough and Puddings That You Can Bake at Home
And you can get them delivered to your door.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Releasing a New Bake-at-Home Fairy Bread Cookie Pie
It's topped with more 100s and 1000s than you've probably seen since your childhood birthday parties.
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NewsBritain's Iconic Penguin Chocolate Biscuit Has Landed in Australian Supermarkets
They've been called "the original Tim Tam" — and were invented three decades before the Aussie favourite.
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RestaurantGimlet at Cavendish House
33 Russell Street, Melbourne
Andrew McConnell's elegant cocktail bar and European bistro serves up caviar, champagne and truffles aplenty.
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RestaurantCleo, Hyde Melbourne Place
130 Russell Street, Melbourne
The rooftop drinking and dining destination welcomes Eastern Mediterranean flavours and old-world cooking techniques.
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RestaurantLaura
Pt Leo Estate, 3649 Frankston-Flinders Road, Merricks
A faultless degustation-only restaurant in the middle of a 50-acre Mornington Peninsula winery and sculpture park.
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RestaurantBar Sophia
161 Burke Road, Glen Iris
Central Park village has been reinvigorated with a new Aegean offering on Burke Road, inspired by the new wave of Athenian wine bars.
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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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RestaurantTokyo Tina
66A Chapel Street, Windsor
Located on the vibrant Windsor end of Chapel Street, Tokyo Tina is an energetic and modern Japanese restaurant, serving consistently top-quality food from its kitchen.
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RestaurantTo Be Frank Bakery
3 Village Avenue, Brunswick East
Here, you can watch the bread and pastries take shape, with this much-loved bakery's new location inviting customers closer to the action.
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Restaurant98 Lygon Street Bar & Bistro
98 Lygon Street, Brunswick East
The menu blends classic bistro dishes and Mediterranean flavours, while also showcasing local produce.
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RestaurantTyga
91 Koornang Road, Carnegie
The neo-Southeast Asian restaurant channels the energy, rhythm and flavour of 1970s Bangkok with a nostalgic retro fit-out, non-stop spinning vinyls, and a bold and creative menu.
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RestaurantBar Bouni
153 Sturt Street, Southbank
Humble rotisserie dishes are elevated to the likes of juicy harissa chicken, crispy crackling pork belly, and tender, charry cauliflower.
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NewsThe Bagel Bosses at 5 & Dime Have Opened a Pop-Up Shop in Caulfield North
It's selling fan-favourite bagels and famed bacon maple cream cheese, alongside pastries, sourdough loaves and Rosso coffee.
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NewsJimmy Brings Is Giving Away Six Months of Free Booze to You and Your Best Mate
Get snapping to score free beer, wine and spirits, delivered to your doorstep, every month.
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NewsChik Chak Is the New Vegan-Friendly Israeli Street Food Spot in Ripponlea
Roll in for pita pockets stuffed with spiced cauliflower shawarma and lush vegan shakes.
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NewsGelatissimo Is Scooping Up Bubble Tea Gelato Complete with Brown Sugar Tapioca Pearls
Fuel you boba obsession with tubs of this limited-edition gelato.
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NewsFifteen Percent of Melbourne's Hospitality Venues Are Unlikely to Reopen After Lockdown
A recent City of Melbourne survey revealed some concerning data about the hospitality industry.
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NewsFive Truffle Dishes You Can Order via Takeaway and Delivery in Melbourne This Winter
From truffle-topped toasties to truffle-filled pasta and even a truffle soup.
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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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NewsMerivale Is Bringing Its Ready-to-Eat Delivery Meal Service to Melbourne This Winter
Melburnians will be able to order meals from some of Sydney's best restaurants to their homes — for the very first time.
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NewsGomi Boys Is Melbourne's New Food Service Delivering Ready-to-Heat Ramen Kits
Get all the fixings for a bowl of quality miso tonkotsu or spicy cauliflower tantanmen dropped to your door.
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NewsKFC's New Recipe for Hot and Spicy Mac 'n' Cheese Is Here to Satisfy Your Comfort-Food Cravings
A riff on the carb-heavy classic, topped with hot and spicy chicken.
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NewsDeliveroo Is Offering Melburnians 20 Percent Off Meals from Local Restaurants
It's available throughout metropolitan Melbourne from Monday to Thursday — on all orders over $30.
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NewsIced VoVo Gelato Is the Indulgent New Messina Flavour You Can Order by the Tub
It combines toasted coconut gelato with pieces of shortbread biscuit, then tops it with marshmallow, raspberry puree and desiccated coconut.
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NewsBeer DeLuxe's New Online Shop Lets You Buy Rare Drops from Its Impressive Cellar Collection
Get hard-to-find international beers delivered to your doorstep.
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NewsYou Can Discover Your Inner Sommelier By Signing Up to Yalumba's Free Wine Club
Discounts, special offers and exclusive invites await.
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NewsUnico Zelo Has Released a Second Batch of Its Sweet Yuzu Vermouth
The sweet and juicy vermouth is perfect for easy at-home cocktails — or drinking as-is on the rocks.
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NewsTubs of Rainbow Paddle Pop and Bubble O'Bill Ice Cream Have Just Landed in the Freezer Aisle
And Golden Gaytime, too.
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GuideNine 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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NewsProvidoor Is the New Food Service Bringing Some of Melbourne's Best Restaurants to Your Home
Lobster rolls from Supernormal, Tipo 00's famed duck pappardelle or even some beef bourguignon courtesy of Estelle are all at your fingertips.
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NewsKeki Milkbar Is Melbourne CBD's New Cafe Dedicated to Fluffy Soufflé Pancakes
You can get its gravity-defying pancakes and creative sodas delivered to your couch, too.
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NewsThe Best Alcohol–Free Drinks to Try If You're Doing Dry July
From hangover-free negronis to gose-style hibiscus drinks and tinnies made with native Australian ingredients.
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News1800-Lasagne Is Opening Its First Bricks-and-Mortar Bar and Eatery in Thornbury
The cosy Italian-style joint is set to open later this winter with lasagne, classic cocktails and vino.
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NewsGelato Messina Has Released a New Bake-at-Home Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookie Pie
It's peanut butter jelly time.
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NewsKrispy Kreme Is Giving Away an Excessive 350,000 Free Doughnuts
Sweet glazed doughnuts are even better when you don't have to pay for them.
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NewsHeinz Has Released a Recipe for Mayonnaise Ice Cream That Absolutely Nobody Asked For
The condiment company also has recipes for ketchup and barbecue sauce ice cream, if that's more your speed.
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NewsMelbourne Favourite Longrain Is Being Revived by Chef-Restaurateur Scott Pickett
The van Haandel's long-running restaurant will reopen under new ownership later this year.
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NewsThat's Amore Has Opened a Huge Factory Dedicated to Cannoli in Melbourne's North
And it's delivering to most of metropolitan Melbourne.
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NewsPoodle Is Fitzroy's New Two-Storey Bistro and Art Deco Bar Headed Up by a Former Marion Chef
Serving up spanner crab vol-au-vents, prawn cocktails and truffle-loaded spatchcock in a moody space on Gertrude Street.
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NewsNeil Perry Has Retired from the Rockpool Dining Group After 40 Years in the Restaurant Industry
The famed chef and restaurateur is stepping down from his role as culinary director and, instead, focusing on his charity.
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NewsWhy This Lesser-Known Victorian Wine Region Should Be Your Next Weekend Getaway
Sip the nectar of the gods, dine in an old farmhouse and sleep in a castle.
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NewsMr Black Has Just Added a Cold Brew Old Fashioned to Its Bottled Cocktail Range
First came the pre-batched coffee negroni — and now you can sip bottled cold fashioneds.
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NewsVictorian Supermarkets Have Reimplemented Limits on a Broader Range of Everyday Items
It's the second set of caps put back in place since the state's COVID-19 cases started increasing.
