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GuideWhere to Have a High-Flying Feed When You Have a Win at Work
If you're going to celebrate, you may as well go do it at one Melbourne's top restaurants.
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NewsTokyo's Music Bar Is Taking Over Black Pearl For a Night As Part of a Global Bar Swap
The globe-trotting series is helmed by UK spirits label Ableforth's, so expect gin cocktails aplenty.
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NewsMelbourne's 400 Gradi Has Been Named the Best Pizzeria in Oceania, Again
It's the second year in a row that Johnny Di Francesco's acclaimed pizzeria has claimed the title at the 50 Top Pizza awards in Naples.
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NewsMiddle Eastern Restaurant Souk Is Sporting a Slick Makeover and a Brand New Bar
The neon-drenched space has had a revamp, welcoming the plant-based Handsome Bar.
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NewsMono-XO Is Fitzroy's Soon-to-Open Yakitori and Rock 'n' Roll Bar
A 25-seat bar by Romeo Lane's Joe Jones and an ex-Momofuku Seiobo chef.
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GuideFive Places to Go When You're Hungry and Only a Big Cheesy Bowl of Gnocchi Will Do
Whether you're looking to eat it for breakfast, grab some on your way home, or tuck into a bowl for dinner, these are the best places to get gnocchi in Melbourne.
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GuideThe 40 Best Bars in Melbourne for 2025
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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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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GuideThe 21 Best Wine Bars in Melbourne for 2025
A guide for any wine lover in Melbourne, whether you want strictly organic, biodynamic and local drops or you don't really care — as long as they taste good and don't cost a fortune.
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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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GuideThe Best Brewery Bars in Melbourne for 2024
Sip chilled pints just metres from away where the beer was was brewed at these much-loved taprooms.
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GuideThe 22 Best Pubs in Melbourne
Looking for a new local? This list of classic Melbourne boozers and more contemporary gastropubs will suit all beer and parma enthusiasts.
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GuideWhere to Find a Big Bowl of Warming Noodles This Winter
Warm those winter-weary bones with steaming bowl of hearty broth (plus, a few extras).
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NewsFive Activities to Track Down That'll Keep Your Winter Nights Warm
Resist the urge to crawl straight home after work and warm up with these happenings instead.
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GuideFive Spots Dishing Out the Most Authentic Buffalo Wings in Melbourne
We might be a long way from upstate New York, but that doesn't mean you can't find fried chicken just as good (and without the long-haul flight).
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NewsTetto di Carolina Is South Yarra's Soon-to-Open Italian Rooftop Cocktail Bar
A sophisticated eatery with fun snacks and cocktails is opening atop Bar Carolina this month.
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NewsActivities to Plan For Your Birthday When You Don't Want to Make it a Big Deal (But Kinda Do)
Eight different things to do when it's time to celebrate little 'old' you.
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NewsThe World's First Drive-Through-Only KFC Is Opening in Australia
A trial concept store is being built in Newcastle, featuring multiple drive-through lanes.
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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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BarChampagne Problems
238 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
If you loved drinking and dancing at Evie’s Disco Diner but now feel a little too old for it, consider a trip to its older sibling in the CBD.
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BarGreenhart Camberwell
1226 Toorak Road, Camberwell
This Melbourne wine bar is straying away from the usual European influences, instead showing how contemporary Asian food and Australian wines can be a perfect pairing.
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RestaurantHotel Lona
473 Nepean Highway, Frankston
A two-level venue with a restaurant, public bar and rooftop in one of Frankston’s oldest buildings.
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BarMoon Dog Wild West
54 Hopkins Street, Footscray
Make your way through the swinging saloon doors to find bucking bulls, arcade games, pool tables, a dog-friendly rooftop, and food and drinks aplenty.
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NewsHow to Experience the Best of WA's Food and Outdoors at This Sprawling Food and Wine Festival
Eat your way around some of the state's most picturesque spots —from boats and beaches to lakeside cabins and woodland estates.
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NewsBodriggy Is Abbotsford's Soon-to-Open 400-Person Brewpub in a Former Mechanics Warehouse
It will boast 64 taps, a bottle shop and Latin American eats by an ex-Vue de Monde chef.
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NewsUnico's Sweet Yuzu Vermouth Is Exactly What You Want to be Drinking This Weekend
Throw it into a refreshing spritz or drink it straight on the rocks.
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GuideSeven Restaurants to Book When a Catch-Up With Your Mates Is Long Overdue
Once you've finally locked down that date, head to one of these group-friendly eateries.
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NewsRadar Is Melbourne CBD's New Nightclub and Bar in the Former Lounge Site
After 29 years, the Swanston Street space has a new tenant.
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NewsThe CBD's Acclaimed Saxe Now Has a Second, Cheaper Restaurant Underneath It
Saxe Kitchen is serving up wintry bowls of gnocchi ragu, beef noodle soup and comté crumpets.
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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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NewsSydney's Three Blue Ducks Are Opening an All-Day Diner Inside Melbourne's New Surf Park
The two-storey restaurant will have wine on tap, a charcoal grill, a garden and a big greenery-filled balcony with views of the surfers.
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NewsR Bar Is Crown's Luxe New 1920s-Inspired Cocktail Bar from the Rockpool Group
It's also inspired by 'The Great Gatsby' and the world's great hotel lobby bars.
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NewsSix Australian Restaurants Using Nature and Local Ingredients to Inspire Their Menus
Using rooftop veggie gardens and championing native produce, these restaurants are paving the way for more sustainable eating.
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NewsKenny Lover Is the Bright Orange Ice Cream and Hot Chip Joint Hitting Thornbury This Spring
Dip your chips into flavours like whisky and wattleseed at this new spot from the teams behind Peaches and Henry Sugar.
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FeaturePerfect Pairing: Ox Cheeks in Red Chilli and Coconut Curry
Lacking dinner inspiration? Spice things up with this fiery chilli and coconut dish.
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NewsThe Sydney Restaurants Lotus Dining's Chris Yan Visits For Inspiration
When he isn't in the kitchen himself, this is where the dumpling master loves to eat.
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NewsCru+ Is the Futuristic New Coffee Shop and Patisserie Hidden Inside a Shopping Centre
Head to Glen Waverley for charcoal salted egg croissants and DIY lunch bentos in a sleek cafe without walls.
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NewsCollingwood's Stomping Ground Is Opening a Brewpub at Melbourne Airport
In an Aussie airport first, it'll even have its own on-site brewery.
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NewsMessina Is Bringing Back 40 of Its Greatest Gelato Hits for One Weekend This Month
Jon Snow, Robert Brownie Jnr and Fairy Bread are all making a comeback.
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NewsMelbourne CBD's Massive Food Precinct Ella Has Just Unveiled Its Second Lineup of Vendors
Including a CBD outpost of Blackhearts & Sparrows and a dessert bar by renowned chef Pierrick Boyer.
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NewsBia Hoi Is Glen Waverley's Soon-to-Open Vietnamese Beer Hall and Barbecue Joint
Chef Jerry Mai's newest venture will pair Vietnamese brews with DIY barbecue and rice paper rolls — and bottomless brunch.
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NewsSt Kilda's Matcha Mylkbar Has Launched Vegan Fried Chicken Because KFC Moved In Next Door
To celebrate, it's opening for weekly Fried Chicken Friday dinners with $9 espresso martinis.
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NewsHow to Hibernate This Winter But Still Live Your Best Life
Grab some blankets, invite your mates and cosy into full hibernation the right way.
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NewsPie Thief Is Footscray's New Nostalgia-Heavy Pie Shop with Milos and Vanilla Slice
And it's even got a pie filled with cheesy lasagne.
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NewsThe Former Site of Lounge Will be Loudly Ressurected as Radar Bar and Nightclub
And it’s from the same team behind Section 8, Ferdydurke and The B.East.
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NewsThe CBD's Dari Korean Cafe Is Serving up a Jam and Salad Sandwich Made Famous by K-Pop Stars
The double-decker white bread sandwich is a viral YouTube sensation — and now you can eat it for lunch.
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FeatureNew in Town: Bar Margaux
The crew behind The Everleigh and Heartbreaker has opened a new CBD basement bar that serves up French bistro food and cocktails until 5am.
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FeaturePerfect Pairing: Slow-Roasted Beef Rib with Chimichurri
This hearty roast from the Africola chef is perfect for a cold winter's night — and you can recreate it at home.
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Red Rock Deli Secret Supper Recap: Duncan Welgemoed
A look back at all the happenings from Duncan Welgemoed's secret fire-filled dinner.
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NewsThese 250 Australian Restaurants Are Offering Half-Price Meals for Six Weeks
The Fork Festival wants to lure you out of the house for a cheap meal this winter.
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NewsBaskin-Robbins Is Giving Away Free Waffle Sandwiches to Celebrate the Return of 'Stranger Things'
They're an ice cream-filled take on Eleven's favourite snack: Eggos.
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NewsPatient Wolf Is Opening Victoria's Largest Independent Gin Distillery in Southbank This Spring
It's turning a red brick warehouse into a distillery, bottle shop and 30-seat public bar.
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NewsSuper-Popular All-Vegan Pizzeria Red Sparrow Is Opening a Second Venue in Prahran
The new Chapel Street store will be dishing up a similar offering of plant-based pizzas and craft brews.
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NewsMelbourne's Riverland Has Created a Nostalgic Booze-Infused Hot Milo to Warm You Up This Winter
The Boozy Milo reworks a childhood classic with rum, maple syrup and whipped cream.
