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NewsHardware Societe Has Opened a Sprawling New CBD Cafe
The colourful 255-square-metre Katherine Place spot has an all-day brunch menu, plus drinks and snacks every Friday night.
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NewsLord of the Fries Is Giving Away Free Fries This Week
It's doling out free shoestring fries to celebrate the opening of a new CBD and Docklands store.
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NewsPlant-Based Haven Sister of Soul Has Opened an All-Vegan Richmond Eatery
Everything — from the wines and cocktails to the burgers and house-made 'feta' — is 100 percent vegan.
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NewsHow to Spend a Prosecco-Filled Weekend Away in the King Valley
Because everything is better with bubbles.
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GuideSeven Bendigo Events Worthy of a Road Trip This Autumn
Get out of the big smoke to explore all this regional city has to offer — one glass of wine and cut of wagyu at a time.
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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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NewsSouth Melbourne Wine Store Magnum + Queens Is About to Launch an Onsite Bar
Complete with a weekly-changing wine menu, cheese, tinned seafood and pickles.
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NewsYou Can Help Raise Money for the Animal Welfare League By Drinking at These Aussie Bars in March
Knock back a pint with your pooch — in the name of charity.
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NewsPeddler Espresso and Sergy Boy Are the CBD's Two New Specialty Coffee Hot Spots
They're both perfect for brews post-commute located a short stroll from Southern Cross Station.
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NewsLord of the Fries Has Launched a New Range of Vegan Ice Cream Sandwiches
And it's giving them away at all of its Aussie stores on Friday, February 22.
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NewsYou Can Take an All-You-Can-Drink Tequila Train Tour Through Mexico
The train travels from Guadalajara to Tequila and stops off at tequila distilleries and agave fields.
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NewsThree Next-Generation Tiramisu to Try in Carlton
These new-look Italian desserts are made with local liqueurs, served as slices of 'pie' and fluffy as clouds.
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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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NewsKyoto Protocol Is the New Low-Waste Cocktail Bar Pop-Up from the Belles Crew
Morgan McGlone and Christian Robertson are approaching cocktails like they do natural wine, heroing organic ingredients and minimalist recipes.
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GuideEight Indulgent Out-of-Town Food Festivals Worthy of a Weekend Road Trip
Sample the state's best oysters, ice cream and beer at these upcoming food festivals — all just a short drive from Melbourne.
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NewsWindsor Greek Spot Rebel Blue Has Launched a Month-Long Menu Dedicated to Saganaki
Featuring seven dishes with hot, salty, fried kefalograviera cheese.
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GuideSeven Newer Melbourne Restaurants to Try for Dinner This Week
Break away from your humdrum haunts and meet the new kids on the block.
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NewsUSA Burger Chain Carl's Jr Is Launching a New Melbourne Store with Free Burgers
The cult-favourite burger joint will give away a year's worth of free food to the first 50 customers.
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NewsDin Tai Fung Is Making Adorable Pig Dumplings for Chinese New Year
They're filled will chocolate and served atop Oreo 'soil'.
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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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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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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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NewsFamed Sydney Burger Joint Mary's Is Coming to Melbourne
For a two-month kitchen residency in Melbourne's soon-to-open Fancy Free cocktail bar.
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NewsHere's What to Expect from the Soon-to-Open Cocktail Bar By Three Black Pearl Alumni
Fancy Free is set to play host to a rotation of exciting wine, beer, cocktail and culinary collabs
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GuideFive Outdoor Melbourne Spots to Hit This Summer You May Not Know About
We've got your next al fresco session sorted.
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NewsVegan Magnums, Cornettos and Weis Bars Have Just Landed in the Freezer Aisle
You'll find them at supermarkets and convenience stories around the country.
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NewsGood Times Is Northside's New Charmingly Low-Key Pasta Joint
Complete with drawing paper on tables and wallet-friendly negronis, wine carafes and pasta dishes for just $9 a pop.
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NewsMessina Has Created an OTT Gelato Rose If You Prefer Your Flowers Edible
Exclusively for Valentine's Day.
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NewsSay Cheers to 2018's Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers
You've heard 2018's best songs — now drink the year's best brews.
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NewsWhat's Open in Melbourne This Australia Day Public Holiday
Getting cabin fever? Here's where you can escape to.
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NewsReunion Island Is Melbourne CBD's New Rooftop Pool Club and Bar
Ten plunge pools, an infrared sauna and yoga classes — all hidden atop Melbourne Central.
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NewsYou Can Drink Wine for a Good Cause Thanks to the Homeless Grapes Project
All proceeds from the project will go to supporting Australia's homeless population.
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NewsPeaches Is Melbourne CBD's New Two-Level Bar and Rooftop from the Dexter Team
Here you can pair stunning city views with 90s pop-themed cocktails and fried chicken sangas till 3am.
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GuideThe Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Events You Should Be Booking Tickets for ASAP
A boozy, multi-sensory trivia night, a vegetarian feast in a winery and a free out-of-town party are some of the standout events on this year's lineup.
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NewsSouth Yarra Restaurant Ramblr Has Called Last Drinks
You've got six weeks to have a final taste of the Chapel Street favourite, before its last service on March 2.
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GuideFive Restaurants with Set Menus to Book for a Meal with Friends This Summer
From a $70 multi-course journey through Peru to a cheerful $40 Vietnamese feast.
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NewsGelatissimo's Bundaberg Ginger Beer Gelato Is Your Refreshing New Summer Dessert
The limited-edition flavour turns the classic Aussie beverage into a tangy, slightly fizzy treat.
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NewsPrahran's The Smith Will Soon Be Home to a Bottomless Prosecco Fountain
You will soon be able to drink unlimited sparkling and spritzes from a lion-clad fountain every Sunday.
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NewsSouth Melbourne Fine Diner Lume Has Launched Into 2019 with a New Chef and Menu
Head chef and co-owner Shaun Quade has handed over the reigns to John Rivera, who's changed up the menu for the new year.
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NewsUS Bakery Chain Cinnabon Is Bringing Its Sticky Scrolls to Australia
The first two outposts will open in Queensland later this year, with many more to follow in other states.
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NewsMalatang Masters Dragon Hot Pot Have Opened Two New Melbourne Restaurants
Where you can create your own mega hot pot with over 100 ingredients and five styles of broth.
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NewsMelbourne Cafe Favourite Pope Joan Is Reopening in the CBD
Matt Wilkinson's much-loved cafe is returning for a two-month pop-up on Collins Street.
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NewsWhere to Eat If You're in Melbourne for the Australian Open
Whether you're looking for snack before the coin toss or a meal after the game, you'll likely be hot and hungry — so here's where you can get some nosh in and around Rod Laver Arena.
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NewsGelato Messina Has Released a Limited-Edition Line of Gourmet Drumsticks
You'll find them at supermarkets, convenience stories and petrol stations around the country.
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NewsPretty Boy Is Melbourne's New Steak and Pasta Joint Inspired by New York Steakhouses
It's just opened on Little Lonsdale Street alongside a new cocktail spot, Floyd's Bar.
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NewsEight Things to Eat, See and Do on a Weekend in Ballarat
From epic craft beers to knight jousting and fine, foraged dining.
