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NewsMeet Sydney's New Barrel-Aged Wild Beer Brewery, Wildflower
"This same beer could have been made 150 years ago."
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NewsAustralia's First Japanese Microbrewery Is Coming
Harajuku Gyoza is making the leap to on-site brewing at their new Gold Coast restaurant.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do During Aussie Wine Month If You're Near Melbourne
Narrow down your options during Australia's biggest annual celebration of wine.
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NewsAustralia's Got a New Greek Wine Festival
Oinofilia is the latest niche wine event from the crew behind Pinot Palooza and Game of Rhones.
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NewsHana Is Melbourne's New Raw Seafood and Cocktail Bar Inspired by the Roads of Hawaii
There will be piña coladas, lobster and (the now-requisite) poke bowls.
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NewsWhat Do The World's Best Sommeliers Think of Australian Wine?
Following the World's 50 Best Restaurants awards, we shared a local glass with a few professional wine drinkers and gauged their thoughts.
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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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GuideSavour the Seasons: Where to Enjoy New Zealand's Most Exquisite Eats
No matter the time of year, there's something exciting to discover (and taste) year-round.
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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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GuideThe 21 Best BYO Restaurants in Melbourne
Head to your local bottle shop or pilfer your own wine collection before hitting these Melbourne BYO restaurants.
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NewsGelato Messina's Handmade Gelato Bon Bons Are Back for Mother's Day
Do NOT eat these handpainted gems before you give them to your Mum.
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NewsMelbourne Cronut Champions Rustica to Open Hawthorn Cafe
Serving up tried-and-true Rustica favourites alongside a handful of exclusive additions.
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NewsFive Alternative Wine Varieties to Take to Your Next Dinner Party
Swap your regular bottle for some Mencia, Pétillant-Naturel or Zinfandel.
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NewsA Look Inside Messina's Gelato Appreciation Class
Try desserts that aren't on the menu, taste every gelato flavour in the case, and hear insider titbits.
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NewsA One-Day Celebration of Barossa Wine and Food Is Coming to Melbourne
Sample more than 140 different tipples from one of Australia's best wine regions.
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NewsDecadent Soft Serve Joint Milkcow Has Opened a Second Melbourne Store
Candy-topped soft serves and milkshakes have landed in St Collins Lane.
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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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NewsThe Everyday Coffee Team Has Launched a Northcote Bakery
Pick up a Czech honey cake or Spanish spiral pastry right across from Northcote Town Hall.
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NewsMeet Tacocat, Melbourne's New Oddball Fusion Taqueria
Not related to the Seattle grunge band, Tacocat is dishing up roasted grasshopper tacos and deep fried tequila shots.
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NewsOzHarvest Has Opened Australia's First Food Scrap Supermarket
All produce is rescued from restaurants and businesses, and shoppers can pay what they like.
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NewsHow Good Cooks Become Great Chefs with Papi Chulo's Catalina Fuentes
Want to run your own kitchen? You need more than a couple of cookbooks under your belt to break the big time.
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NewsMelbourne's 24-Hour Weekend Public Transport Is Here to Stay
A permanent night network is becoming a reality.
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NewsMONA Is Launching a Super Rare Beer Dedicated to Video Store Clerks
Moo Brew Wet Hop is "a super rare beer for super rare people".
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EventDome Under Fulldome Festival
Fri, 31 Jan - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
Scienceworks, Spotswood
Head to Melbourne Planetarium to see 32 films from 15 countries at Australia's only fulldome film festival.
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EventIce Cream Festival
Wed, 12 Feb - Sun, 23 Feb 2025
Various locations around Victoria, Melbourne
12 days. 144 flavours. Three venues. Many a brain freeze.
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EventThe Chinatown Precinct's Lunar New Year Block Party
Sun, 2 Feb, 2025
Chinatown Melbourne, Melbourne
Ring in the Year of the Snake with food stalls, local restaurant dining deals, cultural performances, a dragon parade, blessings, live music, a kids' area (with face-painting and craft classes) and a ...
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EventLe Bon Ton's Superbowl Party
Mon, 10 Feb, 2025
Le Bon Ton, Collingwood
Pair your Superbowl watching with hot wings, waffles and chicken, and Budweiser beers.
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EventGalentine's Day at Pincho Disco
Thu, 13 Feb, 2025
Pincho Disco, Collingwood
Gather your gals, gays and theys together for a big Latin American feast the day before Valentine's Day
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EventGABS Craft Beer Fest
Fri, 4 Apr, 2025
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf
Where can you get a drink from a 120-tap bar? At 2025's Great Australasian Beer Spectapular.
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EventWhat's on in Frankston: 2025 Events
Multiple single dates
Various Frankston venues
From European beach clubs to street art and sand sculpting, here's everything hitting Frankston in early 2025.
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EventBiggest Best IMAX Film Festival
Sat, 11 Jan - Sun, 2 Mar 2025
IMAX Melbourne, Carlton
This IMAX Melbourne film festival is filled with the best and biggest flicks to see on its huge 32-metre-wide by 23-metre-tall screen.
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EventEuropa! Europa Film Festival
Wed, 12 Feb - Wed, 12 Mar 2025
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
Celebrate European cinema with a packed film festival lineup featuring 44 movies from 26 countries.
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EventDrake: 'Anita Max Win' Tour
Multiple single dates
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
The 'Hotline Bling' performer 'The Degrassi: The Next Generation' star is returning Down Under for the first time in eight years.
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NewsMeet Uitgang Bar, Exit Brewing's New Richmond Home
Finally the Richmond locals have a permanent public watering hole, with ten beer taps on rotation.
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NewsA Look Inside Melbourne's Insane New Two-Storey Mini-Golf Bar Holey Moley
There's 27 holes over three courses, karaoke and a room dedicated to The Simpsons.
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NewsThis Australian Bar Is Brewing Rainbow Beer for Marriage Equality
Currently on tap in small batch quantities, this 'pro-love' beer is the focus of a huge Pozible campaign for national distribution.
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NewsFrankston Burger Joint Southside Social to Open Inner City Outpost
They're bringing their burgers and boozy shakes to Chapel Street.
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NewsBlues, Roots and Langos: A Journey Through Bluesfest's 2017 Food Lineup
From Yemeni bread to vegan pasta and those organic doughnuts — here's what we ate at Bluesfest this year.
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NewsWin the Chance to Eat and Judge 30 Courses of Barbecue at Melbourne's Meatstock Festival
Perhaps your only chance to eat this much barbecue meat for free.
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NewsJapan's New Immersive Art Dinner Animates Your Plate
Hosting just eight guests a night, this new dining concept will see birds land on your table and trees grow from your plate.
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NewsEight Grown-Up Easter Treats To Hunt Down Around Melbourne
You're never too old for this Easter hunt.
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NewsMeet Samuel Pepys, Northcote's New Boutique Bottle Shop
A new beer, wine and spirit merchant from the Bomba crew has landed on High Street.
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NewsTen Victorian Breweries Worth a Road Trip
Try beers brewed with fresh mountain water and small batch hazelnut ales inside colonial buildings and country farmhouses.
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NewsTips From Bang Street Food on Starting a Successful Restaurant
Thinking of opening your own place? We're asking the experts what it takes to succeed in Sydney's crazy-competitive food industry.
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NewsThis New Australian Wine Company Has Launched 'Classy' Goon Sacks
Tote Wines aren't the cheap receptacles of doom juice you used to obliterate at uni parties.
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NewsA Look at SBS' New Competitive Cooking Series, The Chef's Line
The TV show's unique format opens up how kitchens actually work.
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NewsSay Hello to Edible Chopsticks, the Eating Utensils of the Future
The sustainable utensils are made out of the same material as tatami floor mats, and taste like them too.
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NewsMelbourne Just Landed a Store Dedicated Entirely to Greek Doughnuts
Peel Street newcomer Lukumades is focusing all efforts on the dough.
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NewsBrae's Dan Hunter Is Embarking on a Delicious National Cookbook Tour
Can't make it to Birregurra? Here's your chance to get a taste of the world's number 44 restaurant.
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NewsFormer Prime Minister Bob Hawke Has Launched His Own Beer, Hawke's Brewing
Look, it was inevitable.
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NewsVictoria's Brae and Attica Both Named in World's 50 Best Restaurants List
That's right — Australia has two restaurants in the top 50.
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NewsPiquancy Is the New All-Day Indian Restaurant from the Team Behind Babu Ji
The Hawthorn eatery will be open for brunch, lunch and dinner.
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NewsFreshara Is Australia's New All-Vegan Meal Delivery Service
A plant-based bounty delivered to your doorstep.
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NewsA Look Inside the New Pawn & Co., Melbourne's Pawn Shop Bar Where Everything Is for Sale
Get your drink mixed by a church organ, order via talking vending machine and sit in an old tram carriage.
