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NewsComing Soon: One of Melbourne's Most Historic Pubs Has Been Transformed Into a Mega Seven-Level Drinking and Dining Destination, Set to Reopen in November
After eight long years, The Waterside Hotel is finally set to reopen later this year.
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NewsFrom Little Things: We Asked Established Hospitality Pros How They Turned a Small Business Into a Multi-Venue Brand
The co-founder and director of Mörk Chocolate on growing a hospitality business organically and why staying focused is everything.
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NewsThis Just In: A South Yarra Favourite Enters a New Era Under the Experienced Hands of Hospitality Stalwart Karen Martini
Just in time for warmer days, Bar Carolina and Tetto di Carolina are set to open with a refreshed vibe.
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GuideThe Best Bars in Melbourne
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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NewsLow-Cost Luxuries, Little Treats and Local Experiences: How We're Dining and Drinking in 2025
Cost-of-living pressures haven’t killed Melbourne’s appetite — they’ve just shifted it toward smarter specials, smaller indulgences and experience-driven dining.
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NewsAfter Four Days of Rigorous Competition, the Winners of the 36th Annual Official Great Aussie Pie Competition Have Been Crowned
Plan a road trip around Australia around these award-winning bakeries.
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GuideThe Best Melbourne Restaurants and Bars for Outdoor Dining
When only al fresco will do, these courtyards, beer gardens and terraces offer some of Melbourne's best outdoor dining.
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GuideHonda ZR-V-Approved: The Honda Team's Favourite Spots
The Honda team's own picks across Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne: the spots they keep going back to and would probably take you to themselves.
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GuideX-Factor Venues Made to Impress Even the Most Jaded Out-of-Towners
Restaurants and bars across Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide worth showing off to the friend you've been trying to talk into moving closer.
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GuideSunset Picnic Spots to Stake Out and Claim Early Before the Crowd
Picnic grounds across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with room to spread a blanket, crack open a bottle and settle in just as the sky turns pink.
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GuideRoad Trips Just Outside of Town to Fill an Entire Day Out
Nine day trips close enough to squeeze in before dinner, from high tea in a 1904 hydropathic retreat to a solar-powered treetop park in the Otways.
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GuideQuick Lunch Spots to Get You Out of the Office and Back Fast
Nine lunch spots fast enough to squeeze in between meetings, from a Florence import with a queue out front to a dumpling bar that plates in minutes.
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GuidePubs to Settle Into and See Out a Long and Lazy Sunday Session
Twelve pubs made for a lazy weekend sesh with mates — a beer garden to claim, a few pints to work through, and nowhere else you need to be.
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GuideOpen-Flame Restaurants That Cook With Fire and Smoke
The restaurants across Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide where coal, ironbark and open flame do all the cooking instead of a gas line.
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GuideNeighbourhood Restaurants the Locals Try Hard to Keep Secret
Nine neighbourhood restaurants locals would rather you didn't find out about, from a Collingwood taverna with no menu to a Paddington bistro carving duck tableside.
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GuideMarkets Where You Can Do Your Whole Weekly Food Shop in One Go
The produce markets across Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane where one lap of the stalls sorts out the week's shopping, coffee in hand.
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NewsAs Mid-Air Officially Finishes its Last Service, Its Successor Cleo is Announced, Set to Take Over HYDE Melbourne Place's Rooftop This Summer
Cleo will join favourites Mr Mills and Marmelo at HYDE Melbourne Place.
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NewsALDI Is Now Delivering Groceries Via DoorDash Across Australia in the Latest and Greatest Expansion of its Partnership
Aussies everywhere can now get the cheapest groceries around dropped right at their door.
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NewsYou Can Win $20k Worth Of Marketing and Get Your Hospo Business Featured on Concrete Playground
Looking to shine a light on your hospitality business?
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NewsOne of Melbourne's Most Popular Burgers Was Just Ranked As the 14th Best Burger in the World — But Have You Been Lucky Enough to Get Your Hands on One?
In an incredible feat, three Aussie burgers have taken out top spots on this years list
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NewsRed Sparrow Spreads its Wings, Announcing Plans to Move to a New Venue With a Rooftop Bar, Set Within the Rose Street Artists' Market
The much-loved vegan pizza joint will continue to serve its signature slices, snacks and cocktails.
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NewsTreat Your Palate to These Peanut Butter Whisky Cocktails, Developed by a Bartender
With this surprisingly versatile spirit you can recreate PB&J sandwiches or give a creative twist to a classic whiskey cocktail.
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CafeBakemono Bakers
273 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
The signature baked goods, including almond and yuzu croissants, blueberry danishes, and honey, sesame and sea salt scrolls, keep customers coming back time and time again.
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CafeResidence at the Potter
815 Swanston Street, Parkville
Breezy cafe by day, quietly elegant fine diner by night — Residence at the Potter is redefining what on-campus dining looks like.
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CafeLocal Folk
43 Epsom Road, Kensington
In a pocket of Melbourne teeming with cafes, this is the pick of the locals.
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CafeBrunetti Classico Boutique Coburg
107 Newlands Road, Coburg North
Drop by Brunetti Classico's Coburg concept store for cake consultations and takeaway bites.
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CafeThe Continental
171 Johnston Street, Collingwood
You can play free pool and tuck into Med-inspired loaded sangas at this Collingwood cafe.
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NewsOur Editor's Picks for the Best Negronis to Try in Melbourne
Bitter, bold and perfectly balanced: these are Melbourne's best negronis.
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NewsLive and Loud: Nine Melbourne Pubs to Catch the 2025 AFL Grand Final
From rooftop viewing parties to sprawling beer gardens and bottomless banquets, here's where to catch every second of the action.
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NewsWhere to Sip Negronis Around Melbourne This Negroni Month
Across September, venues in Melbourne will be pouring their own twist on the classic cocktail to celebrate Negroni Month.
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NewsFind Victoria's Best Indian Restaurant Beyond the Suburbs, as Rosebud's OH YA Wins at the 2025 Hostplus Awards for Excellence
While this recently awarded restaurant won't be around the corner for most, it might just be a compelling excuse to explore the Mornington Peninsula waterfront.
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NewsDon't Call It Bubble Tea — Melbourne's Tea Scene Is Growing Up With a New Wave of International Brands Leading the Charge
Premium leaves, whipped cream caps and limited-edition merch mark a new wave in takeaway tea.
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NewsEntrecôte Brings Back its Famous French Breakfast Affair, With Brekkie Martinis and Steak and Eggs, Because Why Should Lunch and Dinner Get to Have All the Fun
As the weather warms up, a spot on the terrace, with a Bloody Marie Antoinette in one hand and a buttered baguette in the other, will be hard to snag.
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Event'Passage: The Art of Atong Atem' at NGV Australia
Fri, 30 Oct 2026 - Mon, 14 Jun 2027
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne
From striking self-portraits to celestial stories, the South Sudanese-Australian artist is showcasing her most comprehensive exhibition yet.
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EventDiscoteca Italiana Arrivederci Roma at Melbourne Museum
Fri, 16 Oct, 2026
Melbourne Museum, Carlton
Before this Roman blockbuster closes, it’s getting one final send-off with disco, cocktails, cannoli and after-dark exhibition access.
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EventThe Sunday Reset
Multiple single dates
Hyde Melbourne Place, Melbourne
The Melbourne Apothecary is jazzing up the day of rest with a 12-week wellness series.
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EventCharlotte de Witte at The Wool Store
Fri, 11 Dec, 2026
The Wool Store, West Footscray
The global techno powerhouse is taking over a sprawling industrial Melbourne venue with her trademark high-intensity sound.
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EventThe Teskey Brothers at Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Sat, 17 Oct, 2026
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
The city's annual jazz celebration is hitting all the right notes, beginning with a blockbuster hometown performance from The Teskey Brothers.
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EventHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Concert with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Sat, 18 Sep 2027 and Sun, 19 Sep 2027
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf
Celebrating 25 years of this adored series, the MSO will perform John Williams' iconic score across three Melbourne nights.
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NewsPascoe Vale's SHOP225 Has Been Named Australia's Best Pizzeria by the 50 Top Pizza Awards, Ranking Fifth in Asia-Pacific
There's no shortage of top-notch pizza shops around the country, but this much-loved Pascoe Vale spot has claimed the highest ranking of all.
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NewsJohn Cena Is Winning Fans in Melbourne, Offering a Delightfully Snobby Take on Why a Flat White Is the Superior Coffee Order
You won't see the multi-hyphenate star drinking anything but a flat white, as he explained in a recent viral video.
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NewsGlenfiddich and Aston Martin Have Unveiled a 16-year-old Whisky, Just in Time for Father's Day
If you’re looking for a special Father’s Day gift idea, this collaboration between Glenfiddich and the Aston Martin Formula One Team is sure to tick all the right boxes.
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NewsMelbourne's in the Midst of a Greek Dining Revival — And It's Long Overdue
From old-school tavernas to cocktail bars and Greek fine dining, the scene has more depth and diversity than ever.
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NewsMelbourne's Ten Best Places to Dine Out Under $20 Right Now, According to the Tightarses of Melbourne
Lisa Lorenz, founder of the cult Instagram account Tightarses of Melbourne, shares ten of her favourite cheap eats in Melbourne.
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NewsVictorians Can Now Get Their Aldi Orders Delivered for the First Time Ever, Thanks to a New Partnership with DoorDash
Cheap groceries just got a whole lot more convenient thanks to the latest rollout of the grocer and delivery duo of the decade.
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NewsComing Soon: The Marameo Team Announce Plans to Bring an Athenian Fever Dream to Melbourne with Bar Sophia Set to Open in November
Central Park village is set to be reinvigorated with a new Aegean offering on Burke Road, inspired by the new wave of Athenian wine bars.
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NewsFor One Night Only, Donde Mama Teams Up with Much-Loved Mauritian Restaurant Manzé, to Celebrate Colombian Caribbean Culture and Food
Stop by this pop-up to experience Colombian cuisine while also supporting businesses founded by refugees and asylum seekers.
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NewsFrom Simple Sips to Complex Quaffs: Five Ways to Enjoy Peanut Butter Whiskey
Whether you're dipping a toe or diving straight in, here are five easy ways to try this surprisingly versatile flavoured whiskey.
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Feature"It's About Perfecting the Basics": Honouring Hakumai with Wen Wang
The Sydney bartender reveals his approach to Japanese craftsmanship and the simple beauty of a rice-based martini.
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NewsYou Could Win a $200 Voucher to Enjoy Haku Vodka Martinis in Sydney or Melbourne
Whether you like yours shaken, stirred or perfectly paired with a crispy rice snack — this is your sign to book a night out.
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NewsComing Soon: The Team Behind Hochi Mama Is Giving the Former Madame Brussels Rooftop a Retro Shibuya-Style Makeover
For its seventh venue, MAMAS Dining Group is transforming one of Melbourne's most recognisable rooftops into a late-night 1980s izakaya-inspired hangout.
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NewsComing Soon: ZAREH by Chef Tom Sarafian Is Bringing Armenian-Lebanese Fire Cooking to Smith Street
Bookings are now live for the beloved Melbourne chef's debut venue — a 40-seat tribute to family, heritage and open-fire cooking.
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NewsSteam Secrets: We Asked a Barista How to Make the Most of Plant-Based Milk
World Barista Champion Anthony Douglas shares his expert advice on steaming, pairing and getting the best out of plant-based milks.
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NewsSkrewed Classics: How to Give Your Favourite Cocktails a Peanut Butter Twist
From an old fashioned to an espresso martini, here are seven classic cocktails that taste better with peanut butter whiskey.
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NewsWhere to Find the Best Snacks in Melbourne
From cheap eats to splurges, here are some of the top bites around the city.
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NewsComing Soon: Afloat Will Return to the Yarra This Season with a Vibrant Rio de Janeiro-Inspired Makeover
For its tenth edition, the floating, ever-evolving venue will channel the colour and energy of the Brazilian seaside city.
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FeatureA Beginner's Guide to Rice Vodka
As drinks go, few are as (literally) polished as rice-based vodka.
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NewsWhere to Find the Best Matcha in Melbourne
Laced with strawberry, topped with ube cream or spiked with yuzu — however you like it, here's where to get it.
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FeatureHonouring Hakumai
What does quality vodka and high-end sushi have in common? A humble, but high end grain.
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NewsButterboy Is Bringing Its Cult-Followed Cookies Over the Border for the First Time, Popping Up at Melbourne Central for One Week
Making its Melbourne debut, this beloved Sydney-based cookie master is bringing its famed range of treats to town for one week only.
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Feature"Rice is Like Pasta to Italians, It's in Our Soul": Honouring Hakumai with Chef Hajime Horiguchi
Akira Horikawa shares his pursuit of sushi perfection and why humble white rice is the most important ingredient in Japanese cuisine.
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NewsSpice Temple Melbourne Is Now Serving a Daily Yum Cha Special, Combining Hong Kong's Dim Sum Culture with Culinary Flair
Discover small dishes with big personality, as this Southbank institution serves up a fresh spin on the yum cha experience day in and day out.
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NewsPidapipo Has Teamed Up with Bread Club on a Reimagined Bread and Butter Pudding
A centuries-old recipe gets a modern-day winter makeover, as two creative forces produce a decadent, limited-edition treat.
