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NewsBen & Jerry's Will Give Out Free Ice Cream Cones to Celebrate Marriage Equality
The frozen dessert brand tops off their long history of support with free sweet treats.
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NewsA Look Inside Mornington Peninsula's Revamped Winery Restaurant, Montalto
The more relaxed design highlights cooking over fire, sharing plates, enjoying long conversations and soaking up rural views.
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NewsBar Tini Is the New Laneway Bodega From the Movida Crew
Your new Hosier Lane destination for Spanish-style small bites and vermouth on tap.
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NewsBelles Hot Chicken's Morgan McGlone to Open Huge New CBD Venue Natural History
You'll be able to drop by for a coffee during the day, then settle into the dining room for steak tartare and natural wine at night.
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GuideMelbourne's Best New Bars Of 2017
Honouring the best new additions to Melbourne's bar scene this year.
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GuideMelbourne's Best New Restaurants of 2017
Honouring the best new additions to Melbourne's restaurant scene this year.
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GuideThe Best Sunday Roasts in Melbourne
Warm up on a weekend with juicy roast meats and plenty of gravy at these cosy and inviting pubs and neighbourhood restaurants.
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GuideMelbourne's Best High Teas for When You Want to Feel a Little Bit Fancy
From art-inspired creations to ultra-decadent chocolate degustations with bottomless sparkling wine, Melbourne's high tea scene is full of contemporary twists.
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GuideThe Best Japanese Restaurants in Melbourne
These Melbourne diners serve up some of the best sushi, ramen, gyoza, omakase and regional Japanese food in the city.
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GuideThe Best Steaks in Melbourne
Whether you like it raw or well done, smothered in sauce or left pure and simple, on the bone or sliced to serve, you'll find whatever meaty masterpiece you're after with our handy guide.
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GuideAll the New Melbourne Restaurant and Bar Openings to Try This Winter 2026
Melbourne’s newest restaurants and bars are setting the tone for wnter 2026 — from cosy cafes to refurbished pubs, romantic wine bars to intimate omakase counters, here’s where to eat and drink ...
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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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NewsThe Best Set Menus in Melbourne for Under $100 in 2026
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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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 Cheap Eats in Melbourne
You'll find big bowls of ramen, crispy borek, chicken parma deals and even steak and bottomless fries at Melbourne's best cheap-eat haunts.
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GuideThe Best Cafes for Working or Studying in Melbourne
Settle in for a productive work or study session with a strong coffee in hand at these laptop-friendly cafes around Melbourne.
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NewsFancy Hanks Is Opening a Four-Level Open Flame Grill Eatery and Bar in the CBD
With a rooftop beer garden and four private karaoke rooms.
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FeatureBest of 2017 Melbourne
These 36 outstanding Melbourne ventures have been handpicked by Concrete Playground for their combination of originality, innovation, creativity, approachability and sustainability.
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NewsGelato Messina Has Taken on the Humble Trifle for This Year's Christmas Lunch
Tell your nan she doesn't need to make a trifle this year.
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NewsThis Pun-Filled Pop Culture Cookbook is Kickstarter's Latest Gem
Featuring 'Chicken Kebob Dylan', 'Fleetwood Mac & Cheese', 'Gin Diesel' cocktails and and 'Wu-Tang Clam Chowder'.
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NewsOne of Melbourne's Best Whisky Bars Is Opening Its Epic Whisky Cellar to the Public
Whisky & Alement is letting you shop its famed collection of rare, discontinued and hard-to-find bottles — for the first time in eight years.
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NewsThe Melbourne Food And Wine Festival Has Unveiled Its Jam-Packed 2018 Program
Featuring speed wine tasting, a barbecue block party, and much, much more.
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RestaurantDelmonte
293–297 Lygon Street, Carlton
With wine at the heart of the venue, the menu has been designed to complement the pace of leisurely drinking and working your way through the extensive selection of Italian wines.
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RestaurantChez Bagou
132 Bridport Street, Albert Park
Chef Sauvetre's menu respects quality produce and seasonality through simple, flavour-driven dishes that uphold the principles of French gastronomy.
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RestaurantAegli
226 Coventry Street, South Melbourne
Aegli, meaning radiance, elegant or splendour in Greek, has gradually built up a loyal following and a reputation as one of Melbourne's more refined Greek spots, shining light on lesser-known traditio ...
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RestaurantStella Restaurant and Bar
427 Chapel Street, South Yarra
This modern take on the classic Italian trattoria has a primo pizza offering, an all-weather rooftop terrace overlooking Chapel Street, and now an all-day weekend brunch offering.
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RestaurantPony
14 Beatty Avenue, Armadale
Locals have built weekly visits to Pony into their regular routine, whether it's for their renowned steak night or rotating roasts.
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RestaurantMarameo
6 Russell Place, Melbourne
A CBD Italian diner with a laneway terrace, house-made pasta and many spritzes.
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RestaurantPronto 478
478 Centre Road, Bentleigh
At the heart of the offering is the sorriso, a beloved Roman street food that's like a lovechild between a panino and a pizza.
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RestaurantAtsu
15-17 Lincoln Square South, Carlton
If you visit for lunch, experience a traditional katsu donbori bowl, and then try and nab a seat at the counter for an omakase-style kushikatsu offering.
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NewsSingapore's Michelin-Starred Eatery Hawker Chan Is Opening in Melbourne
Chef Chan Hon Meng's acclaimed soy sauce chicken will soon be sold on Lonsdale Street.
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NewsThis Futuristic Floating Fish Will Serve Cocktails and Mexican Food on the Yarra This Summer
The Supafish be will be located on the Yarra until the end of February.
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FeatureNew in Town: Takeaway Pizza
Across the road from its OG venue, the Dexter team has opened a takeaway pizza joint that doubles as a by-the-slice wine bar.
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NewsPizza Hut Has Opened a Sydney 'Concept' Store in an Attempt to Win Back Millennials
Pizza Hut brings its age-old all-you-can-eat model to modern space (with neon!) that looks absolutely nothing like a Pizza Hut.
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NewsThis Singapore Bar Has Created a Cocktail Menu You Can Eat
The edible list uses different flavoured gummy bears to help you choose your perfect cocktail.
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NewsMelbourne's Brunetti Enters a Fresh Era with New Contemporary 300-Seat CBD Cafe
It looks quite different to the legendary pasticceria's previous digs.
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EventWilson & Dorset Pop-Up
Wed, 22 Jul - Sun, 30 Aug 2026
240 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
Run your hands over cosy furniture, homeware and clothes crafted from a prized New Zealand natural fibre.
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EventASICS SportStyle Melbourne Pop-Up
Wed, 5 Aug - Sun, 9 Aug 2026
Melbourne CBD
ASICS SportStyle is taking over Melbourne with a five-day pop-up celebrating creativity, community and movement. Expect hands-on workshops, Japanese-inspired food, specialty coffee, exclusive sneaker ...
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EventWinter Twilight Market at CERES
Sat, 18 Jul 2026, Sat, 1 Aug 2026 and Sat, 15 Aug 2026
CERES Community Environment Park, Brunswick East
Local makers, mulled drinks and a picturesque creekside setting make this afternoon-into-evening winter market worth rugging up for.
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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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EventPurr-suit of Knowledge Trivia at Welcome to Thornbury
Fri, 7 Aug, 2026
Welcome to Thornbury, Northcote
Gather your smartest friends and your biggest cat enthusiasts for a trivia night that gives every correct answer extra meaning.
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EventNow or Never Festival Melbourne
Wed, 19 Aug - Sun, 30 Aug 2026
All Around Melbourne, Melbourne
The winter festival of art, ideas, sound and technology is returning to Melbourne this August and exploring the concept of a whole new world.
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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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EventDJ Heartstring at The Wool Store
Fri, 25 Sep, 2026
The Wool Store, West Footscray
One of electronic music's fastest-rising acts is heading back to Melbourne for a huge night of eurodance-fuelled energy.
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Event'The Vinyl Factory: Reverb' at Rising 2026
Fri, 22 May - Mon, 31 Aug 2026
ACMI, Melbourne
Indulge your wax obsession with this immersive vinyl-led exhibition, spanning multiple genres, continents and musical energies.
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NewsMeet Hungry Bear, Melbourne's New Great Outdoors-Inspired Pizza Bar
Serving 15 varieties of pizza and an all-Aussie drinks list.
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NewsThe Best Japanese Restaurants in Melbourne
From sashimi to sake and korokke to katsu, here are ten of the best places to fill up on Japanese nosh.
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NewsA Japanese Company Has Invented Non-Melting Ice Cream
An extract from strawberries helps these popsicles keep their shape, even in the heat.
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NewsFive Varieties of Loaded Fries to Discover at the Night Noodle Markets
There's not much that's better than fries — except when they're loaded up with even more tasty treats.
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GuideWhere to Eat When You Want to Be Healthy but a Cleanse Sounds Like Hell
Healthy doesn't have to mean boring.
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NewsThe Best Rooftop Bars in Melbourne
Rise above the burning concrete and escape to the echelons of summer delight.
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NewsItaly's Huge Food Theme Park Has Finally Opened
Featuring more than 40 places to eat, over 100 stalls and shops, and a dedicated parmesan cheese bar.
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NewsUncle Tetsu's Cult Favourite Japanese Cheesecakes Are Coming to Melbourne
The world's most coveted Japanese cheesecakes are coming to Melbourne.
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NewsFive Ways to Finally Start Drinking Sake This Summer
Drinking sake shouldn't just happen at sushi restaurants — pop it in a spritz or take a pull-tab can to a picnic.
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NewsA New Food And Entertainment Precinct Is Coming to Melbourne's Northern Suburbs
Westfield Plenty Valley's revamp will feature a diverse lineup of food vendors and a brand new cinema.
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NewsTen Things to Try at Melbourne's Night Noodle Markets This Year
Melbourne's Asian food scene will descend upon Birrarung Marr for 18 days. Are you prepared?
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NewsFashion and Booze Collide In Maurice Terzini and Justin O'Shea's New Goldy Gin
The two fashion heavyweights are launching their own no-fuss tipple.
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NewsThis New Initiative Wants to Turn Sydney Into the World's Biggest Urban Vineyard
The Urban Vineyard Project is giving away free grapevines, and asking Sydneysiders to grow them on their porches, windowsills and in their backyards.
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NewsA Look Inside Longsong, Longrain's New Upstairs Bar and Eatery
Eat skewers and sip bespoke spirits in a former second-storey horse stable.
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NewsGrapest Is Bringing Its Wine-Tasting Fun Runs Back for 2018
Exercise and drinking combine across the nation's vineyards.
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NewsTwo Melbourne Cafes Are Giving Free Coffee to Anyone with a Reusable Cup
Save some money and help save the environment at the same time.
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NewsVirtual Cocktails Could Soon Make Water Taste Like Your Favourite Tipple
The futuristic glass stimulates your senses to alter your perception of what you're drinking.
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NewsGood Measure Co Is Australia's New Personalised Artisan Chocolate Delivery Service
Send sweets with your own heartfelt message, with same-day arrival in Sydney and free delivery across the country.
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NewsGoogle's New Feature Will Help You Skip the Line at Your Favourite Restaurants
Find out just what kind of delay you're in for, and work out if that decadent dessert is really worth the wait.
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NewsThe Best Boozy Advent Calendars for Christmas-Loving Grown Ups
From beers and wine, through to top Aussie gins and the best drams from around the world.
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NewsSydney's Viking-Themed Carvery and Bar Mjolner Is Set to Open in Melbourne
The "contemporary Viking luxe" bar will take over the Hardware Lane space once home to Nieuw Amsterdam.
