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NewsMelbourne Food and Wine Festival Announces Cracking Lineup for 2017
Cemetery feasts, burger parties and classes from some of the world's best chefs.
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NewsThe Royal Croquet Club Is Coming Back to Melbourne for 2016
The food, music and leisurely summer sport festival will return to Birrarung Marr.
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NewsMelbourne's Ten Most Luxurious Foodie Experiences
Not just for special occasions — book a table now.
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NewsHow to Make Beetroot-Cured Kingfish With a Former Tetsuya's Chef
A former Tetsuya's chef shows us what to do.
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NewsNoma's Next Pop-Up Is An Outdoor, Open-Air Restaurant in Mexico
Expect chilli, seafood and mole, all while nestled between the jungle and the Caribbean Sea.
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NewsThis Lucky Beachfront Bar Just Landed Australia's First Beach Dining License
Bringing together our nation's two strongest assets: a hot beach and cold beers.
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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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NewsInstagram Cake Queen Katherine Sabbath Is Crowdfunding a Pop-Up Cookbook
Featuring adorable pop-up sections by Sydney artist Benja Harney.
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NewsAustralia's Campos Coffee Is Opening Its Very First US Cafe
Attendees at the next Sundance Film Festival can stay warm with an Aussie flat white.
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NewsTen Luxurious Places to Drink a Martini in Melbourne
Treat yourself to some vodka and vermouth.
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NewsWhat Does An Eat Art Truck Chef Cook at Home?
Founding chef Brenton Balicki whipped us up a home-cooked, three-course dinner party.
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NewsNew App FoodByUs Lets You Order Home-Cooked Meals from Your Neighbours
Like UberEats at grassroots level.
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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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NewsWhat to Expect at Sugar Mountain's Next Immersive 'Sensory' Restaurant
Feast on Peter Gunn creations surrounded by the soundtrack to Stranger Things.
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NewsQueensland Favourite Betty's Burgers Is Expanding to Sydney and Melbourne
Expect five types of burgers and Shake Shack-style frozen custard desserts.
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NewsA Brisbane Bar Is Phasing Out Plastic Straws to Save the Environment
Also on the agenda: a donation-for-a-straw scheme.
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NewsYou Can Now Buy Vegan Cookbooks Inspired by Morrissey and Nick Cave
Peas, peas let me get what I want.
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NewsMcDonald's In Italy Is Now Selling Nutella Burgers
Because humanity's love for Nutella truly knows no bounds.
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NewsSt Kilda's New Beachside Bar Pontoon Opens Inside Revamped Stokehouse Precinct
The Stokehouse site is rising from the ashes with the opening of its new beachside bar.
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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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NewsChin Chin's Chris Lucas Is Opening Another Kong on Smith Street in Fitzroy
The acclaimed restaurateur is heading north.
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NewsHow to Make Big Poppa's Next-Level Pasta from Scratch
Try the steak tagliata and semifreddo dessert too.
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NewsFive Highly Delicious Things to Do at Taste 2016
Learn how to cook with Melbourne's best chefs — and eat their hatted food without breaking the bank.
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NewsVegans Rejoice, Smith & Daughters' Cookbook Is Now In Stores
This might just be your key to unlocking the vegan kingdom.
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NewsLuxury French Macaron House Laduree Has Opened in Melbourne
More double-decker sweet treats coming at ya.
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NewsHospitality Giants Urban Purveyor Group and Rockpool Group Have Merged
Yep, all of your favourite restaurants are now part of the same company.
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NewsThis New Food Delivery Service Recreates Dishes from Some of Melbourne's Fanciest Restaurants
UberEats, meet your stiff new competition.
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NewsInside Maurice Terzini's Italian Riveria-Style Bali Restaurant Da Maria
The Bondi local behind Icebergs is putting down roots in Bali.
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NewsMalaysia's Insanely Popular Baked Three-Cheese Tarts Are Coming to Australia
Say hello to the Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tart.
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NewsThe Ultimate Local's Guide to St Kilda
Where to get the best coffee, dinner, drinks, fish and chips, cheese — everything you need to know, basically.
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NewsVegan Cupcakery Baking Bad Is Opening Their First Permanent Location
Just because it's vegan doesn't mean it's good for you.
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NewsGelato Messina Has Unveiled Their Amazing Melbourne Night Noodle Markets Menu
See what ridiculousness the gelato gods have created this year.
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NewsThe Night Market Returns to the Queen Vic Market for Summer
It's back for another summer of pizza pockets, frozen cider and balmy nights.
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NewsSomeone Has Invented Ice Cream That Improves Your Sporting Ability
If this isn't the best excuse to eat dessert you've ever heard, we don't know what is.
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NewsSensory Lab Has Opened A Machine-Like Cafe on Collins Street
Combining calmingly minimalist design with spacey vibes — and coffee, tea, tartines and spreads, of course.
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NewsThese Penguin-Shaped Cuttlefish Balls Are the Adorable Snack Australia Needs
Not made from real penguin.
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GALLERY: Eau De Vie Take Out Auchentoshan Whisky's Distilled Different Competition
Australia's best bar teams battled it out for a trip to Glasgow.
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NewsThe Utterly Ridiculous Extra Large Xiao Long Bao Is Coming To Melbourne and Sydney
All our wishing worked.
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GuideThe Ten Tastiest Events You Can Still Get Tickets for at Melbourne Good Food Month 2016
Fancy garden parties, fried chicken feasts and — of course — the noodle markets.
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NewsThis Genius Company Is Bringing Alcoholic Champagne Icy Poles to Australia
Sunny Boys, move to the back.
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NewsHow to Create a Killer Last-Minute Barbecue with Work-Shop and The Farmed Table
Surprise guests? Nail the ultimate barbecue with these handy tips to make the most of your time.
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NewsAustralia's First Social Enterprise Beer Is Coming to a Bottleshop Near You
Half the profits from this brew will be used to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
