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NewsMelbourne's 24-Hour Weekend Public Transport Trial Has Been Extended to Mid-2017
We're potentially one step closer to a permanent night network.
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NewsAppleton Estate Is Hosting Two Jamaican-Inspired Rum Pop-Ups
Escape Melbourne's winter for a slice of Jamaica.
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NewsRock Sugar Is South Yarra's New Modern Thai Eatery
Bubble cup 'rocktails' and pork floss all round.
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NewsMoleskine Has Opened Its Own Minimalist Cafe in Milan
Part café, part gallery, part library and part store.
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NewsWarm Up With Goat Pie Guy's Winter Recipe for Wagyu Beef and Porter Pie
Rolling the lifelong love affair that is beer and pie into one big mouthful.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Pizza in Melbourne for 2025
From giant pepperoni-topped slices to vegan rounds, these Melbourne pizza joints have you covered.
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GuideThe 16 Best Seafood Restaurants in Melbourne
Here's where to find Melbourne's best seafood — across fine-diners, messy crab shacks, local neighbourhood eateries and lavish omakase haunts.
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NewsThe Best Things to Eat, See and Do to Celebrate Lunar New Year in Melbourne
Themed high teas, street parties, limited-edition cakes, karaoke, banquets and huge giveaways — now that's how you welcome in the Year of the Snake in Melbourne.
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GuideThe 25 Best Chinese Restaurants in Melbourne for 2025
From Chinatown institutions and neighbourhood haunts to CBD fine-diners and contemporary Asian-fusion eateries, here are our top picks for when you have a hankering for some top Chinese cuisine.
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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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GuideThe 50 Best Restaurants in the Melbourne CBD for 2025
Whether you're after fine-diners or cheap eats, you're truly spoilt for choice when looking for places to eat in Melbourne's CBD.
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NewsGame, Set, Feast: Here's Everything You'll Be Eating and Drinking at the 2025 Australian Open
Some of Melbourne's best chefs are serving up ace eats at the 2025 Australian Open, plus a couple big booze brands have set up huge pop-up bars.
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GuideThe 22 Best Italian Restaurants in Melbourne
Melbourne's greatest Italian restaurants don't simply stick to the pizza and pasta game. These spots serve up all kinds of regional dishes that'll blow your carb-loving mind.
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GuideThe 14 Best French Restaurants in Melbourne Right Now
Live out your Parisian dreams with escargot, caviar, steak frites and lobster thermidor at these exceptional French diners in Melbourne.
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GuideMelbourne's 20 Most Popular Cafes of 2024
Here's where you've been getting your breakfast, brunch, lunch and caffeine fixes during 2024.
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NewsToasta Food Truck Has Opened a Permanent Cafe Dedicated to Epic Toasties
Just follow the crumbs and the smell of grilled cheese to Toasta & Co.
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NewsThe Team Behind Mammoth and Barry Open New Northcote Eatery, Primo
The focus? Pizza and soft serve.
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NewsMessina's Eight-Seat Degustation Bar Is Coming to Melbourne
Did you manage to nab a spot at the ice cream sorcery table?
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NewsWhy Are Australian Chefs Bringing Back Charcoal Chicken?
We ask them how and why they're doing it, and why they're doing it now.
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NewsTwo Bros on Blyth Is Altona's New All-Day Eatery
With everything from eggs in the morning to espresso martinis at night, this is another win for the inner-southwest.
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RestaurantAstoria Bar Kè Grill
302 Toorak Road, South Yarra
This Toorak Road terrace house is now home to a fab Greek restaurant.
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RestaurantAmatrice Rooftop Restaurant
16 Stephenson Street, Cremorne
Zip away to Italy in the back streets of Cremorne, with aperitivo sips and specialty pasta 10 stories above the ground.
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RestaurantD.O.C Osteria
326 Lygon Street, Carlton
20 years on, this Lygon Street stalwart is still one of the city's top Italian restaurants.
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RestaurantReine & La Rue
380 Collins Street, Melbourne
The NOMAD team has taken French fine-dining to the next level in Melbourne.
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BarRuckers Hill
83 High Street, Northcote
This French-accented wine bar and bistro stands out among the crowd on Northcote's High Street.
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RestaurantChiki Chan & Hiki Bar
6 Centreway, Mordialloc
Chiki Chan is serving up playful Asian-fusion fare in Mordialloc — plus plenty of creative cocktails in its adjoining Hiki Bar.
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RestaurantIl Mercato Centrale Melbourne
546 Collins Street, Melbourne
Melbourne's Il Mercato Centrale is serving up pizza, pasta, calamari fritti, gelato, cannoli, cocktails, wine and so much more — to have in or take away.
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BarCircl Wine House
22 Punch Lane, Melbourne
Circl is making it so much easier to try rare wines with over 150 drops offered by the glass.
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RestaurantElio's Place
238 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Elio's Place is serving up breakfast, lunch, aperitivo snacks and late-night dinners every day of the week in the CBD.
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NewsThe Best Places to Eat and Drink During the Melbourne International Film Festival
The perfect place for pre-film feeds and post-screening plot deconstructions.
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NewsTake a Look Inside Melbourne's New Four-Storey CBD Pub
Meet the Garden State Hotel, your new go-to CBD hangout.
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NewsSydney's Fratelli Fresh to Open Their First Melbourne Restaurant
With a bonus steak restaurant upstairs.
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NewsHop Nation Brewing to Open a Brand New Brewpub in Footscray
The local winemakers-turned-brewers have found a permanent home.
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NewsUber Is Delivering Ice Cream Again, but This Time It's for Charity
George Calombaris, Matt Moran and Neil Perry have created custom ice cream flavs to raise money for OzHarvest.
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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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NewsChef David Thompson Is Bringing His Acclaimed Thai Restaurant To Melbourne
Look for Long Chim at Crown Riverwalk early next year.
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NewsThe Heartattack and Vine Team Open New All-Day Eatery, Bedford St
Collingwood just scored another sweet all-occasions venue.
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NewsGet God-Sent Mörk Hot Chocolate and Brownie Bundles Delivered to Your Desk
The best type of work deliveries are chocolate deliveries.
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NewsA New Two-Storey Gourmet Food Hall and Arts Space Is Coming to Preston Market
The Preston Fresh Hood Market will have street food, street art, a bar and a band room.
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NewsFind an Election Day Sausage Sizzle Near You with This Genius Online Map
What a time to be alive.
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NewsThe Crux & Co Is South Melbourne's New Home of Pretty Pastries and Clever Cafe Fare
Expect decadent cakes alongside squid ink garlic toast and killer coffee.
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GuideNine Melbourne High-Flyers to Splurge at Before the End of the Financial Year
Call a 'meeting' tonight.
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NewsAustralian Hospitality Empire Keystone Group Has Gone Into Receivership
The owners of Cargo Bar, Jamie's Italian, Manly Wine and more are selling the whole portfolio.
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NewsAqua S Has Opened Its First Melbourne Ice Cream Parlour
An ice-creamery with its head in the clouds.
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NewsThe Ten Best Hearty Roasts in Melbourne
There's nothing quite like a juicy, slow-cooked, gravy-drenched roast.
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NewsPhilippe Mouchel Is Bringing Fancy Rotisserie Chicken Back to Melbourne's CBD
The French chef has just opened his new venture, Philippe.
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NewsMPD Steak Kitchen Opens in Berwick
They've managed to coax an ex-Vue de Monde chef out to the suburbs.
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NewsFancy Hanks Is Opening a Two-Storey BBQ Emporium on Bourke Street
And it'll have a deli, a dessert cabinet and a sweet rooftop.
