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NewsFive Things You Didn't Know About Gin
Which country drinks the most gin? And where did the G&T originate?
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NewsWin Tickets to a Spring Banquet Presented by James Squire and Concrete Playground
Five course banquet and craft beer anyone?
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NewsDomino's Is Delivering Pizza by Drone in New Zealand Now
*Ride of the Valkyries plays in the background*
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NewsThis New Service Lets You Send Evil Fortune Cookies to Your Enemies
From the Cards Against Humanity crew — who else?
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NewsMelbourne's Iconic Rivoli Cinema Is Getting a Brand New Rooftop Bar
Do pre-movie drinks in the panoramic rooftop garden.
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GuideThe 14 Best Omakase in Melbourne or 2025
This multi-course Japanese dining experience has surged in popularity over the past few years — with sushi lovers fighting to get a reservation at the exclusive chef's tables.
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GuideThe 18 Best Indian Restaurants in Melbourne for 2025
Explore these Indian restaurants' menus with countless regional dishes — or just order a butter chicken and be done with it.
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GuideThe 40 Best Restaurants for Group Bookings in Melbourne
These spots are large (and rowdy) enough to host all your mates for dinner.
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GuideThe 25 Best Cafes in Melbourne for 2025
How does your favourite Melbourne cafe stack up against these brunch-filled, coffee-slinging, bloody mary-pouring haunts?
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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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GuideThe 51 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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NewsA Short History of a Pub Classic: The Ploughman's Lunch
Where did this meal of bread, cheese and pickle come from? Why has it stood the test of time?
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NewsFour Geelong Foodie Experiences Worth a Road Trip
Hit the road for brewery tastings, cake rooms and some of the best fried chicken you'll ever taste.
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NewsTake a Tour Through Geelong's White Rabbit Brewery
Head brewer Jeremy Halse takes us through the bustling local brewery.
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NewsMelbourne's New Rotating Cuisine Restaurant is Run By A 22-Year-Old Chef
You’re about to feel very unaccomplished.
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NewsAustralia is Getting a Mini-Golf Bar
Mini-golf, a cocktail bar and an all-round hangout hub rolled into one.
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NewsFive Places to Eat Dessert for Breakfast in the CBD
Smash through your morning with a little sugary indulgence.
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RestaurantSt David Dairy
16-18 Saint David Street, Fitzroy
This Fitzroy establishment scales dairy back to its roots.
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RestaurantIshizuka
139 Bourke Street, Melbourne
This hidden CBD restaurant specialises in kaiseki — effortlessly serving up decadent (but seemingly simple) 11-course feeds to those looking to truly treat themselves.
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BarKolkata Cricket Club
Crown Melbourne, Southbank
Mischa Tropp's sports bar and restaurant at Crown Melbourne takes punters back to a bygone-era in India.
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BarOmnia Bistro & Bar
625 Chapel Street, South Yarra
The menu is stacked with contemporary takes on European classics — but you could simply drop by for the dry-aged roasted duck and a bottle of wine and be very happy.
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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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NewsFancy Hanks to Open New CBD Rooftop Bar Good Heavens
With barbecue and bright '80s-themed cocktails.
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NewsEmpire Steak Is Melbourne's New Steak Sarnie-Dedicated Eatery
They're the most perfect steak sandwiches you've ever seen.
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GuideFive Foodie Events to Tuck Into This Week in Melbourne
Winter's almost done, but the comfort food's still cranking.
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NewsMelbourne Is Getting Another Gin Festival, and It's Called Junipalooza
Because two gin festivals are better than one.
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News12 Australian Bar Teams to Battle for Auchentoshan Whisky's National Comp
Bars around Australia are vying for the Distilled Different crown.
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NewsSydney Cult Fave Chur Burger Is Coming to Melbourne
Warren Turnbull's beloved pulled pork burgs and alcoholic milkshakes are moving down south.
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EventWindsor Wine Room x St Hugo
Mon, 10 Mar - Sun, 23 Mar 2025
Windsor Wine Room, Windsor
Fine, Barossa red wine and fresh pasta pairings, just in time for autumn.
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EventFesta Del Pomodoro at Mister Bianco
Tue, 18 Mar and Wed, 19 Mar 2025
Mister Bianco, Kew
Celebrate the art of sugo-making with a three-course meal and cooking demo at this Italian restaurant in Kew.
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EventLightscape Melbourne
Fri, 20 Jun - Sun, 10 Aug 2025
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens, South Yarra
Another winter, another lit-up garden display, with this after-dark festival getting Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne a-glowing.
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EventAustralian International Documentary Conference
Sun, 2 Mar - Wed, 5 Mar 2025
ACMI, Melbourne
Must-see Oscar-nominees 'Black Box Diaries' and 'Sugarcane' lead the lineup at this celebration of factual filmmaking.
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EventNew Order: Australian Tour 2025
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
After their 2020 tour was cut short due to the pandemic, these music icons are returning Down Under.
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EventGet Up and Glow
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Bossley Bar & Restaurant, Melbourne
Get your Saturday started in the best way with a yoga class, brekkie and beauty products — all for free.
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EventMelbourne International Flower and Garden Show
Wed, 26 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Carlton Gardens, Carlton
This five-day flower and garden fest features landscaping inspiration, workshops for plant lovers, art exhibitions and a special after-dark experience.
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EventBBQs of the World
Sun, 30 Mar, 2025
Dandenong Market, Dandenong
Discover what makes barbecue the oldest cuisine in the world, complete with sumptuous bites from West Africa to Brazil.
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EventThat's Amore Cheese Ricotta Festival
Sun, 30 Mar, 2025
That's Amore Cheese, Thomastown
For one day only, the Thomastown lot will be filled with food stalls, bars, and a stage hosting cooking masterclasses and live music performances.
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EventTesselaar KaBloom Festival of Flowers
Sat, 29 Mar - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
Tesselaar Tulip Farm, Silvan
Give your autumn a blooming boost with this floral event, featuring flower displays, acrobats, food trucks and, for the first time, a soaring ferris wheel.
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NewsA 15-Acre Chocolate Estate Has Opened on the Great Ocean Road
Complete with a lavender maze, ice cream factory and literally thousands of chocolates.
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NewsA Secret Six-Course Immersive Dining Experience Is Coming to Melbourne
From the Underground Cinema crew.
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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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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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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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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.
