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NewsFive Classic Bourbon Cocktails (and Where to Get Them in Melbourne)
From Don Draper's favourite to a drink named after a 1920s Parisian magazine.
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NewsMassi Is Melbourne's Newest All-Day Italian Restaurant
Your new CBD pitstop for all things Sicilian — including Aperitivo Hour.
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NewsHappy Place Is South Melbourne Market's New Health Food Cafe
Lola Berry has teamed up with St Ali's Salvatore Malatesta to create a haven of all things healthy.
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NewsMelbourne's Landed a NY-Style 'Pizza by the Slice' Joint
And they're celebrating with 100 free slices of pizza.
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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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NewsPlug Nickel Is Collingwood's New Hole-in-the-Wall Cafe, Hairdresser and Bike Shop
The idea is to have you in and out within three minutes flat.
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NewsBelle's Hot Chicken Is Opening a Southside Restaurant
Windsor is getting some fucking hot chicken.
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NewsGontran Cherrier's Collingwood Boulangerie Is Finally Opening
And he's giving out free croissants to celebrate.
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NewsMelbourne's Attica Takes Out the No. 33 Posi on World's Best Restaurants List
Shewry, we're so proud.
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NewsMelbourne Will Host the World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards in 2017
It will be only the second time they've been held outside of London.
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NewsThis Personal Brewery Lets You Make Beer in Your Own Home
So goodbye to your mate's bathtub homebrew
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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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NewsYou Can Help Crowdfund Collingwood's New Social Enterprise Cafe
Home STREAT Home will provide employment and training to disadvantaged young people around Melbourne.
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NewsThree Steps for Creating Real Texas Barbecue from a Certified Barbecue Boss
Kevin Bludso is one of North America's best barbecuers. Here's how he does it.
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NewsGrub Food Van Is Running Cooking Classes Hosted by Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Produce Persian pickles like a pro.
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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 a Three-Storey Japanese Restaurant on Flinders Lane
And it's set to have an intimate, eight-seat omakase-style bar.
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NewsBaron Samedi Is Hosting a Tonne of Winter Rum Pop-Ups
Rum will come together with live music at venues across Melbourne and Sydney.
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NewsThe Bitters Lab Is Fitzroy's New Dedicated One-Stop Bitters Shop
Take your drink-mixing skills to the next level.
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NewsThe Best, Weirdest and Most Controversial New Australian Craft Beers to Try in 2016
Beers made with peanut brittle, pork broth and belly button yeast.
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NewsA Brief History of the Negroni
Who invented the Negroni? And why is it so popular all of a sudden?
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NewsThe Ten Best Bars for a Negroni in Melbourne
Warm up with that perfect blend of gin, bitters and vermouth.
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NewsSeven Ridiculously Great Twists on a Negroni
Negroni marshmellows to Negroni ice cream sandwiches.
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NewsSydney's Rockpool to Close and Reopen as More Casual Restaurant
Neil Perry's flagship restaurant will become Eleven Bridge.
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NewsMESOB Brings Communal Ethiopian Cuisine to Northcote
Shovel hearty stews and flatbread straight from plate to mouth.
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NewsThe Penny Drop is Box Hill's New All-Day Coffee Shop and Eatery
With modern food, great coffee and an all-day attitude, this cafe is bringing something different to the east.
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NewsThe Old Little Creatures Dining Hall Space Will Be Reborn as Fitzroy Social
You can't keep a good craft beer bar down.
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NewsNoisy Ritual Is Opening Melbourne's First Ever Urban Winery
The people-powered winery has a permanent home in Brunswick East.
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NewsCheese and Bread Is Preston's New Gourmet Toastie Drive-Through Cafe
A perfect pairing if there ever was one.
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NewsLeft Field Is Carnegie's New Neighbourhood Cafe
From the team behind Tall Timber, Touchwood and other great daytime diners.
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NewsMelbourne Is Getting a Really Bloody Hot Chilli Festival
And yes, there will be a chilli eating competition.
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NewsHow to Make Thievery's Burnt Butter Paprika Hummus at Home
Guaranteed to see you win your next drinks event.
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NewsNeil Perry Has Opened His Lauded Burger Project in Melbourne
The Rockpool executive chef has brought his burgers down south.
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NewsA25 Has Opened a New Pizzeria and Espresso Bar in Melbourne's CBD
Melbourne's latest Italian eatery comes from a team who really know what they're doing.
