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NewsEtta is Brunswick East's New Fresh Produce-Focused Bistro
Three hospitality veterans are teaming up to deliver "produce over protein."
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NewsBrae Chef Dan Hunter Is Releasing a Cookbook
Look forward to 256 colour pages delving into the kitchen of one of Australia's top restaurants.
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NewsEleven of Australia's Best Chefs Are Hosting a Charity Dinner Featuring Syrian Cuisine
Movida's Frank Camorra, Long Chim's David Thompson, Embla's Dave Verheul and more take over a Melbourne kitchen for one night only.
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NewsTen Food and Drink Trends You Won't Be Able To Avoid in 2017
From 3D-printed or clothing-optional restaurants to eco-friendly bars.
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NewsBang Bang at the Rifle Club Is Elsternwick's New Asian-Inspired Restaurant
Aim for brunch at the old Caulfield Rifle Club.
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NewsWorld's Best Bar The Dead Rabbit Is Coming to Australia
The acclaimed Manhattan cocktail bar will visit Melbourne Sydney and Brisbane this April.
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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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GuideThe 23 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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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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GuideThe 20 Best (and Cosiest) Bars and Pubs with Fireplaces in Melbourne
Melbourne's infamous chill has set in, so warm up over fireside beers and comforting pub classics.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Breakfast in Melbourne's CBD
Make time to visit these CBD cafes and never turn up to work hungry again.
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NewsTommy Ruff Fish and Chip Bar Moors in Windsor
More market-fresh seafood, potato cakes and soft shell crab burgers.
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NewsThis Social Enterprise Is Delivering Ben Shewry Lunches to Help Domestic Violence Victims
Get lunch delivered, and you'll also give lunch to someone who needs it.
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NewsJunk Is Melbourne's New Hawker-Style Asian Fusion Eatery
This Queensland favourite is heading south and putting gyoza in bao because they can.
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NewsAustralia Is Getting A Series of Wine-Tasting Fun Runs
Exercise and drinking combine across the nation's vineyards.
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GuideMelbourne Restaurants and Bars Perfect for a Business Lunch
Call a meeting and make a booking.
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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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RestaurantAllegria Pasta Malvern
110-122 Wattletree Road, Armadale
Allegria has landed in Armadale, filling a gap in high-quality Italian take-home meals.
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RestaurantJinda Thai Restaurant
1-7 Ferguson Street, Abbotsford
This high-energy, widely loved Thai spot has been serving locals and those from further afield for over a decade.
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RestaurantPAST / PORT
508 Flinders Street, Melbourne
Executive chef Sarah Chan's signature Sarawak laksa anchors a 160-seat South-East Asian menu spanning Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia — with a new pre-order Lobster, Three Ways ...
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RestaurantSmith & Deli CBD
16 Degraves Street, Melbourne
As the sun goes down, the cafeteria counter will transform into a tapas bar, with cold brews replaced by espresso martinis.
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RestaurantSunnyside Sliced - Docklands
685 La Trobe Street, Docklands
Sunnyside Sliced brings New York-style pizza to an overlooked part of the inner-city.
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RestaurantLittle Rose
274 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
The French-Asian bistro is here for a good time, not a long time, with the residency sticking around for only a few short months.
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RestaurantLuke's Bánh Mì Lonsdale Street
19-21 Lonsdale Street , CBD
To celebrate the launch of its sixth store, the Lonsdale Street location will be serving Australia's first coloured bánh mì baguettes
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RestaurantKIRISHIMA
622 Camberwell Road, Camberwell
The omakase menu evolves each day, based on sourcing the finest seasonal ingredients available each morning.
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NewsTasmania's New Distillery Southern Wild Releases Dasher + Fisher Gin
Featuring a trio of uniquely Tasmanian botanicals: pepperberry, lavender and wakame seaweed.
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NewsTen of Australia's Best Chefs Are Hosting a Charity Dinner Featuring Syrian Cuisine
Bennelong's Pete Gilmore, Long Chim's David Thompson, Kylie Kwong and more take over the Three Blue Ducks kitchen.
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NewsCo-Ground Is Melbourne's New Pop-Up Charity Cafe
Fighting poverty one cup of Five Senses coffee at a time.
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NewsThe Ten Best Cocktails to Drink in Melbourne This Summer
Spend your summer sucking on Champagne icy poles and sipping whisky fried chicken concoctions.
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NewsThis Outdoor Cinema Pairs Melbourne's Best Food with Critically-Acclaimed Films
Watch Frida with a Mexican feast from Fonda or find yourself in a bowl of Baby pasta during Eat Pray Love.
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EventKératase Society
Fri, 10 Jul - Sun, 12 Jul 2026
Le Méridien Melbourne, Melbourne
Expect glazed snacks, styling seshes and late-night cocktails in an underground club.
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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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EventAēsop Queer Library
Wed, 15 Jul - Sun, 19 Jul 2026
Aesop Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Every author is queer and every book is free.
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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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EventParmesan Cheese Wheel at Cucinetta
Wed, 1 Jul - Fri, 31 Jul 2026
Cucinetta, South Yarra
For the entire month of July, you can eat cacio e pepe served straight out of a parmesan wheel, well if it doesn't sell out that is.
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EventLeaps and Bounds Festival 2026
Thu, 16 Jul - Sun, 26 Jul 2026
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
The City of Yarra's live music celebration is back, with this inner-city festival filling pubs, clubs and unexpected spaces with standout tunes.
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EventLaundry Sessions at Abbotsford Convent
Fri, 10 Jul - Sat, 11 Jul 2026
Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford
Experimental music, immersive installations and powerful performances transform this storied space across two boundary-pushing nights.
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EventBARE: In Your Natural Form at Wellness Social Club
Tue, 14 Jul, 2026
Wellness Social Club, Preston
We're a nation of sunbathers, swimmers and beachgoers, but this new experience aims to get people comfortable with going starkers at the sauna.
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NewsBlack Waffle Is Northcote's Ambitious New Gelato Joint
High Street's buzzing over those signature activated charcoal-infused waffle cones.
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NewsThis Helsinki Pop-Up Brings Solo Takeaway Diners Together for Shared Meals
Or, bring your friends and order from different restaurants.
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NewsSay Cheers to 2016's Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers
You've heard 2016's best songs — now drink the year's best brews.
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NewsGelato Messina Tim Tams Prove an Inevitable Australian Dessert Team-Up
The food mashup that had to happen, really.
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NewsCroissant Queen Agathe Kerr Has Opened a Pint-Sized CBD Patisserie
Where to pick up matcha-filled croissants and peanut caramel-infused cruffins in the city.
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NewsAustralia's First Vegan Ice Cream Truck Is Coming
Vegans craving ice cream, get ready to chase Over the Moo down the street.
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NewsUber Is Delivering Emergency Bags of Ice on Australia Day
God forbid you sip a lukewarm tinnie.
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NewsHeston Blumenthal Is Launching Vegemite Ice Cream for Australia Day
This sweet treat pays homage to a true-blue Aussie legend.
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NewsWhat Are 'Sanctuary Restaurants', and Why Are They Popping Up Around the US?
Creating discrimination-free environments for diners and hospitality workers.
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NewsThis New Byron Bay Distillery Is Creating Rainforest-Infused Gin
Cape Byron Distillery wants to give back to the hinterland.
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NewsMelbourne Is Getting a Full-Blown Doughnut Festival
We actually don't know how it took this long.
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NewsDavid Thompson's Acclaimed Long Chim Brings Fine Thai Cuisine to Melbourne
Head to Crown Riverwalk for authentic street food-inspired bites and refreshing cocktails.
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NewsAustralian Pubs Are Now Trialling Flavoured Beer Pods
Adding a whole new dimension to ordering a drink.
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NewsCould Facial Recognition Technology Change the Way We Order in Restaurants?
Probably not, but a Beijing KFC has introduced the technology anyway.
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NewsMs Elwood Is Bayside's New Hawker-Style Modern Asian Eatery
They're doing banh mi and frozen G&Ts.
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NewsA Guide to Food and Drink in New Zealand's Christchurch Region
Opportunities for memorable eating experiences abound.
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