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NewsHost Is Brunswick's New Nighttime-Focused Eatery
The couple that brought us Twenty & Six have opened a new venue with a focus on dinner.
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NewsWelcomeOver Is the New Australian Website for Crowdsourcing Dinner Parties
Like Airbnb, but pairing amateur chefs with your kitchen.
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NewsDZ Deathrays Have Released Their Own Beer
They've teamed up with Young Henrys to make 'Pils 'n' Thrills'.
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NewsThe Ten Best Markets in Melbourne
Spend your Saturday shopping for produce and your Sunday sifting for hidden treasure.
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NewsMeet Capital Brewing, Canberra's New Craft Brewery
Australia's capital is joining the craft party.
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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 Wine Bars in Melbourne
Considered fitouts, elevated shared plates and a uniquely curated wine offering — these are our favourite wine bars across the city.
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GuideThe Best Bars in Melbourne
Whether you're on the hunt for an extensive wine collection, a luxe date-night spot or a place to have a little boogie, these are our picks for the best bars in Melbourne.
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NewsWhere to Find the Best Matcha in Melbourne
Laced with strawberry, topped with ube cream or spiked with yuzu — however you like it, here's where to get it.
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GuideSip, Snack and Savour: These Melbourne Bars Are Pairing Haku Vodka Martinis with Rice-Inspired Bites
This winter, discover elegant Haku Vodka martinis paired with inventive snacks that celebrate Japanese rice craftsmanship.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Coffee in Melbourne for 2025
Whether you're a coffee snob or an extra-weak latte lover, these top Melbourne coffee roasters and brewers will have what you need.
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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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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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NewsLet's Waffle N' Shake Is Melbourne's Latest Food Truck and It Is Truly Spectacular
Where the waffles are covered in whipped cream and oreos and the milkshakes are made with salted caramel and popcorn.
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NewsFlour Market Is Launching a Raw, Vegan, Gluten Free Spinoff
Raw cookies, vegan brownies and other sweet treats to make you swoon.
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NewsMelbourne Burger Maestro Jimmy Hurlston to Open Sydney Eatery, Guilty
The Easey's founder is taking his burgs north.
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RestaurantGigi's Piazza, Red Hill Estate
1208 Mornington-Flinders Road, Main Ridge
The new laidback hang-out spot is suitable for everything from first dates to family days out.
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RestaurantCrittenden Wines & Restaurant
25 Harrisons Road, Dromana
Not only has this renovation given the restaurant a new lease on life, but importantly, it has been a part of a return to its roots.
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RestaurantPunt Road Wines
12 Saint Huberts Road, Coldstream
The new cellar door cements the estate as a must-visit destination in the Yarra Valley, as visitors can experience many of the region's highlights in one convenient location.
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BarLe Bar Supper Club
12 North Concourse, Beaumaris
Raise a crystal glass to French food, fancy drinks and burlesque shows in this Beaumaris bar.
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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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NewsVegans Rejoice, Smith & Daughters Are Releasing a Cookbook
This might just be your key to unlocking the vegan kingdom.
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NewsGROW Assembly Is Melbourne's New Hospitality Symposium
Get a leg-up into the world of hospo with the help of Melbourne food royalty.
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NewsRoyal Stacks Has Opened a Second Burger Joint in Brunswick
The wildly popular burgers and frozen custard creations have come to Sydney Road.
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NewsA Milkcow Soft Serve Pop-Up Has Opened in Melbourne
Soft serve sundaes topped with everything from fairy floss clouds to a shot of espresso.
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EventFebruary at Peninsula Hot Springs
Tue, 27 Jan - Fri, 27 Feb 2026
Peninsula Hot Springs, Fingal
Soak up summer while it lasts with midweek two-for-one bathing, Lunar New Year festivities and romantic Valentine's escapes.
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EventSt Kilda Festival 2026
Sat, 14 Feb - Sun, 15 Feb 2026
St Kilda Foreshore, St Kilda
This beloved summer staple is back, serving up another edition loaded with exceptional local music talent and feel-good community vibes.
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EventDewberry Roller-Rama by The Body Shop at Queensbridge Square
Fri, 13 Feb - Sun, 15 Feb 2026
Queensbridge Square, Southbank
The fragrance of the 90s is officially back, so celebrate with a free, nostalgic roller rink experience happening over Valentine's Day weekend.
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EventRoyal Stacks 10th Birthday Celebration
Multiple single dates
Royal Stacks, Melbourne
Throwing it back to 2016, this Melbourne-born burger spot is celebrating a decade of mouthwatering takeaway with free burgers and OG prices.
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EventLaunch Weekend at Upstate Oakleigh
Sat, 28 Feb - Sun, 1 Mar 2026
Upstate Oakleigh, Oakleigh
Get in a high-energy workout in the southeast, as this rapidly growing brand of Pilates studios launches its latest wellness destination in Oakleigh.
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EventAfrica Film Festival Australia
Fri, 27 Mar - Sun, 29 Mar 2026
Cinema Nova, Carlton
Carlton's Cinema Nova will host three days of award-winning African films.
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EventJackalope Cinema 2026
Sun, 1 Mar - Tue, 31 Mar 2026
Jackalope Hotel Mornington Peninsula, Merricks North
Make your Mornington Peninsula stay even more picture-perfect, with this month-long open-air cinema program.
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EventUNO Social Club at Hotel Esplanade
Mon, 2 Feb - Mon, 2 Mar 2026
Hotel Esplanade, Saint Kilda
Combine nostalgia and nightlife, as this card game experience transforms this much-loved Melbourne pub into an UNO-themed escape.
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Event15th Birthday BBQ Summer Series at Toorak Cellars
Sun, 1 Feb - Sun, 15 Mar 2026
Toorak Cellars, Armadale
No ordinary backyard barbecue, this seven-week birthday celebration sees top Melbourne chefs team up to showcase their masterful skills with the tongs.
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EventRooftop Pickleball at Hilton Melbourne Little Queen Street
Wed, 21 Jan - Sat, 28 Feb 2026
Hilton Melbourne Little Queen Street, Melbourne
Level up your pickleball skills in style, as this CBD hotel brings back its sunny rooftop court for the tennis season.
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NewsA Food Theme Park Is Opening in Italy Next Year
As if you needed another reason to visit Italy.
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NewsTen Awesome Cellar Doors Worth Visiting in NSW
Some you'll need to road trip to, others are walkable.
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NewsMatcha Mylkbar Is Now Open in St Kilda
With beetroot lattes, coconut bacon, vegan 'eggs' and lots of matcha.
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NewsMelbourne Has a New Pizza Joint Dedicated to Beer, Wine and Calzone
The city's own low-cal calzone zone.
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NewsPierre Roelofs' Dessert Evenings Return to the Inner North
Definitely this week's most exciting resurrection.
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NewsMeet Tripod Coffee, Australia's New Sustainable Pod Startup Taking on Nespresso
Run by two former Aussie cricketers. Really.
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NewsThis Australian Spirit Has Been Named the World's Best Rum
You might be surprised to find out who the distiller is.
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NewsA Chocolate Eating Competition Is Coming to Melbourne
Prahran Market's new chocolate festival looks set to ensure multiple chocolate comas.
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NewsThe 2016 Good Beer Week Program Has Been Revealed
Ten straight days of workshops, samplings and liver damage.
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NewsThis Michelin-Starred Restaurant in Hong Kong Is Serving Art You Can Eat
Paint your plate with black garlic, brown truffles and sweet potato puree.
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NewsLVLY Is Delivering Shortstop Hot Cross Doughnuts to Your Door for Easter
Easter Bunny, take note.
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NewsHow to Make Kitchen By Mike's Cucumber, Mirin and Sesame Salad at Home
Eat it at Taste of Sydney, then make it yourself.
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NewsThe Rewriters: How Ramblin' Rascal Tavern's Charlie Lehmann Chose Bar Life Over Politics
Meet the bartender who threw in the corporate towel to open one of Sydney’s most beloved watering holes.
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NewsWin a Cocktail Masterclass with Ramblin' Rascal Tavern
Grab three mates and learn how to make signature cocktails — while eating All The Mary's Burgers.
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NewsToorak Has a Brand New Wine Bar
505 Wine Bar has all the essentials: wine, wine-matched snacks and a solid happy hour.
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NewsThe Ten Best Breakfast Bowls in Melbourne
Bowls filled with everything from passionfruit to pudding and cacao to co-yo.
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NewsYou Can Now Drink on the Streets of Manhattan Without Fearing Arrest
The New York City island has decriminalised drinking alcohol in public.
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