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NewsEverything You Need to Know About Western Australian Wine
Discover why WA hogs Australia's ultra-premium wine market.
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NewsNew Food Precinct The Archway Opens in Flinders Lane
Homemade smores, chilli salt slices, maple bacon chipotle bagels. Lunch just got interesting in the CBD.
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NewsHow to Make, Eat and Love the Xiao Long Bao
How to create and — more importantly — devour the perfect xiao long bao according to a real-life dumpling master.
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NewsTwelve International Restaurant Dishes to Travel for in 2015
Turn your holiday into a pilgrimage by making one of these dishes your holy grail.
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NewsThe Ten Best Bottle Shops for Craft Beer in Melbourne
Tracking down that top notch craft beer you had at the pub? Don't even try the major bottle shops, try one of these gems.
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GuideEight Classic Melbourne Dining Institutions That Never Get Old
Hype is one thing, but tried and true resilience? That's a whole other ball game.
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GuideThe 40 Best Bars in Melbourne for 2025
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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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 21 Best Wine Bars in Melbourne for 2025
A guide for any wine lover in Melbourne, whether you want strictly organic, biodynamic and local drops or you don't really care — as long as they taste good and don't cost a fortune.
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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 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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GuideThe Best Brewery Bars in Melbourne for 2024
Sip chilled pints just metres from away where the beer was was brewed at these much-loved taprooms.
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GuideThe 22 Best Pubs in Melbourne
Looking for a new local? This list of classic Melbourne boozers and more contemporary gastropubs will suit all beer and parma enthusiasts.
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NewsThe Best Annual Beer Events in Australia
From urban quaff-fests to setting sail on a vessel made of tinnies.
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NewsBar Exuberante is Melbourne's Newest Secret Rum Bar
Find a little piece of Old Havana in the back of Bar Economico.
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NewsThe Iconic Founder Launches Online Boutique Wine Store Spokewine
A user-reviewed online cellar. Like IMDb, but for your liver.
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NewsThe Original Iron Chefs are Ready to Do Battle in Australia
Kitchen Stadium has come to Melbourne.
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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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BarChampagne Problems
238 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
If you loved drinking and dancing at Evie’s Disco Diner but now feel a little too old for it, consider a trip to its older sibling in the CBD.
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BarGreenhart Camberwell
1226 Toorak Road, Camberwell
This Melbourne wine bar is straying away from the usual European influences, instead showing how contemporary Asian food and Australian wines can be a perfect pairing.
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RestaurantHotel Lona
473 Nepean Highway, Frankston
A two-level venue with a restaurant, public bar and rooftop in one of Frankston’s oldest buildings.
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BarMoon Dog Wild West
54 Hopkins Street, Footscray
Make your way through the swinging saloon doors to find bucking bulls, arcade games, pool tables, a dog-friendly rooftop, and food and drinks aplenty.
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NewsMeet Tokyo Tina: Saigon Sally and Hanoi Hannah's New Chapel Street Sister
The family is growing.
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NewsGet Ready For Australia's First Ever Cereal Cafe
The nostalgia-fuelled global food trend is hitting Melbourne.
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NewsWhen Do the World's Best Cities Go to Sleep?
24-hour transport, late shopping and bars without lockouts are key to a global city. But some of the best don't have their nightlife sorted the way you'd expect.
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NewsAustralians Drink 25 Percent Less Than We Did in the '70s
Plus, alcohol related violence has decreased by 30 percent in New South Wales over the last six years. Wait, what?
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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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EventCorteo — Cirque du Soleil
Fri, 22 Aug - Sun, 24 Aug 2025
John Cain Arena, Melbourne
Focusing on a clown imagining his funeral procession, this dazzling hit filled with acrobatic wonders features the Montreal-based company's first-ever central stage setup.
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NewsA Short History of Giant Food Chains Trying Desperately to Be Cool
McDonald's isn't the first chain to try and capture a trendier market share, and it certainly won't be the last.
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NewsFood Artists Bompas & Parr Are Doing 'Anatomical Whisky Tastings'
Sip 50-year-old whisky from a 50-year-old.
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GuideThe Ten Best New Summer Bars in Melbourne
Start the year off right and tick these summer-friendly bars off your 2015 bucket list.
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NewsThe Ten Best Craft Beer Bars and Pubs in Melbourne
Which old favourite stocks more than 200 beers, referenced by index?
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NewsBrunswick Street Cider House to Open Summer Pop-Up Garden
Just in time for the Australia Day weekend.
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NewsEntrecote Brings Parisian-Style Dining to South Yarra
Dine like a Parisian — late, simple, with fries.
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NewsLollipop Kale is the Newest Vegetable You'll Probably Have an Opinion About
If you've already rolled your eyes at the headline, take another look at that adorable photo.
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NewsTop Chefs Pair Their Favourite Summer Recipes with the Ideal Craft Beer
Your summer barbecues just went up a big, fancy notch.
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NewsGelato Messina to Launch International Soup Kitchen
You won't find boring ol' tomato soup in these cans.
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NewsCookie Team to Open New Magic Mountain Saloon
The brains behind The Toff in Town, Cookie and Boney have made a new nest in a 19th century warehouse.
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NewsSwan Street Chamber of Commerce is Actually a New Pop-Up Food Precinct
Pop-up record stores, ice cream sandwiches and retro films. Hell-o, Swan Street.
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NewsTen Tasty Ways to Break Your 2015 New Year's Resolution
Rules are made to be broken - especially ones that cut out food.
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NewsSummertime Sips: Three Rum Cocktails to Make at Home this Summer
Your pool party punch and post-festival nightcap, sorted.
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NewsThe Ten Best Melbourne Meals of 2014
2014 has been a great year to be in Melbourne - particularly for our stomachs.
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NewsFood Truck Feasts: Make The Little Mushroom Co.'s Ratatouille Burger
No time to track down your favourite food truck? Make it yourself at home.
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NewsWin a Celebration Bundle from Nomad Online Cellar Door
Fancy up Christmas and New Year with boutique Australian wines from Nomad's new online store.
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NewsPulling Off the Perfect Last-Minute Christmas Dinner
You don't need days of prep time; you just need these few simple slacker's tips.
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NewsGet the Rest of Your Gifts Sorted with This WineMarket Discount
Did someone say one-day delivery?
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NewsChristmas Wine Matching Guide from Ham to Vegan Turducken
Christmas's iconic foods deserve wines that sing in harmony.
