Six Melbourne Venues That Prove Millennial Pink Is Still a Thing
It's oft assumed that millennial pink is a fad that began and died in 2017 (alongside platform Crocs, fidget spinners and unicorn toast). But if you Google images of Wes Anderson's 2014 hit The Grand Budapest Hotel or the '95 comedy Clueless you'll quickly see that it has been around for a lot longer. And if the continued Instagram fame of London's pink tea-room-cum-cocktail-lounge Sketch is anything to go by, the colour of Gen Y isn't about to go anywhere. You can find it spattered around Melbourne, too, covering lounges in cafes, cocktails in bars and walls in rooftop hotels. So we've rounded up our favourites — from venues with millennial-pink accents to those who've gone all out.
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Restaurant
Souk - CLOSED
13 Bligh Place, Melbourne
Hummus, cocktails and Turkish dumplings in a pink-hued CBD space.
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Bar
Bad Love Club - CLOSED
68-82 Hopkins Street, Footscray
Cafe by day, bar by night, sugar coma by choice.
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Restaurant
Rock Sugar
477 Malvern Road, South Yarra
One of Melbourne's best Thai chefs comes to the kitchen at this sweet South Yarra spot.
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Restaurant
House of Lulu White - CLOSED
4 Yarra Street, South Yarra
South Yarra's home of breakfast ramen and boozy porridge.
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Restaurant
Vacation
1 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
Take a temporary holiday at this pastel pink coffee paradise.
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