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A delicious spread at Kolkata Cricket Club.

Restaurants

Forty-five of Melbourne’s best new restaurants, bars and cafés

Japanese. Mexican. Filipino. Venezuelan. Thai. Portuguese. French. Greek. Korean. A deliciously diverse 12 months for new restaurants, cafés and bars in Melbourne.

Grace Shaw, aka Mallrat (photo: Casey Garnsey).

Arts & Entertainment

How I Melbourne: Mallrat

Australian pop icon Mallrat talks Hare Krishna feasts and “boy matcha” on the eve of her biggest world tour yet.

Ask Professor Drinks

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Ask Professor Drinks: easy-drinking beers

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Ask Professor Drinks: Dinner party wines

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Ask Professor Drinks: next-level non-alcs

Cara Devine and Martini gins

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Ask Professor Drinks: Martini gins

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Ask Professor Drinks: Dry ciders

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Ask Doctor Drinks: Chilled Reds

Shop local produce

Tall Poppy Farm's Paola Crofts.

Vic Grown Producer Profiles

Vic Grown: Tall Poppy Farm

Farm My School vege box

Vic Grown Producer Profiles

Vic Grown: Farm My School

DK's Potoates

Vic Grown Producer Profiles

Vic Grown: DK’s Potatoes

Buxton Trout Farm salmon caviar.

Vic Grown Producer Profiles

Vic Grown: Buxton Trout Farm

Te Amo Honey.

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Vic Grown: Te Amo Honey

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Vic Grown: Montague Farms

Bunbartha Beef & Fine Produce

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Vic Grown: Bunbartha Beef

L'Artisan Cheese.

Vic Grown Producer Profiles

Vic Grown: L’Artisan Cheese

Gorramadda olives.

Vic Grown Producer Profiles

Vic Grown: Gooramadda Olives

Marmelo's suckling pig shoulder.

Restaurants

Melbourne Place is Australia’s tastiest new boutique hotel

As Melbourne’s chic new design hotel prepares to welcome your weary head, we have a look at what you’ll be eating before and after you kill the lights.

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Neighbourhood Group beverage manager, Gus Cluck.

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Drinking Victoria: Gus Gluck

Poodle's Alex Pineo holding several wine bottles in a dining room.

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Drinking Victoria: Alex Pineo

Calypso Wine Party co-founder, Claudelle Savannah.

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Drinking Victoria: Claudelle Savannah

Illustration of picnic with sparkling wines being poured

Drink

Summer drinking special: sparkling wine

Lara Chan-Baker

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Drinking Victoria: Lara Chan-Baker

Circle Wine House's Xavier Vigier.

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Drinking Victoria: Xavier Vigier

Amaro Tonic.

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The Pitch: Amaro Tonic

Drink these now: springtime beers (Illustration: Ol Elliot).

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Drink these now: shoulder-season beers

Coralie Gelot

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Drinking Victoria: Coralie Gelot

The Footscray Bar Crawl (image: Ol Elliot).

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Best bars in Footscray

Autonomy Amaro

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The Pitch: Autonomy Amaro

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Drink Victorian

Ask Professor Drinks: next-level non-alcs

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Best bars in Thornbury

Lauren Bonkowski, Marionette Liqueur

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Drinking Victoria: Lauren Bonkowski

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The Pitch: Dutch Rules gin

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Drinking Victoria: Jacob Bell

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Best bars in Yarraville

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Drinking Victoria: Clare Burder

Richard Hemming

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Drinking Victoria: Richard Hemming

Collingwood: a one-time backwater turned nightlife wonderland.

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Best bars in Collingwood

The Bar Crawl: Fitzroy North (illustration: Ol Elliot).

Drink Victorian

Best bars in Fitzroy North

Emily Kinsman of ECK Wines (image: Carmen Zammit)

People

Drinking Victoria: Emily Kinsman

New Restaurants

Raw scallop and tomato.

Bars

What to order at Tiny Bar

Late night drinks at Aster.

Drink

What to order at Aster

Canard rôti de la Maison Bâtard (image: Pete Dillon).

Restaurants

What to order at Maison Bâtard

Wood-roasted chicken, African spices, dried chilli.

Restaurants

What to order at Marmelo

Tom Sarafian at Zareh in Collingwood

Eat

Tom Sarafian is opening his new restaurant, Zareh, in Collingwood

Pebble at La Roca

Eat

What to order at Pebble at La Roca

Entrecôte's companion bar, Gigi.

Eat

What to order at Gigi

A delicious spread at Kolkata Cricket Club.

Restaurants

Forty-five of Melbourne’s best new restaurants, bars and cafés

Amatrice's ink fettuccine with prawns, sorrel and stracciatella.

Eat

What to order at Amatrice Rooftop

DOC Osteria

Eat

What to order at DOC Osteria

Reed House roast chicken

Eat

What to order at Reed House

Venues

What to order at Carnation Canteen

Paringa Estate's kingfish, pil pil cream, nori and vinegar cracker

Eat

What to order at Paringa Estate

Restaurants

What to order at Orlo

Eat

What to order at Bar Spontana

Restaurants

What to order at Eat Pierogi Make Love

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What to order at Askal

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What to order at Bansho

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What to order at Songbird

How I Melbourne

Club Kabarett's Bernie Dieter by Theresa Harrison

People

How I Melbourne: Bernie Dieter

Ben Townsend, aka Yung Cook God.

People

How I Melbourne: Yung Cook God

Grace Shaw, aka Mallrat (photo: Casey Garnsey).

Arts & Entertainment

How I Melbourne: Mallrat

Alex Drewniak

People

How I Melbourne: Alex “Lady” Drewniak

Chloe Wheatland.

People

How I Melbourne: Chloe Wheatland

Michelle de Kretser (photo: Joy Lai).

People

How I Melbourne: Michelle de Kretser

Bumpy (photo: James Morris).

People

How I Melbourne: Bumpy

Photographer Michael Pham

People

How I Melbourne: Michael Pham

People

How I Melbourne: Robyn Lea

People

How I Yarra Valley: Zoe Birch

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People

How I Melbourne: Gideon Obarzanek

Lee Ho Fook chef Victor Liong

People

How I Melbourne: Victor Liong

Author of cookbook, Garlic, Olive Oil & Everything Else, Daen Lia.

People

How I Melbourne: Daen Lia

People

How I Melbourne: Sez

Luke and Sassy Scott

People

How We Melbourne: Luke and Sassy Scott

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How I Melbourne: Gary McBean

People

How I Melbourne: Loretta Bolotin

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