Audrey Payne

Audrey Payne is Broadsheet Melbourne's food & drink editor.

“Melbourne’s Best” Didn’t Survive Netflix’s Culinary Class Wars, but He Lived To Tell the Tale
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The streamer’s Korean cooking show is Iron Chef meets Physical 100 with a sprinkling of Squid Game for good measure. We spoke to Melbourne contestant Mino Han of Alt Pasta Bar about what it was like on the intense reality show.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Best Baguettes, Moon Mart Moves and More Food News From the Week, October 3
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Plus join Melissa Leong and Christine Manfield for a one-off dinner, and where to get free ice-cream this weekend.
All the New Melbourne Restaurants, Bars and Cafes We Got Excited About in September
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including Il Mercato Centrale, Victor Liong’s fast casual foray and a Hello Kitty pop-up.
Beloved West Melbourne Cafe Moon Mart Is Moving to the South
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Korean and Japanese spot known for char siu bacon-and-egg rolls and house-made condiments closed last month. Now, it has a new home.
Where Chefs Eat: Audrey Shaw of Carnation Canteen’s Pick for the Best Baguettes Outside of Paris
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Plus, where the Melbourne-based chef goes for a late-night Martini and the “perfect restaurant” she wishes was still open.
Katy Perry Has Lost the Plot. Her Grand Final Show Could Be a Genuine Pop Culture Moment
07 Oct 2024
Entertainment The AFL has made an interesting choice of pre-match performer, even if the timing was entirely accidental. As this Teenage Dream fan knows, it’s a bleak moment in her downfall.
Snack Bar: Pizza Bowls, Victor Liong’s Casual Spot and More Food News From the Week, September 25
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink And, remembering Greg Malouf – Australia’s Middle Eastern cooking master.
New Hire: Ishizuka’s Executive Chef Brings Michelin-Level French Training to Japanese Kaiseki
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink He’s worked at Troisgros and Le Grand Vefour and grew up watching his grandparents prepare eel at their traditional unagi restaurant in Tokyo. At hidden Bourke Street restaurant Ishizuka, he says each plate “allows guests to experience the beauty of nature”.
Coming Soon: After a Successful Restaurant Launch, the Askal Team Is Opening a Filipino Rooftop Bar
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink At Inuman, the cocktails will highlight Filipino ingredients such as coconut wine, Filipino rice wine and hibiscus flowers. The snacky menu from John Rivera will include olives marinated in adobo oil and a spiked young coconut sorbet.
Where Chefs Eat: The Aoi Tsuki Duo on Chilli Spanner Crab and the Best Food To Pair With Sake
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Plus chefs Tei Gim and Jun Pak share their Above Board order, the best shopping centre Thai food chain, and a go-to izakaya for Korean and Japanese dishes.
First Look: Afloat, the Yarra River Pop-Up Bar Next to Flinders Street Station, Takes Us to Capri
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The waterside venue is back – this time with Italian beach club energy. Expect uncomplicated Italian classics, such as woodfired pizzas, spritzes and Pidapipo gelato-based frozen cocktails.
Snack Bar: Il Mercato Centrale Opens, Culinary Wars and More Food News From the Week, September 20
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Plus, everything on the menu at Victor Liong’s Silk Spoon, where Tedesca Osteria chef Brigitte Hafner eats in Melbourne and a doughnut-cannoli hybrid.
First Look: Il Mercato Centrale Is Open. What You Need To Know About the Italian Food Hall
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink After years of anticipation, Collins Street is now home to the first Il Mercato Centrale outside of Italy. We’ve got the full list of vendors and what else to expect from the mega food hub.
New Hire: Albert’s, the Wine Bar That Helped Make High Street Armadale Cool, Has a New Head Chef
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Chef Michael Harrison has taken over the reins. “I’m not looking to change Albert’s.”
Bid on a Table at Chae, Personalised Jamie Oliver Cookbooks and More at Sofia Levin’s MND Auction
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Masterchef Australia judge has curated an online auction with prizes from top food talent to raise money for MND Victoria.
Coming Soon: Williamstown’s Morning Star Hotel Is Reopening With a 1970s California-Inspired Revamp
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Matt Vero (Healesville Hotel, Marquis of Lorne) is adding another historic pub to his stable. The venue is set to reopen with a Cali feel and a seafood-heavy classic pub menu.
Victor Liong’s Silk Spoon Opens This Week. Here’s the Full Menu, From Dumplings to Roti Pies
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Lee Ho Fook chef’s new Bourke Street canteen uses flavours from central Asia, northern India and the Middle East in lunchtime salads, dumplings and rice bowls.
Where Chefs Eat: Brigitte Hafner Shares Her Go-To Spot for “Off the Chart” Curries and Condiments
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Plus, her under-the-radar spot for apple crepes, her favourite Melbourne yum cha and how she got the nickname Tedesca.
Snack Bar: An Unconventional Six-Seat Omakase and More Food News From the Week, September 13
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Plus, quesabirria tacos hit the south, Entrecote’s new lunch special, Meyers Place kicks on, and a new go-to for Nordic breakfast plates.
This One Thing: Tofu Shoten’s Sava Goto Thinks Her Tofu Doughnuts Are Overrated – We Disagree
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The doughnuts were initially created as a way to reduce food waste at the tofu-maker’s shop. They’re now so popular, she makes tofu especially for the chewy fried creations.
Find 20 Courses, Six Seats, Two Chefs and a Flower Drum Bartender at Roku Omakase
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink This Brunswick East pop-up at Kura is by chefs Ken Ibuki (ex-Kisume), Charles Duan and bartender Joey Tai. Expect classic nigiri, unconventional yakitori, Japanese cocktails and an à la carte snacks menu.
Where Chefs Eat: Molli’s Aleksis Kalnins Loves This Abbotsford Pizza Joint
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Plus, his must-order dish from Public Wine Shop, a Frankie’s Tortas and Tacos pro tip and the best Tarts Anon flavours.
Snack Bar: Soi 38’s Moving, a Japanese Market and More Food News From the Week, September 6
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Plus, a first look at Reed House from two Ottolenghi alumni, get to know Hope St Radio’s new chef and where chef Jung Eun Chae eats in Melbourne.
Coming Soon: The Soi 38 Team Will Open a Completely New Southern Thai Restaurant
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink R.Harn in the CBD is the second restaurant from the husband-and-wife duo behind Melbourne’s iconic car park diner. Expect dry Thai curries and fried dishes made with Hokkien noodles
Melbourne’s Unofficial Koreatown Is Now Melbourne’s Official Koreatown
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The city’s new K-Town is exactly where you’d expect it to be.
Soi 38, Melbourne’s Favourite Car Park Restaurant, Is Moving to a Newly Renovated CBD Building
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Thai joint, known for boat noodles and long lines, will move to the same Bourke Street site as Ho Jiak chef Junda Khoo’s three upcoming Malaysian venues.
Coming Soon: The Cathedral Coffee Team Is Opening a Wine Store in the Same 1920s CBD Building
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Cousins Will and David Murray are opening Le Tuffeau, a French-style cave a vin, later this year. Expect a mix of “extremely wild” and old-world wines served in the heritage building.
This One Thing: Earth Angels’ Nutri-Grain Tart Is Back
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The West Melbourne wine bar and restaurant uses an entire value pack of the cereal to make its ingenious tart. It’s topped with a scoop of house-made Jersey milk gelato.
Eight To Try: Melbourne Mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Tuck into Hong Kong’s famous custard mooncakes, Vietnamese snow-skin mooncakes and ones inspired by a viral Dubai chocolate bar.
Where Chefs Eat: Jung Eun Chae’s Go-To for Korean Hotpot in Melbourne
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Plus, her favourite supermarket ice-cream, the Springvale banh mi shop she loves, and her Stefanino Panino order.
New Hire: Head Chef Blake Ellis Brings Inspiration From Fashion and Design To Hope St Radio
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “Food really doesn’t have to be that serious. Some of the most enjoyable experiences I’ve had with food have been staff meals, dinner at friends’ houses or really casual dining spots.”
Snack Bar: Jo Barrett’s New Pies, Matcha Pastries and More Food News From the Week, August 29
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Plus, garlic bread galore, Deeds Brewing avoids liquidation, and Farmer’s Daughters chef Alejandro Saravia opens a new Latin American restaurant.
This One Thing: A Starbucks-Inspired Lychee Rose Bingsu From Nimbo in the CBD
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The hidden Hardware Street shop serves one of the best shaved ice desserts in Melbourne.
All the Melbourne Restaurant, Cafe and Bar Openings We Got Excited About in August
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including new bakeries, a Filipino seafood boil, a mother-daughter-run Chinese restaurant and Farmer’s Daughters chef Alejandro Saravia’s new Latin American restaurant.
Where Chefs Eat: Tony Tan Thinks This Italian Restaurant Is Seriously Underrated
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Plus, where he finds the best Cantonese food in town, the local pub he loves and his go-to for “divine cardamom buns.”
Glen Iris’s Deeds Brewing Reopens for a Final Summer Run After Avoiding Liquidation
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The company entered voluntary administration back in March but has temporarily reopened its taproom and brewery, with food pop-ups and new beers, in part pay staff faster.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, August 23, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including Ben Shewry’s new kombucha, a cafe from a former Kisume chef and a new sandwich shop opening two doors down from Hector’s Deli.
Tom Sarafian, Natalie Paull and Dan Hunter Added to Melbourne Food & Wine Hall of Fame
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink They’re among 14 new members of the hall of fame announced at an awards ceremony this evening. Other inductees include cookbook author Julia Busuttil Nishimura, chef John Rivera and Gerald Diffey of Gerald’s Bar.
11 Restaurants, Bars and Cafes Coming Soon to Melbourne
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a new Andrew McConnell special, a CBD spot from two Ottolenghi alumni and two Latin American spots from Farmer’s Daughters chef Alejandro Saravia
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, August 15, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a potato party, deluxe toasties, a new CBD "wine house" and an Ancient Egypt-inspired cocktail.
Vibe Shift: South Melbourne Venue James Drops Asian Influences To Reopen as a European Cafe
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Operator Kirbie Tate is closing her upmarket restaurant James to make way for a neighbourhood bistro that takes her name.
Fermented Drinks and Nitro Cocktails Make Molli in Abbotsford Worth Visiting
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Bartender Kayla Saito makes some of the most interesting cocktails in Melbourne. The Mulberry Group venue’s drinks list has a 50/50 split between alcoholic drinks and non- or low-alc options, including kumquat kombucha made with a scoby named Scoby Dooby Doo.
Mare of Easttown Star Julianne Nicholson Mined Her Childhood for Janet Planet
07 Oct 2024
Entertainment The Emmy-winning actor leads Pulitzer-winning playwright Annie Baker’s directorial debut, which the New York Times called a “tiny masterpiece”. As she tells Broadsheet, growing up right where the film was set was pure serendipity.
Chae Knows Slow Food Is Worth the Wait
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Chef Jung Eun Chae makes slow food the traditional Korean way. Her tiny home restaurant has one of the longest waitlists in Australia – and she’s sharing her home fermenting methods in a new cookbook. Here she and partner Yoora Yoon talk vinegars and kimchi, K-drama and why work-life balance is overrated.
Black Star Pastry To Close All Melbourne Stores at the End of the Week
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “Rising costs, a tough economic climate and an industry-wide staffing shortage have forced us to consolidate our team and we will shift our focus to our original home of Sydney.”
Afloat, the Pop-Up Bar on the Yarra, Will Open As Afloat Capri Next Month
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink There’ll be 30 different Negronis, Pidapipo gelato-based frozen cocktails and plenty of spritzes served alongside a menu of “uncomplicated Italian classics, simple pleasures and salty snacks”.
This One Thing: Sweet and Spicy Korean Fried Chicken Glazed Haloumi From Doju
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Chef Mika Chae serves deep fried cheese covered in a sticky glaze and topped with Emperor’s Pearl melon at his Little Collins Street restaurant.
Three To Try: New Patisseries Twisting French Classics
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Find Masterchef fan favourite Reynold Poernomo’s take on classic French pastries in the CBD, plus croquembouche croissants in Spotswood and Biscoff brioche in Carlton North.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, August 9, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including free corndogs, a Melbourne sandwich deep-dive, Shannon Martinez’s reinvention of Smith and Daughters, and a first look at new Thai diner Bang.
Shannon Martinez’s New Smith & Daughters Social Club Menu Is “A Bit Trashy”
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “I’m sick of cooking food for anyone else; I’m cooking just what I love and think is delicious.”
This One Thing: Comme Des Garçons Gelato From Hareruya Pantry CBD
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The luxury brand and the Melbourne gelato shop have collaborated on two flavours: black sesame hokey pokey and black cocoa cream cheese. Be quick, they’re only available for a limited time.
Where Chefs Eat: Reine and La Rue’s Jacqui Challinor Thinks Everything at This Bakery Is “Magic”
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “I find myself really drawn to the restaurants that exemplify cooking with love.”
Ballarat’s Best Pie Crowned – and It’s American As
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Masterchef Australia’s Sofia Levin, former Masterchef contestant Tim Bone and food writer Richard Cornish chose the winner this weekend. You have until the end of the month to get your hands on all the competing pies.
Closures: Twelve Melbourne Venues That Recently Called It Quits
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink This year we’ve already said goodbye to a 15-year-old Japanese bar, an 18-year-old laneway legend, local breweries and two tiny bakery windows.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, August 2, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including Andrew McConnell’s new restaurant, the candied street food taking off around town and Masterchef “dessert king” Reynold Poernomo’s first Melbourne cake shop.
Coming Soon: Andrew McConnell To Open a New Melbourne Restaurant
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The man behind Gimlet, Cutler & Co and Supernormal is taking over the former Becco site. “This is one of the most important heritage restaurant sites in the city.”
First Look: Reynold Poernomo Finally Opens Koi Dessert Bar in Melbourne
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Almost 10 years after he first appeared on Masterchef Australia, the “dessert king” has brought his popular Sydney spot to Melbourne. There are over 150 changing cakes, fruity-foam-topped teas, and soon, a dessert degustation chef’s counter experience.
This One Thing: Marameo’s Italian Beef Sandwiches Inspired by The Bear
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink For $15, get slow-cooked Wagyu beef, pickled onions and cheese layered in a crunchy baguette lined with spicy house-made mustard. The best part? It comes with a side of beef jus for dipping.
All the New Melbourne Restaurant, Cafe and Bar Openings We Got Excited About in July 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including an affordable and homey four-seat Japanese spot, two new bakeries with inventive croissants, and one of the year’s most special restaurants (from a former Tedesca Osteria chef).
Where Chefs Eat: Masterchef Alum Jess Liemantara Loves This “Hidden” Ramen Spot
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Plus, where the Neds pastry pro goes for gelato, her favourite dessert places, and where she finds two large pizzas, a focaccia and a drink for less than $37.
Foodbank Victoria Is Running “Dangerously Low” on Food – Here’s How To Help
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The hunger relief charity is holding its first emergency food drive since the 2019-2020 bushfire disaster. It’s calling on Victorians to rally together and donate these eight pantry staples on August 10 & 11.
Coming Soon: Chris Lucas To Open Tombo Den, a Casual Spot Inspired by Late-Night Tokyo, in Windsor
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The menu will riff on Japanese street food and the design will create an “electric sort of night-time vibe”. There’ll be a sushi counter run by two ex-Kisume chefs as well as a small bar complete with a karaoke room.
Get Free Toasties From Rustica, Rossi Bar, the Lasagne Lab and Other South Side Faves
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink $10,000 worth of toasties from venues in the Chapel Street Precinct is up for grabs. The catch is: there is no catch.
Shannon Martinez Is Reinventing Smith & Daughters – Here’s What To Expect
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The trailblazing chef is rethinking her 10-year-old venue. “It’s that or close,” she says. “It’s another pivot that we have to make.”
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, July 25, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including Biscoff brioche, a casual four-seat Japanese restaurant, Rosheen Kaul’s bubble tea go-to and Margot Robbie’s latest alcohol venture.
Where Chefs Eat: Lona Misa Head Chef Pamella Tomio Loves This “Hidden Gem” Sushi Spot
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Two sky-high CBD venues she loves, where she goes for vegan food in the north and her favourite neighbourhood pizza shop.
Chilli Oil Parfait and a Pickle Plate on a Stick are Stars of Etta’s Hotly Anticipated New Menu
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink New head chef Lorcán Kan has created a unique, wide-ranging menu that mixes Malaysian flavours with influences from India, southern China and even the UK.
Drone Food Delivery (Finally) Lands in Melbourne
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Jafflechutes are a thing of the past. Alphabet subsidiary Wing has partnered with Doordash to drone-deliver food to Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, July 18, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a new restaurant from Ottolenghi alums, the Terror Twilight team’s next venue, a pasta party, and at-home pasta tips from Tipo 00.
Where Chefs Eat: Pastry Chef Carina La Delfa of Lumos Bakery in McKinnon Has a New Fave Gelato Shop
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The former Dinner by Heston pastry chef shares her go-to laksa shop, where she finds “smooth and delicate” Earl Grey and pistachio gelato and her favourite charcoal chicken shop.
Coming Soon: New CBD Restaurant Reed House Has Everything Going for It
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Chef Mark Hannell and front-of-house pro Rebecca Baker met while working with Yotam Ottolenghi’s hospitality group in England. Now, the couple are using their life savings to open a restaurant opposite Caretaker’s Cottage.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, July 12, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a Melbourne baker’s debut art show, the best new bakeries of the year so far and a D&K Seafood family member’s new sushi venue.
Melbourne’s Best New Bakeries, Dessert Spots and Sandwich Shops of 2024 (So Far)
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a hole-in-the-wall market patisserie, a pay-by-weight cheesecake shop and an American-style ice-creamery from the Tuck Shop team.
Five Minutes With Noma’s René Redzepi and Former Anthony Bourdain Collaborator Matt Goulding
07 Oct 2024
Entertainment The pair have created a new eight-episode show focusing on the world’s agricultural practices, with chilli, corn, coffee, rice and more in the spotlight.
Melbourne’s Best New Cafes and Casual Eateries of 2024 (So Far)
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a Chinatown oyster bar, a ramen spot from an Iron Chef protege and a Mexican joint with pozole made using a recipe from the owner’s grandmother’s Oaxacan recipe.
Masterchef Alum Reynold Poernomo Brings His Dessert Bar Koi to Melbourne CBD
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Six years after the “dessert king” opened Koi in Sydney, Poernomo and his family are bringing their creations to Collins Street. There’ll be a changing line-up of 150 different desserts, including six Melbourne exclusives.
New Hire: Maha Head Chef Diego Huerta Spent Years at Copenhagen’s Three-Michelin-Starred Geranium
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Huerta joined Shane Delia’s 16-year-old restaurant earlier this year and has helped develop a whole menu. “It’s definitely intense, but a lot of fun.”
Snack Bar, Melbourne’s Latest in Food, July 5, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including Queen Vic Market’s American Doughnut Kitchen’s first new store in 70 years, the best new bars of 2024 so far and chef-approved first date spots.
Chef Thi Le’s Anchovy Has Officially Reopened in Richmond
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The top chef’s Vietnamese restaurant is back – in the original but now temporary home – after a two-year hiatus.
Where Chefs Eat: Doju’s Mika Chae Shares His Go-To Casual Korean Spots in Melbourne
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Plus, he shares why he thinks Atria is a perfect restaurant, why he spent his last birthday at a shopping centre food court, and the Spanish restaurant at the top of his bucket list.
Parcs, the CBD Wine Bar With a Sustainability-First Ethos, Will Close This Month
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The venue, which opened under chef Denis Yong and was once known for umami e pepe made from bread scraps, is now led by Damien Neylon (ex-Brae). The last service will be Saturday July 13.
Melbourne’s Best New Bars of 2024 (So Far)
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a CBD cocktail den, two revamped pubs and a stand-out bar that also happens to be an excellent Thai restaurant.
Coming Soon: Alejandro Saravia of Farmer’s Daughters To Open Two Latin American Venues in the CBD
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink With Morena and Morena Barra due to open on Little Collins Street this spring, the Melbourne-based Peruvian chef says he will “bring an elevated, refined professional experience that takes our guests on a journey through Latin American flavours and traditions”.
Not Sure Where To Go On Your Next First Date? We Asked Seven Melbourne Chefs For Recommendations
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Rosheen Kaul’s pick has dimly lit nooks and corners, Sebastian Pasinetti’s choice has great bar seating, and Lucy Whitlow’s suggestion will leave you with the perfect opening line.
Three To Try: New Mexican Restaurants in Melbourne
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a casual Fitzroy restaurant from a former Movida Aqui kitchenhand, a five-storey gluten-free bar in the CBD and a food-hall-turned-restaurant with shareable birria quesadillas in Preston.
All the New Melbourne Restaurant, Cafe and Bar Openings We Got Excited About in June 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a gluten-free Mexican restaurant and rooftop bar, a sandwich shop with a Filet-O-Fish-inspired sanga and casual Italian spots with house-made pasta.
What Fires Up Tedesca Osteria’s Brigitte Hafner?
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The powerhouse chef’s Peninsula spot is one of the hardest-to-book restaurants in the country. Here Hafner talks woodfired cooking, learning from Kylie Kwong and Neil Perry, and why serving lunch is a lot like theatre.
Coming Soon: Portuguese Restaurant Marmelo and Spanish Basement Bar Mr Mills To Open In the CBD
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Sydney hospo couple Ross and Sunny Lusted (Woodcut, The Bridge Room) are coming to Melbourne.
New Hire: Rocco‘s New Head Chef Samantha Medeiros Moved to Melbourne for Work-Life Balance
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “Since having a handful of terrible mentors, who always led by instilling fear in the team, my goal has always been to create a better environment for my cooks to learn and grow.”
Snack Bar, Melbourne’s Latest in Food, June 27, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including the best new restaurants of the year so far, a bistro in a Collingwood cordial factory, a cosy new south-side Italian joint and another brewery closure.
Melbourne’s Best New Restaurants of 2024 (So Far)
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a CBD Filipino restaurant from a chef with serious fine-dining cred, a new neighbourhood canteen from a chef who worked under Ruth Rogers at The River Cafe in London, and a nostalgic Carlton bistro.
Coming Soon: Historic 1800s Hawthorn Hotel The Beehive To Reopen Next Month
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Barkers Road building has housed restaurants for the past 15 years. Only Hospitality’s Julien Moussi (Hotel Collingwood, Willim) is restoring the historic pub to its former glory.
Melbourne’s Craft Brewery Bust Continues As Alchemy in Brunswick East Announces Closure
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The indie brewpub, which opened in December 2019, will bid farewell to the community with a party this Saturday June 29.
Three To Try: Casual Offshoots of Upmarket Melbourne Restaurants
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink You can now get Indian dishes from Enter Via Laundry without committing to a multi-course meal. Enjoy Scopri-style hospitality at the restaurant’s new sibling spot. And eat food from the Alta Trattoria team at an enoteca down the street.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, June 20, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Richmond’s Noir turns into casual pasta bar Pastarami, Japanese gelato and bento spot Hareruya Pantry is opening a second location, Rosheen Kaul will cook a winter solstice feast at Hope St Radio in Collingwood, and Manze goes to Daylesford.
Coming Soon: Japanese Gelato and Bento Shop Hareruya Pantry To Open Second Location
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Carlton favourite known for mochi-wrapped gelato is coming to Somerset Place in the CBD this month. There’ll be city-exclusive gelato flavours and focus on milk-brewed teas at the new venue from Kantaro Okada of 279.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, June 13, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a new Japanese cafe from two Nobu alums, must-try food trucks, a chat with legendary Rainbow Room bartender Dale DeGroff and cake by the ocean.
Coming Soon: Chris Lucas To Open Two Restaurants in a $1 Billion Office Tower
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink An office tower at 435 Bourke Street will house two new venues from Lucas Restaurants. The first is described as a “new style” Chinese restaurant and the second, a Mediterranean concept.
Three To Try: Is 2024 the Year of the Bistro? These Spots Make a Compelling Case
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink A Carlton venue that taps into 1990s nostalgia, Luke Mangan’s CBD “love letter” to French food and a cosy Fitzroy bistro in a former Chinese restaurant.
Five Minutes With: “The Father of the Craft Cocktail Movement” Dale DeGroff
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink King Cocktail, as DeGroff is often called, was in Melbourne recently. We talked to the former bartender at iconic Rockefeller Center restaurant The Rainbow Room about Gin Palace, applying a culinary lens to cocktails, and the surprising dive bar he visited while in town.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, June 7, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink A new pizza shop with New York-style blistered pies; Malvern’s about to get a new fuss-free neighbourhood Italian spot; an ex-Longsong chef honours her grandmother’s Thai street food; and Masterchef’s Callum Hann is hosting three weeks of dinners in Melbourne.
New Hire: Izakaya Den’s Jarrod Di Blasi Gets Ready To Launch a New CBD Venue
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Di Blasi – who was also the head chef at Ezard – will take the “less is more” approach he honed at the now-shuttered Japanese restaurant to his menu of elevated nostalgic pub classics at the soon-to-open Springrock.
Order This: BKK Chef Sungeun Mo on the Dish That Nods to a Thai Street Food Legend
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “She’s a god,” Mo says of the chef who inspired the CBD restaurant’s dry soft-shell crab curry with egg, milk and Asian celery. Plus, three other dishes the chef loves on the menu (and the inspiration behind them).
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, May 31, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink A cheffy new Italian spot; more bad news for Moon Dog Wild West; the market panna cotta we can’t stop thinking about; “chaotic food” at Steven Chan’s Sleepy’s; Malaysian fried chicken; and rogue mud crabs.
First Look: Hardware Lane’s New Gluten-Free Mexican Restaurant and Rooftop Bar, Hotel Nacional
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The five-storey venue in the former Campari House space has been given a beachy makeover. Find birria tacos, tostadas and weekday lunchtime burrito bowls. Plus, there are 10 different Margaritas and a late-night bar (with a 3am licence) due to open on the second floor later in the year.
Coming Soon: Hardware Lane Lunch Favourite Miznon Will Finally Open Its Collingwood Outpost in July
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The chain of pita-focused street food eateries will open its second Aussie location. Expect the same cauliflower and rotisserie chicken pitas as in the city, and a drinks list focused on small vineyards.
All the New Melbourne Restaurant, Cafe and Bar Openings We Got Excited About in May 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a pay-by-weight Collingwood cheesecake haven, two new coffee shops from industry pros, Chin Chin’s second Victorian outpost, and a new location for Malaysian fried chicken chain Marrybrown.
It’s “Five Nights of Mayhem” at Sleepy’s Pop-Up Series in Carlton North This Week
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Steve Chan’s cafe and wine bar is gearing up for five consecutive pop-ups with different chefs cooking each night. There’ll be birria tacos on Friday, regional Italian food from a Tipo 00 chef on Saturday, “chaotic food” from Chan on Sunday, and more, plus drinks from Lo-Fi Wines.
Three To Try: New Wine Bars That Take You From Melbourne to Greece and Beyond
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a quintessentially Melbourne spot from a former AFL player, a Greek Islands-inspired rooftop bar and a genre-defying wine bar co-owned by DJ and producer Skin On Skin.
I Can’t Stop Thinking About: Joy Jaune’s Strawberry Panna Cotta
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Preston Market is home to a $12 dessert that looks like it’s straight from a Cooking Mama game. The heart-shaped panna cotta was initially a one-day-only special, but it was so popular it’s now a permanent item at Joey Leung’s tiny shop.
Three of a Kind: Where To Find Chawanmushi in Melbourne
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Head to Akaiito in the CBD and Bansho in Armadale for spanner-crab chawanmushi, or to Yakikami in South Yarra for one with green-lip abalone.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, May 23, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know in less time than it takes to slice a cheesecake.
“It’s Time To Do Something Else”: Adrian Richardson’s 25-Year-Old Carlton North Bistro To Close
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “The question was, can I give 100 per cent of my effort and my energy to La Luna for another five years … and the answer’s ‘no’.”
Coming Soon: Orlo and Cordial Club Will Bring “Elemental” Cooking to a Former Collingwood Factory
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink In the restaurant there’ll be “an eclectic Mediterranean” menu that makes use of the woodfired oven and Josper grill. Downstairs, the basement bar will have drinks from Joe Jones (Purple Pit, Romeo Lane) that nod to the building’s past.
Where Chefs Eat: Mongolian Chinese Chef Charles Duan’s New Favourite Suburban Yum Cha Spot
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The pop-up chef and Gaea drinks pro says boat noodle restaurant Pinto has the best dessert in Melbourne and shares his go-to ice-cream shop.
1800 Lasagne’s Joey Kellock Has Revamped This Brunswick East Sandwich and Cake Haven
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Suntop Plaza has been around since 2021 serving sandwiches, coffees and founder Melissa Murphy’s fruit-forward bakes. With Kellock on board, the space has been revamped and finally given the chance to realise its potential.
Lygon Street Barbeque Restaurant The Que Club To Close
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “After many back and forth conversations with our landlord, a mutually acceptable lease could not be negotiated, so we have made the difficult decision to walk away.”
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, May 16, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know in less time than it takes to shuck an oyster.
Coming Soon: Chef Luke Mangan To Open a Modern French Bistro in a Melbourne Hotel
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Bistrot Bisou is set to take over the former Beso space in Hotel Indigo on Flinders Lane. Expect classics like steak frites and apple tarte tatin with “modern twists”, served alongside French and Australian wines.
New Hire: Etta’s New Head Chef Lorcán Kan Is a Fermentation Expert
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Taking over for superstar chef Rosheen Kaul is a big deal, but Lorcán Kan is up for the challenge and says he plans to build upon Kaul’s work. He’ll add a fermentation program, smoked meats like house-made Chinese sausages and a floral chilli oil parfait to the Brunswick East restaurant.
Carlton North’s Italian Specialty Food and Wine Retailer Enoteca Sileno To Close After 70 Years
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Current operators Rosemary and John Portelli will soon retire. Melburnians have until the end of the month to stock up on imported Italian wines, EVOO and hard-to-find pantry items.
Coming Soon: Esteemed Sydney Hospo Duo to Open First Melbourne Venues
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Ross and Sunny Lusted, known for Woodcut at Crown Sydney and the now-shuttered Sydney fine diner The Bridge Room, will open a restaurant and a basement bar on Russell Street. The two venues will have coastal Iberian influence and open later this year.
Where Chefs Eat: Pastry Chef and Cheesemaker Lucy Whitlow Gets Dessert at These Two Spots
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “I’d go to The Moon for a first date because there’s a lovely intimate environment that’s casual. But also to be able to say, ‘I’ll take you to the moon and back’.”
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, May 10, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know in less time than its takes to toast a bagel.
Mini-Croissant Cereal Is the Latest Cult New York Pastry To Make its Way to Melbourne
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Try the tiny treat, made famous by Brooklyn bakery L’Appartement 4F, at Jonathan Camilleri’s JC Patisserie Boulangerie in Abbotsford this weekend.
“I’m Just Excited To Keep Moving in the Food World”: Chef Ellie Bouhadana To Leave Hope Street Radio
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink This weekend will be the chef and cookbook author’s last hurrah running the kitchen at the Collingwood Yards wine bar.
“It Feels Really Demotivating”: Sebastian Pasinetti’s Oko Cafe Attacked Three Times in Four Weeks
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “It feels like every week, there’s something coming up against us.” The venue, run by mother and son duo Lucy and Sebastian Pasinetti, is above Fitzroy’s Rose Street Artists’ Market, and has been home to a pop-up from Nigerian restaurant Little Lagos since March.
Coming Soon: Longrain Canteen Brings a New Lunchtime Stop to Collins Street
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The pop-up in the former Le Shoppe space will open next week and will run every weekday until early spring. There’ll be curries, poached prawn salad and even a roll filled with the iconic Little Bourke Street restaurant’s caramelised pork hock.
Coming Soon: New All-Day Flinders Lane Bistro Elio’s Place To Open in Flinders House
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The sibling duo behind the CBD’s Greta and Maverick are due to open their fifth venue. Elio’s Place will have made-to-order sandwiches; Euro-style breakfast, lunch and dinner; and a daily aperitivo hour.
Chef Rosheen Kaul Departs Etta After Three Years
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink It’s the end of an era for Hannah Green’s seven-year-old restaurant. But the superstar chef’s recipes, including her crisp and tangy red curry rice salad, will remain on the menu for now. A new head chef has already been named.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, May 2, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know in less time than it takes to eat a bowl of congee.
Ante at Public Wine Shop and More One-Time-Only Chef Collabs to Check Out in Melbourne This Month
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Jemma Whiteman is preparing a three-course lunch at one of Fitzroy North’s most-loved spots; four powerhouse Indonesian chefs are teaming up on a “Flavours of Nusantara” dinner; and Mischa Tropp welcomes more friends to Toddy Shop.
Where Chefs Eat: John Rivera From Askal and Kariton Sorbetes
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including his pick of the greatest sandwich in the city, the shopping centre spot with the best birria tacos in Melbourne, and the croissanterie he’s always taking family and friends to.
All the New Melbourne Restaurant, Cafe and Bar Openings We Got Excited About in April 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Consider this your dining-out cheat sheet for the month.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, April 26, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know in less time than it takes to cook a psychedelic dinner.
Coming Soon: Matti Fallon Readies a New Mornington Venue Months After Fire Destroyed Colt Dining
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The chef’s last venue was razed by an electrical fire less than a month after opening. Now, he’s preparing to launch “playful Italian” restaurant Mr Vincenzo’s – and he says it’s only possible because of the local community.
Coming Soon: Nathan Toleman’s Mulberry Group To Open Two Abbotsford Venues, Molli and Little Molli
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The food at both venues will be overseen by Hazel head chef Aleksis Kalnins. Expect share plates from the Josper at Molli as well as seasonal cocktails using house-made ferments. Plus, at Little Molli, sandwiches made with To Be Frank ciabatta and focaccias.
Now Open: Enter Via the Front Door To Find Enter Via Laundry’s Casual New Bar
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The next evolution of Helly Raichura’s 20-seat Indian fine diner sees a relaxed bar added to the restaurant. Walk in for more-ish snacks from past menus and “nostalgic Indian cocktails”.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, April 18, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know in less time than it takes to find a coffee after 9pm.
Top Melbourne Celebration Cakes for a Slice of Fun
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Have your custom cake (and eat it too) at these fun local bakeries. Find pun-filled layer cakes covered in lollies, piped vintage designs, gothic sheet cakes and edible pet portraits.
Toddy Shop’s Mischa Tropp and Brendan King of Sydney’s Derrel’s To Team Up in Fitzroy
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Enjoy six dishes prepared by two of the country’s most exciting chefs at this one-day-only “Let’s Havva Chaat” pop-up. There’ll be an omelette drowning in curry, samosa chaat and pickled pork curry.
“It Is Such a Waste”: Chef Neil Perry on Rosetta Restaurant Closure
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The opulent Iain Halliday-designed Italian restaurant at Crown Melbourne, once owned by Perry, will close in May. What Perry describes as “Australia’s most beautiful restaurant” will be replaced by The Henley at Crown Melbourne.
Moon Dog Wild West To Open in Footscray With Space for 800 (and a Mechanical Bull)
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The indie brewer’s new bar in the Franco Cozzo building leans heavily into an old-Hollywood interpretation of the American West. The venue comes complete with a mechanical bull, a taxidermy cobra and “Cowboy Shots” and a Blues Brothers-inspired bar.
Coming Soon: Chef Tom Sarafian to Open Two New CBD Venues, Zareh and Sarafian, With Nathan Toleman
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Pop-up prince no more. Former Bar Saracen chef Tom Sarafian is opening a restaurant with a custom-made Armenian barbeque and a woodfired oven. As well as a Beirut-inspired daytime eatery and deli serving Arabic breakfasts and lunches, takeaway sandwiches, and freshly made yoghurt.
Coming Soon: What Would Chin Chin’s Spin on the Footy Pie Look Like? We’re About To Find Out
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink When Club Chin Chin opens at Geelong’s GMHBA Stadium in May, there’ll be a menu filled with staples from the Flinders Lane restaurant, as well as brand-new dishes – including spiced tiger prawn salad, an ice-cream sundae and a take on the half-time footy pie.
First Look: After 14 Years, the Team Behind Carlton Favourite Scopri Opens a New Bar
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink While Scopri is almost always booked out, Bar Olo will have room for walk-ins when it opens later this week. There’ll also be a Piedmont-focused wine list, pillowy prawn sandwiches and rock oysters on ice.
Five Minutes With Jae Bang, Executive Chef at Freyja
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “One day, I told the chef I wanted to learn how to cook. He kind of chuckled, like, ‘Oh, another one,’ as if to say, ‘Kid, you have no idea.’ But hey, I was determined.”
Five Food-Focused Melbourne Pop-Ups To Pop by This Weekend
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink A top pastry chef heads to Heide Market, Sleepy’s chef Steve Chan serves Chinese riffs on Italian dishes, and Zita’s Focaccia’s is doing cacio e pepe croquette sandwiches.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, April 11, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know in less time than it takes a kakigori to melt.
Top Chefs Battled It Out on the Soccer Pitch at the Second Annual Hospitality Cup
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Forget Barcelona and Real Madrid – it was all about pizza versus sandwich at this year’s Hospitality Cup. Teams from top restaurants, including Vue de Monde, France-Soir and Stokehouse, and one media company – Broadsheet – competed to support the Big Issue.
Coming Soon: Hector’s Deli To Open Its First CBD Location, Inspired by East-Coast USA Luncheonettes
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The deli that disrupted the Melbourne sandwich scene is opening its fourth location. The CBD spot will nod to the hustle and bustle of city life and old-school office culture. There’ll also be CBD-only specials like meatball subs and club sandwiches.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, April 4, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know in less time than it takes to drink a can of Liquid Death
Melbourne Lunch Date: Gimlet With Comedian Joel Kim Booster
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Loot and Fire Island star is in town for Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He talks the future of comedy, how stand-up helps with imposter syndrome and ripping off John Mulaney, all over corn-fed chicken and Gimlet Gildas.
All the Restaurant, Cafe and Bar Openings We Got Excited About Last Month
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Consider this your dining out cheat sheet for the month.
Sydney Chef Mitch Orr To Reopen St Kilda’s Prince Dining Room
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The chef, known for his work at Ace Hotel Sydney’s rooftop restaurant Kiln (and for making anchovies on Jatz crackers a thing), will lead the kitchen at the relaxed restaurant. Orr is the second big-name chef to take over a St Kilda venue so far this year.
Jo Barrett’s Lawn Bowls Restaurant Little Picket in Lorne To Close This Month
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “It’s a bittersweet situation and hasn’t been the easiest decision, but sometimes you have to take a chance.”
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, March 28, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know in less time than it takes to heat up a hot cross bun.
The Broadsheet Team’s Favourite Hot Cross Buns in Melbourne (and the Best Ways To Eat Them)
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “I find it annoying that hot cross buns often get stuck in the toaster, so I actually just pop them on top of the toaster face down, so they get slightly charred.”
Where Chefs Eat: Tasia and Gracia Seger of Makan in the CBD
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The sisters share where to find char kway teow with “perfect wok hei”, the Carlton Wine Room dish they dream about and the best CBD restaurant for a large group.
Mali Bakes’ Fitzroy Cake Window, Known for Matcha Scrolls and Layer Cakes, To Close
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Pastry chef Patchanida Chimkire’s tiny Moor Street takeaway window will serve its last slices on Thursday. The Thornbury location will continue to operate as usual, and the team will focus on its custom cake business.
What’s It Like To Cook for Nigella Lawson? We Asked Chef McKay Wilday
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The “domestic goddess” stopped by Wilday’s Fitzroy restaurant this weekend for what she described as a “the perfect Sunday lunch in Melbourne”.
Coming Soon: The Alta Trattoria Team Brings Enoteca Zingara to Brunswick Street
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Expect “a true enoteca”, with bottles available for takeaway or to enjoy in-house. Plus, a menu overseen by chef McKay Wilday that reaches beyond the north-west Italian food that Alta’s known for.
Austro Bakery South Melbourne Is Shutting up Shop and Moving North
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “We’ve decided to have a bit of a shake up and go to the next chapter of Austro.”
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, March 21, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know in less time than it takes to do a coffee “caviar” bump.
Where Chefs Eat: Jason Staudt, Executive Chef at Stokehouse in St Kilda
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The chef, who has cooked for the Obamas and Margot Robbie, shares his favourite pizza in Melbourne and the Italian restaurant where you should BYO and uncork that unicorn bottle you’ve been saving.
All the One-Off and Signature Treats To Try at the Baker’s Dozen CBD Pop-Up This Weekend
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Baker Bleu, Monforte Viennoiserie and Tarts Anon are just some of the bakers who will be coming to Fed Square for the two-day extravaganza. We’ve got an exclusive look at the full menu.
First Look: Jason Jones and Brahman Perera’s Hotly Anticipated Restaurant, Hopper Joint, Is Here
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The spot on Greville Street, Prahran, across from the couple’s Entrecote, promises to be “a party every night”.
Coming Soon: Cult Sourdough Maker Baker Bleu To Open Its Biggest Store Yet, in Cremorne
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink And there'll be a big focus on sourdough pizzas and fresh sandwiches.
New Hire: Five Minutes With Noisy Ritual’s Mertcan Döğüşgen
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Brunswick East winery’s new head chef tells us about the moment that changed his career and why quince is the “queen of all fruits”.
Coming Soon: Chris Lucas’s First Regional Chin Chin Outpost Is Opening in Geelong
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink After five months of planning, Club Chin Chin is set to open at the GMHBA Stadium next month. Expect the Flinders Lane venue’s famous “feed me” menu on game days and an à la carte offering – including some exclusive dishes – the rest of the time.
Chat Thai Chef Palisa Anderson and Julie’s Stephannie Liu on Thai and Chinese Food Connections
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “Immigrants making do with what they’ve found or bringing their own ingredients from home – that’s where the best food has evolved from.”
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, March 14, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to eat a puccia.
Coming Soon: Wally’s, a New Neighbourhood Wine Bar in Albert Park From a Wine Pro and a Vex Chef
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink When the venue opens next month locals can expect French and Australian wines, al fresco dining and a European menu of snacks, pasta and steak.
Richmond Restaurant Noir To Close After 13 Years
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Melburnians have until the end of the month to visit the Swan Street spot known for its take on French bistro food. But the owners say a new concept will open in the same space after a full refurb.
Coming Soon: Enter Through a Vintage Dressing Room To Reach New CBD Speakeasy, Mill Place Merchants
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Come April, find classic cocktails that nod to history’s most influential bartenders at this New York prohibition era-inspired spot.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, March 8, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to eat a brownie.
Six To Try: Hot Cross Cakes, Crullers, Lamingtons and Everything but Buns
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Traditional hot cross buns will always have a special place in our hearts, but Melbourne’s bakeries, patisseries and gelato shops are getting creative with their hot cross bun-inspired treats this year.
CBD Restaurant Amphlett House Permanently Closes After Less Than 16 Months
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The venue in the former Mrs Parmas site on Little Bourke Street was run by the hotel group behind restaurants such as Lona Misa and Monster in Canberra.
In Conversation: Chefs Garima Arora and Helly Raichura Talk Motherhood and the State of Indian Food
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “For the longest time, what we have exported in the name of Indian food is curries and naan – but let’s be honest, that’s not what Indian food is. I think there is a newly sparked interest in discovering the real food of India.”
Coming Soon: Nigerian Restaurant Little Lagos To Launch in Melbourne – With a Three-Day Party
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Nigerian pop-up-turned-restaurant from Sydney is bringing its jollof rice and Nigerian meat pies to Melbourne. The Black-owned community-focused spot is starting with an extended pop-up in Fitzroy and a massive party this weekend.
Three To Try: New Casual Restaurants Where You Can Happily Dine for $16 or Less
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a Collingwood diner, a bustling Japanese hangout in the CBD and an Indian spot with spicy slow-cooked goat curry.
Where Chefs Eat: Joane Yeoh, Founder and Executive Pastry Chef at Kori Ice-Cream in Hawthorn
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including the Armadale sanctuary where she unwinds with a drink and snacks; the Collingwood must with an “irresistible” hot honey fried chicken burger; and her go-to Malaysian restaurant.
South Melbourne’s New European Diner Lucia Has an Underground Dining Room Fit for a Bond Villain
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The new – and ambitious – restaurant from the team behind neighbourhood spots Riserva, Baia Di Vino and San Lorenzo is here. It’s complete with a kitchen led by a former Cutler & Co head chef and a front-of-house team led by a hospo pro with 25 years at France-Soir under his belt.
There’s a New Cake Box in Town (and It’s From an Ex-Supernormal and Osteria Ilaria Pastry Chef)
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink After working in restaurants for the past five years, Amanda Lowrensa has just started her own bakery. Amande is selling weekly cake boxes with bakes inspired by French and European pastries and American cakes.
New Hire: Five Minutes With Ittichai “Biggy” Ngamtrairai, Head Chef at Matilda
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The former Molly Rose head chef made one of the best set menus in town at the Collingwood brewery. He’s now returned to the kitchen at Scott Pickett’s South Yarra staple, bringing a more relaxed approach to the restaurant.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, March 1, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to drink an oat latte.
All the New Melbourne Restaurant, Cafe and Bar Openings We Got Excited About in February 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Consider this your dining-out cheat sheet for the month.
Where Chefs Eat: Sebastian Pasinetti, Co-Founder of Oko Rooftop and Cafe in Fitzroy
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Minds en Place co-founder on the house Martini that won’t disappoint, his go-to banh mi and the best ice-cream in town.
Coming Soon: Aanya, a New Player in Melbourne’s Fine-Dining Scene from Chefs with Michelin Star Cred
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Watch chefs – with experience including Dinner by Heston and Cutler & Co – prepare a multi-course meal in the open kitchen and enjoy “new-wave cocktails” and BYO wines when this Indian fine diner, backed by Jessi Singh, opens in April.
It’s Official: Australia’s Best Vanilla Slice and Hot Cross Buns Come From This Victorian Bakery
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink North End Bakehouse in Shepparton has made history by taking out the two top prizes at the Baking Association of Australia’s Victoria Baking Show.
Coming Soon: Olympia, a Lively Rooftop Wine Bar in a Converted Oakleigh Car Park
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The operator behind Harvie in Armadale and Gloria’s in Camberwell is opening a proudly Greek-inspired wine bar next month. Drink wine and cocktails in the sun while you snack on taramasalata, lobster rolls and saganaki.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, February 22, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to eat a $5 salad.
Where Chefs Eat: Zackary Furst, Head Chef at Bar Liberty, Fitzroy
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including his favourite meatball banh mi, the best bowl of noodles in town and where the chef finds mini fried pork buns that can “really change your day”.
Five To Try: New Ice-Cream and Gelato Shops From One End of Town to the Other
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a Japanese-inspired ice-creamery in a CBD car park; a Carnegie spot from an ex-Gelateria Primavera maker; and a Malvern location for one of the country’s most popular scoopers.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, February 15, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to make a tomato salad.
Coming Soon: Whimsical Melbourne Ice-Creamery Fluffy Torpedo To Open Two New Stores
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The original Smith Street shop with sour-strap-lined floors quickly became known for outlandish flavours like blue Powerade and smoked Cherry Ripe. Expect a new Brunswick location (that looks like a swimming pool) next month and a CBD spot later in the year.
Where Chefs Eat: Emma Dawson, Head Chef at Fitzroy’s Poodle Bar & Bistro
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including where she finds the best brisket pastrami bagel, the best new date spot in Melbourne and the ice-cream spot with the “perfect treat”.
A Guide to Hetty Lui McKinnon's Fave Brooklyn Neighbourhood
07 Oct 2024
Travel The Sydneysider-turned-New Yorker shares eight of her favourite spots to eat, drink and read in this cosy borough.
Now Open: Castlerose, an Underground Restaurant Inspired by 20th-Century English Dining
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Descend the spiral staircase to find this South Melbourne spot from Glen Bagnara of Hemingway’s and Bar Bianco. Order duck-filled pastry cigars served in a cigar box, or cheese from the vintage trolley.
Eight To Try: Lunar New Year Dishes, Treats and Desserts From Asian-Owned Businesses
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Ring in the Year of the Dragon with Moon Mart’s traditional rice cake soup, a prosperity toss salad from an Asian smokehouse, inventive cones from Kori, Kariton Sorbetes’s dragon fruit ice-cream, and more.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, February 8, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to eat a $9.20 pizza.
Coming Soon: Shannon Martinez To Open Two Splashy New Venues In Docklands
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Friends of Fire and upstairs bar Amphora will open outside Marvel Stadium in March. Martinez has developed a vegan American menu, with meat and fish dishes from chef Aaron Rodrigues – think flame-grilled steaks, buttermilk fried chicken (and mock-chicken), and a roaming sundae trolley.
Coming Soon: Your Next Favourite Coffee Shop Is in an Old Quarry
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink In the early 2000s, Niddrie Quarry in Keilor East was transformed into the Valley Lake estate. Now, the Holmes Hall team is finally opening the meeting place residents were promised.
Where Chefs Eat: Mischa Tropp, Chef and Co-Owner of Fitzroy’s Toddy Shop
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including his favourite hangover burger, a standout red-curry pork sausage, and the pastry he’ll happily make a trip across town for.
Carlton Wine Room’s New Vino and Snacks Series Shows Off Riesling in a “Fun and Irreverent Way”
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The beloved corner wine bar will dedicate itself to rieslings on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons this month. Choose from five drops, all matched with off-menu snacks like bratwurst pickle sticks and kingfish topped with Yarra Valley caviar.
Rathdowne Street Institution La Porchetta to Close at the End of the Week
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink You’ve only got six more days to go to the iconic Carlton North location where the food is oh so much better.
All the New Melbourne Restaurant, Cafe and Bar Openings We Got Excited About in January 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Consider this your dining-out cheat sheet for the month.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, February 2, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to drive from the city to The Clam.
Coming Soon: American Doughnut Kitchen To Open Its First New Location in 70 Years
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The family-owned and -operated business has been a fixture at the Queen Vic Market since the 1950s. The new bricks-and-mortar shop in Prahran will have the same nostalgic jam doughnuts, plus some one-off collaborations.
Coming Soon: Tzaki, a New All-Day Athenian Cafe and Meze Bar in Yarraville from an Ex-Hellenic Republic Chef
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Expect hung, dried and wood-roasted octopus, pan-fried smoked cheese imported from Greece and flatbreads cooked in the woodfired oven on-site when the casual spot opens next month.
Inventive Fitzroy Cocktail Bar Par Will Permanently Close After Service on Monday
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The slick venue, known for serving “neo cocktails” made over a three-day period, is closing its doors after two years on Brunswick Street. But the team is already looking for a home for Par 2.0.
Where Chefs Eat: Curtis Stone on the Melbourne Spots He’s Visited This Summer
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including why Attica still tops his list of recommendations, the Latin American restaurant serving fall-off-the-bone lamb shoulder and the bakery staple he misses when he’s stateside.
First Look: Chef David Moyle Opens Phase One of The Clam, His Seaside Tavern in Lorne
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The former chef at Longsong in the CBD and Franklin in Hobart has opened a cool laid-back deck for dumplings, wine and DJ sets. Still to come is a seafood and pickle bar and an indoor bar with room for 200 people.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, January 25, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to finish an iced coffee.
Three To Try: Newly Revamped, Reopened and (Still Slightly) Retro Pubs
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a now European-inspired Gertrude Street hangout, a 136-year-old watering hole with a $4.3 million expansion, and a mustard and mauve Collingwood spot with 1970s energy.
Coming Soon: A Three-Storey Malaysian Restaurant From Junda Khoo of Sydney Favourite Ho Jiak
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The chef’s fifth and largest restaurant is due to open on Bourke Street later this year. There’ll be three dining concepts: including a chap fan-inspired kiosk, an upscale restaurant and a rooftop beer hall.
Where Chefs Eat: Ben Parkinson, Head Chef, Pipis Kiosk in Albert Park
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The under-the-radar former head chef at Sydney restaurant Monopole tells us why Manze is the place to go for inspiration and where to find Melbourne’s best drink with a view. Plus, he shares his favourite spot for “big and uncomplicated” chicken sandwiches.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, January 18, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to win a slam.
Now Open: The Cinema Nova Team’s New Dine-In Movie Theatre Has Cheeseburgers, Cocktails and No Pre-Movie Ads
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Fomo Cinemas in East Brunswick Village opens today. The six-screen theatre lets moviegoers order chef-made food to their seats, and has futuristic decor and neon artworks inspired by Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner.
Four To Try: Summer Is Here and (Ice-Cream) Spiders Are Everywhere
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The beverage that combines soft drink and ice-cream is making a fizzy and delicious comeback. From Sundae School in Fitzroy North to Kori in Hawthorn and Matcha Mate in the CBD, here’s where to find some of our favourites.
Three To Try: Find Big Booths and US Staples at These American-Style Diners
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a tiny Brunswick venue for pancakes and pie; a Collingwood joint with great coffee and burgers; and a Pascoe Vale South diner with Mexican influence. Counter culture never sleeps.
First Look: Jeff Koons Balloon Dog Cakes, Surrealist Mandarin Entremet and More Playful Desserts at Le Yeahllow in the CBD
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Catch up with friends over a petit gateaux that looks like a pecan shell, or order a whimsical celebration cake to take home from the South Yarra patisserie’s second outpost.
Where Chefs Eat: Giorgia McAllister Forte, Pastry Chef at Monforte Viennoiserie, Carlton North
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “For want of a better term, I’m a carb queen,” says the chef whose resume includes two years at Claire Ptak’s Violet Cakes in London, and four years at Melbourne bakery All Are Welcome.
Sheet Cakes Are Everywhere Right Now, and Jessamie Holmes of Thy Caketh Makes Some of Melbourne’s Best
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink It’s hard to pinpoint where the trend started, but like Hannah Ziskin in Los Angeles and Rachel Yang in Seattle, Melbourne’s Jessamie Holmes is making elaborately decorated cakes that bring a sense of celebration to any party.
First Look: UGO Burrata Bar at South Melbourne Market, a New Shop Dedicated to the Divisive Blob
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink In a bagel, on a piece of toast, as part of a caprese salad and even for dessert. Here, That’s Amore burrata is served on almost everything.
First Look: There’s an Ice-Cream Vending Machine and Japanese-Inspired Scoops at Kori’s Tiny New Store in a CBD Car Park
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink It’s the second outpost from the former Tonka and Luxbite pastry chefs.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, January 11, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to rewatch Jeremy Allen White’s Calvin Klein campaign video.
Karen Martini To Launch St Kilda Diner Saint George With Sydney’s Public Hospitality Group
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The celebrity chef joins the team at the former Saint Hotel from late January.
Where Chefs Eat: Rosheen Kaul, Etta, Brunswick East
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The superstar chef shares her favourite Melbourne spot for charcoal-grilled Vietnamese meatballs, her go-to Kariton Sorbetes order and where to find pork belly with “crispy skin that shatters like glass”.
Three To Try: New Specialty Bakeries by Restaurant Chefs
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink These new Melbourne bakeries specialising in artful madeleines, restaurant-quality loaves and picture-perfect layer cakes come from chefs with experience at Attica, Sunda and a Michelin-starred London spot.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food and Drink, January 5, 2024
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to become a new you.
First Look: Brico, a New Carlton North Wine Bar From Bar Liberty’s Josh Begbie and Phil Bracey of London’s P Franco
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The duo and their partners have taken over a historic Melbourne hospo site to open a wine bar with a list of natural wines that aren’t “esoteric for the point of being esoteric”.
New Hire: Five Minutes With Ben Sears, Head Chef at Public Wine Shop
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Sears has worked at chef Simon Rogan’s three-Michelin-starred restaurant L’Enclume in England and was part of the opening team at Cutler & Co. His main goal in this new role? “To not fuck it up!"
Three to Try: Melbourne Cocktail Bars That Will Take You to New Heights (and Lows)
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including an agave-focused spot from a “painfully geeky” bartender; a newly renovated CBD institution with sweeping city views; and an underground cocktail den in a historic building.
Coming Soon: Chef Ali Currey-Voumard Is Opening a Pop-Up Wine Bar and Bistro in a Historic Castlemaine Hotel
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The former Public Wine Shop and Agrarian Kitchen chef is taking up residence at Temperance House. Expect long lunches inspired by classic French and Italian country cooking from one of Australia’s best chefs.
Now Open: Doju Is the Newest Entrant in the Melbourne CBD’s Growing Korean Dining Scene
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Here, dishwasher-turned-chef Mika Chae (a distant relative of chef Jung Eun Chae) draws inspiration from Atomix and other top Korean restaurants to help redefine Melbourne’s restaurant scene.
Melbourne’s Best Restaurant, Bar, Cafe and Bakery Openings of 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The local drinking and dining scene showed no sign of slowing down in 2023. These 42 restaurants, cafes, bars and bakeries were our picks for the year.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, December 21, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to cure a hangover.
How to Sabre a Bottle of Champagne According to Vue de Monde’s Hugh Allen
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Why pop a bottle this New Year’s Eve when you could open it with a cavalry sword and a whole lot of pizzazz? Allen’s top tip: make sure the bottle is as cold as possible.
Four To Try: Festive Melbourne Mince Tarts You Can Snag Up Until December 24
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including one with filling that has spent months macerating in homemade ginger beer, plus a vegan booze-free version.
The Viral Jiggly, Dancing Korean Pudding Cats (or Are They Bunnies?) Are Finally Available in Melbourne
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Their names are Yoo Yoo and Yao Yao and they dance like nobody’s watching – except everybody is.
How to Spend 24 Hours in Melbourne
07 Oct 2024
Travel The must-dos and absolute must-eats for anyone visiting (or rediscovering) the city.
Andrew McConnell, Helly Raichura, Mischa Tropp and Harry Mangat Lead the 2024 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Line-Up
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Noble Rot team are coming to town, a celebrity sausage sizzle pops-up at Fed Square and more highlights to looks forward to.
Pretend It’s an Interview: Five Minutes With New York Culture Critic Fran Lebowitz
07 Oct 2024
Entertainment “You know, when you have a speaking date, you have a rider that says what has to be in your dressing-room. Mine basically says 150 gallons of coffee.”
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, December 14, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to book a table.
What Broadsheet Melbourne’s Team Ate and Drank (and Loved) in 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a chicken-liver-parfait cannoli, the city’s best birria tacos, a trompe l'oeil dessert and crave-worthy grilled sardines by the beach.
Melbourne’s Best New Restaurants of 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink A gothic marvel in the former stock exchange, a regional gem with Michelin star cred, a 20-seat Thai star, and more dining bangers.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, December 8, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to make a ham and cheese toastie.
Melbourne’s Best New Bakeries and Sandwich Shops of 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a CBD banh mi hole-in-the-wall, a Copenhagen-influenced Brunswick bread haven and a Collingwood panini spot from a sandwich superstar.
New Hire: Five Minutes With Joel Baylon, Head Chef at Love Shack Brewing Co
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “I like to create dishes where you ask yourself, ‘How did that work?’”
Melbourne’s Best New Cafes of 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a Japanese gem from a hospo power trio, an instant south side classic and a milk-free coffee shop in a Brunswick backstreet.
Three To Try: The New Panini Bars Bringing Elevated Italian Sandwiches to Melbourne
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The sandwich superstars behind Stefanino Panino rolled into Collingwood Yards, and two newcomers opened in Hawthorn and Carlton North. All three have us saying panini, panini, panini.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, December 1, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to order a panini.
All the New Melbourne Cafe, Restaurant and Bar Openings We Got Excited About in December 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Consider this your dining-out cheat sheet for the month.
All the New Melbourne Restaurant, Cafe and Bar Openings We Got Excited About in November 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Consider this your dining-out cheat sheet for the month.
Melbourne’s Best New Bars of 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink An essential cocktail den from Andrew McConnell, the wine bar Coburg was waiting for, a Windsor craft beer utopia, and nine more of the year’s best watering holes.
Hector’s Deli Now Offers Catering (and Founder Dom Wilton May or May Not Deliver Your Sandwiches Dressed as an Astronaut)
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Another mogul with his sights set on outer space …
Try Six Shades of Mystery Grey Gelato at MPavilion in December
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Test your tastebuds at Greyscale, an edible art activation by Brazilian artist João Loureiro and Piccolina Gelateria.
Dessert Masters Star Kay-Lene Tan Spills on Her Love of Spoons, Spices and Dachshunds
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink We talk to one of the breakout stars of Masterchef’s new spinoff about the pastry and baking books she thinks everyone should have, her favourite restaurant in Melbourne right now and her creative life outside of the kitchen.
Coming Soon: A Mechanical Bull and More Wild West Energy at Moon Dog Footscray
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The indie brewery’s new three-storey location in the former Franco Cozzo building is Wild West themed. There’ll also be a pianola bar, Americana-influenced food and a Blues Brothers-inspired bar with a stage for country and western musical acts.
We Talk to New Pop Supernova Chappell Roan
07 Oct 2024
Entertainment Elton John is a fan and Olivia Rodrigo has tapped her as an opener on an upcoming world tour. Chappell Roan’s drag- and camp-inspired pop-world takeover has only just begun.
“One of the Hardest Decisions We Have Had To Make” – Goodtime Footscray Bar Baby Snakes To Close Next Month
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The colourful and approachable wine bar’s last day of service will be December 23.
First Look: Madeleine De Proust, a Lygon Street Bakery Dedicated to Madeleines, From an Ex-Attica Head Pastry Chef
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink HyoJu Park and her chef-partner Rong Yao Soh both have Michelin-star cred. At their new Carlton bakery they use a meticulous approach to culinary arts honed in some of the world’s best kitchens to create elegant and artistic versions of the delicate sponge cakes.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, November 23, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to sharpen a knife.
Hugh Allen’s Knives Are Out (and About)
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Vue de Monde’s executive chef has collaborated with Aussie brand Crumpler on a knife bag that took two years to design and won’t get torn to shreds.
Hit List: Where Did Jamie Oliver Eat While He Was in Australia?
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Jamie Oliver is in the country, and there’s one question on everyone’s lips: where has the superstar chef been eating?
Five Minutes With Stephannie Liu, Head Chef at Julie
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The chef, originally from Sydney, is one of the most exciting things to happen to the Melbourne food scene this year. We took five minutes with Liu for her thoughts on the industry, the dish she’s most proud of at Julie and why she cooks.
New Hire: Five Minutes With Philippa Sibley, Executive Chef at Pinotta
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink We catch up with the chef, who was once invited to make a dessert for Oprah and has taken over the kitchen at the Fitzroy North bistro.
Snack Bar, Melbourne’s Latest in Food, November 16, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to eat a sushi roll.
Coming Soon: Rosemary Andrews – the Chef Behind Attica Summer Camp’s Dessert Trolley – Is Opening a Bakery in Malvern
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Melburnians will be able to get their hands on slices of her storied eight-layer carrot cake, seven-layer honey-miso cake and two-texture chocolate cake at the six month pop-up bakery.
After Threats of Redevelopment, Preston Market Confirms It Will Remain Open Till at Least 2028
07 Oct 2024
City File Vendors announced via Instagram today that market owner Salta Properties has committed to renewing their leases for an additional five years. The news comes after the developer threatened to close the 53-year-old market back in May.
The Caker Makes the Fanciest Boxed Cake Mixes Around – And You Can Finally Get Them in Australia
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Jordan Rondel has made cakes for Miley Cyrus, Flea and Penn Badgley. With her next-level cake kits now available at David Jones, you can easily recreate her chic bakes at home.
Snack Bar, Melbourne’s Latest in Food, November 9, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to brew a pot of tea.
Where Chefs Eat: Steve Chan, Sleepy’s Cafe and Wine Bar, Carlton North
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The chef reveals his favourite banh mi joint, tells us why he loves La Pinta and shares two of the city’s best spots for a first date.
Afternoon Tea at Melissa Leong’s House
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Tea and cake with the Dessert Masters judge calls for sculptural blooms, fermented oolong and a bombolone worthy of long-term commitment. The food media trailblazer also shares her tips for foolproof baking and her favourite Melbourne pastries.
Sunda Reopens This Week With an Alum Leading the Kitchen
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Southeast Asian restaurant, formerly helmed by chef Khanh Nguyen, reopens on Friday with a new executive chef and a menu that nods to the restaurant’s early days.
Aussie-Made Artisan Tinned Fish (Aka “Hot Girl Food”) Is Now Available Across The Country
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The popularity of one of the internet’s favourite foods refuses to die down. And South-Australian-based Little Tin Co’s canned sardines, smoky mussels and hot-smoked kingfish are giving the global trend a local twist.
Coming Soon: Brunswick East Favourite Italian Sandwich Shop Stefanino Panino Is Moving to Collingwood Yards
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Breaking Melbourne sandwich news. The Italian deli-style ciabatta sandwiches will now be a Collingwood staple. Plus, the team is celebrating the final day in Brunswick East this Saturday with $13 paninis and more rolls than they’ve ever made before.
Ask a Pastry Chef: Kirsten Tibballs Answers All of Our Nerdy Chocolate Questions
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Savour Chocolate & Patisserie School founder, and Chocolate All Day author, on correct chocolate storage, the best way to make hot chocolate and how to temper chocolate at home in the microwave.
All the New Melbourne Restaurant, Cafe and Bar Openings We Got Excited About in October 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Consider this your dining-out cheat sheet for the month.
Aussie Craft Tinned Fish (Aka “Hot Girl Food”) Is Now Available in Melbourne
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The popularity of one of the internet’s favourite foods refuses to die down. And now Little Tin Co’s canned sardines, smoky mussels and hot-smoked kingfish can be found at Blackhearts & Sparrows and Skinner & Hackett.
Lygon Street Rooftop Bar Johnny’s Green Room Set To Reopen With Karen Martini and Matt Bax On Board
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Lygon Street venue, with its 360-degree views, is due to reopen in December – and Martini and Bax are bringing along a summery new menu of cocktails and Italian small plates.
First Look: Mile End’s New Bagel Shop Opens in a Repurposed Hawthorn Car Park
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Just over four miles from the original Fitzroy location, the Mile End team is now selling woodfired Montreal-style bagels out of a custom-built food truck on Glenferrie Road.
Snack Bar, Melbourne’s Latest in Food, November 2, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to whip up spaghetti alla Nerano.
Three To Try: New Japanese Cafes To Visit Day and Night
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink A Collingwood ochazuke hotspot, the shuttered Ima Project Cafe team’s new Brunswick spot and a cafe that turns into an izakaya from two Nobu alum.
Now Open: Collingwood Favourite Cibi Expands With Dedicated Grocery and Home Sections
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Japanese cafe and lifestyle store is now offering grab-and-go bentos and Ramarro Farm produce. Noguchi lampshades, plywood butterfly stools and other Japanese furniture are the stars of the new home section.
First Look: Vue de Monde and Lui Bar Reopen After a Considered, State-of-the-Art Renovation
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The fine-dining institution and its sky-high bar have undergone a significant revamp, and one of the biggest differences may be more noticeable online than in the restaurant itself.
Coming Soon: Cinema Nova Team To Open a Food-Focused Movie Theatre in Brunswick East This December
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Fomo Cinemas adds to the movie magic with a dine-in concept where the food is just as important as the film.
A Sydney Cheese We’ve Been Hanging Out for Is Now Available in Melbourne
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Jersey cheese, best served grilled in cultured butter, has been omnipresent on foodie Instagram feeds for months. You can now get it at Maker & Monger, Meatsmith and Grana.
Matti Fallon’s Colt Dining Closed Three Weeks After Opening Due to Fire
07 Oct 2024
City File The 95-seat Mornington restaurant was destroyed by an electrical fire that broke out during service on Friday night. But the team says they “will rise again”.
Coming Soon: Bibi Ji, a Casual Lygon Street Spot for Thali and Other Indian Classics From Jessi Singh
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The chef and restaurateur has taken over the former Cafe Notturno space in Carlton, bringing an Indian diner-inspired interior and a menu Singh hopes will “present a fresh perspective on Indian cuisine”.
Author and Chef Molly Baz on the Joys of Working for Herself, Meatballs and Her New Cookbook More Is More
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The American recipe giant and Youtube star is back with a second cookbook, the follow up to her 2021 debut, Cook This Book.
Snack Bar, Melbourne’s Latest in Food, October 26, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to order a meatball sub.
Four To Try: Cosy, Cool and Warmly Lit New Wine Bars from One End of Town to the Other
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink An approachable burgundy-coloured Highett spot from two hospo pros, the wine bar Coburg has been waiting for, a charming spot on an Edwardian strip and a stylish Richmond newcomer focused on minimal-intervention wines.
Serious Wine Guy and Comedian Merrick Watts on What to Expect at Comedy in the Vines Fest
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The celebration of wine and comedy takes place in Nagambie next month. The comedian and Picture Discuss podcast host tells us what to expect from the festival and why wine and comedy are a great mix.
Helly Raichura and Kay-Lene Tan Team Up on Diwali Dinner at Enter via Laundry
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Chef-owner Raichura is making a vegetarian Gujarati feast to celebrate Diwali. She’s bringing along the pastry chef, who has created dessert courses and a mithai box.
New Hire: Five Minutes with Steve Harry, Head Chef at Napier Quarter
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The accidental chef is bringing long Sunday lunches, pillowy focaccia sandwiches and his reserved culinary technique to the backstreet wine bar.
“Buckle Up” – Jerry Mai Just Started Her New Gig Leading the St Cloud Kitchen
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Street Food Vietnam author and Melbourne kitchen legend will be adding some Cambodian flavours and her family recipes to the Vietnamese restaurant’s offering.
Four Pillars Named World Number One Gin Producer – Again
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Yarra Valley distillery pulled off a hat-trick, taking home gold at the 2023 International Wine & Spirits Competition in London for the third time last night. And it’s shouting you a G&T to celebrate.
Now Open: Foraged Produce, a 1970s-Inspired Fit-Out and Vinyl on Rotation at Matti Fallon’s Mornington Restaurant Colt Dining
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “The peninsula is a mecca of small producers, which makes me feel like a kid in a candy store, really,” says the former DuNord chef and Princes Pies founder. Fallon brings his new-found location-driven approach to cooking home to Mornington.
Snack Bar, Melbourne’s Latest in Food, October 19, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to crack open a durian.
“People Come Looking for Connections”: How Dinner-Party Project Club Sup Lets You Leave the Apps Behind
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink We talk to founder Sophie McIntyre about how the pop-up series helps people make new friends in work, life and love – all over great food.
Three To Try: New “Thai Boom” Restaurants Specialising in Dishes From Isan, Phuket and Surat Thani
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink 2023 has been a boom year for Melbourne's Thai food fans. Make a beeline to a 20-seater serving some of the city’s best (and spiciest) dry curries, a vibrant city diner attracting queues for its noodles, and a charmer with cobalt-blue walls.
Tom Sarafian Teams Up With Pidapipo and a Lebanese-Bakery Legend on a Two-Week-Only Ashta Gelato Collab
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink And he’s hosting a one-day-only event to celebrate, serving his “all-time favourite” kebab. Toum-smothered chicken will be cooked over charcoal and wrapped in homemade flatbread with za’atar-seasoned chips, harissa mayonnaise, pickled Lebanese cucumbers and parsley.
An Ex-Brae Chef Is Taking Over CBD Spot Parcs – Here’s What You Can Expect When the 20-Seater Reopens on Tuesday
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The signature “umami e pepe” may have left, but sustainability remains a focus at the next iteration of the wine bar and restaurant. There’ll also be more to drink and 12 different menus per year.
Snack Bar, Melbourne’s Latest in Food, October 12, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to shake (or stir) a Martini.
Signature Bakes: Five New Spots Specialising in Croffles, Pies, Cinnamon Scrolls, and More
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Specialty creations from a hidden Korean cafe in the CBD, an Indonesian pancake chain’s first Melbourne outpost, a legacy pie maker and other newly opened favourites.
Golden Groves Olive Oil Collabs With Richmond's Baby on a Menu That's Got “Vacation Vibes in Abundance”
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink For a limited time, get mortadella pizza finished with EVOO from the sibling-run company, plus tagliolini with seared calamari inspired by Grecian seaside tavernas.
Melbourne’s Coolest Indie Wine Publication, Veraison Magazine, Is Releasing Its Final Print Issue
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink But founder and editor Moira Tirtha is taking the mag – which aims to make the wine world more accessible and give a platform to historically under-represented voices – digital.
Author and Chef Molly Baz on the Joys of Working for Herself, Meatballs and Her New Cookbook More Is More
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The American recipe giant and Youtube star is back with a second cookbook, the follow up to her 2021 debut, Cook This Book.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, October 5, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to for the weather to change.
Chae Comes to Collingwood: Chefs Jung Eun Chae and Shannon Martinez Team Up for a One-Night-Only Dinner at Smith & Daughters
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Dishes from the singular six-seat Korean restaurant will be veganified and Chae’s ferments added to Smith & Daughter staples as part of Martinez’s Friends of Daughters event series. Get in quick – tickets to the last Friends of Daughters collab sold out in seven minutes.
What’s Going on at ACMI Restaurant Hero?
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The arts institution announced the sudden closure of its flagship restaurant on Monday, leaving owners Karen Martini and Michael Gebran blindsided and “in shock”. ACMI says the pair’s company Hospitality M was in breach of contract and was “unable to meet its legal and financial obligations under the agreement”.
Sparks, “Your Favourite Band’s Favourite Band”, Prepare To Tour Australia for the First Time in 23 Years
07 Oct 2024
Entertainment Broadsheet speaks to the art-pop duo about collaborating with Cate Blanchett, their 26th studio album and flat whites.
Hero, Karen Martini’s Fed Square Restaurant, Shuts Down out of the Blue
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “We regret to advise that today, 2 October 2023, ACMI purported to terminate our Cafe Operation and events management agreement with immediate effect.”
Book a Private Taylor Swift Concert (Film Screening) for $1989
07 Oct 2024
Entertainment The Eras Tour concert film hits different Aussie theatres next week. Get ready to scream your heart out.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, September 28, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know, in less time than it takes to heat up a footy pie.
How Raymond Tan Went From Never Using An Oven To Opening CBD Bakery Raya
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Melbourne baker chats about steering away from corporate work, finding his baking style, and how Tim Tams helped him discover his sweet tooth.
First Look: Two Nobu Alums Make Japanese Snacks and Yuzu Cocktails at Ilza in the CBD
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink This 25-seat restaurant on Little Collins Street is run by a husband-and-wife duo who met while working at the Melbourne outpost of the global fine diner.
New Hire: Five Minutes With Albert’s Head Chef Tom Ferne and Sous-Chef Steve Matthews
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “There’s a lot of joy to be had in honest cooking without reinventing the wheel, and we feel that customers are often thinking the same way.”
You Can Help Maui Wildfire Relief With A Hawaiian Bake Sale and a Spam Musubi Pop-Up
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Two events in Melbourne this September are raising money to support the island after devastating fires claimed the lives of 114 people and counting.
Five Exciting Melbourne Food and Drink Pop-Ups to Check Out This Week – August 21, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a dinner at Carlton Wine Room celebrating emerging chefs and sommeliers, a vegan Instagram baker popping up at one of Melbourne’s coolest banh mi spots and a “struggle”-themed dinner.
First Look: A Melbourne Great Opens a New Rialto Towers Cafe With a Menu Designed by 10 Big-Name Chefs
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Nathan Toleman’s Square One Rialto officially opens on Monday, with 10 collaborators – including Victor Liong and Jemma Whiteman – coming along for the ride.
Now Open: Stop By Swanston Street’s #1000 Bread for Cube Croissants, Mochi Bagels and Other Eurasian Treats
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink This small self-serve joint offers breads and pastries that mix European and Asian flours and technique in a new exciting way. Expect lines out the door at this CBD spot run by a self-taught baker.
First Look: South Yarra’s Euro-Style Park Pantry Is a Tiny Coffee and Sandwich Window by Day and a Petite Wine Bar by Night
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Stop by the cosy 16-seater – formerly Le Derriere by Entrecote – for oysters with hibiscus mignonette, buttery pastries, cocktails, a 50-bottle wine list and a “ridiculously amazing” confit duck leg from a French-German chef.
Sydney Hospo Powerhouse Merivale Buys Another Building in Melbourne’s CBD
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Reports suggest the influential restaurant group led by billionaire CEO Justin Hemmes has nabbed Kantay House, an art deco building and converted warehouse space on Meyers Place in the city.
Maribyrnong Council (Finally) Approves Moon Dog’s Proposal To Transform Footscray’s Franco Cozzo Building Into a New Venue
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “We can’t wait to be part of the Footscray community,” says Moon Dog co-founder Karl van Buuren after the team were given approval for their 800-person venue.
Coming Soon: Abbotsford Convent Wine Bar and Cafe Cam’s Kiosk Gets a Sophisticated Sibling Venue, Julie
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “We want you to come in and relax, like you would relax at a friend’s house,” says chef Julieanne Blum. The laid-back, unfussy restaurant will open in a heritage-listed room, formerly the site of Lentil As Anything, next month.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, August 14, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know in less time than it’ll take to catch a Pokemon.
From Attica to Gaea, Mo Zhou Is Creating Some of Melbourne’s Most Exciting Dishes
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink With his 16-seat Fitzroy restaurant pushing boundaries and new Collingwood hotspot Chiaki generating buzz, we should be paying more attention to this dynamic chef.
Thi Le’s Banh Mi Spot Ca Com Is Back After a Fire – and It’s Now Serving Dinner on Weekends
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Snag one of the shop’s few indoor spots or bring your dog and hang out in the 25-seat courtyard for snacks from the grill, house-made Vietnamese charcuterie and low-intervention wine.
Gotta Caccio Them All: Prahran Market’s Maker & Monger is Giving Chefs the Baseball Card Treatment
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Forget sports stars and Pokemon. We’re filling our collectors’ binders with culinary cards from “the chapel of cheese”.
First Look: CBD Pop-Up Matcha Mate Celebrates the Japanese Ingredient With Plated Desserts and Sweet Bakery Staples
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Welcome to matcha heaven, where cookies, chiffon cake, babka and more are all given “a splash of green”. There’s also ceremonial-grade matcha and ice-cream from Hawthorn’s Kori.
In Conversation: Chef Annie Smithers and NGV Senior Curator Dr Ted Gott Discuss the Connections Between French Cooking and Fine Art
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Broadsheet speaks with the duo about Smithers’s menu collaboration with the NGV for the Pierre Bonnard Winter Masterpieces exhibition. “They’re cutting-edge, modernist artists who were on the verge of abstraction.”
Past Lives Director Celine Song on the Acclaimed Film That Has Made Her an Oscar Favourite
07 Oct 2024
Entertainment “It’s a story in three goodbyes,” says the Korean-Canadian screenwriter and director. Broadsheet sat down with Song to discuss her first feature film, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and is currently screening at NZIFF.
Chef Thi Le’s Richmond Banh Mi Bar, Ca Com, Temporarily Closed After Fire
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The team hopes to reopen shortly. Jeow, the chef’s next-door Laotian restaurant, remains open.
Past Lives Director Celine Song on the Acclaimed Film That Has Made Her an Oscar Favourite
07 Oct 2024
Entertainment “It’s a story in three goodbyes,” says the Korean-Canadian screenwriter and director. Broadsheet sat down with Song to discuss her first feature film, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and will screen MIFF this Sunday.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, August 4, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All the news you need to know in less time than it takes to prepare burrata on toast.
New Hire: Five Minutes With Dean Little, Head Chef at Half Acre
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink After spending 18 months as head chef at Cumulus Inc, working in a not-for-profit kitchen and starting his own cafe, Lokall, Dean Little has found his way back to restaurants. This time he’s cooking with fire.
Coming Soon: Nathan Toleman’s Square One Rialto Will See 10 Different Chefs Build a New Menu Each Season
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The industry trailblazer is back with a distinctive cafe concept at the Rialto Tower. Chefs including Victor Liong, Jemma Whiteman and Tom Sarafian are coming along for the ride.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, July 28, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All you need to know, in news as short as an … X?
First Look: Gelato Shop Kariton Sorbetes Opens in Glen Waverley Scooping Flavours Like Matcha Maker and Rhuby Riot
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Filipino ice-creamery is growing an empire, with a third store, on Springvale Road, featuring a 1970s-Manila-inspired fit-out. Find new and returning specials, like matcha gelato with raw chocolate and azuki-bean paste, alongside familiar favourites, like its take on the traditional halo-halo dessert, with pandan-infused ice and an "addictive" leche-flan puree.
A Peek Inside Reine: Team Nomad’s Grand New CBD Restaurant Takes Shape Ahead of Opening Next Week
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The group today revealed new photos from inside the 150-seat venue, which is taking up residence in a 1890s neo-gothic building on Collins Street, as well as insight into the menu. The dining room? As lavish as we’d imagined.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, July 21, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All you need to know, in news you can read in less time than it’ll take to buy Barbenheimer tickets.
The Bear Is Back: Matty Matheson on the Hit TV Show’s “Full-Bodied” Second Season
07 Oct 2024
Entertainment The hit series returns to New Zealand screens today. Broadsheet chats with one of the show’s executive producers and actors about what’s next for the team at The Beef, what he’s learnt from the world of television and how it feels to share a scene with an Academy Award winner.
Melbourne’s Best Cafe Openings of 2023 (So Far)
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Including a condiment haven, a north-side favourite’s new south-side sibling, and a tiny cake and coffee window from a beloved pastry chef.
The Bear Is Back: Matty Matheson on the Hit TV Show’s “Full-Bodied” Second Season
07 Oct 2024
Entertainment The hit series returns to Australian screens today. Broadsheet chats with one of the show’s executive producers and actors about what’s next for the team at The Beef, what he’s learnt from the world of television and how it feels to share a scene with an Academy Award winner.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, July 14, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All you need to know, in news as brief as a skeet, thread, toot or tweet.
Hector’s Deli: Why We’re Moving to a Four-Day Work Week
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The popular, and highly rated, sandwich group has implemented a reduced working week for all full-time employees – across its three venues and head office. “We want real growth and real opportunity for people, not growth that allows only our business to grow,” says founder Dom Wilton.
The Latest Piccolina Gelato Project Stars Guest Chefs From Hope St Radio, Tedesca Osteria, Tulum and More (Making One-Week-Only Scoops)
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Step out of your frozen desserts comfort zone with mandarin and saffron sorbet, schmaltz gelato and sweet chicken pudding. There are only five weeks left to try cups from this year’s Piccolina chef collab series.
Bite Size: Five New Things To Know in Melbourne This Week
07 Oct 2024
Entertainment A Greta Gerwig retrospective, brown butter madeleines by a former Attica pastry chef, and a date night pasta special at Rocco’s Bologna Discoteca are all things to check out from July 7, 2023.
Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, July 7, 2023
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink All you need to know, in news as brief as a tweet (or are we all using Threads now?)
Local Startup Minds en Place Brings Mental Health, Disability, Anti-Racism Training and More to the Hospitality World
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Broadsheet talked to the founders of the diversity, equity and inclusion hub on their quietly radical new approach to education and workplace safety in the hospitality world.
Ask a Cheesemonger: Anthony Femia on Cheese Plate Essentials, a Stanley Tucci Toastie Dream and the Next Big Thing in Fromage
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The owner of Prahran Market’s Maker and Monger is one of the city’s most knowledgeable – and fun – cheese connoisseurs. He shares details on an upcoming chef collab series, why you shouldn’t store cheese in plastic, and why only fresh honeycomb will do.
First Look: Instagram Sensation Mali Bakes Opens a Tiny Window in Fitzroy for Asian-Inspired Treats and Classic Fruit-Forward Cakes
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The hole-in-the-wall has a monthly-changing menu of seasonal layer cakes by the slice, custard tarts and community feels.
Scrap That: Parcs, the CBD Diner Known for Its Low-Waste Umami E Pepe, Will Have Its Last Service on Saturday
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink “It was a brilliant but brief dream.” The 20-seat fermentation wine bar helmed by food warrior Dennis Yong is closing. But according to the owners, Parcs will be “back soon with fresh faces”.
First Look: Thai Baan on Bourke Street Is Part of a New Wave of Diners Redefining Melbourne’s Thai Food Scene
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The Isan street-food-inspired canteen is attracting queues for its spicy and sour boat noodles, made from a 30-year-old family recipe, sweet pok pok noodles and traditional desserts.
A Massive New Coles Local (With Oasis Bakery Treats) Opens in South Melbourne
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The supermarket’s latest – and biggest – boutique spin-off is the first to offer products from the beloved Middle Eastern grocer and features a self-serve dessert bar.
Vue de Monde Will Close in Late July for Two Months for a Refurb Worth Over $3 Million
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The fine dining institution on the Rialto Tower’s 55th floor is set to undergo a major overhaul. Sibling venue Lui Bar will be transformed into “a completely new venue” and Vue Events will also get a serious upgrade.
Maribyrnong City Council Rejects Moon Dog’s Proposal to Turn Footscray’s Franco Cozzo Building into Its New Venue
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink There’s hope for the brewery still – the Moon Dog team has a meeting with the council next week and 59 days to apply for a review.
First Look: 150-Year-Old North Melbourne Pub Central Club Hotel Reopens After a Major Revamp
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Enjoy under-the-radar Aussie wines and local spirits alongside hand-rolled pasta, chicken parmagiana and steaks from the grill at this pub opposite the Queen Vic Market. Spend the night chilling one of the “micro hotel rooms” upstairs or drinking in the basement whisky bar.
Australia’s Best Pie Has Been Named of 2023 and It’s From Victoria’s Country Cob Bakery (Again)
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink More than 360 bakeries submitted a combined 1600 products for 10 judges to try over three days. But only one pie took home the gold.
First Look: Co Bake Space Is a Peachy New Spot (by Two of Baking Instagram’s Finest) for Pick-Ups and Pop-Ups
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Two Aussie baking stars have opened a new space in Richmond for cakers, floral artists and other creatives. Expect lacy vintage cakes, floral sculptures and watercolour cakes, plus workshops, tastings and a collaboration with a former Attica pastry chef.
Learn To Make Ricotta With Julia Busuttil Nishimura and Dumplings With Tony Tan at Sovereign Hill This Weekend
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The open-air gold rush museum will host a grazeable market, a masterclass in gin-blending, lessons in foraging and more heritage-style activities as part of its Heritage Harvest Weekend.
First Look: Eight-Seat Wine Bar La Rue Is a Taste of What’s To Come at Nomad Group’s Grand Brasserie in August
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The dark, moody bar will highlight American wines alongside greats from Australia and France. Stop by for a glass and bar snacks, and experience part of the historical CBD space before Reine starts service at the end of winter.
Now Open: Old-School Hospitality Meets Modern Mediterranean Cooking at Brunswick East’s Yakamoz
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Expect woodfired pide, Moroccan chicken, and candied pumpkin with tahini at this father-son operation. Don’t feel like going out? The kitchen also runs a delivery-only kebab store.
Tobie Puttock’s Melbourne Meal Delivery Service Focuses on Sustainability, Healthier Eating and Zero Waste
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Chef-made frozen meals delivered right to your door are a serious step-up from the TV dinners of yesteryear. Chef, cookbook author and longtime Jamie Oliver collaborator Tobie Puttock has put together ready-made meals made with top produce from Gary’s Quality Meats, Ocean Made Seafood and Natoora.
Ask a Chef: Tom Sarafian’s Sterling Hummus Tips, Current Melbourne Restaurant Fave and Kitchen Soundtrack Vitals
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The former Bar Saracen and Rumi chef talks pop-ups, chocolate hummus, the secret to smooth hummus and the best way to eat the stuff for breakfast, lunch, dinner and in-between.
Recipe: Tom Sarafian’s Hummus Bil Lahme
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Melbourne’s unofficial hummus king and former Bar Saracen and Rumi chef says this quick meal is “one of the world’s greatest dishes”.
Connie’s Italian Diner, Above Heartbreaker, Is Closing This Month
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink May 27 will be the last day of service at the Everleigh, Bar Margaux and Heartbreaker team’s Italian-American pizzeria – but there are already plans to resurrect it in a better location.
Etta’s Glam New Saturday Lunch Service Stars Seafood Towers and Rotating Champagnes by the Glass
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink There’ll be nothing quiet about Etta’s new Saturday lunch service – shellfish will be cracked open as bubbles flow and diners cosy up by the glowing fireplace at the Brunswick East diner. Let the fun begin.
Coming Soon: You Can’t Build a Restaurant Like Reine, The Nomad Group’s New French Brasserie
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink Set inside the Melbourne Stock Exchange’s magnificent, 132-year-old Cathedral Room, the forthcoming restaurant features original stained-glass windows, a gothic vaulted ceiling and solid granite columns. On the menu, expect oysters shucked to order, French classics, Manhattans, Martinis and a roaming cheese trolley.
First Look: South Yarra’s Yan Combines Asian Flavours With American Barbeque Technique
07 Oct 2024
Food & Drink The creative Sydney restaurant has opened its first interstate outpost in the space once occupied by Yagiz. Come for favourites including smoked chicken katsu with house-made barbeque sauce, braised winter melon with smoked almond cream, and an otherworldly coconut ice cream.
Melbourne Dinner Date: Soi 38 With Comedian Sheng Wang
07 Oct 2024
Entertainment The Taiwanese-American comedian and Ali Wong favourite is in town for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Over deep-fried pork neck and raw tiger prawns, we chat about shopping at the Carlton Farmers Market, why he doesn’t draw on his heritage for material and what life has been like in the wake of his debut Netflix special.

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