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Audrey Payne
Audrey Payne is Broadsheet Melbourne's food & drink editor.
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Food & Drink
First Look: Pipis Kiosk Brings Its Seafood Expertise to Fitzroy for the Summer
The Albert Park restaurant has opened a pop-up inspired by Basque tapas bars in the former Cantina Moro space. Get salt-and-pepper squid, oysters and salty sips.
Food & Drink
Snack Bar: -85-Degree Coffee, The Kent Hotel Reopens and More Local Food News This Week
Plus, Margot Robbie on distilling Papa Salt in Australia, a new Bhutanese cafe and Donati's next chapter.
Food & Drink
First Look: Carlton North’s Kent Hotel Feels Like a Pub Again
The heritage-listed Rathdowne Village pub is back following a light renovation, with a menu highlighting steak and other pub classics, paired with a 400-bottle wine list.
Food & Drink
Where Chefs Eat: The Suburban Turkish Restaurant Tulum’s Coşkun Uysal Loves
Plus, where to find an “absolutely delicious” caramelised onion and olive fougasse, and the passionfruit and mango sorbet he dreams about.
Food & Drink
A Moment For: Moon Mart’s Fried Chicken and Rice Set
“I just put every part of my childhood on the tray,” says chef Eun Hee An.
Food & Drink
New Hire: Yang Thai’s Pastry Chef Brings Dinner by Heston Training to a Charcoal Chicken Shop
“I feel that a lot of people take the industry very seriously, which is fine, but life is short so why not do something fun while having a work-life balance?” says Angela Mogridge.
Food & Drink
Lygon Street Butcher Donati’s Fine Meats Will Live On in Carlton
Jamie Valmorbida, whose family is behind another of Carlton’s most storied institutions, has purchased the beloved butcher, retaining the existing team and adding a former Cumulus Inc chef to the roster.
Entertainment
In Director Park Chan-wook’s New Film, No Other Choice, Work Is Worth Killing For
Celebrated director Park Chan-wook speaks to Broadsheet about spending 20 years trying to adapt his new film, the perils of lay-offs for dedicated workers, and how the film sent him into an existential crisis.
Food & Drink
Snack Bar: Lona Misa Closes, 10 Restaurants We Can’t Wait To Try and More Local Food News This Week
Plus, must-try AO bites, where to eat on the Mornington Peninsula and how to support Victorian businesses impacted by bushfires.
Food & Drink
A Moment For: Slowpoke’s Pat Rafter Cocktail Is Melbourne’s Answer to the US Open’s Honey Deuce
The Collingwood rooftop bar’s tennis-themed drink replicates the athlete’s “quite polite, understated and very rarely dramatic” demeanour.
Food & Drink
Coming Soon: 10 Melbourne Restaurants To Watch Out for in 2026
From Andrew McConnell’s Basque-inspired grill to a massive new Lune in the CBD, these are the most anticipated arrivals of the year.
Food & Drink
Where Chefs Eat: A Mornington Peninsula Restaurant Hit List From Many Little’s Gayan Pieris
Including the carwash bakery he loves, the best place to go if you’re with kids, and where he goes for salted caramel and chocolate gelato.
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