Bite Size: Five New Things To Know in Melbourne This Week – June 30, 2023

Your new best friend
Fashion label Friends With Frank is known for minimalist basics, stylish outerwear and trans-seasonal pieces. And now you can find them at a location in the city, thanks to a new seven-month residency at Emporium. The pop-up makes it easier to try on garments, find the right size, touch and feel the different fabrics and shop from the brand in a new way.
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Up in flames
Crepes Suzette has joined Gimlet’s crave-worthy cheeseburger on the restaurant's late night menu. From 10pm on Friday and Saturday nights, diners will be able to order the traditional French dessert of crepes with a caramel sauce mixed with orange juice, Grand Marnier and cognac. As is traditional in France, the dish will be lit up in flames, table-side.
Gimlet

Pucker up
Mecca and Charlotte Tilbury have taken over Melbourne’s Hotel No. Get a 30-minute glow-up using Charlotte Tilbury’s Magic Skin range, complexion makeup products and your choice of shade in the Airbrush Flawless Lip Blur. You’ll get a full-sized gift and a deluxe sample. Tickets cost $50, but you can redeem it all back with a purchase of Charlotte Tilbury products from Mecca’s online store.
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Bottomless birds
International Fried Chicken Day – a food holiday we think should also be a public holiday – is Thursday July 6. To celebrate, Brunswick East chicken bistro and bar Bird is offering 90 minutes of bottomless chicken wings for $25 per person from Wednesday July 5 to Sunday July 9.
Bird

Great minds en one place
New Melbourne start-up Minds en Place was founded with the goal of creating a new hub for diversity and wellbeing in the hospitality industry. Stop by Hope St Radio on Monday July 3 for the launch event. There’ll be a panel discussion on mental health and diversity in the hospitality world with Minds en Place workshop facilitators including Carly Findlay and Archie Beetle and founders Rushani Epa and Sebastian Pasinetti.
Minds en Place launch