• First look: nothing is over $18 at Victor Liong’s fast-casual CBD canteen, Silk Spoon.

• First look: Il Mercato Centrale is open. Here’s what you need to know about the Italian food hall and all the vendors.

• Kensington needed a community wine bar. So an ex-Mamasita chef opened Arnold’s.

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• A pop-up Hello Kitty cafe opened in Chadstone. Are we wrong for loving it?

• First look: Rocky Ridge has taken over an old Brunswick East brewery (with CDMX tacos).

• First look: Caffe Amatrice, a Brahman Perera-designed, Milan-inspired venue, opens in Cremorne.

• Nordic breakfast plates and house-cured seafood are the stars at Lilijana Eatery.

• This unconventional six-seat omakase pop-up is unlike anything in Melbourne. (And it’s only held once a week.)

• First look: find cheesy quesabirria tacos and Baja fish bowls at Sam’s Cali Cantina.

• First look: Yarra River pop-up bar Afloat is back with Italian beach club energy.

• First look: a former medical scientist opens Subculture Brewing in Brunswick.

• First look: Tombo Den in Windsor is Chris Lucas’s tribute to ’90s Tokyo.

• First look: this seafood pro has finally opened his own venue, Tomm, after supplying the city’s best chefs for decades.

• First look: Wodonga bar Nomad Events has no set opening hours.