Snack Bar: A Hot New Pop-Up, Hector’s Kiosk and More Local Food News This Week

What’s happening around town

• Hot Listed wine bar Brico and new cocktail bar Hands Down will join forces for Sunday lunch on December 21. Book in for lunch at Brico featuring signature cocktails and frozen drinks from Hands Down.

• Subterranean Japanese restaurant Ishizuka in the CBD has launched its summer menu. Enjoy Wagyu claypot rice, crisp kataifi-wrapped prawns and more from executive chef Katsuji Yoshino, whose CV includes time at Michelin-starred restaurants in France: Troisgros, Pierre Gagnaire, David Toutain and Le Grand Vefour.

• Founder Tim Williams has sold Fieldwork Coffee. The brand and business will now be run by Arthurs Creek Coffee, while the roastery lease has been transferred to Standing Room. Williams will continue to operate Fieldwork’s Degraves Street cafe, which will soon operate under a new name.

• Hot Listed St Kilda wine bar The Walrus has closed.

What we covered this week

• First look: Good Days’ unrivalled pho arrives in Collingwood.

• First look: it’s no sandwiches, just doughnuts at Hector’s Kiosk.

• First look: the Bar Selecta team opens a late-night vinyl cafe.

• First look: new bakery Time After Time sells 150 Melbourne-inspired ink-black croissants daily.

• Restaurant reservation no-shows cost more than you think.

• First look: top chef-backed fishmonger Portside lands at Prahran Market.

• Pebble, from a former Amaru head chef, is summer’s hottest pop-up.

• The 10 best Melbourne Christmas hams to order.

• How to outsource Christmas lunch this year.

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