24 Melbourne Bars, Bakeries and Restaurants That Opened or Closed in July

Openings and new coverage

• First look: Cremorne’s Cherry Tree Hotel has a new lease on life.

• First look: 76-year-old Hanoi icon Pho Gia Truyen opens in Melbourne as Pho Bat Dan.

• First look: is Atelier Enso the future of Melbourne coffee shops?

• First look: the Reine and La Rue team opens moody cocktail bar Privé in another historic building.

• First look: Melbourne’s newest wine bar, Community Wine House, just opened behind a roller door in Northcote.

• First look: it’s all about the tortillas at new CBD laneway spot Super Taco.

• First look: Heart Bakes brings its pillowy scrolls to new South Melbourne bakery Dance Bakes.

• First look: Indonesia’s nasi padang icon Sederhana lands in Melbourne.

• First look: Dingo Ate My Taco’s new Abbotsford restaurant aims to repairs Tex-Mex’s reputation.

• First look: get knife-cut noodles at new Abbotsford spot Chun’s Kalguksu.

• First look: The Gaso is reborn as Smith St Hotel – with the bandroom intact.

• First look: choose from 15 different types of scrolls – including pizza and tiramisu – at new CBD bakery Sunny Day Scrolls.

• First look: Mornington favourite Dreamer opens a second cafe on the Peninsula.

• First look: The Mulberry Group flips its Abbotsford bistro – again.

• First look: Remo’s brings its $8 tiramisu and affordable pasta bowls to Richmond.

• First look: Voula’s brings a Greek taverna and rooftop bar to Hawthorn East.

• First look: Abbotsford’s Carringbush Hotel reopens as family-run Friendly Societies Hotel.

• First look: get exceptional fried chicken burgers at Fairfield’s K Crunch.

• In a sea of Aussie pubs, The Flying Fox brings British flair to Richmond.

• Kirishima, a new 23-course omakase spot from a former Aoi Tsuki chef, opens in Camberwell.

Closures

• “Things just come to an end naturally”: Cafe Di Stasio St Kilda has closed.

• Abbotsford Convent restaurants Cam’s Kiosk and Julie have closed.

• “We can’t physically carry on”: Footscray music venue and bar Misfits to close in September.

18 Melbourne Bars, Bakeries and Restaurants That Opened or Closed in June