This week in food and drink news
• Where Dua Lipa ate, drank and partied in Melbourne.
• Vue de Monde’s Hugh Allen to open his own restaurant.
• First look: you’ll want to try Pecks Road’s “Filipino banh mi”.
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SIGN UP• After 19 years, Gerald’s Bar is moving.
• The Don’s team will bring its relaxed vibes to a new Carlton restaurant.
• Three to try: micro-bakeries specialising in canelés, tiramisu and Basque cheesecakes.
• First look: Loku brings “Sri Lanka’s real taste” to Northcote.
• Where chefs eat: Amaru’s Clinton McIver rates this buzzy new wine bar’s focaccia.
• Coming soon: three new bars helping shape Melbourne’s evolving drinks scene.
• It’s lights out for beloved live music venue The Gaso.
• Welcome to the Night Shift, a new food festival coming to Windsor.
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