Snack Bar: Dua Lipa’s Hit List, Hugh Allen’s First Restaurant and More Melbourne Food News This Week

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”.

• 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.

The Hot List

• Autumn’s hottest happy hours.

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