• First look: Katsurestu Co, a tonkatsu haven from the Ton & Co team, opens in Melbourne’s Midcity Centre.

• First look: Homey French pastries with a fresh Hong Kong twist and fruit jellies at Preston Market’s Joy Jaune.

• First look: Starward Whisky’s Port Melbourne distillery gets a glam refresh with a new bar and kitchen where everything on the menu gets a dram of the good stuff.

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• Coming soon: Hector’s Deli to open its first CBD location, inspired by US luncheonettes.

• Carlton institution DOC now has a second seaside outpost, this time in St Kilda.

• The Atlantic Group’s Sushi Baby in Brighton goes from takeaway spot to dine-in destination.

• We talk wine bar saturation, making wine writing approachable and Brian Eno with Noble Rot’s Mark Andrew.

• Three to try: Japanese shaved-ice dessert kakigori takes Melbourne by (snow) storm.

• A recap of the second annual Hospitality Cup, where teams from restaurants including Vue de Monde and France-Soir battled it out on the soccer pitch.

• The team at Melbourne bagel joint Bissel B is giving away 100 one-off birria taco-inspired bagels at both its Richmond and Elsternwick locations this Saturday April 13.

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• This week on Broadsheet podcast Around Town, we chat with chef Ellie Bouhadana about her dinner party tips and discuss Melbourne’s top toasties.

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• Shannon Martinez’s Lona Misa will host a dinner on Wednesday April 17 to celebrate women in the hospitality industry. Cooking on the night will be Pamella Tomio of Lona Misa, Kya Knights of Za Za Ta in Brisbane, Cristina Delgado of The Inchcolm in Brisbane and Federica Lunato of Nishi in Canberra. Sandra Foli of Piccolina has collaborated with the team on a one-off dessert for the event and both Foli and Martinez will be there on the night. Bookings are essential and can be made here.

• Supernormal, Andrew McConnell’s Flinders Lane Asian restaurant, has started serving its weekday lunchtime ramen again. The ramen is $24 a bowl and includes grilled chicken, prawn and chicken dumplings and soy-marinated egg.

• UGO Burrata Bar has a new menu for autumn. Stop by for dishes including a burrata bagel with marinated capsicum and ’nduja and a burrata bowl with mortadella, fig jam, puffed rice and artichokes.