• First look: Spanish cold-cuts and anchovies rule at new Collingwood sandwich shop The Continental.

• First look: Rombe, a sun-filled rooftop eatery, opens in Burwood East.

• First look: Ramen Ramen at The Glen has 24-Hour tonkotsu broth and three-day-aged noodles.

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• We took comedian Joel Kim Booster to Gimlet to talk his new set and the future of comedy over pasta and Gildas. “A lot of people who I think felt shut out from stand-up comedy, thinking it wasn’t for them or didn’t want to go to the comedy club because they wouldn’t want to always be the butt of the joke, now feel like they have options.”

• All the restaurant, cafe and bar openings we got excited about last month.

• We tried this Hawthorn butcher shop’s Tiktok-famous chicken nuggets – here’s the verdict.

•Embla’s Dave Verheul on his bold new cookbook and his Obama-approved restaurant. “A lot of what we do at Embla might seem unachievable,” he says. “It’s actually not.”

• Sydney chef Mitch Orr to reopen St Kilda’s Prince Dining Room at the end of the month.

• Jo Barrett’s lawn bowls restaurant Little Picket in Lorne to close.

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• This week on Broadsheet podcast Around Town, we talk to (Heartbreak High producers about the upcoming second season, share highlights from the comedy festival and talk about some of the best meal deals in town.

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• Windsor French bistro Normandy Wine & Grill is serving up half-priced steak frites every Tuesday. There are five different cuts of meat to choose between, from minute steak to eye fillet. Plus, all steaks come with fries and a choice of either bearnaise or bordelaise sauce.
• Liquid Death, the Martha Stewart-endorsed sparkling water brand dubbed “gen Z’s La Croix”, is now available in Australia.

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