Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, March 30, 2023

• Now open: Get lilly pilly danishes and quandong croissants at Pawa Cafe, a new Indigenous-owned cafe and bar at Hamer Hall.

• Coming soon: Odd Culture, one of Sydney’s top beer bars, is opening on Brunswick Street.

• Pidapipo gelateria is now making its own range of single-origin chocolate bars (and Easter eggs).

• Much-loved bakery Penny for Pound has opened a new storefront on Bridge Road, returning to Richmond (its original home) bigger and better than before.

• Bangkok restaurant Phed Mark is bringing its famous pad kra pao (Thai holy basil stir fry) to a Bangkok Street Food Festival on Friday night for Melbourne Food and Wine Festival.

• Online bakery Canelé Alain sells chewy, custardy, caramelised canelés made by canelé-obsessed Frenchman Vincent Uso.

• Now open: Canada’s Copper Branch, one of the world’s largest vegan chains, arrives in Collingwood — its first southern hemisphere outpost.

• Moon’s Easter special hot cross cruller returns, with its signature choux dough spiced and dotted with brandied fruit.

• Clink glasses over the long weekend with two hours of bottomless Pol Roger champagne and a two-course lunch at Stokehouse.

• Ice cream brand Connoisseur is popping up at Tarts Anon Collingwood to celebrate the launch of its newest flavours – and thousands of free scoops are are for grabs.