This restaurant champions offal – think skewers of chicken heart and cherry – Victorian seafood, and all things charred, cured and preserved.

The follow-up to Neighbourhood Wine is cool and comfortable. Take a seat at the bar or in front of an open fire and feel the tension melt off your shoulders.

A stunning wine bar with a vegetarian-friendly menu.

The DIY spirit is alive at this Southern-barbeque specialist.

Middle Eastern, but not as you know it.

A cosy room serving home-style Sicilian food with generosity and heart.

The late-night bar that replaced a pizza institution pays respect to its legacy, and has an atmosphere of romance.

Twin brothers Antoine and Bechara Taouk serve up Lebanese soul food, just like their grandma did at home.

A wine-focused bar-restaurant by La Luna’s Adrian Richardson.

A small Lebanese bakery with a local home delivery service.

A hyperactive restaurant that serves mammoth-sized, affordable Thai food.

A slick Japanese eatery and sake den.

A relaxed pizzeria turning out the very best of simple pizzas, in Brunswick.

Family favourites from a Lebanese home cook.

Simple, awesome burgers and a great community atmosphere.

Burgers and beer – one of life’s great combinations.

A Naples inspired Italian restaurant with some of the best pizza in town.

A casual Italian joint from the team behind Wesley Anne.

Fried and Tasty in Brunswick East is serving family-recipe fried chicken and killer sides and shakes,

Affordable burgers and spiked shakes.