From Chin Chin to Maison Batard, every Chris Lucas restaurant is serving $22 burgers and fries this winter.

Melbourne International Film Festival will light up cinemas across Melbourne once again with another juicy line-up of acclaimed global cinema, special events and unmissable premieres.

A melancholic Icelandic house party lands in Melbourne.

The after-hours series returns this winter with late-night access to the Cartier exhibition alongside a program of music, film and performance inspired by the storied French jeweller.

Borrowing its title from Hank Williams and Elvis, this major winter exhibition makes the case that the antidote to absence is presence.

The exhibition brings together paintings and woven pieces by First Peoples women with lived experience of incarceration, celebrating strength, survival and cultural connection.

Fish sliders and tuna belly gildas with half-serve cocktails? Yes please.

Trust Junda Khoo to come up with something like this inventive special, available exclusively for Dine Out.

Grab a scoop of cheese and sangiovese gelato – made in collaboration with Victorian winemaker Minimum – at all Billy Van Creamy locations during Dine Out.

Good Days in Collingwood is making lunch-time decisions easy with the Vietnamese lunch set of our dreams.

Update: this event has sold out.

Nagesh Seethiah’s Mauritian wine bar is joining forces with the Johnston Street institution for a one-off à la carte menu featuring popular dishes from both venues – plus a few new hits.

A coq au vin pie, a French onion soup pastry and a St Honoré choux at Baker Bleu. Oui, oui, oui.

Update: this event has sold out.

Pork, seafood, turmeric and lots of chilli are on the cards for this one-off dinner exploring the lesser-seen dishes of Thailand’s sinuous southern peninsula.

Two Australia’s most accomplished wood-fire chefs are coming together for one night only. Book now for four genre-bending courses.

Chef Audrey Shaw and the gelateria have teamed up on a cherry and custard pie (made with a Bread Club croissant dough shell) topped with galotyri gelato. Available for three weeks only.

Christopher Nolan’s classic gets an electrifying new score by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s Michael “Cavs” Cavanagh – performed live against the film for the first time.

Update: this event has sold out.

Warm up with a limited-edition layer cake from one of the city’s sweetest bakers. Available only during Dine Out.

Mino Han’s Niagara Lane pasta bar is making its Dine Out debut with an earthy pasta special, only available during the festival.

For one week only during Dine Out, Smith Street taqueria Santito is putting on a special-edition Australia-meets-Mexico menu.

Hot chocolate goes down a treat in winter. But what about one infused with blue cheese? Hear us out.

Sometimes a simple dessert done well is all you need. Gareth Whitton’s Tarts Anon is putting on a classic baked vanilla custard tart – available only during Dine Out.

Split the G – but not as you know it. Swing into any the North Fitzroy Arms or any Pidapipo store during Dine Out for a new take on the viral pub trend.

A traditional noodle shop shares a limited-time hometown recipe that’s both heftier and healthier than usual.

Head to North Melbourne comfort food specialist Gai Wong for a hearty bowl of egg noodles, pork-and-shiitake ragu, ikan bilis, fried shallots and sliced smoked duck.

Kori transforms into a Japanese convenience store for one week only, with the help of Mame Cocoa.

Get hearty Polish mountain snacks at this vibing Brunswick East restaurant, but only during Dine Out.

You’ve met the birria taco, a crisp, petite thing made for dipping in consomme. Now meet its hulking Tex-Mex cousin.

Geoff Marett of Nama pop-up renown is hitting the kitchen at Curtin House’s Mesa Verde for a four-course dinner that draws on Mexican, Japanese and Cantonese flavours.

A boozy stand-up brunch collab with champagne, coffee, pastries and French school kid-approved chocolate sangas.

Gippsland is a world-class veggie-growing region. Taste and believe it at this five-course collaboration with Sydney’s Yellow, one of the best plant-based restaurants in the country.

It’s a seafood and saké party at this stunning South Yarra restaurant.

Update: this event has sold out.

A Middle Eastern collaboration reignites after more than two decades for this one-night-only dinner.

Melbourne’s festival of art, ideas, sound and technology returns this August, transforming the city into a playground of immersive installations, ambitious performances and future-focused conversations.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura, Gareth Whitton and more top culinary talent will be at The Little Food Market this July.

Update: this event has sold out.

A celebration of friendship and flavour between Junda Khoo, Sun Ming and Big Sam Young.

Pizza party with a side of democracy? Collingwood brewery Molly Rose is making it happen for Dine Out. Try slices from four pizzerias and vote for the best, with the winner crowned on the day.

An unlikely dinner pairing of Scandinavian and Japanese cuisines served alongside wine and saké.

Sid Ahuja, former chef director at London’s two-Michelin-starred restaurant Gymkhana is taking over the menu at Mischa Tropp’s Kolkata Cricket Club.

Gertrude Street bistro Poodle is throwing a backyard party with DJs and a fire-led feast.

The high-energy Italian feast is inspired by late-night aperitivo culture and Italo Disco dance floors.

The Carlton North institution is sailing into thoroughly uncharted waters, with a one-off Thai menu featuring spanner crab doughnuts, Thai-style braised goat and bone marrow biryani.

It’s always a party at Frankie’s Tortas and Tacos. This Dine Out, try lesser-known Mexican spirits alongside a special menu that explores seafood and more.

Food and wine from the European alps, sliding into Brunswick East for one day only.

Drop into this neighbourhood favourite for a special-edition menu built around wild-caught produce. For one night only during Dine Out.

Together, chefs Charley Snadden-Wilson and James Kelly will showcase nostalgic French dishes that reference the greats.

Two Roman chefs are swinging into Brunswick East’s Figlia to showcase classic dishes from the Eternal City.

For one week only, the popular Fitzroy wine bar brings back a fan-favourite dish.

Get early access to Bar Carnation’s new late-night menu of Martinis, burgers and fries. But only during Broadsheet’s Dine Out festival.

After closing his in-demand pop-up Pebble in May, former Amaru head chef Cam Tay-Yap is getting back on the pans with none other than Mika Chae of CBD Korean restaurant Doju. Don’t miss this one.

Book now for a special collaboration between Omnia’s accomplished chef and local butcher G McBean that celebrates lesser-known cuts and classics cooked just right.

Get six cookie specials over six days at the neighbourhood bakery behind some of our city’s sweetest treats.

Raymond Tan’s Dua Bakehouse and CBD dessert shop Nimbo are joining forces on an after-dark dessert shop pop-up.

A collaborative Italian menu from two heavy-hitters, with ocean views. One night only.

Come early to nab bagels topped with smoked satay chicken, smoked satay celeriac, and fermented chilli and garlic.

Pile into vibey Footscray bar Mr West for smoky, spicy West Sumatran dishes straight from the charcoal grill, plus Indonesian DJs all afternoon and evening.

Get a special-edition Mexican-meets-Aussie nostalgic menu, only available during Dine Out.

Swing past this hole-in-the-wall patisserie for a very Melbourne, tres Paris hot chocolate during Dine Out.

Last year’s biggest dance event is back for its sophomore outing, with a stacked line-up including Barry Can’t Swim, Interplanetary Criminal and Richie Hawtin.

Veteran party crew Astral People is launching an eclectic new day festival of hip-hop, jazz and R’n’B, featuring London jazz quintet Ezra Collective, Grammy-nominated rapper Freddie Gibbs and local star Sampa the Great.

Eight emerging First Nations artists present ambitious new commissions at NGV Australia shaped by mentorship, ancestral memory and visions of the future.

Funlab opens a new immersive concept combining Hijinx Hotel games with the competitive fun of Holey Moley minigolf.