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Here’s to the year that was.

From the best new restaurants to the cultural moments that mattered most.

The 26 Best Things We Ate in Melbourne in 2025
The 26 Best Things We Ate in Melbourne in 2025
Food & Drink
Including must-order potatoes, a feather-light chicken soup noodle and four dishes from the Etta team’s newcomer, Daphne.
The 19 Best Melbourne Dishes of 2025, According to Top Chefs
The 19 Best Melbourne Dishes of 2025, According to Top Chefs
Food & Drink
Tom Sarafian, Jung Eun Chae, Audrey Shaw, Narit Kimsat, Junda Khoo and more share the best thing they ate this year.
Melbourne’s Best New Casual Spots and Bakeries of 2025
Melbourne’s Best New Casual Spots and Bakeries of 2025
Food & Drink
This year, places that focus on doing one thing exceptionally well – from bagels and tacos to katsu and Thai chicken – stood out from the crowd.
Melbourne’s Best New Bars of 2025
Melbourne’s Best New Bars of 2025
Food & Drink
We might be drinking less, but we’re drinking exceptionally well.
Melbourne’s Best New Restaurants of 2025
Melbourne’s Best New Restaurants of 2025
Food & Drink
It’s been the biggest year for new restaurants since before 2019. Pop-ups went permanent, interstate success stories tried to crack it in Melbourne, and fine dining and the new Greek wave showed no signs of slowing down.
The Best Cookbooks of 2025
The Best Cookbooks of 2025
Food & Drink
Make some room on the shelf, folks. You need these titles by Nat Thaipun, Helen Goh, Rosa Cienfuegos, O Tama Carey, Rosheen Kaul, Hetty Lui McKinnon and more authors who raised the bar for Aussie cookbooks this year.
The Most Popular Recipes of 2025
The Most Popular Recipes of 2025
Food & Drink
Sweet, savoury, speedy and spectacular – these 13 dishes captured Broadsheet readers’ hearts (and stomachs) this year. Enjoy a second helping from Adam Liaw, Meera Sodha, Justin Narayan, Christopher Thé and more.

Other Series

Where Chefs Eat in Melbourne
General
Fun Week
Fun Week
General
World Class Content Melbourne 2017
World Class Content Melbourne 2017
General
May 7–13, 2017 Melbourne
May 7–13, 2017 Melbourne
General

VIDEOS

01:35

No One Goes Home Cranky From Boot-Scooting

01:24

Three Cheese Mushroom and Ham Calzone With Chef Tommy Giurioli

01:00

The Art of Service: There's Something for Everyone at Moon Mart

More Guides

RECIPES

Recipe: In Italy, These Fluffy Bomboloncini, or Doughnut Holes, Are Considered the Perfect Morning Mouthful
Recipe: In Italy, These Fluffy Bomboloncini, or Doughnut Holes, Are Considered the Perfect Morning Mouthful
Recipe: A Peppery Native Ingredient-Driven Dressing for Fresh Oysters
Recipe: A Peppery Native Ingredient-Driven Dressing for Fresh Oysters
Recipe: You Can Have Rosheen Kaul’s Burnt Spring-Onion Oil Noodles on the Table in Under 15 Minutes
Recipe: You Can Have Rosheen Kaul’s Burnt Spring-Onion Oil Noodles on the Table in Under 15 Minutes
Recipe: Put On Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Weekend Sauce and Let It Simmer Into Magnificence
Recipe: Put On Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Weekend Sauce and Let It Simmer Into Magnificence

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