Kensington Needed a Community Wine Bar. So an Ex-Mamasita Chef Opened Arnold’s

16 Sep 2024

Food & Drink Manze’s Nagesh Seethiah has written a versatile wine list to match the new spot’s Mexican-influenced menu. Sweet slow-cooked Oaxacan mole is served alongside chilli, tamarind and pomegranate-glazed pork chops and an orange and chipotle flan.

Victor Liong’s Silk Spoon Opens This Week. Here’s the Full Menu, From Dumplings to Roti Pies

Food & Drink

17 Sep 2024

Where Chefs Eat: Brigitte Hafner Shares Her Go-To Spot for “Off the Chart” Curries and Condiments

Food & Drink

16 Sep 2024

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Bar Romantica
Restaurant
A romantic Italian joint with valentine-red booths and a beautiful oak bar. The owners pay homage to their predecessors with the venue’s original woodfired oven and its much loved signature pizza.
Hazel
Restaurant
This pared-back eatery from the Higher Ground, Top Paddock and Liminal team specialises in woodfired dishes that are unfussy, yet easily live up to the gold standard set by their other Melbourne venues.
Near & Far
Bar
Indie beer is king at this unpretentious bar and bottle shop. Visit for hazy and wild brews, plus decadent French dip sangas by permanent pop-up, Jolly Good Sandwiches.

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A Flaggerdoot Bartender Shares His Perfect G&T

18 Sep 2024

Food & Drink A well-made gin and tonic is more than the sum of its parts. In partnership with Fever-Tree, Jackalope’s food and drink director takes us through his perfect serve – from choosing the gin to adding just the right amount (and flavour) of tonic. And he shares a zesty recipe to make at home.

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This Cult Beauty Brand Promises a Five-Minute Morning Face – It’s Now Available Down Under

18 Sep 2024

Fashion US brand Merit is known for its “impossible to mess up” make-up. If you’re looking for a minimalist routine that champions your skin, this is what to buy.

Art & Design

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Criteria Collection Brings a New (York) Wave of Design To Melbourne

17 Sep 2024

Art & Design Rachael Fry grew up in Palm Springs and studied at the prestigious Parsons School of Design in New York. For more than a decade, she’s focused on spotlighting singular furniture from international ateliers – including Apparatus and Pierre Yovanovitch – plus cultivating local talent.

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Six To Buy: Things To Help You Have a Good Night’s Sleep

18 Sep 2024

Home & Lifestyle A room spray that will keep bad dreams away, cosy cotton PJs in mix-and-match colourways, a temperature-regulating pillow and more aids for deep slumber.

Entertainment

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Five Reasons To Watch the New Season of Tulsa King

18 Sep 2024

Entertainment Sylvester Stallone starring in a series created by Taylor Sheridan? That’s right: Tulsa King is a street-level crime saga with serious prestige. In partnership with Paramount+, here’s why you should move season two to the top of your streaming queue.

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Legendary Italian-Australian Personality Franco Cozzo Could Be Honoured With a Park

14 Jun 2024

City File The Footscray icon who passed away in December last year has been nominated to have a Brunswick park named in his honour – but he’ll need your vote.