Saba Ethiopian Restaurant

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The best part about eating at Saba Ethiopian Restaurant (apart from the delicious food) was hearing Saba Alemayoh explain how difficult it is getting recipes...

Donut Shop

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What do you get if you cross a ramen shop with a fish and chip shop? Donut Shop. That's not a joke by the way; it's just a factual statement. The t...

Rustica Canteen

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If you're paying 14 dollars for a sandwich you want it be very, very good. You want it to be so exceptional it silences lunchtime conversation and keeps ...

Cedar Bakery

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Sometimes you just want to drink a long black and munch on a Lebanese-style haloumi and spinach pastry while middle-aged ladies gossip at pace so rapid their...

Ichi Ni Nana and Village People

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When you spend about three years renovating a Brunswick Street property into a Multilevel Dining Experience, it seems nothing is left to chance. You don'...

The Meatsmith

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Meatsmith in Fitzroy is perhaps the most quarantined meat buying experience you'll ever come across. They sell heavy-bound cookbooks, can recommend the p...

Moroccan Soup Bar Deli-cacy

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It’s a humbling experience eating at one of Hana Assafari’s establishments. Whether it’s the Moroccan Soup Bar or her offshoot Deli-Cacy (up the East Brunswi...

Meatworks

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Remember the Great Smoked Meat Battles of 2014? How they eventually appeared to escalate in a really intense way? With Meatworks, Lindsay Jones-Evans (of Jon...

Marion Wine Bar

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It’s quite possible that in 50 years from now, as Melbourne’s double decker tourist bus ambles down Gertrude St, Barry – the tour guide – will clear his thro...

Academy Kitchen

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Academy Kitchen opened up on what used to be known as the homeware/carpet store end of Bridge Road. For dinner, they're kind of doing pub food. But becau...

Tina's Noodle Kitchen, Preston

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I didn't meet Tina but I did meet a nice man named Roger. He seated us, took our order and was always there fill up our water. Like as soon as the glass ...

Sth Central Dining & Social

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Sth Central is a modern dining hall that just opened next to South Yarra Station. It's a collaborative effort between Leeroy Smith (who used to manage Th...

Flour + Salt

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Simplicity is at the core of Flour + Salt's ethos.   Aesthetically, the fit-out is no frills. Dividing walls are made from reclaimed pine, chairs are bla...

Gami Chicken & Beer, Fitzroy

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Since expanding from Carnegie to the CBD, Gami have been topping 'Best Fried Chicken in Melbourne' listicles across the board. And, as much as I hate...

Kuu, South Melbourne

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You’d probably pass on a taco hybrid unless you were stoned. Taco doughnuts and waffle tacos are the stuff of 3am hallucinations and the wet dreams of the Ta...

Jaffle Jaffle

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You know when you’re craving a parma but you don’t have time for a sit down meal? Wouldn’t it be great if you could eat a parma on the move? No, I’m not abou...

Mr Wednesday

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“Who is Mr Wednesday? For some he is legend, the basis of song and folktale alike. A mystery to be unveiled. For others he is merely a neighbour, a fri...

Maker & Monger

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We found the best way to eat cheese: melted by a magical machine, on top of potatoes and pickles, dusted with paprika. The cheese is called Raclette and the ...

Truck Stop Deluxe

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Truck stops, generally, are places trucks stop on the way through to somewhere else. They're not places you ride your bike for 20 minutes then catch a tr...

Saba Ethiopian Restaurant

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The best part about eating at Saba Ethiopian Restaurant (apart from the delicious food) was hearing Saba Alemayoh explain how difficult it is getting recipes...

Guild of Objects

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At Guild of Objects all surfaces are littered with the kinds of handmade objects you can just tell will make someone's life a little bit better in a subt...

Gelato Messina, Richmond

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We wanted to prove to Rhiannon our work experience kid that a career in publishing is all about eating lots of sugar and leaving the office for as long as po...

Dekoboko

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Do you ever feel like a curry but don’t want to eat a curry? Dekoboko has you covered. Their curry comes as a dipping sauce to dip wedges in. Genius. This ...

Rupert

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I never thought I would say this but it looks as though there are now multiple reasons to visit South-of-Wellington Langridge, none of which include finding ...

Lievita

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“Most people aren't used to pizza al taglio,” Luca Guerra from Lievta tells me as he cuts off a slice from the massive mushroom, sausage and ...

Obelix & Co

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Kirsty Laird and Lachlan McCallum are the brains and braun behind Obelix & Co (the name is a nod to Obelix from the comics Astérix and Obélix, a favourit...

Leyalina

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Marco Tawfek helps with the marketing at Leyalina, a just-opened Egyptian restaurant on Lygon Street. He also assists with hookah preparation out the back. &...

Underwood Wine Bar

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Underwood is strong name for a wine bar. It conjures images of oak barrels ageing in a ramshackle barn; of an honest day's work stomping on grapes before...

Mörk Chocolate

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A brew house dedicated to chocolate? Sounds like some kind of Homer Simpson-esque fantasy come true right? Well, not quite. These are “cocoa artisans&r...;

Lulie St Tavern

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“You know, what I like about this place?” my girlfriend asks me, sitting on her bar stool with her lap covered in peanut shells, “it's ...