From the Butcher to the Chef

Preston Map

All the meat at From the Butcher to the Chef is cooked over hot coals and is subsequently a step above the classic vertical gas cooker. Mountains of lamb are...

The Dumpster

Fitzroy Map

Basically, it's a project from artist Aaron Gretch – part studio, part television show, part Garfield temple (“I was introduced to the concept of d...

Juanita Peaches

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Juanita Peaches is the night-time alter-ego for All Day Donuts, it's also the front of the warehouse where Raph Rashid parks his other businesses – Taco ...

Skydiver

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All these guys have been collecting great records for a decade or more and now they feel it's time to release a few of them back into circulation for oth...

Special Request Vinyl

Coburg North Map

Special Request Records is a DJ-focused record store in the more industrial-looking part of Coburg. Which is appropriate because it specialises in the kind b...

Babajan

Carlton North Map

Traditional Turkish food with a twist like spanakopita with the filo pastry replaced by juicy tout (literally twisted around feta) served with asparagus, cha...

Bedford St

Collingwood Map

Strawberry oysters, fried chicken, fancy toasties, little cubes of wild boar meatloaf, and duck cannoli – a mix of classy, decadent and homely that typifies ...

Assembly, Collingwood

Collingwood Map

Do you like quality coffee? Do you tend to drink so much of it that sometimes you feel like a twitchy insect? Just a nervous membrane clinging to a highly ca...

Black Cat on Lygon

Carlton Map

And if restaurateurs from Box Hill decide to expand their chain closer into the city, you can pretty much guarantee it's going to be good (see also: Tina...

Everyday Midtown

Melbourne CBD Map

The vibe is pretty much the same as the Collingwood original: immaculately curated coffee and sweet treats (don't go past the rhubarb Danish) served by s...

Small Axe Kitchen

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Sometimes you just want to eat a ramekin full of meatballs topped with a slow poached egg for breakfast while you listen to that one Bill Withers song about ...

Mile End Bagels

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Michael and Ben from Mile End serve Montreal-style bagels. The guys aren't Canadian. Michael jokes that this city could probably go without another dough...

Trippy Taco Southside

St Kilda Map

Absolutely nothing has changed from the original Fitzroy menu (I checked). It's all still all 100 percent vegetarian tacos, quesadillas, burritos, nachos...

Faraday's Cage

Fitzroy Map

How many goji berries would I have to flick at your head to make you care about Faraday's Cage? Well quit ducking and open your mouth because the place...

Saba Ethiopian Restaurant

Fitzroy Map

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

Fitzroy Map

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

Melbourne CBD Map

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

Preston Map

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

Fitzroy Map

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

Fitzroy Map

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

South Melbourne Map

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

Fitzroy Map

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

South Melbourne Map

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

Melbourne CBD Map

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...