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Your July hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

From budget to blow-out, these are the Melbourne restaurants and bars that caught our attention in June.

Gemini is a cafe by day, and wine bar by night.

Our 10 favourite new Melbourne restaurant and bar openings of the year (so far)

Half-way through 2024 it’s clear economic pressures are hitting the hospitality industry hard. But there’s been some exciting new venues, and trends, to emerge.

  • Emma Breheny and Dani Valent
Oysters, fries and free-range chicken with burnt chilli nuoc mam at Firebird.

From oysters to yum cha: The best all-you-can-eat (and drink) deals around Melbourne

Including dumplings of all descriptions and endless oysters and mussels, here’s where to eat to your heart’s content.

  • Tomas Telegramma
The hefty porchetta roll at G. McBean Family Butcher.

Is this hefty porchetta roll as good as Jamie Oliver reckons? Plus five others to try

The Italian rolled roast is a thing of salty, porky joy. These Melbourne spots are nailing it and slapping it on rolls you need to know about.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Ruben’s Deli, in the historic Kings Arcade in Armadale.

Corner shops are cool again: 10 new delis with a difference in Melbourne

From empanadas and mock meats to bulk soy sauce and beer on tap: what don’t these new-wave grocers sell?

  • Emma Breheny
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Pat Cremean (right) is following in his father Terry’s footsteps at Pieman’s Son.

10 of the best bakery pies featuring a next-gen pieman from a Melbourne pastry dynasty

Thaw out with a hot, hearty pie – from old-school classics to fun and flavourful fillings – by one of Melbourne’s best bakers.

  • Daniela Frangos
Arbory’s $55 fondue is plenty for lunch between two.

Forget lunch al desko and go al fresco with this fondue feast (plus more great value city lunch deals)

Cheese fondue and soup specials at Arbory, a worker’s lunch at Bomba and eight more deals worth heading into town for.

  • Tomas Telegramma
The Muffin Top with omelette, beef patty, zucchini pickles, American cheese and chilli Kewpie mayo.

Your June hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month

Cheesy sandwiches, hot dog ‘sausage rolls’ and French bistros both old and new, catch up on what’s hot in Melbourne food.

Stokehouse Pasta and Bar’s Wednesday night lasagne special.

Two courses at a bayside favourite for $30? These are the winter meal deals worth crossing town for

Get out of your trackies and into one of these spots for a cheaper-than-usual eating experience.

  • Tomas Telegramma
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10 new neighbourhood wine bars to spend a cosy Sunday afternoon in

The charming little wine bar has entered its golden era in Melbourne. Here are 10 new ones to while away the chilly winter afternoons and evenings in.