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One of the most anticipated bakeries of 2025 launches with pistachio banoffee pie and more

Popular plant-based micro bakery Ard opens its first bricks-and-mortar in the inner west, selling gingerbread buns mango sponge cake and miso caramel cookies.

• Bianca Hrovat

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First Look: Cleo is Melbourne’s new summer hotspot replacing rooftop bar Mid Air

The fresh concept on the 12th floor of Russell Street hotel Hyde Melbourne Place boasts a Med-leaning menu led by a former Cutler and Society chef.

• Emily Holgate

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An ‘adult Disneyland’ opens in the city, plus six more new Melbourne pubs for summer

There’s a backstreet boozer now home to a top chef, reborn watering holes in Kensington and Ascot Vale, and a beer garden on a decommissioned bowling green.

• Tomas Telegramma

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Former head chef of a three-hatted restaurant opens a West Melbourne pop-up for summer

With a dog-friendly courtyard and new liquor licence, Cam Tay-Yap’s Pebble is a hot ticket for a freewheeling menu inspired by Vietnam, Malaysia and Hong Kong.

• Dani Valent

• Sydney

Team behind two-hat Pilu open harbourside Italian restaurant (minus one thing)

The husband-and-wife team behind the award-winning Freshwater venue launch Flaminia at the iconic Toaster building.

• Scott Bolles

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The 18 restaurants, cafes and bars to put on your list for December, Sydney

You’ll find somewhere for every kind of end-of-year catch-up this month.

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The 24 restaurants, cafes and bars to put on your list for December, Melbourne

From rooftop bars to relaxed hatted restaurant spin-offs, you’ll find somewhere for every kind of end-of-year catch-up this month.

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From Cornwall to Coogee: Rick Stein’s new restaurant showcases his most loved dishes

His first Sydney venue opens today, and on the menu is Cornish-style fish and chips, French-style lobster thermidor and a heady Singapore blue swimmer crab.

• Erina Starkey

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First look: After a shock closure, The Everleigh is reborn as a fresh cocktail bar

The team behind a popular Carlton North spot is gearing up to open a Chinese-inspired bar with big ambitions. “We want to be the best bar in Australia.”

• Tomas Telegramma

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Your first look at Self Raised in Merrylands (plus four more bakeries in Sydney’s west)

Where to enjoy a carb fest in the west, from a Korean doughnut chain’s first Australian location to fancy fairy bread.

• Lee Tran Lam