Gelato & ice-cream
From $2.20 doughnuts to cult chicken nuggets: Where to find Melbourne’s top 20 snacks
Whether you like your snacks palm-sized and less than $2 or built for sharing, this list from The Age Good Food Guide 2025 covers plenty of ground.
- Claire Adey and Emma Breheny
What’s the go with all the froyo?
Frozen yoghurt has grown into much more than a swirly, soft-serve, yoghurt-based, icy-cold treat, writes Terry Durack.
- Terry Durack
Three new bayside openings in time for summer (including one right on the beach)
Black Rock has scored an all-occasions bistro, while a new cafe and kiosk is making waves at the iconic bathing boxes in Brighton.
- Tomas Telegramma
Skip the queue. Gelato Messina’s cult ice-cream is coming to a supermarket freezer near you
The small-batch artisan gelato maker has expanded production to put some of its best-selling flavours into tubs for Woolworths.
- Scott Bolles
What to expect at Il Mercato Centrale, the CBD’s $20 million Italian food hub opening next month
Get set for a mozzarella lab, piped-to-order-cannoli, freshly churned gelato and more at this three-level Collins Street food destination with room for 3000.
- Tomas Telegramma
You won’t find bog-standard smashed avo at these three new cafes, and they are all the better for it
Start your day right at these newcomers serving brunch that flips the cafe script.
- Tomas Telegramma
Ten last-minute budget-friendly Valentine’s Day date ideas from the Good Food team
From progressive feasting to wine club with the girls, try these savvy ideas to spend V-Day with the food (and the people) you love.
- The Good Food team
Grey ice-cream exists in Melbourne. Is it awful or amazing?
Good Food tasted six shades of grey ice-cream to test the idea that we eat with our eyes – and why this bizarre sweet treat exists in the first place.
- Emma Breheny
The inside scoop on 10 of Sydney’s best and most interesting ice-creams and gelati
From stalwarts such as Mapo to newcomers like Tasty Towns, the city’s ice-cream scene heats up as players seek to differentiate themselves through flavour.
- Bianca Hrovat
This quirky Korean shaved ice treat is set to be the coolest dessert of summer
Refreshing Bingsu is colourful, textural and very ’grammable. Here’s your guide to where to find it and what to order.
- Emma Breheny
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