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Inside The Pontian Club in Collingwood.

A home-style Greek pop-up is now a fully fledged restaurant in Collingwood

The Pontian Club is a 60-seat diner serving affordably priced dishes from a weekly changing menu.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Edita’s fish burger has a cult following.
Critics' Pick

The viral fish burger might catch your eye, but it’s not our critic’s go-to order at Edita’s

The new-school fish-and-chip shop combines Pacific Islander family traditions with Melbourne’s love for fried and battered meat, seafood and potatoes.

  • Besha Rodell
The 1110-person Hickens Hotel now has two additional levels.

A mega pub with a rooftop bar, private karaoke and more opens in Melbourne’s CBD

Hickens Hotel is now open in the four-storey space once housing the Crafty Squire.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Listen out for the crackle of the filo tiropita (cheese pie).

This Toorak Road taverna is hitting its stride with cheese pie and crackling filo pastry

Astoria Bar Ke Grill opened quietly last spring, but is now coming into its own with a host of dips, stews and a hefty moussaka.

  • Dani Valent
Lemon meringue croissant wheel at Calle Bakery.

Join the queue at this viral inner-north bakery for custard croissant wheels and Parisian hot chocolate

Calle Bakery became so popular, it recently opened a second store in Northcote.

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Cosy gatherings in the dining room at Ras Dashen.

Settle in to the cosy dining room at this 14-year-old Ethiopian eatery

Order claypot lamb chops, firfir soup mixed with injera flatbread and more at Ras Dashen in Footscray.

  • Dani Valent
Bistecca al pepe - eye fillet steak topped with a pepper sauce-filled raviolo - at Gambino restaurant in Glen Waverley.
14.5/20

Bet you’ve never had steak and pepper sauce like this before, Melbourne

Gambino restaurant and rooftop bar brings tricksy Italian dishes and Big Night Out energy to the ’burbs.

  • Dani Valent
Brisket is smoked for up to 18 hours at Il Texas Barbecue.

One of Melbourne’s best Texas-style barbecue joints is found in the unlikeliest of places

Il Texas Barbecue serves slow-cooked brisket and pork cooked in the smoker for up to 18 hours.

  • Quincy Malesovas
Thin Slizzy is Collingwood’s late night muso pizza joint

The pizzas are punny at this popular northside spot

Collingwood’s Thin Slizzy offers cheap pizzas, cocktails and pints on Wednesdays.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Pastries come from the siblings’ other business, Via Porta Bakehouse.

Lucci

An Italian-inspired cafe by the siblings behind Via Porta.

  • Daniela Frangos

Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/goodfood/topic/melbourne-ch7