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Soi 38 restaurant’s owners Tasha Piyaphanee and Top Piyaphanee outside the restaurant in a carpark.

Melbourne’s favourite Thai restaurant is exiting the car park, and adding a second venue

Melbourne’s best-known Thai restaurant is about to move, with a new home that’s less hidden but holds plenty of other perks.

  • Emma Breheny
Kew bar Bianchetto now screens movies mid-week with movie snacks to match.

From vintage movies to flamenco: The Melbourne restaurants reviving ‘dinner and a show’

Skip dessert and do an hour of karaoke. Dine mid-week when there’s a live band and cheap gnocchi. Or sink into a booth with a negroni and watch a vintage film.

  • Emma Breheny
The Punters Club is back where it belongs in Brunswick Street.

‘We want to replicate that spirit’: Fitzroy’s legendary Punters Club reopens after 22 years – and it still rocks

The Brunswick Street icon relaunches today with a menu of rejigged pub classics, affordable drinks and a cracking line-up of free gigs.

  • Tomas Telegramma
One of Melbourne’s most loved French bistros, Bistro Thierry in Armadale.

Food-obsessed Melbourne deserves gold in this genre, but these gems are overlooked

Our city does this dining experience better than most places in the world, writes Besha Rodell.

  • Besha Rodell
Chef-restaurateur Andrew McConnell is embarking on a new project at the storied Becco site.

Gimlet’s Andrew McConnell to take over legendary laneway restaurant Becco, with big plans for the site

Melbourne’s best-known restaurateur is taking on one of the city’s most desirable sites, starting with a third branch of his cafe-grocer Morning Market.

  • Emma Breheny
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The building where Epocha is located has been put up for sale.

‘This was not just a restaurant’: Beloved Carlton stalwart to close after 12 years

Come September, Angie Giannakodakis and Guy Holder will turn off the lights at their European restaurant Epocha.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Tasmanian produce-focused restaurant Pure South celebrates two decades in business this year.
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This 20-year-old restaurant showcases Tassie, but its riverside setting is pure Melbourne

Pure South has matured into a great Melbourne restaurant: committed, consistent, creative and, in the right light, prone to making a person emotional.

  • Dani Valent
Floral banquettes and chic lighting are features of the new-look, and renamed Dainty on Toorak.

Dainty Sichuan returns with a luxe new look, name and rejigged menu. But is the spice still right?

With more than 100 items on the rejigged menu, it’s easy to get confused – or greedy – at the renovated and rebranded Sichuan stalwart.

  • Dani Valent
Donovans in St Kilda.
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Birthdays, parties, anything: This beloved bayside restaurant is the definition of dependable

Dismiss Donovans as outdated at your peril. The classic food and charming service make it ideal for young and old.

  • Besha Rodell
Giovanni serenades patrons in the dining room.

After 40 years, the service – and singing – has finally stopped at this uniquely Carlton restaurant

The Olive Jar didn’t have Melbourne’s best Italian food, and the service was eccentric, but chief critic Besha Rodell was smitten. Now, it’s time to move on.

  • Besha Rodell

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