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Every cup at Tea Drop is freshly brewed.

Tea Drop

This venue is a finalist for best tea in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

West Melbourne’s Moon Mart is relocating to South Melbourne.

Moon Mart

This cafe is a finalist for best coffee in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Inside Pizzateca Lupa in South Melbourne.

Pizzateca Lupa

A Roman pizzeria by two ex-D.O.C staff in a street-facing South Melbourne Market site.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Ricotta gnocchi and other assorted dishes.

Cheri

A European-style patisserie and cafe serving everything from pastries to pizza.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Inside Juniper.

Juniper

The southside sibling cafe to cult-favourite Florian.

  • Emma Breheny
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The exotic variety of croissants at Agathe Patisserie.

Agathe Patisserie

Join the queue at the South Melbourne Market stall for famed viennoiseries.

  • Emma Breheny
Salad foccacia at Juju’s.

Juju’s Deli

A simply decked-out eatery serving sandwiches bigger than your head.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Chef Kirbie Tate has flipped James into the eponymous Kirbie.
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Restaurant goes from modern Korean to broadly European and finds its identity

Chef Kirbie Tate finally has her name up in lights at her eponymous bistro Kirbie (nee James).

  • Dani Valent
Pirate Life’s Melbourne pirate ship is a cruisy, spacious food hangout.
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This huge brewpub in Nowheresville is a bold move (much like its drink-friendly food)

Pirate Life’s beer is made off site, so does its 200-seat venue stand on its own terms as a food and drink drawcard?

  • Dani Valent
At The Left-Handed Chef, hummus and house-made pita underpin most dishes.

The Left-Handed Chef

Hummus is the star of the show at this home-style spot.

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