Best of Melbourne: celebrating the best of the city

It’s no secret we live in Australia’s most liveable city, with first-rate coffee, shopping and sporting events. Now, we’re compiling the very best of our great town into a handy series — Best of Melbourne. If you’re after recommendations, look no further.

We're searching for the best things about Melbourne in our Best of Melbourne series.

It’s no secret Melbourne is king when it comes to being Australia’s best city.

We’ve got top coffee, awesome bars and restaurants, endless spots to shop up a storm, and prime sporting events — the list goes on.

But sometimes you want a list of all those good things at the touch of a button.

There are plenty of options for a great coffee in Melbourne- which is your favourite?

Not only that, you want assurances they come backed by popular opinion — and to know just what it is that makes them so loved.

Enter Best of Melbourne.

Leader Community News and the Herald Sun have launched this series as a way of celebrating all the great things which make Melbourne top dog.

We hunted down Melbourne’s best fish and chips.

Best of Melbourne is your one-stop-shop to discover the best things about our city — from hairdressers to fish and chips, coffee, bars and personal trainers to kids’ playgrounds.

Every fortnight we will launch a new search, for the likes of Melbourne’s best ice cream and smoothie shops, parmas and nail bars. We want you to nominate your favourites, then we’ll put a shortlist to a public vote before the top 10 is revealed in a handy guide.

>> If you have an idea you’d like us to cover, leave a comment below.

Jorge Gogonis and stylists Lauren Dispenzeri and Mia Hamilton from Komotis. J Hairdressing Salon in Reservoir, which was recently named Melbourne’s best hairdresser.

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We love our city and are committed to bringing you quality local journalism celebrating all the things that make Melbourne so special.

Our cafe culture is world-class. James Marshall and John Wooster in dog-friendly beer garden and rum and cocktail bar The Ten Saints in Croydon. Picture: Sarah Matray

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