What’s open on AFL Grand Final Eve? Restaurants, doctors, vets, supermarkets, pharmacies and shopping centres

KEEN to grab brunch before the parade? Here’s our guide to everything open on the Grand Final public holiday tomorrow. READ THE LIST.

Two Tigers fans show their support at the Swan Hotel. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)
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IF you’ve been living under a rock for the last month, you’ll be surprised to know Melbourne celebrates a public holiday tomorrow.

Unlike other holidays, Melbourne will not come to on Grand Final Eve.

Here’s a list of where you can get your morning coffee, enjoy a leisurely lunch and duck out for some booze ahead of Game Day.

CAFES AND RESTAURANTS

CBD

San Telmo — 14 Meyers Place, Melbourne

Meatball and Wine Bar — 135 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Meatball and Wine Bar is open.

Sensory Lab — Shop 1 30 Collins Street, Melbourne

Bluetrain — Restaurant 3, Upper Level 3, Southgate Avenue, Southbank

North

AU79 — 27-29 Nicholson Street, Abbotsford

Hotel Jesus — 174 Smith Street, Collingwood

The Old Milk Bar — 144 Dundas Street, Thornbury

Seven Seeds — 114 Berkeley Street, Carlton

Sloane Ranger — 13 Cremorne Street, Cremorne

Seven Seeds is open for your caffeine fix.

East

Light Years — 132 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East

Big Dog’s Deli — 327 Lennox Street, Richmond

White Mojo Speciality Coffee & Roaster — 83-85 Kingsway, Glen Waverley

MPD Steak Kitchen — 288 Clyde Road, Berwick

South

Shadowboxer — 302 Toorak Road, South Yarra

Frank’s — 97 Cavanagh Street, Cheltenham

Dainton Family Brewery — 560 Frankston-Dandenong Road, Carrum Downs

Milk the Cow — 157 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda

West

Hudsons Road Wine and Beer — 2/88 Hudsons Road, Spotswood

No. 19 — 214 Union Road, Ascot Vale

Cobb Lane — 13 Anderson Street, Yarraville

Hellenic Hotel — 28 Ferguson Street, Williamstown

Aldi hasn’t changed any of its usual trading hours for Grand Final Eve.

SUPERMARKETS

Aldi: Open without changes to their trading hours.

Woolworths: Normal trading hours for most locations, but check with you local store.

Coles: Normal trading hours for most locations, but check with your local store.

IGA: Check your local store to find out if they’re running normal trading hours

SHOPPING CENTRES

Chadstone: 9am-9pm

Melbourne Central: 10am-7pm

Westfield Doncaster: 10am-5pm

Westfield Knox: 10am-5pm

Highpoint: 9am-9pm

Emporium: 10am-9pm

The Glen: 10am-5pm

QV Melbourne: 10am-7pm

Chadstone Shopping Centre will be open. Picture: Alex Coppel.

PHARMACIES

Tambassis Pharmacy: 32-34 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 8am-midnight

Fullife Pharmacy: Shop 50, The Stables Center, Childs Road, Mill Park, 9am-5pm

Chapel Gate Pharmacy: 103 Carlisle St, Balaclava, 9am-9pm

Nunawading Pharmacy: 126-128 Springvale Rd, Nunawading, 10am — 11pm

Barts The Chemist: 324 South Rd, Hampton East, 9am — 9pm

Mulqueeny Midnight Pharmacy: 416-418 High St, Windsor, 9am — midnight

Greenvale Village Pharmacy: Shop G-11, Greenvale Shopping Centre, Greenvale, 9am — 6pm

DOCTORS

Eltham Ridge Medical Centre: 8am — 11pm

Millennium Medical Centre: 8am — 11pm

Greenvale Medical Centre: 8am — midnight

Mill Park Superclinic: 24 hours

St Kilda Superclinic: 8am — 10pm

Casey Superclinic: 24 hours

Chelsea Heights Medical Centre: 8am — 8pm

Cairnlea Superclinic: 9am — 5pm

Craigieburn Superclinic: 8am — 11pm

Roxburgh Park Superclinic: 8am — 10.40pm

Chelsea Heights Medical Centre: 8am — Midnight

Hastings Family Medical Centre: 8am — Midnight

If in doubt, go see a movie on Grand Final Eve. Picture: Eugene Hyland

CINEMAS

Hoyts: Session times as usual.

Village: Session times as usual.

Palace: Session times as usual.

VETS

RSPCA Emergency Centre, Burwood East: 9.20am — 4.20pm

Lort Smith Animal Hospital, North Melbourne: 8.30am — 5pm. Emergency 5pm — midnight

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Trains (Metro and V-Line), trams and buses will be running to a Saturday public holiday schedule