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Tomas Telegramma

Tomas Telegramma

Tomas Telegramma

Tomas Telegramma is a food, drinks and culture writer.

Riverside bar Marmont evokes the sunshine and glamour of Los Angeles.

These two new venues have made Crown that one thing it’s never really been before – cool

There’s an Indian diner and sports bar with butter chicken and cricket on the TV. Plus a riverside bar with Cali vibes and tequila cocktails.

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The $25 chicken at Firebird.

Group catch-up before Christmas? 11 top dining deals that won’t break the bank

From $15 burgers at Pub of the Year, and great-value set menus at hatted restaurants, to happy hours at delicious new bars, these are the spots with the lot for end-of-year catch-ups.

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Chef Michael Lambie’s new restaurant - Juni.

Exhibition Street set to sizzle with this hot new South-East Asian diner from an influential chef

“You can’t reinvent the wheel, but you can always put new tyres on it,” says Lucy Liu co-founder, Michael Lambie, of his new restaurant, Juni.

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Hong Kong-based noodle chain TamJai Mixian is bringing its Yunnanese rice noodles, soup and spices to Melbourne.

Hong Kong noodle chain debuts in Melbourne with a soup-tasting counter and ‘hellfire’ spice

TamJai Mixian has more than 240 outlets across Asia. Now it’s bringing its bouncy rice noodles and fiery soup to Melbourne’s Chinatown.

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Caterina Borsato before the reopening of her basement restaurant, which has been closed for renovations after a flood.

This Italian CBD stayer is reopening after a flood and a seven-month rebuild

Owner Caterina Borsato is itching to get back to business, ushering in the venerated city restaurant’s 30th year.

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Hospitality worker Jamie Bucirde was honoured with Victoria’s first Cultural Change Champion award.

Good Food Guide’s first Cultural Change Champion in Victoria is crusading against sexual assault

For Jamie Bucirde, what started out as an Instagram account has grown into a bone fide nationwide movement.

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Who’s up and who’s down in 2025?

‘Back with a bang’: The restaurants with new hats (and lost hats) in The Age Good Food Guide 2025

An iconic fine diner reclaims its three-hat status. High-profile operators take hits. And omakase restaurants rise and fall.

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Mischa Tropp will open Kolkata Cricket Club at Crown’s former San Antone by Bludso’s BBQ site.

Chef Mischa Tropp puts Crown in the game with cricket-inspired Indian diner and sports bar

Expect traditional dishes from across India, plus “the best vegetable sandwich you’ve ever had” at this riverside restaurant and bar.

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Sandro at dusk.

With five new openings within 300 metres, one of our best Eat Streets is getting even better

Thornbury’s High Street is booming, with a new fire-fuelled Lebanese restaurant, elite ice-cream and more.

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The pork rib-eye at Maison Batard, Chris Lucas’ new restaurant in Bourke Street.

First look: How Chris Lucas’ four-level Maison Batard is set to redefine Bourke Street

It’s been a long time coming, but the exuberant “dining house” is finally ready to take the top end of Bourke Street by storm.

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