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Crab agnolotti with saffron veloute at Yuca.

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Melbourne hit list October 2023: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

Reubens and Cubans, plenty of pizza plus new neighbourhood bistros, wine bars and hybrid all-day cafes to add to your must-visit list.

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Little Havana’s signature Cuban sandwich.

Prahran gets a slice of the hot sandwich action with Little Havana (and the Cuban is queue-worthy)

  • Dani Valent
Newly expanded rooftop bar Good Heavens, in Melbourne’s CBD.

Shout it from the rooftops! Four new (and improved) sky-high bars to get excited about ahead of summer

  • Dani Valent
The margherita pizza passes with flying colours.
13/20

Pizzeria Da Bruno boasts Milan supermodel looks, but are its Naples-style pizzas the goods?

  • Larissa Dubecki
Crab agnolotti with saffron veloute at Yuca.

Toorak village finally gets seriously good coffee (and food) at Yuca cafe

  • Dani Valent
The Reuben sandwich at Ruben’s Deli, Armadale.

Is Armadale’s Ruben’s Deli making the city’s best Reuben sandwich?

  • Dani Valent
Sea perch with iri mai crust and katsuo bushi beurre blanc.

Sleek French and Japanese-style bistro Bansho joins Armadale’s food scene

  • Sasha Geyer
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The bar combines mezcal, cocktails, tacos and more.

Footscray bottleshop Mr West opens a summer-ready northside bar with tacos

  • Sasha Geyer
Railway Wine is one of three new wine bars attracting Melbourne’s south and east residents.

Melbourne’s wine bar wave rolls into the south and east with three hot new venues

  • Emma Breheny
Diavola pizza, its thin crust blistered by the oven.
14/20

Guy Grossi made his name with pasta. But that’s not the best dish at Puttanesca

  • Besha Rodell
Crisp rice ball salad aka “red curry arancini”.

Don’t miss the ‘red curry arancini’ at suburban Thai favourite Holy Basil

  • Dani Valent
Bustling Bourke Street restaurant Thai Baan.
13.5/20

Queue for the $14.90 boat noodles, stay for everything else at buzzy Thai Baan

  • Larissa Dubecki
McBean will offer a rotating roster of sandwiches, starting with porchetta rolls with crackling.

Master butcher raises the steaks with dream shop at Prahran Market

  • Dani Valent
Cosy French Bar Magnolia
14/20

Cosy newcomer Bar Magnolia is the stuff of French bistro fantasies

  • Larissa Dubecki
Chiaki.

Chiaki is a calm Japanese cafe by day and quirky izakaya by night

  • Dani Valent
Village Wine Bar is run by accomplished twin restaurateurs and delivers great food.

Albert Park’s Village Wine Bar delivers daily joy to every type of diner

  • Dani Valent
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Louey’s pepperoni pizza is described as “fully loaded, very cheesy”.
13.5/20

Louey’s, a New York-style Italian joint in a legendary pub, is cheesy in every sense

  • Besha Rodell
Lumen People.

Local hangout Lumen People (and its not-too-spendy snacks) is an all-day draw

  • Dani Valent
Two Noble’s snacks include a Chinese take on oysters kilpatrick and scallops with charred corn custard.

All aboard the G-train: Three new restaurants to try in Geelong

  • Gail Thomas
The “rainbow” trout is striped with finger lime, salmon roe, chopped chives and dashi pearls.
Good Food hat15.5/20

Why TarraWarra is an essential stop on your next Yarra Valley visit

  • Dani Valent

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