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The spacious tavern is great for groups.
14.5/20

This city laneway favourite has fed up to 650 diners a night since 1968. Is it on your radar?

I was doubtful about this boisterous beer-hall in Chinatown, but I’ve been disarmed and charmed, writes Dani Valent.

  • Dani Valent
Pulcinella’s sfogliatella.

You’ll find more than just pizza at this Neapolitan bakery and cafe in Brunswick

Pulcinella champions freshly baked, traditional pastries as seen in the southern Italian capital.

  • Dani Valent
Don’s “pasta on a spoon” might be a duck raviolo with mandarin butter.

Don’s

A natural wine bar serving snacky bites including “pasta on a spoon”.

  • Dani Valent
Inside Pizzateca Lupa in South Melbourne.

South Melbourne Market is now home to a Roman pizzeria with D.O.C cred

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

  • Tomas Telegramma
Rabbit tagliatelle.

Rosa’s Canteen

Reliable trattoria with a faithful corporate fan-base.

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Sophisticated dining at Punch Lane in Melbourne’s CBD.
14.5/20

Punch Lane

If sophisti-casual was a word, this place would define it.

Yellow curry with sweet picked crab meat.

Pa Tong

A tropical-tinged space for unbridled southern Thai cooking.

Pancakes with butter, blueberry compote and maple syrup.

AFL star Marcus Bontempelli opens American-style diner inside a corner milk bar

An American-style diner serving Aussie cafe staples, by AFL star Marcus Bontempelli.

  • Emma Breheny
Wild Life Bakery sausage roll.

Wild Life Bakery

Specialty loaves, pastries and sandwiches in an airy, industrial-style space.

  • Emma Breheny
Bobby’s is known for its traditional Cornish pasties.

This North Melbourne bakery is home to true-to-tradition Cornish pasties

Home to true-to-tradition Cornish pasties.

  • Tomas Telegramma

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/topic/melbourne-ch7