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Wine bar 81 Bay will serve snacks such as prawn toast, perfect for casual visits.

Brighton finally gets the luxe big-name restaurant it has been waiting for

The 200-seat fine diner and wine bar is top chef Ian Curley’s first restaurant outside Melbourne’s CBD. Here’s what to look forward to when Baix opens next week.

  • Tomas Telegramma

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T2 Tea chief executive Christelle Young wants tea to get the same reverence coffee enjoys.

The fine-dining faux pas T2 Tea’s boss says is like ‘red wine in a champagne glass’

Tea deserves some of the same reverence that coffee has long enjoyed, T2 chief Christelle Young believes.

  • Jessica Yun
Hugh Allen, Vue de Monde’s executive chef, at the site of his new restaurant in Fitzroy Gardens.

Top chef at three-hatted Vue de Monde to open ‘destination diner’ this year

A once-derelict pavilion is being rebuilt as a fine diner. Here’s what’s in store for Melbourne’s hottest restaurant opening of 2025.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Vinette Robinson as Carly in Boiling Point.

If you liked The Bear, you really should try this English kitchen drama

Boiling Point bears more than a few similarities to the hit American show. But it’s far from a pale imitation.

  • Karl Quinn

Is caviar worth the exorbitant price? No, but here’s why I must buy it anyway

Terry Durack buys oscietra caviar for himself every birthday. And time stops whenever he eats it.

  • Terry Durack
North Fitzroy Arms has been a hit with its new menu and new look.

Backstreet pubs to pizza joints: 30 top spots from Victoria’s restaurant young guns

The next gen of front-of-house talent spills on the places you’ll find them on their days off.

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Banh mi to mousse: Restaurants reinvent the wheel with their new-school tableside service

Dining “a la cart” is doing the rounds again at these Melbourne and Sydney restaurants, writes Terry Durack.

  • Terry Durack
L’Enclume chef-owner Simon Rogers will be on board throughout the entire residency at Bathers’ Pavillion.

Three-Michelin-starred restaurant returns to Sydney with $590-a-head menu

L’Enclume had a waitlist of 2000 tables at its first Bathers’ Pavilion pop-up. It now wants to take the experience to “another level”.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Phoebe Rizzoli reported sexual harassment to Grossi Florentino.

Kissed without consent: Phoebe’s joy at Grossi Florentino job turned to tears

A sommelier at the famous restaurant kissed the young waitress, but when she reported the incident she was let down.

  • Charlotte Grieve
Brent Savage (left) and Nick Hildebrandt at Eleven Barrack.

Exclusive first look inside the new luxury grill from the Bentley and Monopole team

Eleven Barrack, the Bentley Group’s grand new CBD steakhouse, takes inspiration from luxe grills in New York, Paris and London, serving classic dishes with contemporary spins, such as pork bolognese with prawns.

  • Scott Bolles

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