Eating out
Your favourite small restaurant’s future looks bleak. Will either party step up to the plate?
“I love what I do,” says restaurant operator Sarah Shaweesh. “But financially? I’m scared.”
- Alexandra Carlton
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- Bicton
Part fishmonger, part suburban small bar, Fins Bicton is an irresistible new prospect for seafood lovers
A go-getting seafood distributor plus a talented chef equals an exciting new blueprint for the fish and chip shop.
- Max Veenhuyzen
How to nail the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival if you’re from interstate
From free tacos to cult wine, an Indian feast in the mountains and a famous British restaurant, this is a guide to the country’s most exciting food festival.
- Myffy Rigby
Hatted Punch Lane restaurant Sunda to close on Saturday, weeks after chef’s exit
The owner plans to move Sunda outside the city, with a new restaurant concept is slated for the CBD space.
- Tomas Telegramma
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- Sydney
Sydney’s hot new rooftop bar is worth dressing up for – if you can get a table
Japanese-inspired three-bite snacks star at Joji, the new high-energy CBD bar from the team behind Nour in Surry Hills and two-hatted Aalia in Martin Place.
- Callan Boys
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- South Melbourne
This huge brewpub in Nowheresville is a bold move (much like its drink-friendly food)
Pirate Life’s beer is made off site, so does its 200-seat venue stand on its own terms as a food and drink drawcard?
- Dani Valent
One of Brisbane’s best seafood restaurants announces closure
You don’t have long to go large on Moreton Bay bug risotto, prawn cocktail sangers and squid ink tortellini. Here’s why it’s pulling stumps.
- Matt Shea
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- Barangaroo
Fun, fresh and fruity: Why this sweet spot upends stereotypes about frozen yoghurt
Choice is king at Yo-Chi’s new flagship store in Barangaroo, where customers can be ‘stunned into indecision’.
- Lenny Ann Low
A.P Bakery’s new brunch and lunch spot has a pretty courtyard, cocktails and breakfast pizza
The crew, that includes Ester’s Mat Lindsay, has revived a sandstone cottage in the inner city and they’ve brought a gelato machine.
- Scott Bolles
Ex-Rockpool chef brings comfort food and White Russians to Warrnambool
Wood-grilled steaks and onion butter are on the menu as a chef returns to his hometown (plus two more spots to try en route).
- Emma Breheny
We asked tennis stars where they love to eat out in Melbourne – and one place kept lobbing up
The perennially popular Flinders Lane restaurant is a hit with tennis players and fans alike. From Ash Barty to Frances Tiafoe, here are their favourites.
- Jane Rocca
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