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Lasagne at Lello Pasta Bar, Melbourne CBD.

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May hit list: Where to eat and drink in Melbourne this month

New and just-reviewed venues in and out of town. To the east: Camberwell makes a comeback with three wine bars; and westward there's Westwood, and Thai lunch trays and pizza by the slice in Footscray; plus a pair of pasta bars you might have missed.

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'Tarte tatin' with roasted granny smith apple and bay leaf ice-cream.

Young's Wine Rooms takes over half an old auction house...

  • Dani Valent
Dee's star Max Gawn is co-owner of East End Wine Bar.

...and Max Gawn opens a wine bar in the other half (near Camberwell Junction)

  • Andrea McGinniss
St Giles Wine Bar and Pantry features hanging greenery.
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St Giles brings steaks and Bordeaux to a Camberwell shopping centre

  • Gemima Cody
Magnum + Queens Wine is now a fully fledged wine bar.

Magnum + Queens Wine bottle shop adds a bar in South Melbourne

  • Michael Harden
Prosciutto pizza at Slice Shop Pizza in Footscray.

Footscray's Slice Shop serves NY-style pizza with a hint of American barbecue

  • Anna Webster
King lunch for one: The tum tard platter is the best of all worlds.
13/20

Find this cheap eats Thai lunch feast in Footscray

  • Gemima Cody
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Indulge your French chateau fantasies at Campbell Point House in Leopold on the Bellarine Peninsula.

Six of the best new regional restaurants with rooms

  • Andrea McGinniss
The ma po tofu and noodle bun is set to become the city's new cult sandwich.

Liminal, the new CBD project from the Higher Ground crew

  • Roslyn Grundy
Go-to dish: Mafaldine cacio e pepe.
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Has Melbourne hit peak pasta? Never! Add Park Street Pasta to your list...

  • Gemima Cody
Lello's lasagne.

...and Lello Pasta Bar in the CBD, too

  • Dani Valent
Pickled egg and crisps.
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Westwood wine bar serves the best of British snacks

  • Gemima Cody
The Mighty Butter Chicken burger.

Indian fusion (hello butter chicken burgers) in Elsternwick

  • Dani Valent
Bratwurst with brassicas, chutney and fried egg.

Try bratwurst for breakfast at Toorak Tracktor

  • Dani Valent
Buttermilk pancakes with Nutella cream.

Cheeky cafe Sons of Mischief brings bottomless brunch to Highett

  • Larissa Dubecki
The pastrami roll when it was being served at La Paloma.

Rue Bebelons' and La Paloma's cult roll is back, in Brunswick

  • Gemima Cody
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Sun Kitchen's imperial treasure seafood claypot, yours for $398.

Chinese fine diner Sun Kitchen rises at the Point, Albert Park

  • Roslyn Grundy
Balagan Kitchen's lunch trays featuring chicken, lamb or roasted veg and falafel with two dips, tabbouleh, pickles and pita are good value.

Balagan Kitchen brings good-value Israeli lunch trays to Windsor

  • Sofia Levin
The chicken doner kebab is a ripper.

Don't miss the made-to-order pide at this legendary kebab shop in the north

  • Nina Rousseau

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