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Pan-fried pork buns at Old Beijing.

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Melbourne hit list October 2022: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

From new bars and spin-offs to two tasting menus worth an hours' long drive, here are the venues to add to your restaurant radar in November.

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Whipped baccala on focaccia is one of the many hand-held snacks on offer.

Umberto Espresso Bar opens summer pop-up bar Pezzo in its original site

  • Dani Valent
Commonfolk serves dishes from the equatorial countries where the coffee bean flourishes.

Commonfolk cafe opens in Beaumaris (and there's edible Rolex on the menu)

  • Dani Valent
Hot cakes with medjool dates are on the menu at Oko Rooftop and Bar.

Fitzroy diner reopens as Oko Rooftop and Cafe

  • Dani Valent
Go-to dish: Crab tartine.
14/20

Toast with the most at Melbourne charmer Tartine

  • Besha Rodell
Go-to dish: Peking duck.
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Icon review: Flower Drum is a drum worth beating

  • Besha Rodell
There are 21 cocktails to choose from, and 10 of them are martinis.

Martinis with Mancini moves into Self Preservation site

  • Emma Breheny
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Tokyo Lamington's Australiana-meets-Asia flavours, such as black sesame (top left), are headed for Melbourne.

Sydney's Tokyo Lamington brings its cult cakes to Melbourne

  • Emma Breheny
Pizza with spanner crab, yellow tomato sauce, grilled zucchini and mizuna.
14.5/20

Italian-style pizza meets modern Australiana at Figlia

  • Besha Rodell
Go-to dish: Abalone with smoked eel.
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Fen's truly exceptional tasting menu is worth travelling to Port Fairy for

  • Besha Rodell
AFL star Max Gawn and partners (L-R) Rich Donovan, Craig Tate and Matt Jones at Motor in Hawthorn East.

Footballer Max Gawn and co's new restaurant Motor is revving up Hawthorn

  • Emma Breheny
Flint's chef-owner Nicki Morrison (right) and sous chef Yukio Endo, who together are cooking without any gas, just wood and charcoal.

Flint restaurant stokes fire in Collingwood

  • Emma Breheny
Owner Chris Terlikar at One Trick Pony in Fitzroy North.

How to harness One Trick Pony in Fitzroy North

  • Emma Breheny
Strawberry ice-cream with charred mochi and matcha is among many Japanese nods on the menu and drinks list.

South Yarra's glitzy Yugen Dining opens the first of three dining spaces

  • Emma Breheny
Go-to dish: Ultimate bowl with prawns, scallops, calamari, crispy pork, instant noodles and egg yolks.
14/20

Why semi-secret Soi 38 is one of the most fun places to eat in Melbourne

  • Besha Rodell
Stefano de Pieri in his namesake restaurant, Stefano's.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16/20

Icon review: Stefano's in Mildura serves slow food for fast times

  • Dani Valent
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Bar La Sirene in Alphington, Melbourne.

Alphington craft brewery La Sirene adds a bar and taproom

  • Emma Breheny
The corner site has never been used as a bar before, but it's proving a hit with locals.

Rutherford's Corner bar in Malvern East thinks local (and looks fabulous)

  • Emma Breheny
Peking duck with optional stir-fry and soup.
14/20

Traditional dishes sing at Melbourne's Old Beijing

  • Dani Valent
Leek and mahon cheese croquettes.
14/20

There's nothing crabby about the service at Suzi Cheek's

  • Larissa Dubecki
Get a watermelon sugar high from the drinks and pastries at Black Star.

Black Star Pastry St Kilda is back, with a few surprises in store

  • Emma Breheny
Lychee and Earl Grey croissant wheel, the cult item at Calle Bakery in Carlton North.

Two new bakeries and a cafe are making mornings better in Melbourne

  • Emma Breheny

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