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Melbourne hit list September 2023: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

All day (and night) amaro and jaffles in Windsor, a Brunswick pub given new life, wine bars, country cafes and beloved old classics. These are the best places to see and be seen this September.

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Basil and anchovy flavour oozy fried mozzarella jaffles.

Amaro Studio brings disco cool, molten jaffles (and 40 types of amaro) to Chapel Street

  • Ellen Fraser
Head of wine Matt Skinner, and executive chef Christian Abbott, at Studley Park Boathouse.

Historic Studley Park Boathouse is back on deck after stunning $5.8m renovation

  • Dani Valent
Sporting Club Hotel is another revamp by members of the Royal Oak and Marquis of Lorne teams.

Brunswick’s Sporting Club Hotel is the latest pub reboot from the Marquis of Lorne team

  • Emma Breheny
Beso’s morcilla toastie with apricot jam.

Beso is the hot new Spanish restaurant bringing star-power to the other end of Flinders Lane

  • Dani Valent
Restaurant manager James Ness (left) and chef-owner Jean-Paul Aziz.

Pizzeria Magma jolts a beloved northside pizza restaurant back to life

  • Emma Breheny
The pub was built in 1912 and features pressed tin ceilings and fireplaces.

New owners aim to return Healesville Hotel to its glory days

  • Emma Breheny
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Jersey milk soft-serve with extra virgin olive oil and hazelnuts.

What to order and where to sit at Melbourne’s grand-new Reine (and La Rue)

  • Sofia Levin
The XO porchetta banh mi at Good Days Hot Bread.

Glory-Us to Walrus: Four new daytime venues with interesting brunch menus

  • Emma Breheny
Good Food hat15/20

MoVida Aqui returns after renovation, older, wiser and better than ever

  • Larissa Dubecki
There are at least half a dozen choices of pasta at Mortadeli Pasta Bar.

All roads lead to Torquay’s Mortadeli Pasta Bar for Rome-inspired classics

  • Emma Breheny
Sesame-encrusted crab toast is a play on Cantonese prawn toast.
14/20

Albert’s is the neighbourhood wine bar everybody would love as their local

  • Besha Rodell
Butter my French.

Operator Diner is the retro Americans diner the CBD needs

  • Dani Valent
Chicken congee.

Pancho cafe in Daylesford is a must-visit

  • Dani Valent
Profiteroles come bursting with spanner crab and creamy cod roe.
14.5/20

‘This place is a vibe’ but wildly popular Fitzroy restaurant Poodle isn’t for everyone

  • Besha Rodell
Agnolotti filled with Moreton Bay bug meat and served with a lobster bisque and butter sauce at Little Black Pig & Sons.
14/20

Little Black Pig & Sons is the sort of Italian local that will please everyone’s inner nonna

  • Larissa Dubecki
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Big windows, a red vaulted ceiling and white floorboards give French Saloon a timeless quality.
Good Food hat15.5/20

A hearty welcome back to one of our all-time Melbourne favourites, French Saloon

  • Besha Rodell
Go-to dish: Half chicken with pickles, condiments and Lebanese bread.
14/20

The cult charcoal chook is only part of the story at Chapel Street’s shiny Sydney import Henrietta

  • Larissa Dubecki
Commis is Collingwood’s new walk-in wine bar.

Collingwood’s new walk-in wine bar Commis is like a warm hug

  • Dani Valent
Go-to dish: Spring rolls.
14/20

Old Victoria Street Vietnamese favourite Thy Thy Counter and Canteen springs back

  • Dani Valent
Foodle is a new supermarket-sized megastore at Highpoint Shopping Centre.

You could easily spend half a day at Asian megastore Foodle

  • Dani Valent
Dark walls and light fixtures made from fencing wire create a masculine aesthetic at La Luna.
14/20

25-year-old La Luna just keeps on giving

  • Besha Rodell

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