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Vinesmith

A French-leaning bistro, wine bar, bottle shop and tasting room in one.

Emma Breheny

Inside Vinesmith.
1 / 9Inside Vinesmith.Supplied
Sand crab, fennel, garden herbs, bisque.
2 / 9Sand crab, fennel, garden herbs, bisque. Eddie Jim
The corner spot houses four venues in one, including a wine store.
3 / 9The corner spot houses four venues in one, including a wine store.Supplied
Lamb cutlets with tropea onion and spices like sumac.
4 / 9Lamb cutlets with tropea onion and spices like sumac.Eddie Jim
A wine bar,  bistro, cellar door and bottleshop in one.
5 / 9A wine bar, bistro, cellar door and bottleshop in one.Supplied
Port Phillip Bay pink snapper, vegetables, pea mousse, sauce velouté.
6 / 9Port Phillip Bay pink snapper, vegetables, pea mousse, sauce velouté. Eddie Jim
Assorted dishes.
7 / 9Assorted dishes.Supplied
Outside the restaurant.
8 / 9Outside the restaurant.Supplied
French-inspired snacks are on the menu.
9 / 9French-inspired snacks are on the menu.Supplied

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The concrete and timber-clad Vinesmith, on the corner of Flinders Lane and Spring Street, has chef Richard Hayes (ex-The Lincoln and London’s Ledbury) channelling what he saw while working in Paris.

Owned by a winemaking group of the same name, the venue encompasses a bistro, wine bar, bottle shop and tasting room over two levels in the space that has housed venues including Verge and Hihou.

The upper-floor bistro overlooks the canopy of Treasury Gardens and serves various set menus, starting at $49 for two courses.

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After dark, the cellar door facing Spring Street shuts up shop and becomes a wine bar. Stop by for quail egg croquettes and duck pate de campagne (a coarse pate or smooth terrine, depending on how you look at it) that’s made in-house, or larger dishes such as steak frites.

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Emma BrehenyEmma BrehenyEmma is Good Food’s Melbourne eating out and restaurant editor and editor of The Age Good Food Guide.

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