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Mount Martha baker Michelle Ball has had her honesty box for bread shut down.

Resident complaint puts an end to honesty-box bread loved by community

After years of selling sourdough outside her home, a Victorian baker has been told she must pay $13,000 for a food truck permit.

  • Emma Breheny
Walrus in Brunswick has built a following for its US diner pancakes.

From syrup-drenched to ultra-fluffy: The best spots for pancakes in Melbourne

Whether you prefer them diner-style with bacon, or puffed up like a souffle, here’s where to get your pancake fix.

  • Quincy Malesovas
Justin Hemmes pictured outside one of his Sydney venues in 2022.

What’s happening with Merivale’s original Melbourne restaurant?

The Sydney-based hospitality giant has just snapped up a new site in Melbourne, with grand plans for a drinking and dining precinct. Where does that leave its first purchase, made nearly four years ago?

  • Emma Breheny
North Fitzroy Arms has been a hit with its new menu and new look.

Backstreet pubs to pizza joints: 30 top spots from Victoria’s restaurant young guns

The next gen of front-of-house talent spills on the places you’ll find them on their days off.

Chilled tofu with syrup.

Doughnuts, ice-cream and nuggets: How this tiny shop puts a creative spin on tofu

A small-batch tofu maker is pushing perceptions of the vegetarian staple into new territory, using McDonald’s, low-waste cooking and more for inspiration.

  • Emma Breheny
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Italian comedy trio Sooshi Mango is expanding their Lygon Street restaurant.

Gimmick proves golden as Sooshi Mango expands Lygon Street restaurant

The comedy trio add a new level to their nostalgic Italian diner – and they’re not the only Melbourne hospitality operators scaling up on-site.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Barragunda is a set on 400 hectares that supply lamb, beef, rye wheat and dozens of varieties of vegetables and fruit.

This new Mornington Peninsula fine diner is one of Australia’s most ambitious restaurants of the decade

On a sprawling 400 hectares, this new spot rears lamb and cattle, grows its own rye wheat and transforms its harvest into Middle Eastern-tinged tasting menus.

  • Emma Breheny
St John’s first restaurant in Smithfield is known for its stark and understated dining room.

‘They’re restaurant royalty’: Trailblazing London eatery coming to Melbourne

Chefs love it – but so do artists, bankers and everyone in between. It has created dozens of iconic dishes. What’s in store when this decades-old favourite comes to town?

  • Emma Breheny
Tucked on a side street in Strathmore, Athos cafe is drawing crowds for its home-grown Greek food.

This humble cafe in the ’burbs is taking Melbourne’s Greek food back to its roots

“Mixed grills, platters – that’s never the way Greeks have eaten.” A couple with 30 years experience are drawing people from all over with their homemade and ultra-fresh approach.

  • Emma Breheny
Seafood Street’s pipis in XO sauce was an essential order for most chefs.

‘Like a haven’: Chefs mourn a late-night Chinatown favourite, and wonder where to next?

A Chinatown destination for hungry chefs after work has closed without warning or fanfare. They’ll miss its cheeky hospitality, big tables and comforting food.

  • Emma Breheny

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