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Brunswick

Spiced lamb cigars and chilli snapper with dips and salad.
Critics' Pick

Teta Mona

Budget-friendly banquets and BYO.

The Chifa menu combines Chinese and Peruvian influences.
Critics' Pick

Casa Chino

Chifa dishes and more in a spacious courtyard.

Ox tongue skewers with with crispy garlic.
Critics' Pick

Bar Spontana

Funk, fire and fantastic cocktails.

Ima Asa Yoru in Brunswick.
Critics' Pick

Ima Asa Yoru

Day-to-night dining dressed in Yves Klein blue.

Bar Magnolia is an intimate French bistro in Brunswick.
Good Food hat15/20

Bar Magnolia

Bistro de force of the north.

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‘Best handheld breakfast of the year:’ This bacon, egg and cheese roll is a hangover-busting beauty

Inspired by a quintessential New York City bodega item, it’s the best handheld breakfast Sandwich Watch has had all year.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Bar Spontana’s fitout features brick walls, exposed roof trusses and colourful artwork.
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Funk, fire and fantastic cocktails: This secret bar might be the Thai diner of your dreams

Bar Spontana is one of those spots that feels like a secret, and a really juicy secret at that.

  • Besha Rodell
Casa Chino is a moody space with a long list of cocktails to go with the Peruvian-Chinese food.

Fusion food gets a bad rap, but this beautiful new Brunswick restaurant breaks the mould

Behind a heavy wooden door you’ll find Casa Chino – a special new spot for chifa, Peru’s beloved mash-up of local ingredients with Cantonese cooking.

  • Emma Breheny
Bright blue noren (bunting) surrounds the bar counter.
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One of the city’s standout Japanese cafes has a new home and new night moves

Asa yoru means day and night, which sums up the change for Ima Cafe, now in bigger premises with izakaya-style bar snacks.

  • Larissa Dubecki
Cosy French Bar Magnolia
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‘Honest, interesting, fatty’: This cosy Brunswick newcomer is the stuff of French bistro fantasies

This is real, unpretentious French cooking, and it’s ‘bloody lovely’, reviews Larissa Dubecki.

  • Larissa Dubecki

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/goodfood/topic/brunswick-vic-7kx