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If you can’t find an old pub, make one. That’s the approach the You Beauty team has taken to create this award-winning community-led venue.

Hickens Hotel is now open in the four-storey space once housing the Crafty Squire.

Astoria Bar Ke Grill opened quietly last spring, but is now coming into its own with a host of dips, stews and a hefty moussaka.

McCarrs on Mona Vale Road is an excellent place to sit by the fire and share pizza slices topped with pepperoni, honey and chilli.

Gambino restaurant and rooftop bar brings tricksy Italian dishes and Big Night Out energy to the ’burbs.

Collingwood’s Thin Slizzy offers cheap pizzas, cocktails and pints on Wednesdays.

The restaurant formerly known as Cutler and Co. switches from pricey degustation dining to a more casual format.

For traditional Greek dishes executed in ways you might not expect.

One of Melbourne’s most iconic spots for wood-fired pizza.

Push past the orthodoxies at Fitzroy’s Bar Liberty, where spirit infuses everything from the playlists to the legacy of cheesy, peppery dishes.