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An Austro pastry featuring sour cherries in sweet cheese.

Austro Bakery

No-frills Eastern European-style pastries.

  • Tomas Telegramma

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Bear’s Wine Bar “is exactly what a neighbourhood wine bar should be”.

‘Feels like a country town’: The inner-city enclave luring Melbourne’s best bakers and bar owners

The suburb’s pace and proximity to the CBD is finally luring a new generation of hospitality operators.

  • Tomas Telegramma
The hand-cut, double-cooked chips are a cut above.

This 1860s pub punches well above its weight for food (even if there’s no chicken parma)

Bobbie Peels’ simple dishes − including these chunks of fluffy spud − have surprising depth.

  • Dani Valent
Lord Mayor Nick Reece accepted a $5000 donation from Sidney Myer.

The rich-list backer of Arden mega-tower who donated to Nick Reece’s election campaign

Lord Mayor Nick Reece pledged not to accept developer funding, but took a donation from the patriarch of the Myer dynasty who is among those behind a planned 57-storey apartment tower. 

  • Cara Waters
A planning application has been made for a 57-storey tower at Arden.

North Melbourne could soon be home to a 57-storey apartment building

Arden could be home to a towering apartment block containing 609 apartments, if the proposal is approved by the state government.

  • Cara Waters
Dustin Martin bought 43 Kerferd Road in 2012 for $993,000. It sold for an undisclosed price during post auction negotiations on Saturday.

Richmond bakery-turned-house with ‘X factor’ sells for $2.354 million

The vendors transformed the former bakery into a spacious three-bedroom home with city views, attracting six buyers. It sold for some $354,000 above reserve.

  • Alexandra Middleton
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The optional seafood platter (market fish, mussels, salmon caviar and lemon-pickle-spiked butter sauce).
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This add-on is like the designer dress you stumble upon in an op shop: an absolute steal

Three-year-old Mauritian restaurant Manze is sitting in the sweet spot. Plus: its seafood platter is absolutely gorgeous.

  • Dani Valent
Korean BBQ at Yeonga in North Melbourne
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Yeonga

Longstanding barbecue joint delivers char and a half.

Manze serves contemporary takes on Mauritian food.
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Manze

Nobody puts “neighbourhood wine bar” in a corner.

Public housing tenants, led by lead plaintiff Barry Berih, outside the Supreme Court.

Public housing tower tenants gain more time from being evicted

The class action case against the Victorian government over Labor’s plan to demolish public housing towers will extend into 2025. That gives tenants more time to fight their evictions.

  • Rachael Dexter

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