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Potato cakes with creme fraiche and lumpfish caviar.
Critics' Pick

‘A hefty, triple-cooked beast’: Bear’s serves the Goldilocks of potato cakes

This warm bear hug of a venue has plenty to offer, but its fate is tied to this excellent snack with startling crunch.

  • Larissa Dubecki
Inside Cafe Tomi in North Melbourne.

Cafe Tomi

This venue is a finalist in the best matcha and specialty drinks category in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

The famous campfire hot chocolate.

Mork Chocolate Brew House

This venue is a finalist in the best matcha and specialty drinks category in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Strawberry Melba: strawberry croissant at Bread Club in North Melbourne.

Bread Club

This bakery is a finalist for best bread and pastries in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Roasting is done in house at Small Batch.

Small Batch

This bakery is a finalist for best bread and pastries in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

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A selection of coffees at Rosso.

Rosso Coffee Experience

This cafe is a finalist for best coffee in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Pouring the coffee.

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This cafe is a finalist for best coffee in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Bear’s Wine Bar in North Melbourne.

Bear’s Wine Bar

Everything you’d want in a neighbourhood wine bar.

  • Tomas Telegramma and Larissa Dubecki
The box of nine small bites at Sakedokoro Namara.

Sakedokoro Namara

Transportive, with top-notch sake on tap.

Bobby’s is known for its traditional Cornish pasties.

Bobby’s Bakery

Home to true-to-tradition Cornish pasties.

  • Tomas Telegramma

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