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The 1110-person Hickens Hotel now has two additional levels.

A mega pub with a rooftop bar, private karaoke and more opens in Melbourne’s CBD

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

  • Tomas Telegramma

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Former Montu employee Tom Farmery.

The cannabis factory: How one doctor wrote 72,000 scripts in two years

Medicinal cannabis giant Montu’s doctors are issuing prescriptions at an alarming rate, prompting strong criticism from the federal government.

  • Angus Thomson and Clay Lucas
Listen out for the crackle of the filo tiropita (cheese pie).

This Toorak Road taverna is hitting its stride with cheese pie and crackling filo pastry

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.

  • Dani Valent
An artist’s impression of the SRL station at Monash University. 

Monash University fears SRL plans for housing, office space will swallow high-tech hub

More than 600 public submissions have been published on plans for high-rise housing and office space along the $34.5 billion rail line.

  • Patrick Hatch
American artist Laura Allcorn (yellow top) with her work Pledge Drive For Attention.

Hopelessly distracted by you: Can we break our love affair with tech?

Doomscrolling, video autoplay and swiping left, right, up and down is devouring everyone’s attention. A new exhibition asks how we might break the habit.

  • Karl Quinn
Lemon meringue croissant wheel at Calle Bakery.

Join the queue at this viral inner-north bakery for custard croissant wheels and Parisian hot chocolate

Calle Bakery became so popular, it recently opened a second store in Northcote.

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Cosy gatherings in the dining room at Ras Dashen.

Settle in to the cosy dining room at this 14-year-old Ethiopian eatery

Order claypot lamb chops, firfir soup mixed with injera flatbread and more at Ras Dashen in Footscray.

  • Dani Valent
Bistecca al pepe - eye fillet steak topped with a pepper sauce-filled raviolo - at Gambino restaurant in Glen Waverley.
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Bet you’ve never had steak and pepper sauce like this before, Melbourne

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

  • Dani Valent
Andrew Demetriou and Clint Hillas

Join the club: Top restaurateurs sign up to Demetriou’s new venture

Melbourne celebrities are converging on the former AFL supremo’s “inclusive” club, Sanctum.

  • Stephen Brook, Kishor Napier-Raman and Gemma Grant
Brisket is smoked for up to 18 hours at Il Texas Barbecue.

One of Melbourne’s best Texas-style barbecue joints is found in the unlikeliest of places

Il Texas Barbecue serves slow-cooked brisket and pork cooked in the smoker for up to 18 hours.

  • Quincy Malesovas

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