Nick Connellan

Crumbled totopos, fresh ricotta and 14-hour slow-cooked pork on crusty banh mi rolls. This ain’t your usual Melbourne sandwich shop.

Over three balmy months in 2025, the site hosted free concerts from Robbie Williams, Kneecap and more, instantly becoming one of the city’s most exciting music destinations. What took it so long?

A Masterchef alum, a James Beard Award-winning cookbook author and a head chef walk into a Chinese Malaysian restaurant. Deliciousness ensues.

The pop-up queen and Chinese-ish author is joining Luke Churchill in his Bronte kitchen for one night only – with the pair cooking a set menu that delivers abalone noodles, garlicky dumplings, sticky beef short ribs and more.

One of Sydney’s best new bars is headed to Melbourne for one night only at Andrew McConnell and Jo McGann’s timeless cocktail bar, Apollo Inn. And you can walk right in.

Top-tier sangas and rare American whiskey are the order of the day at the cosy Northcote bar.

Truffle pasta and truffle brioche toasties? Sign us up.

Chifa, or Chinese Peruvian food, is the cuisine of the day as the two restaurants collaborate on an affordable set menu.

Clean, fresh and uncomplicated. Those are the relevant adjectives for the upcoming daytime restaurant by a former fine-dining chef and his partner.

The 19th-century Portuguese flan is unbelievably rich, thanks to egg yolks, port wine and … rendered pork fat.