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Parcs’ new chef Damien Neylon swings open the doors next week.

Popular low-waste city restaurant reopens this week – with a surprising new cooking appliance

In the best tradition of reduce, reuse, recycle, waste-watching restaurant Parcs opens again after a three-month break.

  • Dani Valent
Best new restaurant nominees for the Good Food Guide - (left to right) Julieanne Blum and Stephannie Liu, chefs at Julie Restaurant, Abbotsford Convent.

Victoria’s New Restaurant of the Year finalists are...

From a four-seat sushi den to a fine diner in the former stock exchange, the Good Food Guide New Restaurant of the Year finalists are far from formulaic.

  • Dani Valent
Owners Alejandro Archibald, Nathan Toleman, Kaidee Grzankowski, Jess Spooner and Scott Blomfield

New bar Maggie’s will bring something new to a strip already brimming with brilliant venues

The new cocktail bar with tongue-in-cheek snacks is from an all-star team hailing from Nomad, Dessous, Blackhearts & Sparrows and more.

  • Dani Valent
A new twist on anchovy toasts.

The snack Melbourne restaurants are obsessed with just got even better at this new city bakery-restaurant

The team behind Aru and Sunda have opened a “very Melbourne” all-day venue (and soon you can swing by the bakery after work for still-warm sourdough).

  • Dani Valent
A selection of share-friendly snacks from the Mediterranean-inspired menu at the new-look Rooftop at QT.

First look: This revamped city rooftop bar is your new favourite spot for glam group catch-ups

Cosy booths, a private lounge, fried mortadella sandwiches – plus you can now book. QT Melbourne’s rooftop bar will sizzle this summer.

  • Dani Valent
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Asparagus tart with curd, broad beans and a parmesan sable from The Recreation’s spring menu.

A Fitzroy North favourite unveils swanky new front bar, after-dinner trolley and snack menu

A former corner pub has a sleek new look that dials up the comfort and dials down the noise.

  • Sasha Geyer
Crab agnolotti with saffron veloute at Yuca.

Melbourne hit list October 2023: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

Reubens and Cubans, plenty of pizza plus new neighbourhood bistros, wine bars and hybrid all-day cafes to add to your must-visit list.

Tiramisu croissant at Layers Bakery in St Leonards, Sydney.

Sydney hit list October 2023: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

From a bagel high tea to a destination croissanterie, add these venues to your must-visit list.

Margherita pizza at Baker Bleu.

Get a slice of the action at these six hot new Sydney pizza shops

Who needs a big pizza pie, when you can order it by-the-slice? Here are our picks of the city’s single-serve slabs.

Chilli and Cucumber Margarita and Negroni Sour will be the drinks of summer at the Skinny Dog.

Shout it from the rooftops! Four new (and improved) sky-high bars to get excited about

Melburnians love a rooftop bar. And in the spirit of giving the people what they want, here are four new ways to live the high life.

  • Dani Valent