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‘Friendly, cosy, warm and not too stiff’: Say bonjour to Windsor’s new classic French bistro
Call in for anchovy toast and a glass of wine, stay for the steak frites at High Street newcomer Normandy Wine and Grill.
- Dani Valent
Collapsed meal delivery platform relaunches with new owner, celeb chef dishes and voucher doubt
Gourmet meal delivery platform Providoor has relaunched but it’s still unclear whether almost $4.4 million in unused gift vouchers will be honoured.
- Tomas Telegramma
Rising star chef is returning to popular CBD restaurant for its much anticipated reopening
After a spell at Windsor restaurant Firebird, Mumbai-born chef Nabil Ansari is heading back to a freshly renovated Sunda.
- Dani Valent
Torino Aperitivo brings Italian bar tradition to Melbourne’s CBD (but don’t call them snacks)
Expect free bites with your first round of drinks when this Italian-style bar opens in a tiny laneway.
- Donna Demaio
Victoria’s best regional restaurants of the year (plus great places to stay and make a weekend of it)
Looking for destination inspiration for your next road trip? The Age Good Food Guide’s Regional Restaurant of the Year finalists are a great starting point.
- Emma Breheny
‘I want to treat Australia as a region of Italy’: This reborn North Melbourne restaurant is only getting started
Sixteen years in, the North Melbourne restaurant formerly known as Sosta Cucina is ready to write a new chapter in Melbourne’s love affair with Italian cooking.
- Emma Breheny
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
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
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
One of Collingwood’s best spots just got even better with sake on tap and homewares to covet
Newly expanded Cibi cafe and homewares store brings the best of Japan to the backblocks of Collingwood.
- Dani Valent