Celebrity Non-Chef: Cook Suck
I was going to cook a dish from probably my favourite food blog at the moment, The Bookery Cook, but it was one of those Mondays where the world felt... read more...
New Lots
New Lots used to be a milk bar before co-owner brothers Luke (who manages St Kilda’s Radio Mexico) and Marty ‘The Finger’ Harvey, put... read more...
Rita's Cafeteria
Brett Graham and Rob Lowther of Lorne’s The Bottle Of Milk and Pizza Pizza needed a winter gig. So when Brett passed a hand-written “for lease”... read more...
KITSCHÉ pop-up restaurant and bar
The beauty of the pop-up is that one can do something simply for the fuck of it. Like throwing together a restaurant for two nights in Odessa Creative... read more...
Little King Cafe
Perched right next to Alphaville and St Paul’s Cathedral, Little King Cafe has low ceilings, small wooden furniture, lace curtains, good reading... read more...
Martha Ray's
Vince Conboy and Pablo Britton (both formerly of Movida) have put their man skills together and conceived a handsome cafe called Martha Ray’s. read more...
Breakfast Thieves
For my first Breakfast Thieves experience I decided to embrace the miserable weather and order something I usually hate: porridge. read more...
Steve's Sunday Breakfast
Steve cooks friends and strangers a two-course breakfast on Sunday mornings. By donation. He makes his own almond milk and coffee on the stove top. read more...
South of Johnston
Stuart McKenzie’s new cafe has huge open spaces and cosy corners and Fergus the charcoal-coloured staffy. read more...
Lucky Pops Ice Delights
When Michelle Luckman is not filling young skulls with knowledge she’s filling icy moulds with icy poles. Special icy poles; special icy poles that... read more...
Aka Siro
Masa of Piadina Slowfood and the Grace Darling has just opened Aka Siro, a Japanese pitstop lunch spot for the busy. read more...
Footscray Milking Station Cafe & Deli
I would drive to Footscray every third day for the blueberry and pecan crepes I had at Footscray Milking Station this morning. Every. Third. Day. read more...
Chuckle Park
The Guerns has hauled a US-style trailer (something of a trend, nowadays) into their laneway and are vending agreeably priced booze alongside paella (chicken,... read more...
Half Penny
Wedged right in the foyer of The Penny Black’s north entrance, Half Penny make good use of their crawlspace kitchen with a minimal range of muffins,... read more...
Casa Ciuccio
Matt, Jo and Simon from Bar Lourinha have a new place up on the bad-ass end of Gertrude Street. It’s called Casa Ciuccio (meaning cheeky Neapolitan... read more...
Cocohut
When we dropped by, our coconut hacker Tristan was brandishing a dangerously sharp cleaver and one silver chain mail glove like some sort of psychopathic... read more...
Oli & Levi
I challenge you to find one goddamn thing in this town you can eat for less than $2.00 that’s not the worst thing you’ve ever laid tongues on. And... read more...
Northcote Bakeshop
Aside from sweets, you can get breakfast or lunch: vegan portobello mushroom, beetroot relish and rocket buns; pies; quiches; pizza; foccacias; and the... read more...
Hemingway Cafe
Hemingway Cafe adjoins (shares a phone number) with Human Powered Cycles and features Anthony Hamilton-Smith’s award-winning bicycle-led trailer... read more...
Bill's Bar
Now, just like at Please Don’t Tell, the New York cocktail nerd sanctuary hidden inside a hot dog restaurant in the East Village, you can gaily... read more...
Tinnies for Golden Plains at Carwyn Cellars
This old-school, family-run booze shop on High Street (which has recently moved 100 metres up the road) makes special orders of imported canned beers... read more...
Aeropress coffee thingie
Designed by a generic Frisbee maker, these penis-pump-like cylinders have become an unlikely hit with baristas the world over. read more...
Graham Canteen
Kent and Rob from Cavallero will be smoking pork on a monster BBQ at Graham Canteen, every weekend in March. read more...
Grub Food Van
Unlike other vehicle-based food operations the Grub Food Van will not be visiting you at your local pub every second Wednesday. Unless your local pub... read more...