Oh Darling! Pushing the boundaries of cafe food cuisine, Darling Cafe dares to be different and brings the wok to brunch with modern charm.
Hiding down its namesake side street in dense South Yarra, the cafe’s simple black and gold signage opens up into an interior that is elegant and sleek down the smallest details.
Marble counters and bench tops, … Read More
First announced over a year ago, Melbourne’s newest opening is finally here. Brought to us by the team behind powerhouse cafes Top Paddock and Kettle Black, there has been undoubtedly a level of excitement for what’s in store at Higher Ground. It’s a cafe, a restaurant, a bar, a little bit of everything.
Hiding unassumingly behind a red brick facade … Read More
Quiet and dreamy Adelaide has its share of restaurants, but it can be difficult to find something special that stands out from the rest. Maybe this is because as a travelling Melburnian there’s a certain vibe that is being looked for, but I digress from the blatant jibe at Adelaide as that special something has been found.
Meet Africola.
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Sometimes it’s the simple combinations that excite us the most. Fish and chips, fried chicken and beer, eggs on toast, ham and cheese, the list goes on. Hiding in the quiet streets of Footscray lies Fox on the Corn, with a combination which will probably surprise you that there isn’t more of it.
Pasta and beer.
Two pastas, nine sauces … Read More
A new cafe opens in Melbourne nearly every month but are usually concentrated around the city and surrounding suburbs. The newest opening comes from the team behind powerhouse cafes Short Straw, Touchwood and Tall Timber and resides in dreamy Carnegie. Located on an street corner in a mostly residential area, Left Field brings it to life with good quality food … Read More
Just like its namesake, Lucy Liu is geared up and packing a mean punch. Lucy takes signature Melbourne elements with its tiny laneway entrance and Asian fusion cuisine, and adds its own twists that result in an all day dining and drinks venue.
The experience starts right at the entrance, a narrow passageway off to one side of Oliver Lane … Read More
Mayday mayday mayday! Food is needed! The newest offering from the team behind Axil in Hawthorn will solve your hunger and thirst. With its prime location on busy Bridge Road, Mayday Coffee and Food brings another option to the growing list of specialty cafes opening along the strip.
The street-corner cafe is a large open space that wraps around one … Read More
“Let there be smoke” reads the large street corner billboard that marks the spot for Footscray’s newest addition. Brought to us by the team behind famed burger outlet 8bit, Up In Smoke brings smoked barbecue meats to the west in the form of a modern diner-style restaurant and cocktail bar.
The interior is an intimate affair with black painted brick … Read More
East meets, well, the East at Hawthorn’s newest all-day dining destination. St Cloud prides itself on its honest, healthy, fresh and home-style Vietnamese food.
St Cloud’s design is sleek. The white painted brick exterior carrying through to the interior with its contrasting white ceiling, black concrete floor and black tiled bar and counter areas. The furnishings also follow a white/black … Read More
The lights are on and someone is definitely home at Lights In The Attic.
Situated in Hawthorn East, this local gem is a bit of a surprise to find in a suburb that is mostly residential and a bit of a middleman between bustling Hawthorn and Camberwell.
Located unassumingly at the base of an apartment building, the cafe takes on … Read More