Best Breakfast – IL Fornaio
By Ravenous Renee Celebrating 20 years in business this year 2015; Il Fornaio must certainly be doing something right. Not just a café, but a highly respected and applauded Italian inspired ‘brunchery...
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Soldier On Espresso 188 High St, Windsor Rating: 4.5/5 Beans Despite its name, I suggest you would be doing yourself a wrongdoing if you were to ‘soldier on’ pass this sleek Victorian terrace café....
View ArticleDelectable Dining – Acland St. Cantina
By Jessica Williams Follow her food adventures on Instagram @jsallgoodthings Blink and you’ll miss it, but locate a small door near the corner of Acland Street and Fitzroy Street, descend down a...
View ArticleLoose Change Lunch – Ziggy’s Eatery
By Ravenous Renee Step into this hip and happening homie-style eatery with skateboards plastered on the bare brick walls down the back, and rap tunes the likes of ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ playing in...
View ArticleFinn Café – Loose Change Lunch
By Ravenous Renee If escaping to Northern Europe to unwind in serene surroundings while indulging in lavishly good food sounds good to you, but you only have your lunch hour and a tenner to spare, then...
View ArticleLezzet – Delectable Dining
By Jessica Williams Follow her food adventures on Instagram: @jsallgoodthings Turkish cuisine. Melbourne has an abundance of Chinese, Vietnamese, Greek, and in recent times, American BBQ restaurants....
View ArticlePleasing Cheeses
By Mary McConville St Kilda has two convenient cheese shops for its resident turophiles. There is La Formeggeria (Italian for The Cheese Shop and/or Factory) at 70 Acland St and Milk The Cow at 154...
View ArticleDogs Bar opens its doors again
Iconic St Kilda venue, Dogs Bar in Acland Street has a new management team keen to return the venue to its former status as a community hub, a fine food and wine venue and as a home for locals to...
View ArticleJerry’s Milk Bar
By Julia Topliss St Kilda winter months always have you searching for comfy spots for a lazy weekend brunch. Having not visited Jerry’s for several years it felt timely to stop by on the Queen’s...
View ArticleThe best of British – The Two Badgers on Barkly
Reviewed by Henry Shires In all my days, including those as the Promotional Manager for the Notting Hill Restaurant Association working alongside the likes of a very young Jamie Oliver, I have not had...
View ArticleScarfo – St Kilda Triangle
Reviewed by Daniel Wilson Have you noticed a new pop-up restaurant on St Kilda Triangle? It is part of a Reality TV show called Restaurant Revolution. Anyone is welcome to visit, as it is a real...
View ArticleCacao
Reviewed by Julia Topliss It could be the best kept secret in Fitzroy Street but Cacao has finally transformed into a fully-fledged cafe. The wonderful speciality chocolate store and patisserie now...
View ArticleAlex the Great: Miss Alex & Co Brighton Road Elwood
By Hungry Henry Across the Red Sea-like divide of the four lane (on the day we visited slashing with rain) Brighton Road from the Jewish accented Café-opolis that Ripponlea has now become, there is a...
View ArticleCauliflower Bites
By Julia Topliss This is my favourite cauliflower dish; I often find cauliflower is a bit bland but this recipe is delicious and quite light. It is perfect as an entree but also as an accompaniment to...
View ArticleA Bite into History
A winter facelift for an iconic Acland Street eatery has quickly become a reference point for Acland Street and St Kilda’s eclectic history. The Falafel store, located in the centre of Acland Street...
View ArticleFarmers’ Markets – August
VegOut Farmers Market When: 1st Saturday of every month Next market: Saturday 1st August 2015 Peanut Farm Reserve, Chaucer Street St Kilda Elwood Farmers Market When: 2nd Saturday of every month Next...
View ArticleCoffee Wars September 2015
Batch Shop 1 / 320 Carlisle Street, Balaclava Rating 4.5/5 beans Not a surprise that the Kiwi loving cafe, Batch, would serve up an independent specialty coffee with ties to New Zealand as well as...
View ArticleMarmara Turkish Restaurant
Marmara is an institution; established in 1980 it is now one of the oldest Turkish restaurants in Australia. Recently renovated last year, Marmara has lost its 1970’s look & feel which has been...
View ArticleBATCH
This local Kiwi flavoured cafe is a family favourite – we all love it; a daily haunt for my sister, a weekly coffee and sausage roll fix for my partner, and the cafe of choice for my mother when she is...
View ArticleWhere to grab a bite in St Kilda
By Andrew Chow St Kilda is one of Melbourne’s top areas to find good food. For those who like a bit of variety in their culinary adventures, St Kilda offers a lot to try with some established...
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