This Melbourne icon divides food snobs – but our critic keeps going back

This Melbourne icon divides food snobs – but our critic keeps going back

It may not be Melbourne’s best French restaurant. But it might be the city’s best-loved bistro.

  • byBesha Rodell

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Meet the meaty main that’s so convincing,vegans have sent it back to the kitchen
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Thornbury

Meet the meaty main that’s so convincing,vegans have sent it back to the kitchen

Restaurant-bar Ballard’s,and its plant-based food,is anything but bland.

  • byDani Valent
High hopes,low quality:special levies and repairs plague new apartment owners

High hopes,low quality:special levies and repairs plague new apartment owners

Cracks,leaks,and cladding – there are hidden dangers in Australia’s new apartments,and it’s costing owners thousands.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
Tears of joy as buyer nabs bayside pad she had her heart set on for $803,000

Tears of joy as buyer nabs bayside pad she had her heart set on for $803,000

The downsizer’s son bid on her behalf for the stylish one-bedroom home and embraced her as she broke down with joy after the hammer fell.

  • byJim Malo
More warnings but no action against Melbourne Uni’s Gaza sit-in

More warnings but no action against Melbourne Uni’s Gaza sit-in

Frustrated Jewish students and community leaders have called on the University of Melbourne to make good on its promise to end the occupation of a campus building by pro-Palestinian protesters.

  • byChip Le Grand,Patrick Hatch andAlex Crowe
Beneath the city:Inside Victoria’s largest,most expensive road

Beneath the city:Inside Victoria’s largest,most expensive road

Deep underneath our north-eastern suburbs,two mega-machines are embarking on an ambitious project to shape Melbourne’s future.

  • byClay Lucas
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The unusual plan to reverse the long-running sperm and egg drought
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Healthcare

The unusual plan to reverse the long-running sperm and egg drought

In a bid to help hundreds of patients wanting to start a family,the state government has launched a campaign to encourage Victorians to donate their sperm and eggs.

  • byHenrietta Cook
There isn’t a house wine here,but there are ‘house oysters’ (and they don’t get better)
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St Kilda

There isn’t a house wine here,but there are ‘house oysters’ (and they don’t get better)

Let yourself be steered off-road and try a different pairing at oyster and wine bar The Walrus.

  • byDani Valent
Melbourne Uni signals intention to evict ‘outside agitators’ in protest occupation

Melbourne Uni signals intention to evict ‘outside agitators’ in protest occupation

The University of Melbourne says campus protests against the war in Gaza have been infiltrated by outside agitators,but students reject the claim.

  • byChip Le Grand,Tom Cowie andMelissa Cunningham
The 50-metre ‘missing link’ fix that will open new cross-city tram routes

The 50-metre ‘missing link’ fix that will open new cross-city tram routes

For almost a century,two sections of Melbourne’s sprawling tram network have passed tantalisingly close together outside Queen Victoria Market but never joined. That is to change.

  • byPatrick Hatch
This self-serve bakery’s sweet-savoury ‘sausage roll’ snack pushes every button
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Oakleigh

This self-serve bakery’s sweet-savoury ‘sausage roll’ snack pushes every button

Pick up a tray and try Korean baked goods at this humble but bustling family-run bakery in the ’burbs.

  • byDani Valent