Inside the new Baker Bleu store in South Yarra.

Baker Bleu

The fourth outpost for Melbourne’s favourite sourdough bakery.

  • Aastha Agrawal
Portside prepares seafood as it would at a restaurant,such as Hervey Bay scallops and half rock lobsters.

Portside Market

A fishmonger with a fine dining difference.

  • Emily Holgate
Outside the Godby Hotel.

Godby Hotel

A new pub in an old train station.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Cappelletti stuffed with four cheeses on top of cavolo nero purée with a parmigiano fondue,burnt-butter sage and hazelnuts.
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Bar Carolina

Creative takes on broadly Italian food mixed with comforting classics.

Inside South Yarra’s Bar Carolina,now run by celebrity chef Karen Martini.
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‘Bursting with new energy’:Karen Martini’s latest venture is an instant hit – and hat

The celebrated chef has settled in to the revamped Bar Carolina in South Yarra,serving creative takes on broadly Italian food mixed with comforting classics.

  • Dani Valent
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Marinated salmon and dill.
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France-Soir

Melbourne’s defining bistro is as thrilling as ever.

Compressed watermelon salad at Lona Misa.
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Lona Misa

The premier plant-based eatery of the south.

Spanner crab and charred flatbread at Matilda 159 Domain restaurant in South Yarra,Melbourne. Pic Simon Schluter.
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Matilda 159 Domain

Flame-driven Australian cooking,sans cliche.

Snacks.
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Omnia

Bistro classicism without the elitism,grandeur without the pretence.

Mullet with pickled chilli.
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Dainty on Toorak

One of Melbourne’s best-loved addresses for spice.