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Nongkrong Festival: Who Gets to Cook Indonesian Food? Panel Talk at Cam’s Kiosk

An engaging dialogue on the complex history of Indonesian cuisine and how to approach ownership of it – plus dinner afterwards. 2024 marks the debut of the Nongkrong, a six-day festival showcasing Indonesia’s rich culture, from music to food. The festival is the creation of Indonesian-Australian siblings Moira and Darryl …
By Dash Bennett
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Gin Palace Is Back Open. Here’s What’s New

After a month-long renovation, Melbourne institution Gin Palace is back open. A mainstay in the city’s bar circuit since 1997, the basement venue is famous for its 200-strong gin menu, its coveted chicken sandwich and, above all, its lush interiors. But behind the velvet curtains, chandeliers and plush red banquettes, …
By Bridget Clarke
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Gin Palace Is Back Open. Here’s What’s New

After a month-long renovation, Melbourne institution Gin Palace is back open. A mainstay in the city’s bar circuit since 1997, the basement venue is famous for its 200-strong gin menu, its coveted chicken sandwich and, above all, its lush interiors. But behind the velvet curtains, chandeliers and plush red banquettes, …
By Bridget Clarke
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Surprise! Last-Minute Tickets Released For Taylor Swift’s Sold-Out Eras Tour

In a surprise statement this morning, Frontier Touring confirmed it’s dropping a new lot of Taylor Swift tickets for her Sydney and Melbourne Eras concerts, starting at $65.90. A small catch: the tickets won’t grant full view of the stage. “You will be required to acknowledge this prior to proceeding …
By Bridget Clarke
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Surprise! Last-Minute Tickets Released For Taylor Swift’s Sold-Out Eras Tour

In a surprise statement this morning, Frontier Touring confirmed it’s dropping a new lot of Taylor Swift tickets for her Sydney and Melbourne Eras concerts, starting at $65.90. A small catch: the tickets won’t grant full view of the stage. “You will be required to acknowledge this prior to proceeding …
By Bridget Clarke
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Courtney Act Captains the Ship As Major New Queer Festival Melt Open Sets a Course for Brisbane

The Olympic and Paralympic games aren’t the only major events coming to Brisbane over the next few years. Running from October 23 to November 10 this year, Melt Open – a brand new festival celebrating queer arts and culture – is expected to attract around 4000 visitors from interstate and …
By Dash Bennett
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“It’s Like a Big Break-Up”: After the Fire, Ascot Food & Wine Will Not Reopen

For nine years, Ascot Food & Wine embodied the spirit of a true local. Originally opened as a cafe, the unassuming Moonee Ponds eatery was finally granted a liquor license in 2019 to become what co-owner and head chef Dave Stewart always dreamt it would be: an all-day bistro, serving …
By Bridget Clarke
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Revered Victorian Cheesemaker Holy Goat Announces Closure

In a move that will dismay cheese-lovers across the country, the couple behind Holy Goat has announced the end of production. In a somewhat enigmatic Instagram post on Monday night, Ann-Marie Monda and Carla Meurs offered a poetic farewell to their beloved goat dairy and cheese room, saying, “To live …
By Bridget Clarke
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Revered Victorian Cheesemaker Holy Goat Announces Closure

In a move that will dismay cheese-lovers across the country, the couple behind Holy Goat has announced the end of production. In a somewhat enigmatic Instagram post on Monday night, Ann-Marie Monda and Carla Meurs offered a poetic farewell to their beloved goat dairy and cheese room, saying, “To live …
By Bridget Clarke
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Nine To Try: Melbourne’s Best Specialty Iced Coffees To Keep You Cool This Summer

If you’re as passionate about iced coffee as Ben Affleck is, our city’s coffee shops have you covered. Affleck – a Boston boy if there ever was one – has a particularly strong affinity for Massachusetts coffee chain Dunkin’, formerly known as Dunkin Donuts. But here in Melbourne, of course, …
By Sasha Murray
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Road Test: All the Facial Sunscreens Worth Stocking Up on This Summer (and How To Save $20 on Your Order)

Finding the right facial sunscreen is hard work. You can get away with a cheap supermarket bottle of body sunscreen as long as it’s labeled SPF50+. But there’s more to factor in when you’re buying a product for your face. If you have sensitive skin like me, the wrong sunscreen …
By Sasha Murray
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First Look: The 136-Year-Old Auburn Hotel’s $4.3 Million Expansion

If a pub has been pouring schooners for over 135 years, it probably has a hold on the community. That’s at least true of the Auburn Hotel site in Hawthorn East, which was built in 1888 and has been a go-to watering hole for many south-east locals ever since. The …
By Lachsley Parton
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First Look: Head to Publique at the Queen Victoria Market for Stacked Sourdough Loaves and Classic Pastries

Sunghoon Kim started his baking career at classic Carlton North sourdough-specialty spot Natural Tucker back in 2005. It’s no surprise, then, that the chef’s own bakery, Publique, is best known for sourdough loaves, and even sourdough croissants. In 2011, after six years spent training at bakeries around Melbourne, Kim opened …
By Bridget Clarke
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First Look: It’s “No Panini, No Party” at Piccolo Panini Bar, Hawthorn’s Pint-Sized New Spot for Italian Deli-Style Rolls

Walk past Glenferrie Road’s new Piccolo Panini Bar on the weekend, and you can’t help but wonder what’s going on. There are crowds of people hanging out the front, house music pumping through the speakers, and Italian-style deli sandwiches flying out of the kitchen. Is it a panini shop? Is …
By Lachsley Parton
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12 To Book: Epic Dance Parties and Day Festivals in Melbourne This Summer

Melbourne label Butter Sessions is throwing its first party of the year at Northcote club 24 Moons. Miami DJ duo INVT will play an exclusive Melbourne set, while Gunna/Kurnai, Gunditjmara, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta DJ Naycab will go back-to-back with Gunai/Kurnai and Yorta Yorta DJ and producer dj pgz. Label …
By Sasha Murray
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Now Open: Vintage-Inspired Denim Label Rolla’s Rolls Out a Dapper New Store in Brighton

Since its inception in 2013, Australian denim label Rolla’s has been making jeans that have become a favourite of fashion girls (and boys). Over the past decade it’s gained a global following, with its flattering signature curved back-pocket stitching seen on models such as Bella Hadid and Sofia Richie, as …
By Bridget Clarke
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Dance, Fuel, Repeat: All the Top Melbourne Eateries Cooking at New Year’s Day Festival Sun Cycle

Melbourne is always ahead of the curve when it comes to New Year’s Day festivals, and Sun Cycle is always a favourite. The dance-fuelled music and arts festival is returning to the sunny Coburg Velodrome on January 1, 2024, featuring sets by local and international acts across three vibrantly designed …
By Sasha Murray
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First Look: Restaurant-Favourite Micro-Bakery Akimbo Bread Finally Opens a Retail Store in Northcote

The name Akimbo might ring a bell. What started as a lockdown hustle for Sunda-trained chef-owner Lindsay Oates blew up fast. He’s gone from selling slow-fermented country loaves, hot cross buns and fougasse on Instagram to supplying some of Melbourne’s top restaurants and bars – including Aru, Bar Bellamy and …
By Sasha Murray
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Melbourne DJ and Producer Moktar on His Upcoming Set At Sun Cycle NYD and Celebrating His Egyptian Heritage Through Music

In the less than three years since Moktar released his first EP, the Egyptian-Australian DJ and producer has established himself as one of the best in the techno and club music scene, both locally and abroad. Moktar grew up in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire surrounded by music (his father is a …
By Sasha Murray
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The $15.7 Million narrm ngarrgu Library Opens at Queen Victoria Market

Located at the corner of Queen and Therry streets, next to Queen Vic Market, the Munro Development is a $500 million project that includes 500 undercover parking spaces, 490 build-to-rent apartments and a hotel with 110 serviced “microapartments”. It’s also the site of narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services, unveiled …
By Dash Bennett
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Restaurants Will Soon Have to Disclose Where Their Seafood Comes From

If you’ve ever wondered (or worried) about where the fish on your plate comes from, we have some good news. Under a forthcoming law, all Australian restaurants will soon have to disclose the origin of their seafood. On Friday November 24, state and federal consumer affairs ministers unanimously agreed to …
By Bridget Clarke
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