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From star baker Charlie Duffy’s cheese-topped “bomb” (pictured) to a textbook French onion soup, warm (or queue) up at these hot, new and just-reviewed venues this month.
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Trailblazing vegan cafe Smith & Deli expands to an iconic city laneway
- June 19, 2026
- Tomas Telegramma
From rosti to pudding, the food at newly hatted bistro Bistra is ‘exemplary’
- June 26, 2026
- Dani Valent
New Brit pub the Flying Fox brings top-notch pies and Scotch eggs to Bridge Road
- June 18, 2026
- Dani Valent
Join the queue outside Melbourne’s hottest new pastry spot, Daybaker
- June 20, 2026
- Emma Breheny
Find perfect French onion soup at under-the-radar local favourite Chez Bagou
- June 5, 2026
- Dani Valent
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Three new restaurants that show Indonesian food’s true colours, beyond satay
- June 29, 2026
- Aastha Agrawal
Is $48 good value? The verdict on steak frites-only restaurant 7 Alfred
- June 23, 2026
- Emma Breheny and Frank Sweet
$12 v $14: We compare the set-price menus at French hotspots Frenchie and Gigi
- June 25, 2026
- Tomas Telegramma
Stuffed filo pies for Greek Sunday brunch are just one reason to seek out Patris
- June 16, 2026
- Besha Rodell
Open since the ’70s, Chinese restaurant Kingsland still sizzles in the suburbs
- June 19, 2026
- Dani Valent
Cafe Ogawa will warm and cheer you up, especially if you score a smiley-face egg
- June 17, 2026
- Sanka Amadoru
‘A bit of a secret’: Baba’s Deli’s massive muffuletta sandwich is first-class
- June 10, 2026
- Tomas Telegramma
Andrew McConnell’s genre-defining Cumulus Inc. comes of age, and is as buzzy as ever
- June 9, 2026
- Besha Rodell
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Via Porta opens a ‘house of sourdough’ in a hallowed bakery site in Northcote
- June 15, 2026
- Haymun Win
Dayali, the Costco of Chinese dining, brings its dining discount to Hawthorn East
- June 4, 2026
- Harvard Wang
Berwick’s beloved dining icon Clover Cottage to reopen in July after a 10-year break
- June 16, 2026
- Dani Valent




















