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Stories tagged “melbourne”

Wishbone opens in Melbourne's new Midtown tower
Chris and Sarah Lucas turn the base of a 48-storey Midtown tower into a Hong Kong diner, with chef Dan Chan cooking char siu over two woodfire ovens.

Yiaga tops The Age Good Food Guide 2027 in Melbourne
Hugh Allen's 44-seat tasting-menu restaurant in Fitzroy Gardens takes restaurant of the year, as the guide also crowns Roma new restaurant of the year and keeps Vue de Monde and Brae on three hats.

Treasury Wine Estates job cuts remove 170 corporate roles
The Melbourne-based owner of Penfolds confirms the redundancies, mostly in corporate functions, while it replaces three divisions with regions and keeps hiring for its sales teams.

Wine List of the Year 2026 goes to Society in Melbourne
The Collins Street restaurant takes four national titles, including best list of wines by the glass. It is the third year in a row that a Victorian venue has won.

Best restaurants in Melbourne 2026: 15 tables worth booking
From Hugh Allen's Yiaga to a A$60 chef's selection at Anchovy: 15 Melbourne tables checked against the 2026 Good Food Guide and Gourmet Traveller awards, with prices.

What to eat in Melbourne: 11 dishes and where to find them
Eleven dishes, eleven addresses: dim sims, banh mi, souvlaki and a $425 degustation, plus the neighbourhoods and market days that decide when to go.

Byrdi Melbourne closes after six years in the CBD
Luke Whearty and Aki Nishikura have shut the Melbourne Central bar that made native Australian ingredients a cocktail discipline rather than a garnish.

Côte Basque revives a 70-year Melbourne dining room
Andrew McConnell's Basque-inspired grill has opened inside the former Becco, keeping the terrazzo floor of a Crossley Street address that has held three restaurants since 1954.

Petit Crenn Melbourne opens in October with 40 seats
Dominique Crenn's first restaurant outside the United States takes a ground-floor corner of the InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto, with mussels, tartare and madeleines with caviar.
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