27 Aug

Toto's, the oldest pizza restaurant in Australia, has been expanding. From its origins in Carlton, it's grown to include a small place in South Melbourne, and now one on Bridge Road. The Richmond branch is more of a takeaway place than a full restaurant, but there are still a handful of seats to dine at, and the warm lighting and wooden tables keep things casual....

19:56 / Food / Pizza / Restaurants / Richmond / Toto's Pizza
25 Aug

It's always exciting to try something different in a food-filled city like Melbourne. Named after a scenic island in the Caribbean, Saint Lucia's menu draws its inspiration from Caribbean, Cuban and South American cuisines. Having good drinks as their other focus means there's also a large selection of cocktails, tequila, rum and wine....

20:42 / Caribbean / Creole / Food / Restaurants / Saint Lucia / Windsor
24 Aug

There are plenty of hip eateries in Collingwood, but sometimes you just feel like splurging those calories on some greasy American food. Mr Scruffs is just the place for that. Food is ordered at the counter and served in no-frills cardboard boxes. Seats can be hard to come by, especially on Wednesday nights, where food is half price....

19:12 / Bar/Pub / Burgers / Collingwood / Food / Mr Scruffs / Restaurants
12 Aug

A trip to the US, learning from pit masters about their craft, has resulted in Chris Terlikar birthing a baby of his own - Bluebonnet Barbeque. After a devastating fire at his original Collingwood restaurant, Terlikar soldiered on to take up a temporary residency at Carlton’s John Curtin Hotel. Now found at the former site of The North Fitzroy Star, Terlikar is continuing to pump out smokey American Barbeque. Australian meats are smoked in-house for up to 14 hours. Sausages and barbecue sauce is also made on-site....

20:15 / American / Barbecue / Bluebonnet Barbecue / Fitzroy North / Food / Restaurants
10 Aug

It may be just off Chapel Street, but that doesn't mean the foodie excitement is over. Wander a few doors down, and it's hard to miss the colourfully painted facade of House of Hoi An. It's a place where you can delve into the cuisine of its namesake city, where dishes found on the menu might be unlike any you've seen before. Perhaps not as familiar to us here as she is overseas, owner Ms Trinh Diem Vy is a Hoi An local and one of Vietnam’s most well-known...

20:02 / Food / House of Hoi An / Restaurants / Vietnamese / Windsor
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