26 Jun

[caption id="attachment_8693" align="aligncenter" width="533"] Hercules Morse[/caption] Open 7 days for lunch and dinner, and brunch on the weekend, Hercules Morse offers a seasonal menu that's mainly designed around share plates and bar snacks. Being a bar, it's unsurprising that it has an extensive list of drinks and cocktails, and these also come with rather amusing descriptions on the menu. The long and narrow space consists of high seats, and tables towards the back. There's a casual yet intimate feel, accentuated by the low hanging lights, candles on the table...

20:59 / Bar/Pub / Food / Hercules Morse / Modern Australian / Restaurants / South Melbourne
24 Jun

Not to be confused with the Carlton side of Lygon street, The B-East is to be found in Brunswick East (get it?). Far from being just a burger joint, it's also a bar and live music venue, open until late every day. Offerings include burgers, sliders and subs, along with fries, American-style sides like hickory smoked corn, mac 'n' cheese bombs and corn bread, and salad to make us all feel better. Brioche is the bread of choice here, but rye and gluten free options are available too. [caption...

14:43 / Brunswick East / Burgers / Food / Restaurants / The B-East
21 Jun

After a brief overseas holiday, dad and I arrived back in Melbourne on what was apparently the coldest day since August. Perhaps not the best timing, given our holiday took place in Malaysia. Feeling sluggish from the sudden change in climate, neither of us were in the mood to cook so we opted to dine at Mama Manoush instead. [caption id="attachment_8566" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Mixed Dip Sample Platter - Hummous, Baba Ghannouj, Labneh ($18)[/caption] We start with the mixed dip sample platter, which came with hummous, baba ghannouj and labneh and...

20:03 / Fitzroy / Food / Mama Manoush / Middle Eastern / Restaurants
12 Jun

Beans and Bagels is no more. Sir Charles is the latest venture from the owners of Axil Coffee Roaster, Dave Makin and Zoe Delaney. Zoe previously worked for the owners of Beans and Bagels, teaming up with a number of partners to form this new restaurant. They renovated the interior of the former bagelry and spruced it up with a polished, bright, modern and spacious interior. White walls, pale wood, and copper accents create the theme, with splashes of aqua and turqoise creating a sort of feature wall,...

14:04 / Asian / Cafe / Chinese / Fitzroy / Food / Japanese / Korean / Sir Charles / Thai
11 Jun

Paleo cafes are still scarce, though their numbers are slowly growing. This addition to the fold arrived mid-last year, when co-founders Tom Davidson and Jacob Burke sought to carry over their passion for clean eating into a new eatery. This eatery is Patch, located within the heritage-restored channel 9 studio in Richmond. A little walk past the front gate brought us to a long and narrow space, with an open kitchen occupying much of it. Indoors seating was limited, but there were outdoors tables available too, today occupied by...

14:54 / Cafe / Food / Healthy / Patch / Richmond
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