All posts by Matt Mitchell
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COVID-19 closes Very Good Falafel Brunswick store
Popular Brunswick falafel shop, Very Good Felafel, has closed after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. The...
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Brazilian empadas are what you need in your life this winter
We need to talk about pies. Forget the soggy pastry casing and dubious filling of a servo ‘traveller’...
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‘Devastating’ hit to restaurants, cafes in Melbourne lockdown postcodes
Hospitality businesses are bracing themselves for yet another king-hit after the Victorian Government announced this afternoon it will...
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Gram: The next page
It goes without saying that we are living in bonkers and, let’s not mince our words, tragic times....
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Table for none? New Covid-19 measures another blow for hospitality industry
New social distancing measures announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday will see indoor venues, such as restaurants,...
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Who doesn’t love to slide up/down a polēpolē?
If there was a continent more poorly represented in Melbourne’s restaurant scene, it would have to be Africa...
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Berko dumplings that werk: Drumplings
Ah dumplings. The little nuggets of love. The mystery fun bags of surprise. Steamed or fried, filled with...
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Victoria’s award-winning restaurant designs revealed for 2018
If there’s one critical factor to the success of a restaurant, cafe or hotel – apart from the...
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Why did my Uber Eats order arrive by car when it said bike?
The week’s come to an end and like hell you’re cooking. You fire up Uber Eats and place...
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In the Yarra Valley, distilling is all about Alchemy
There’s something both beautiful and poignant the moment Alchemy Distiller co-owner, Evan Kipping, tells the story of his...
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Crocodile laksa, green ant cheesecake: It’s happening
You know what apparently has the best-eating bum in the world? The green ant. Yep. Full of zest,...
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Not The Point?! Staff cuts, big changes at Albert Park icon
All front of house and kitchen staff from The Point Albert Park along with Executive Chef, Franck Castellana,...
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Crafty moves in $740m beer tussle
The Independent Brewers Association (IBA) will fire a new salvo against multinational brewers in their battle for the $740m...
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Review: Naked for Satan (the book, not the place)
When a restaurant makes the decision to publish a book, and I mean a showy hardcover book, it...
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Self-serve wine AND $4 pizza?! Biff Tannin’s in Brunswick is for you
What if you learned of a mythical place where you could pour your own wine and where a...
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Her Island Home- Janet de Neefe brings the flavours of Bali to Melbourne
“We have to find some mango leaves,” Janet de Neefe says as she looks towards her university-aged son...
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Ovens Street Bakery in Brunswick has to be experienced
When I was a kid we used to buy fresh bread on a Sunday from the “hot bread...
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Lavezzi: New bambino on the block
When a new gelateria opens on Lygon Street, Melbourne’s Italian epi-centre, you know they mean business. With eight...
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Homeless Grape Project comes to Victoria
You’re slowly working your way down the magnificent De Bortoli vineyards in the Yarra Valley, secateurs in hand...
