All posts by Matt Mitchell
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Matt Mitchell | July 17, 2020
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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Matt Mitchell | July 13, 2020
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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Matt Mitchell | June 30, 2020
‘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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Matt Mitchell | March 23, 2020
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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Matt Mitchell | March 21, 2020
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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Matt Mitchell | December 10, 2018
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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Matt Mitchell | July 24, 2018
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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Matt Mitchell | June 30, 2018
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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Matt Mitchell | May 25, 2018
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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Matt Mitchell | May 23, 2018
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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Matt Mitchell | May 17, 2018
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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Matt Mitchell | May 9, 2018
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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Matt Mitchell | May 8, 2018
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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Matt Mitchell | April 14, 2018
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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Matt Mitchell | March 27, 2018
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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Matt Mitchell | March 23, 2018
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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Matt Mitchell | March 11, 2018
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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Matt Mitchell | March 3, 2018
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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Matt Mitchell | February 17, 2018
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...