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Feast on foodie fantasies as you farewell February, and munch your way into March! Here’s our round up of what’s on in Melbourne.

Preach it, sister! Melbourne is getting its very own Vegas-style chapel, the Church of Bang Bang Boogaloo!

This cake is spectacular. A light sponge laden with lemon syrup that has your mouth singing ‘partaay’. And the candied lemon topping combined with edible flowers is so beautiful and impressive, it is sure to bring up your baking cred. The lemon poppy seed cake is a trans-seasonal fave, and this recipe by cake queen, April Carter is the business.

When it comes to core workouts like barre, pilates, yoga and HIIT (high intensity interval training), how do you know which one is right for you?

Steeped in heritage yet still a hive of new shops, restaurants and bars, Carlton has a lot to offer, whether it's some of Melbourne’s best pizza, culture or cocktail nightlife.

Needing some brekkie inspo? We went straight to the source – four of Australia’s best online recipe hotspots for their take on a DIY healthy breakfast. Now the only problem is, which one to tackle first?

From twerking to Bollywood dance, here’s our picks of the most fun dance classes in Melbourne.

For a city destroyed in World War II and broken apart during the Cold War, Berlin has risen out of its tumultuous past and today thrives as one of the coolest places for artsy soul searching and late night philosophising. Here is our guide to the best of the German capital.

Somehow I never got around to reading E.L. James’s 50 Shades books as I was busy watching ABC News 24 and browsing ASOS, so the movie version of the original novel was a great chance for me to catch up on the storyline.

The Port Phillip Mussel Festival will be hitting South Melbourne Market this March, aiming to shellbrate local produce with live jazz music, entertainment, and some mighty tasty mussels! 

While internet cafes have come a long way since the late nineties, finding a great glass of wine and a wifi connection in the same place can be a challenge. To help you out, we have rounded up Melbourne’s best bars with wifi (and restaurants with a killer wine list).

Any self-respecting Melburnian will have at least one memory of struggling down Cookie’s stairwell after an evening of over-indulgence. So what makes this Melbourne institution so special?

Soul food in Melbourne has surfed an epic wave of popularity recently…and with damn good reason!

It’s time to sip and eat your way around our hit list of the shiny new Melbourne restaurants and bars you NEED to check out before Feb is done and dusted!

Romantic, delicious and boozy weekends away are some of our favourites, and Australia is lucky enough to be home to some of the best and most beautiful wine regions in the world.

From Chinese New Year celebrations to epic White Night festivities, it’s a weekend of arts, culture, and partying ahead, Listers! If you’re looking for things to do in Melbourne this weekend, you don’t have to look any further.

Fakerjacks! Lumbersexuals! The Jameson Jeroboam Jamboree—a day-festival of all things whiskey, pickle and woodsman survival-related—hits Melbourne next month.

Listen up, clean eaters! Naked Chicks (Nude Food) is the latest clean-eating café in Melbourne to offer tasty healthy-eating options to on-the-go city-dwellers.

Don’t have time to sift through the Melbourne International Comedy Festival program or just want some advice on who to shell out for? We’ve done the hard work for you to present our top 10 picks!

We went straight to the High Priestesses of Perfect Skin, aka the women behind some of the best beauty salons in Melbourne, for their expert opinions and top tips on skincare during your 20s, 30s and 40s.

Forget about glass slippers, and meat dresses are so passé. What you’ll need for this epic event is a rip-roaring appetite. Carnivores Ball returns to Melbourne for 2015, Listers!

With its mouth-watering Middle Eastern menu, boutique drinks list and relaxed, family friendly setting on the beach, this is the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival event you can’t miss!

Now there’s a new player on the Collingwood team and we’re happy to have him on board. Introducing Rupert, a great place off the beaten track for friendly service, shared food and local brews.

From polish to primers, lipstick to liners, these Instagramming stars sure do give good glam! Sure, beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but we think you’ll ‘like’ every single one of these hashtagging hotties. Here are our picks for 10 of the best beauty accounts to follow on Instagram.

For foodies that appreciate the journey, here are our fave five Laneway restaurants in Melbourne, GPS not included.

If there ever was a bartender’s bar, new Melbourne bar, Union Electric, may be it. Opening to as little media fanfare as they could muster about a month ago, the bar is fast becoming a destination for those in the know in Chinatown.

Whether you like your curries sweet or spicy, creamy or chock-full of chilli, have your say with the dishes served up by three champion chefs at Curry Smackdown!

The Melbourne Food & Wine Festival is one of our city’s most cherished events. We’ve created this handy event guide of must-dos for the festival depending on your area of foodie fandom—which Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Foodie are you?

Pack your bags, Listers. We’re off to Paris! Now in its 26th season, the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2015 brings the best of new French cinema to Australian shores this March.

Yogis of Melbourne, get excited—Humming Puppy, a luxurious new yoga studio, has just opened in Prahran!

We’re always on the hunt for a killer Melbourne restaurant for a long lunch, so we were pretty stoked (sorry) to recently pop along to one of Melbourne’s best bars, Stokehouse City.

We took it upon ourselves to trawl Melbourne’s best bars, all in the name of researching some truly global inspired cocktails.

Mörk Chocolate Brew House brings Swedish style chocolate delicacies to North Melbourne later this month.

Thanks to Griffiths Bros, one lucky Urban List reader has the chance to win A YEAR’S WORTH OF COFFEE! Yep, that’s 12 months’ worth of premium quality coffee delivered directly to you. Heck yes!

Beginning to wonder what to do on Valentines Day if you're single? We've lined up 14 reasons to NOT stay home.

You can eat dinner in your undies. You can spend money on your self. And you can eat all the chocolate souffle you like. Best. Holiday. Ever.

Relive your sugary childhood breakfast memories at Cereal Anytime, the new Melbourne cereal cafe.

Six hours of meaty-madness? Your Labour Day public holiday is officially sorted!

This weekend is all about smooching, serenading and Sunday sessions. Don’t be a cynic... but even if you are, there’s plenty on for you too! Here's our round up of what's on in Melbourne this weekend!

Chinese New Year is right around the corner and Melbourne's best Chinese restaurants are putting on some delicious events!

We’re suckers for a meat-free meal that really packs a flavour punch! Here's The Urban List round-up of Melbourne’s best restaurants for vegetarians.

We check out new Melbourne bar, G&Tea Gin Garden in Fitzroy—the creation of self-proclaimed Duke of Juniper, Hamish Goonetilleke of The Rum Diary Bar renown.

From the Balleaus—of Chingón and Le Bon Ton fame—comes Five Points Deli and Longhorn Saloon. Get excited!

We’ve teed up a guide to the best of White Night Melbourne, hour-by-hour, so you can make the most of this annual celebration of everything that makes ours the best city in Australia.

Our resident bitter singleton is here to help you cope with the trauma of Valentine's Day 2015.

Richmond's pop-up empire The Swan Street Chamber of Commerce is open for business!

Coffee might be about to meet its matcha (sorry, couldn’t resist), because there’s a new green brew making waves on the cafe scene.

Malvern is one of those suburbs that you may think you know, but you really don’t. As it continues to evolve, we have seen some great new cafés, bars and shops join the neighbourhood. Here is our guide to exploring the streets of Malvern.

What’s that they say about great minds? New Melbourne café, Like Minded Projects, brings together healthy dishes, great coffee and beautiful homewares from local producers under one roof.

We've picked Melbourne's best gluten-free restaurants that have an added touch of romance for your Valentine's day celebrations.

After a cracking success in 2014, the 15th of March will see a festival of brie-lliant proportions with Fromage A Trois!

With an Attica chef at the helm, this secret laneway dinner party is one you definitely don't want to miss out on!

Impress your beloved this Valentine's day by booking a decadent candle-lit dinner at one of Melbourne’s best restaurants.

Whatcha gonna do if it’s too early to stomach brekkie but you just can’t wait until lunch to get a feed? This, my friends, is where the glorious boozy brunch comes in.

Our friends over at Winger Social are throwing the funnest, flirtiest Valentine’s Day Singles Party in town, at the Grosvenor Hotel in St Kilda.

It’s one of the top fitness goals around—achieving a killer core, abs of steel, a mid-section you could bounce a coin off. So how do you achieve Victoria’s Secret model abs?

With fast and friendly service, and more importantly, super delicious and filling food, here are five Melbourne CBD lunch spots that we’re loving right now!

Not sure what to pack for the perfect picnic? We’ve got you covered with our ultimate list of picnic must-haves…ready for you to click and shop today!

Join in the birthday celebrations at Prahran restaurant Charlie Dumpling this weekend for a taste of one of Melbourne's most delicious desserts.

Today, feline fanciers are able to order kitten deliveries on demand as part of the UberKITTENS project, in support of local cat shelters in each city.

February is filled with festivals, films, food and free fitness events! In fact, February plays host to a range of free events across the board! We’re talking free music, free art, free theatre, free FRUIT even.

Pope Joan chef and co-owner, Matt Wilkinson, talks to us about opening his dream deli, restaurant and takeaway hybrid in East Brunswick.  

What is it about pulled pork sliders that makes them so goddamn delicious?! Is it the melt-in-your-mouth, juicy pork? The tangy sauce? The touch of slaw? Or maybe all three?!

Lovers of Northcote’s much lauded Estelle are in for a treat as the more casual arm of the soon-to-be two-pronged eatery, Estelle Bistro, opens its doors tonight.

Because nothing says ‘I think you’re pretty swell’ quite like a big, bright and beautiful bunch of flowers, we’ve rounded up the best florists in Melbourne for Valentine’s Day!

Sun Moth Canteen & Bar is potentially a new favourite Melbourne CBD lunch haunt that seems worlds away from the city hubbub.

The healthy Melbourne cafe scene is booming, with a new clean-eating option sprouting up every couple of weeks. To help keep your tastebuds tingling and your jeans done up, we've partnered with MINI and rounded up five of Melbourne's best cafes for clean eating.

To help you put a smile on your dial, we’ve asked our favourite Happiness Guru, Jessica Groom, to let us in on five little happy hacks you can try today.

Traditional Italian cuisine—when done well—is a joy but a rarity, which is why this under-the-radar Italian restaurant is hitting all the right notes!

Speaking of the recent overhaul of his High Street restaurant-bar, The Smith’s Scott Borg explains, ‘You’ve got to give people what they want.’

Tokyo Tina, the latest Japanese canteen project from the team behind The Urban List faves Hanoi Hannah and Saigon Sally, hits Windsor this month.

Whether you’re in need of something cheerful to hang on your walls or fancy yourself as the next Andy Warhol, Supergraph 2015 has you covered.

If you’re looking for something saucy to do in March, then roll up your sleeves and head on down to catch the Melbourne Tomato Festival! 

FebFast is so passé. Don’t fast, but rather feast on the array of delicious summer produce that Melbourne markets have to offer. Here’s our round up of Melbourne’s best markets!

We’ve conjured up a list of the best pool parties Melbourne has to offer this summer—get ready to grab your togs and hit the pool!

A cracking brekkie, lunch and dinner menu, plus killer cocktails and pumping Sunday sessions? Introducing our favourite Abbotsford all rounder!

Drop what you’re doing, put on your stretchy pants and get stuck into these top dishes!

Famed Fitzroy restaurant Hammer & Tong brings its kitchen expertise to South Yarra cocktail bar Less Than Zero with Tanked, its latest foodie venture.

Quality, originality and attitude. New Melbourne fashion boutique Slow Waves delivers all three in a local and international edit of cutting-edge fashion designers.

February is all about feasting, Listers! Typically the hottest month in Melbourne, the kitchens around town are heating things up, too, serving up some scorching, sizzling and dang sexy suppers, sweets and… sous vide? Here are Melbourne’s best foodie events to book in February!

Sick of staring at a blank wall? We’ve sourced high and low for some awesome desk accessories to make going to work that much more fun!

From foodie festivals, to open air cinemas, to pop-up parties, Melbourne has done it again! Wonder no more what’s on in Melbourne this weekend, and read on, Listers!

Hankering for a Melbourne music festival but not quite the Stereosonic type? Groovin The Moo 2015 is looking superb!

Feast your eyes on the best dressed guys and gals at our very own TUL party at Club Aperol at Fatto, held last Thursday!

There's a new Parisian-style steakhouse hitting our Francophilic nerve in South Yarra. Introducing Entrecôte, Jason M. Jones's homage to simple French dining. 

Horace Street is a new Malvern cafe boasting communal seating, freshly baked sweet treats and some of Melbourne's best coffee—proof that you don't have to leave the burbs for a top brunch!

The seeds of Sagra, an impressive new endeavour opening on Malvern’s Glenferrie Road that ambitiously combines Italian restaurant, bar, deli and gallery space, were sown long ago, when owner Ross Chessari was a babe in arms.

Sure, you may have just come back from a holiday, but we wont hold it against you if you happen to already be dreaming about your next escape.

With dozens of parties happening around town, we’ve made a hit list of where to watch the Super Bowl in Melbourne.

Party people, get excited…the global foodie phenomenon that is Dîner en Blanc is coming to Melbourne this March!

A jam-packed nine-day festival can be a little overwhelming, so we’ve sussed out the St Kilda Festival program to bring you the highlights.

‘Straya Day. A cause for celebration. Long weekends, long hot days endured with cold beers and the opportunity to wheel out all the cliché ‘aussie’ elements from the bbq to the lamington.

Turn up the heat and prepare those taste buds for some fiery fare – here are Melbourne’s spiciest meals in our thermometer-bursting round-up.

Get excited Melbourne foodies—there's a delicious new Asian fusion restaurant in town!

Kick-start your 2015 with our pick of new Melbourne restaurants, cafes and bars. Featuring gelato, cocktail hotspots, fro-yo and more. You know you want to.

Appreciate the city's skyline with a cold beverage in hand at any one of our recommended best rooftop bars in Melbourne.

There’s something magical about a new app. The little button holds so much promise for a new, better you. Your body, your financial situation, your constant lateness, could all be fixed with a simple double tap.

It’s the Australia Day long weekend, Listers! You betcha—three glorious days away from the hustle and bustle of work… into the hustle and bustle of feasting, frivolity, frocking up and festival-attending!

Flat whites! Sourdough! Smashed avocado! Find out where's open for business on Australia Day in your area.

This Fitzroy bar provides that elusive sumthin’ sumthin’, thanks to their well-earned rep as one of Melbourne’s best karaoke bars. Yup, you read right—KARAOKE.

Here’s our round up of parties, events, and celebrations galore, because this Australia Day, Melbourne has laid out the spread—complete with lamingtons and snags—to provide you with plenty of fun things to do this long weekend!

Strap on those sneakers, glue on the goggles, and stretch those limber limbs, Listers! Whether you consider yourself a fitness freak, or more of a frail fellow, there are a range of fitness events in Melbourne to cater for many levels.

If you have a little more flesh to flash than you’d like this summer, check out our top tips for healthy weight loss, and start shedding that Festive 5!

Ring a ding ding—we’ve rounded up ten of the best options for home delivery in Melbourne.

Whether you want your own private room, or a place that provides banquets big enough for all of your extended family, try these top spots for a group dinner in Melbourne.

At TUL, we love a little refined decadence. We also love gin. Add to that high tea and a Fitzroy location? G&Tea Gin Garden ticks all of our boxes.

With twelve events to choose from, we have whittled down the top five Zoo Twilights gigs that you can still purchase tickets for.

As sure as it is that Taylor Swift will pen another hit song post break up this year, another diet craze is going to hit. And this is it. We’re all going to be Vikings! Raping, pillaging and overall violence NOT included.

Hunting for the city's best barbecue restaurants, or keen to learn how to cook Melbourne's best steak? Look no further than the Melbourne Barbecue Festival.

Get pumped for fresh produce, summer sessions, fresh fashion and loads of entertainment to keep the holiday vibes going! Here’s our round up of Melbourne’s best markets in January.

Returning tonight and running until March, the South Melbourne Night Market is top of our list of things to do in Melbourne on a warm summer’s evening!

With great weather comes great responsibility… to have a ripper time! If you’re looking for all the hottest (or coolest) things to do in Melbourne this weekend, read on!

Want to know where to watch the Australian Open in Melbourne…in style? Here’s our list of the classiest joints around town, serving up some pretty sweet sets.

Whether it’s St Kilda Beach, the Yarra river or somewhere in between, cool your jets this summer by parking yourself in a prime waterside location. Get your sip on at our pick of the best waterfront bars in Melbourne.

If you love Cookie or Boney, Batson and Ippoliti have worked their magic again with Magic Mountain Saloon, Melbourne's hottest new restaurant and bar.

Is there a better way to top up your tank during the warmer months than with a wholesome and satisfying summer salad? Here are our picks of Melbourne’s best salads for summer—crunch on. 

From treading and shredding to turning to our old friend Joe, here are our tips on how to survive the first week back at work. Go get ‘em Listers!

If, like us, you failed to hit your fitness peak in 2014, fear not. 2015 has plenty of new fitness trends to keep you amused and sweaty all year long.

Time to get saucy, folks.

So you think you can food?

Today we’re counting down the best eaters on our screens. Because we’re hungry and because… it’s the holidays, alright?

The idea of a nude beach may cause you to giggle at first, but if you can think of a better example of freedom than standing naked on a white sandy beach and diving into crystal clear water then we’ll eat our hat. Best of all, no pesky tan lines from convoluted swimming costumes!

Holiday hotspots to add to your bucket list.

While we’d love to go to the beach in all our bare-faced glory, sometimes a gal needs a little sumthin’ sumthin’ in order to feel completely beach ready - that’s where our beach beauty guide comes in handy! Shop it all online now.

We’ve rounded up 50 of the best things do in Australia to add to your bucket list.

The year is ending, the holidays are approaching, that sun drenched deck chair is calling and distant Aunt Mildred has sweetly given you a book voucher for Christmas. So which page-turner will you choose?

Whether you’re globetrotting or road tripping, heading to the tropics, the slopes or simply up the coast, we’ve taken the stress and guess work out of packing and done it for you!

Move over quinoa, step down kale, and lest we forget our dear friend, the cronut: Here are our predictions of the food trends that will be on your plate, and in your belly, in 2015.

We’re not only good at telling you where to eat and drink, we’re also really good at providing you astrology tips. Who’da thought?!

Whether you call it the season silly or just downright party-time, it’s fair to say there's a lot of celebrating going on. So for the brave and courageous, or simply those desperate enough to do anything to get rid of that banging headache, here’s some ideas on how to cure a hangover.

What do you serve if you’re playing barman this New Year's Eve? We headed straight to the drink experts, the geniuses behind some of the nation’s finest bars, and got them to spill (ba-doom-chhh) three of the best cocktail recipes! Cheers!

2014 was quite the year for Australia’s dining scene. The quality of new venues we saw opening their doors in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane was insane, cementing our fertile shores as one of the hottest foodie destinations in the world. We’d shed a patriotic tear if we weren’t busy stuffing our faces at these fine establishments.

As this new and intrepid age of drinking creeps nearer, we’re kicking up the glittery dust of Bar-Openings Past to remind ourselves of everything we forgot in the liquor-soaked stupor of 2014. We’ve scoured the streets of Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane to bring you our picks of the best new bars of 2014.

From super cool swimmers and lightweight towels, to beach umbrellas and more, we’ve hunted down the best of the best beach bag essentials for summer.

While some may argue the only thing to be done with leftovers is eat them straight from the fridge with whichever sauce or condiment happens to be close at hand, there are those who prefer to get creative with their festive-season leftovers. 

It's Christmas Day, huzzah! And what better to go with your Christmas turkey and puddin', than some glorious, joyful Christmas tunes? Hit play, sit back, and eat the day away.

You simply cannot bear the brunt of the influx of relatives that Christmas brings without cake. A get-in-my-face cake. An I can’t hear you crap Uncle John, this is so amazing, I’m in a happy place kind of cake.

Here are some thoughtful ways to spend your last day at work, achieving the most you possibly can given the circumstances. We’ve given you one idea per hour, for eight hours—just to keep you thoroughly entertained. So go forth, be proactive, and see if you can check all these things off the list!

Your office has closed down and you’re stuck in the city over the festive season. No fear, Listers, we’ve compiled a list of 25 fun, frugal, and foodie things to do in Melbourne this Christmas hols. How many can you tick off?

A two-hour drive from Melbourne, Bendigo is one of our favourite day trip destinations. The historic city and its surrounding villages offer a refreshing cultural and contemporary scene, with quirky shops, romantic stores, quality dining, creative, passionate producers and artisans that make an overnight stay a total must.

Aussies love to celebrate the festive season with, well, feasting, but who doesn’t love a good tipple while they’re at it? We asked three awesomely talented, (and wildly different) maestros of the food and drink industry the best drinks to pair with some of your favourite festive feasts.

As the old year draws to a close, what better to reflect on than the foods we have loved (and often over-indulged in until we loathed) during the past year. 

With the pun stakes high, your wit can take the main stage because your Facebook check-ins just got a whole lot more hilarious.

After tasting Aperol Spritzes (for quality control purposes, natch), we here at TUL have dubbed it THE drink of summer. And, in an extremely fortuitous turn of events, we’ve now found the perfect place to sip those spritzes this summer—Club Aperol at Fatto Bar & Cantina! 

If you are looking for things to do in Melbourne this weekend, there are plenty of markets, movies and meals to be had! Make sure you check out this list of what’s on to catch all the best events. Remember it’s silly season, Listers, so in between your partying, feasting and frolicking, donate an item or two to those in need. 

In our opinion, sussing out your summertime watering hole should be top of your to-do list. Why? Because, priorities. 

We can never say no to a good bargain, and we’ve found aplenty to bring you 100 of Melbourne’s best cheap eats to keep you going through 2015. Enjoy!

A25 Pizzeria on Chapel Street, the sister venue to Docklands restaurant Non Solo Pasta, has one purpose in mind: make it fun, young, different, fast and fresh.

These handmade Christmas gifts are quick, easy and perfect for those on a budget.

To our dear Melburnians, it’s not often that we’ll recommend you put down what you’re eating (even if it is an ice-cream filled croissant - yep, that’s a thing now), and stop sipping that coffee you’re drinking, but for this we require your undivided attention.

In homage to the hamburger, from humble to haute cuisine, we’ve scoffed our way around town to present to you 13 Melbourne burgers you cannot live without in 2015.

If you’re looking for some pescetarian snacking, here are Melbourne’s best seafood rolls, wraps and burgers – dive in!

We’ve searched all around town and online to find you 20 of the best Kris Kringle gift ideas…all for under $20! From pampering picks for your mum or best friend, to cheeky gifts for dad or your boyfriend (plus everything in between!), our Kris Kringle gift guide has the perfect gift for everyone!

Yup, it’s on again, and to say we are stoked is a horrendous understatement. It was so successful previously, that Village Cinemas have decided to bring the Food Truck Festival back to the Coburg-Drive-In! 

Norma Loves Joe serves to quench the thirst and hunger of post-movie buffs, lunching business professionals, tea-swilling retirees, 3pm-slumping tradesmen, all-day commuters and caffeine-chasing students.

There is NOTHING better than a sharing menu – menus you can enjoy with a group, sample a little bit of everything, and keep the dreaded food envy at bay. Here’s our round up of the best sharing menus in Melbourne.

While we don’t mind a night out at a fancy restaurant, nothing beats pizza and wine with friends at your local neighbourhood joint. Don’t have one yet? Well you’re in luck because we’ve scoured the best Italian restaurants in Melbourne for the standout suburban spots, where authentic Italian food reigns supreme.

Come Christmas Day, the turkey is the centre of attention. No one cares about the salads. And, when it comes to glazed ham, you’ve had that sitting there all silly season. It’s about the turkey. It’s such a novelty and once a year occurrence. And, what’s more, the other pivotal components of your feast, stuffing and gravy, are intrinsically tied to your turkey. Their perfection depends on your turkey’s perfection.

‘Tis the season to be jolly, and for most of us that means gorging on mince pies, pavlovas and barbecued-meats galore and then left wondering how we put on those extra kilos come January. Well, not this year!

It’s time to get yo’ Christmas on, Listers! This weekend is chockas full of fun and festive things to do in Melbourne, so go forth and be merry!

Not a fan of the all night NYE shindig? Looking for something a little classier? Never fear, the best New Year’s Eve party for Melbourne foodies is here...we're already drooling!

Every single item in this Chrissie gift guide is up for grabs. Yup, ONE lucky winner is gonna need Santa’s sleigh to haul home this epic, er, haul!

Melbourne is awash with a raft of awesome new restaurants, cafes, shops and more, and it’s causing a collective ‘Hurrah’ here at TUL HQ. So, without further ado, here are the hot-off-the-press openings.

Summer is great for sunbathing, swimming and just generally taking it easy...but get your head out of the sand and onto the street, as we round up a list of Melbourne’s best food trucks for summer!

Tried, tested and highly recommended, these hangover beauty tips will fool people into thinking you were tucked in bed, fast asleep by 9pm the night before. Hangover? What hangover?

Listers, get excited! Because we’re about to tell you about the meatiest, juiciest, and sweetest event going down this weekend in Melbourne!

Whether you say to-may-to or to-mah-to, don’t be left behind on the fun like a chutney, and ketchup fast to buy your tickets to the next big festival in Melbourne. In case you haven’t figured it out yet, we’re talking about the Tomato Battle—an epic tomato-throwing festival, a la Tomatina style!

This list of Melbourne’s best smoothies sits somewhere between the naughty and nice lines, aimed at pleasing all smoothie drinkers out there.

The most European of all South American cities, Buenos Aries boasts colonial architecture, trendy neighbourhoods, good-looking people, world-class dining and a top-notch nightlife. Here is our guide to the best in Buenos Aires.

Here at the Urban List, we swing for the pro-Vegemite team, and if you’re like us and you love this sexy, salty spread, then you'll be pumped to hear that some of the best cafes in Melbourne are jumping on board the Vegemite train, and have partnered with the iconic brand to showcase the versatility of the classic condiment. 

From casual dinners to epic disco parties, we’ve tracked the best New Year’s Eve parties in Melbourne for 2014 – all guaranteed to deliver an epic night to remember!

If you’ve been listening to our regular rambling on fitness of late, you’ll know that we’re pretty much addicted to pilates, yoga and barre. The question is, how do you decide which one is for you?

Sweet, juicy and cheap, corn on the cob is an excellent foodie feel-good. Whether you like yours served with queso, chilli salt, chipotle mayo, or a good old fashioned lime wedge, here’s where to find Melbourne’s best corn on the cob.

We’ve put together a collection of Champions from the recent Australian Grand Dairy Awards plus we’ve scored some tips from The Dairy Kitchen on how to create the best cheese board ever!

Master sommeliers, chefs, and winemakers weigh in with their vino picks for your next soul feeding.

It’s market madness in Melbourne this weekend, Listers. With all those Christmas shopping opportunities, you’ll have heaps of time to check out the foodie festivals, winning wine events, and general summertime mad feels.

Ribs? Salad? Seafood? Cocktails? Dear Liza in St Kilda is the perfect spot for summer dining - just say yes.

This party season we’re ditching the agonisingly long salon sessions and booking in for summer’s hottest hair trend instead - Wella Colour.id at Anaka!

You've made a list, you've checked it twice and you still don't know what to buy your friends and family this Christmas. Well, start here, with The Urban List's guide to wrapping up your Christmas shopping in Melbourne.

Some things are just better together. The latest pairing we’re in to? Meat and beer. Or, specifically, the Meatmother Pop-up at Mountain Goat Brewery.

Put good food in your belly and a cheeky smile on your face at Naughty Boy cafe, new to Princes Hill.

Here are some of top places putting the 'ooh' into noodles. Work your way through the best ramen in Melbourne!

The Grosvenor Hotel is one of St Kilda's best gastropubs, following its recent overhaul. We dropped by to check out what thew fuss is about.

We've rounded up the most magnificent meals we’ve wrapped our laughing gear around during the past 30 days from Melbourne's best restaurants and cafes! Dig in!

This December, Melbourne markets have gone bonkers just in time for Christmas! Here's a list of the best markets in Melbourne to fill to your stocking.

Don’t be the sad, sorry sop who deals with food envy, and book one of these great foodie events from some of Melbourne’s best restaurants before they sell out!

‘Attention please. All those in favour of a showroom of super proportions boasting Melbourne’s best interiors, food and life-inspo, please assemble at The Assembly Hall in Kensington.’

The heat is on. Or at least it will be… So we’ve found Melbourne's best frozen cocktails for you to slurp on!

Melbourne’s best New Year’s Eve party is just around the corner, down by the banks of the Yarra! Munich Brauhaus have put their bier-loving, Bavarian heads together to create the most wunderbar New Year’s party Melbourne has seen in, well, ever.

We've scoured high and low and put together a list of the 30 best breakfasts in Melbourne right now that you absolutely should have eaten, and absolutely need to eat if you haven't.

It’s election time, Listers. And if we could vote for things to do in Melbourne this weekend, this list of events would be our pick!

We'll cross the seven seas, or even just ye olde Melbourne town, to get our hands on Melbourne's best Italian food. And boy oh boy, we've found a restaurant that delivers the goods BIG TIME! Want to know where?

From Australia’s best restaurants, here are the food trends we’ve been noticing. Some we love, some we love to hate.

It’s time to think outside the box; the age-old potato chip just isn’t enough for us anymore. Stacked Jenga-style or smothered in sauce, here are Melbourne’s polenta chip must-haves.

Heard about the Night Noodle Markets but are yet to be convinced? Here are nine delicious reasons why you should go, stat! Behold, the best dishes at the Night Noodle Markets 2014!

It’s no secret that Melbourne knows how to breakfast better than your average city, and Eggs Benedict is one classic that's hard to go past. So here are a few of our top picks for best Eggs Benedict in Melbourne.

We’ve tracked down a laneway restaurant in the CBD that delivers big time on the taste, value, service AND interest fronts, making it a prime contender for the best lunch in town. Dig in!

Check out these seriously stylish accessories to light up your home for the festive season.

We’re taking a moment to celebrate the chocolate gurus, coffee roasters, and beer brewers this city has to offer, by showcasing our top five gourmet food and drink creators straight outta Melbourne.

Want to know where’s open for Christmas lunch in Melbourne? Then enjoy our gift to you – a guide to the best Melbourne restaurants open on Christmas Day 2014, that are serving up fantastically festive feasts!

Whether you’re trying to cure a hangover or are just craving some comfort food, frying something into oblivion always seems to be a satisfactory solution. Read on for the best fried foods in Melbourne.

Lime & Tonic are at it again with their latest Dinner in the Dark Social in Melbourne – a unique evening of fine dining that will have your taste buds guessing all night.

It's time to step out of the shower and rock the mic like a vandal, cos we've found St Kilda’s best open mic night!

The long awaited revamp of the Duke of Wellington has nearly reached completion, and Dutchess bar is going to look mighty fine once it has. Located on the second floor, Dutchess will be part bar, part restaurant, part dance party.

Completing the leafy quadrangle opposite a church and aside a community hall, The Grounds at St Columbs café in Hawthorn – although only recently opened – offers a certain esteem already.

Good golly, Melbourne is going off with hot new openings right now! Here's what's opened two minutes ago, is opening right this second, and is just around the corner.

BeerMash is a new Growler store on Smith Street, Collingwood, and an exciting addition to Melbourne's craft beer scene. Stock up on Growlers, Squealers and bottles.

Looking for things to do in Melbourne? We've got all the best Melbourne events for this weekend right here!

Mr Claws is the hottest new foodie pop-up to grace Collingwood, serving up fresh lobster rolls! Brought to you by the trio behind Huxtable and Huxtaburger, Mr Claws lobster rolls will be a crowd pleaser!

East is HuTong Dumpling Bar's new sister restaurant! Opening up on Little Collins Street in the CBD last week, you now know where to point your compass for some awesomely fresh Chinese tapas.

With some of Melbourne's best burgers and spiked shakes, we can't wait to try The Grand Trailer Park Taverna in Melbourne CBD!

The Eat Drink Design Awards 2014 recognise excellence in hospitality and retail design. Here's our wrap up of the winners, and why they were chosen.

To help you tick off your Christmas shopping list and make you look like a gift-giving legend, we’ve put together a Christmas gift guide for the lovely ladies in your life.

Massimo Bottura, from Osteria Francescana (Italy's number one restaurant), is visiting Melbourne as part of Good Food Month! Check out the release of extra tickets to two sell-out events featuring the culinary genius; Massimo Bottura.

Wait, nobody wants to date you? And you don’t know why? Let’s try and get to the bottom of this together. Here are 50 possible reasons why you’re still single.

When the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival returns in late February next year chefs and artisan producers will have free rein creating events that excite them most, pushing the boundaries of next year’s MFWF.

Here are the best summer beauty tips, tricks and solutions to get you in tip-top shape this bikini season!

If you've been feeling uninspired lately, maybe it’s about time to take up a new hobby. Here's our pick of the coolest classes and workshops in Melbourne. 

There is something so satisfying about juicy pork belly, but whatever you do, don’t read this on an empty stomach! Here’s where to find more of Melbourne’s best pork belly dishes.

Here are some of our picks for Melbourne’s best fried rice. A dish in its own right, fried rice is an essential part of a meal at any Melbourne Chinese restaurant and, in some cases, a meal all on its own.

Win free burgers for a year with Goneburgers new pop-up burger joint at Hub Cafe in St Kilda! Read more to find out how!

Stuck for Christmas present ideas? Well lucky for you (and us), Etsy is set to take over the Rose Street Artists Market in Fitzroy with 35 of the most loved local Etsy artisans taking their businesses to the streets.

Adriano Zumbo, the high priest of pastries, has just announced plans to open Fancy Nance, a new high tea salon in South Yarra. Squeeeeal!

The TUL staff have trekked across town in our search of our best restaurants, this time taking us to a neighbourhood favourite serving some of the best Sri Lankan food in Melbourne.

The moment you’ve been waiting for is finally here – Charlie Dumpling Jr, the baby bro of Prahran favourite Charlie Dumpling, is now open along with Bā Charlie, a secret speakeasy bar. Bring. It. On!

East End Den is a new, modern kitchen and bar is located in a niche basement right in the hub of Melbourne. Offering a unique balance of casual dining and a sophisticated cocktail bar, descend into East End Den for your next cocktail craving.

Fitzroy's Marquis of Lorne pub has reopened, looking as old school cool as ever, with only minor touch ups thanks to Luke Henley of Wild Hen Design.

Festivals, Sunday sessions, and masterclasses. This weekend in Melbourne is all about Eat. Play. Love… Drink. Run away from the grueling marathons set to occur this weekend, and instead focus on the fun and frivolity to be had! This weekend in Melbourne is set to rock your boat (in only the best, cruisy sort of way)!

Another year is coming to a close, and we know exactly what you need to kick off the party season. A year’s worth of FREE WINE!

Eating decadently delicious desserts is something that doesn’t happen as often as it should. Luckily, we've hunted down Melbourne’s best desserts - of the fancy variety!

After happily taste testing around town, we've compiled a list of some of the best gelato in Melbourne. Lick 'em up, Listers!

Peanut butter and caramel. In a biscuit. If Elvis Presley and the best dream we've ever had produced a love child, it would be this peanut butter caramel biscuit confection from epic bakers, Alistair Wise and Teena Kearney-Wise. Stop slobbering on your keyboard. Go forth and bake these beauties. Immediately.

Summer’s coming, and Melburnians are going to need some appropriate summer fuel, which is why we’re so excited over the opening of new Prahran clean eating cafe and restaurant, nourished:385.

It’s pretty evident that Melbourne is no stranger to the mighty burger. But we’ve kinda skipped over the little ol’ chicken burger. So consider this, ladies and gents, an ode to Melbourne’s best chicken burgers!

Want a list of some of Melbourne's best milkshakes? From salted caramel and Oreo, through to complex combinations like hot jam donut, these are the shakes that have us excited and intrigued. 

Spend your next Sunday session at Dr Morse in Abbotsford! Throughout November, Dr Morse will be hosting Suckling Pig Sundays, and Tap Takeovers! Meet a different brewer each Sunday, and chew the fat—err, crackling!

We've sought out Melbourne’s best Pimm’s jugs, for your drinking pleasure. With its lashings of Pimm’s No. 1, lemonade, and fresh cucumber, mint and fruit, what says summertime better than this classic English drink?

We’ve all been there. You’re out for the evening, enjoying a drink or two and then BANG! The clock strikes 10pm and you get a hankering for something insanely delicious. So where are you gonna go?!

Taste of Melbourne have an exclusive prize for TUL readers that will BLOW YOUR MIND! Want to win The Ultimate Press Club Projects Dining Experience at Taste for you and a friend, valued at over $350?!

George Calombaris’ latest eatery, Mastic – a cafe on Kew’s Cotham Road – is opening this November. Here's a little bit about the philosophy behind the healthy new Hellenic cafe.