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Big ones, little ones, glazed ones, filled ones—Melbourne’s insatiable appetite for the hole-y devil (the doughnut) means there’s plenty of demand and plenty of supply. 

There are so many fantastically Melbourne events happening this week, you can’t be too hung up about Easter slipping away! Here are five awesome things to do in Melbourne to fill your short week.

Over here at The Urban List, we want our readers to know what's in store for them for the week ahead. So we're bringing you horoscopes for real people - who want their cosmic predictions with a side of honesty. Here are your horror-scopes, including suggestions for where to drown those mystical sorrows when you find out what you're *really* in for this week.

We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but we may run out of chocolate by 2020. Various publications have predicted, based on market and environmental factors that we may be sucking supplies of cocoa dry. 

Smith + Singleton is bright, stylish and cheerful, with an interesting menu that ticks multiple boxes in the Melbourne café scene.

We absolutely adore exploring little pockets of Melbourne, all in the name of research. We recently headed west to Kensington—an adorable suburb packed with great cafes and often flies under the radar. Tucked between North Melbourne and Flemington, it’s well worth a visit for tasty bites, drinks with vibes and a good dose of shopping.

While there are numerous experts out there ready to share their life hacks, actually reading all the self help books is kinda time consuming.

Thanks to the latest addition to Footscray’s vibrant dining scene, Up In Smoke!, you can satisfy your every BBQ and southern-style food craving, way out west.

In a time of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it food fads, one trend that’s garnering a groundswell of support from the world’s best chefs—alongside many of Melbourne’s leading lights—is foraging. And with names like Rene Redzepi and Ben Shewry leading the charge, you know this is no mere flash in the frying pan.

A clickable smorgasbord of celebrity trash talk, food porn, good-to-knows, generally interesting chat-starters, and anything else we think you should know about from around the Internet. It’s your watercooler cheat sheet for the week. 

We’re all familiar with Melbourne’s infamous, graffiti-covered, hole-in-the-wall laneway system over the eastern side of town, but, to be honest, they’re kind of a yawn. We wanted to get our laneway on somewhere fresh, and have been on the hunt for an inner-city shopping destination that delivers the laneway vibe with some top-notch shopping finds to boot.

Giving an outfit a fierce, laidback look is as easy as throwing on a pair of jeans. Ripped jeans, that is. 

Ice-cream is a dicey topic: you’ve got the purists who’ll do anything for a spoonful of vanilla bean, then the fruity flavour lovers who are all about the brave new world of flavour mash-ups, and the choc-mint fans who swear it doesn’t taste like a mouthful of toothpaste (yeah, right, you guys keep on telling yourselves that).

Drain your glass and screw the cork back in, it’s happened again. Here’s your guide for when you’re still a tad wobbly or you’ve superseded all kinds of inebriation. 

We all have the same post-summer food blues, so just cook up a few healthy recipes and get back on track—simple. These two are an ideal way to start off your detox. Who said New Years resolutions had to taste bad? 

Oh hello four-day weekend! Aren’t we all glad to see you? We’ve lined up a stack of Easter-related activities including the Caufield Easter Cup and Flemington Racecourse Easter Market to get you feelin' festive. For those keen to ditch the Easter rituals, events like an open air day party, rooftop clothing market and comedy show are set to keep you occupied.

The best, sauciest, most soul-satisfying ribs are just under your nose.

A front runner for the best long weekend of the year, as satisfying as stuffing your face with hot cross buns and chocolate eggs can be (believe us, we know), make sure you hit up some of Melbourne’s best restaurants, cafes and bars open this Easter! 

Dear lactose intolerant friends, we know Easter can be a difficult time of year. 

Bringing lunch to work every day can sometimes feel like a never-ending drag. It needs to be portable, delicious, somewhat healthy and requires some imagination if you don't want to succumb to eating that can of tuna and rice crackers that have been sitting in your desk drawer for months.

Do you remember when feeling a shiny new dollar coin rolling around in your pocket made you feel like the king (or queen) of the world? Well, times sure have changed, and so has the scope of things to do with all one hundred of those precious cents. Whether you're a fan of cheap things to do in Melbourne, a visitor who's holidaying on a penny-pinching budget, or simply have a little loose change lying around, get onto these 29 epic bargain finds, pronto. 

St Paddy's Day, Friday's big-ass rainstorm and getting to grips with your third eye. Melbourne, what a week it's been... Here are our favourite hilarious overheard conversations this week.

If you haven’t heard of Winery Walkabout, you’re in for a treat. Put simply, it’s the perfect introduction to wine. Think wintery fun, live entertainment and warming your souls with a hearty glass (or seven...*) of red.

Now that you’re an independent adult, you have full reign over your locks. Sure, you can take the boring road and keep things simple, or you can get on board the latest hair colour trend, Funfetti.

Whether you’re lucky enough to own a four-legged bestie or whether you’re a furry-tailed lover who hasn’t found the pawfect pup, Melbourne is hosting a puppy party this May and all friendly, floppy-eared dogs (and their human minions) are invited!

Autumn is the season for shopping. As you kiss summer goodbye and prepare for the long winter ahead, check out the best autumn markets in Melbourne for all your homewares, fashion and food needs.

Over here at The Urban List, we want our readers to know what's in store for them for the week ahead. So we're bringing you horoscopes for real people - who want their cosmic predictions with a side of honesty. Here are your horror-scopes, including suggestions for where to drown those mystical sorrows when you find out what you're *really* in for this week.

Aside from devouring your body weight in chocolate and hot cross buns, the Easter long weekend means plenty of time to catch up on House of Cards on Netflix, long sleep-ins and spending a little time in the kitchen. This Easter we've got the recipe to help you impress your friends (and your stomach) with your cooking abilities. Trust us, these epic Cadbury Creme Egg cupcake creations made by uber talented Perth baker Laura from Creme De La Creme are freaking delicious and will ensure a sugar rush straight to the head.

Add more of these into your diet and you’ll not only see the difference in your stomach but feel it too. Here are 5 foods your abs are going to love.

Yep, you read that headline correctly: Melbourne is getting its very own chocolate festival, and we can't WAIT to tuck into some of the amazing cocoa-laced treats that are going to be on offer! The Wicked Chocolate Festival is coming to Prahran Market for one day only on Saturday 7 May, when local artisan chocolatiers, bakers and pizzerias (!) will be showing what they can do with everyone's favourite ingredient.

The Coburg Food Truck Festival is returning this March, hosting their biggest line-up of four-wheeled kitchens yet. Since summer seems determined to cling to Melbourne like an unsatisfied toddler, you might as well make the most of the warm weather!

There’s plenty more to the Gold Coast than the glittering skyline of Surfers Paradise.

With the promise of a long weekend (and the promise of an overabundance of chocolate) looming, here are the five awesome things to do this week to get you in the Easter holidaying mood!

If there was a trophy for inventing the most creative, diabetes-inducing meals in the world, we have no doubt—absolutely none—that Melbourne would win. 

With the Easter long weekend fast approaching, the mind starts to wonder about how exactly you’ll spend four entire days not at work. The only other time of year that you get this much time off is Christmas, and let’s face it, a relaxing time is not had by anyone there, so this is really your only time to indulge in some proper R’n’R. No pressure!

There really is a lot to do in Las Vegas. If (by some miracle) you’ve managed to see all the icons, taken a ride on a rollercoaster, shopped until you dropped, and navigated your way around the Strip like a local, you still haven’t even scratched the surface! So, if you’re up for stepping off the well-trodden path and want to experience another side of this beautiful city, check out these 11 awesome things you didn’t know you could do in Las Vegas!

We’re going to go ahead and declare it now: a cocktail on-tap is the best thing this decade. Jump on the on-tap cocktail bandwagon (you know you want to). Here’s where to get Melbourne’s best cocktails from a tap.

I know you have a hard job, but I need you to do one thing for me: stop judging us. We are currently in the fifth circle of hell, hurtling through the sky in a metal tube filled with bad food, screaming babies, and recycled farts.

West of Kin is the sister restaurant of Kin on Chapel Street, and WoK focuses more on modern Asian fusion, headed by Alex Kim and Sam Pizone, and my-oh-my was the food absolutely beautifully presented.

The relationship with your hairdresser is possibly the most important relationship in your life and once you find ‘the one’ you’ve got to lock that cutter down and hope like hell they don’t move away. We all live in fear of the day that our beloved dome-groomer’s career whisks them off to some exotic location and leaves us floundering with a tearful gaze and a hatful of split ends. 

A clickable smorgasbord of celebrity trash talk, food porn, good-to-knows, generally interesting chat-starters, and anything else we think you should know about from around the Internet. It’s your watercooler cheat sheet for the week. 

Giddy-up scholars, school’s in session. Here are the 8 uni essentials you need to own campus.

Easter is the time for celebration, overindulgence and sleeping in. To help you achieve these challenging Easter goals, we’ve put together a list of the best chocolate dishes in Melbourne, because #foodgoals.

When you think Easter, you probably think chocolate comas, family get-togethers, and that hoppy, white mythical creature, the Easter Bunny. But this March, you should also associate Easter with one more thing: Easter Cup racing!

It’s a funny thing how a short working week only leads to an increased sense of excitement about the weekend to come. Do not fret, because we understand this and have a whole lot of suggestions to fill your calendar. Feel the burn at a free Xtend Barre class, stand up for feminism at the Sisters of Crime debate, roll out your picnic rug at the inaugural Peninsula Picnic or get your craft on at the Maribyrnong Makers Market.

I geddit, you’ve been to Bali more times than you can thrown a (satay) stick at and have spent countless days running around Waterbom Park as a kid and drinking Bintangs on the beach as an adult, not to mention numerous weddings, hens and bucks parties, family trips and general I-need-to-get-the-hell-out-of-Australia-it’s-freezing getaways.

It sounded like a lovely Sunday morning of zen yoga, after breaking a mild sweat pretending to box, followed by brunch and perhaps an awesome #fwis featuring boxing gloves. Oh, how wrong I was.

Coffee is so essential in our lives it’s kind of scary. It’s safe to assume that when we heard coffee-baked goods are on the way we kind of lost it.

We've put together a handy guide to what to wear to the 2016 Formula 1® Rolex Australian Grand Prix, taking inspo from the best of the best street style we spotted this week—after all, these ladies are the most stylish fashionistas going around.

Kale, showing your mates one boob (?!) and St. Patrick's Day plans... What have you been gossiping about this week, Melbourne?

This year, we tried out no less than TWENTY different buns, spanning traditional spiced treats to chocolate-fuelled sugar comas.

You and your work mates are being given the chance to raise a stein to the end of the working with a $500 Friday Bar Tab at Munich Brauhaus in Melbourne.

Melbourne’s love of burgers is up there with doughnuts and ice-cream, which on the scale of normal to compulsive obsessive / possessed, is definitely leaning towards the latter. 

Bendigo has been hot on our radar for a year or two. While you might be most familiar with the central city as the hub of Victoria’s gold rush, it’s shaken off its gold digger past and is now a centre for incredible food, bars, art galleries and natural treasures, and is under two hours away from Melbourne CBD—everything we’d want in a weekend away, really!

Here are your horror-scopes, including suggestions for where to drown those mystical sorrows when you find out what you're *really* in for this week.

We've just discovered all the things you didn’t know you could do in Melbourne. Prepare yourselves.

Over here at The Urban List, we love to know what's next—so we sent out blogger Michelle Rimmer, of States Of Style fame, to hit up the Royal Exhibition Building last week and uncover the new season trends that featured heavily across the runways.

C’mon! A week filled with Bey 'Formation' Dance Classes, Brunswick Music Festival vibes, Life Drawing in neon light, a little bit of Ferris Bueller and free Xtend Barre classes. You’re just too good, Melbs.

We love eating and we love Netflix, so it was inevitable that these two profound and scintillating pursuits would one day merge to bring us a compendium of food documentaries. *Cue running-through-a-field-of-daisies-towards-a-floating-Netlix-logo music.

As the Melbourne International Comedy Festival approaches—hitting Melb-town on 23 March until 19 April—we’ve rounded up the best international, local, and all-out weird talent that will be drumming up laughs around Melbourne this year. Got your tix yet?

We sat down with Kuwaii's Kristy Barber ahead of her VAMFF runway show to chat about her favourite eating, drinking and shopping spots in the North Side.

Have you guys heard of #tinderfoodstamps? It’s pretty much the most efficient, least honest way to eat free for a week that I’d heard of, ever.

Think Vue De Monde if it undid its top button, had a glass or two of wine, and replaced those impossibly heavy granite slabs (how the hell am I meant to move that into more Insta-friendly lighting?) with something more manageable. Like, you know, an actual plate.

Indian cuisine—it’s a toughie. There’s no middle ground when it comes to this spicy, aromatic gastronomy, it’s either a watery, tasteless mess or one of the best curries you’ve ever had in your life.

A clickable smorgasbord of celebrity trash talk, food porn, good-to-knows, generally interesting chat-starters, and anything else we think you should know about from around the Internet. It’s your watercooler cheat sheet for the week. 

We check out an online stylist to see if they really are the goods. They are.

As part of the 2016 Formula 1® Rolex Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park will be transformed into chic, laneway-style precinct, M-Lane—and with Melbourne’s biggest names in street food gathering in one place, it would be a tragedy to miss anything! Don't worry, we have your back: here is your ultimate foodie guide to M-Lane.

Look, we all love eating out— it’s how we spend our time, our cash, and our precious daily calorie intake—but lately we’ve been looking for a little something extra. I know what you’re thinking: surely, working at The Urban List, we’re never short of ideas for places to eat. However at times even we need some fresh inspiration, which is where Food Social (the latest foodie club to hit Melbourne) comes in handy.

The androgynous look taking off is possibly the best thing that’s happened in the whole world, ever. Mostly because androgynous fashion = cool girl flats (and lets not forget that time Kanye West wore a skirt). Sneakers, brogues and loafers are now all acceptable going out attire, huzzah!

Just like Christmas, and the chance to ask your boss for a raise, St Patrick’s Day comes but once a year, and you’d better make the damned most of it. 

Narrowing down the best dumplings at yum cha is no easy feat.

It’s a long weekend in Melbourne, and for us that means serving up a smorgasbord of suggestions for all of you to ensure that you make the most of it. 

And we have the only tickets in town. 

Just when you thought we had reached the pinnacle of coffee related things, internationally renowned chef Ferran Adrià brings coffee caviar to Melbourne this week... Like we really needed another excuse for a fifth caffeine hit!

It's time once again for overheard—bringing you all the ridiculous conversations we've sneakily jotted down whilst you were talking unawares.

At the moment we’re seriously crushing on leather shorts. As a statement piece in their own right you’ll often see celebs, or just your local fashion crush, rocking these with a simple tee and giving off that effortlessly chic vibe (yes, we’re a little envious).

We sat down with Yeojin Bae ahead of her VAMFF runway show to chat about her favourite eating, drinking and relaxing hotspots in the Southside.

To celebrate their first birthday in style, Belleville is throwing a chicken and craft beer festival on 12 March in Globe Alley. With customary gift-giving requirements being waived, this could be the best birthday party ever. 

We're bringing you horoscopes for real people—who want their cosmic predictions with a side of honesty.

Having feet that aren’t the greatest cause of shame in your life is a goal I’m sure we can all relate to. I have a friend whose feet broke the foot file at the nail place, and since then, this has become an intense fear of mine, on the same level as dropping my phone down that tiny crack between the floor and the lift. So it’s safe to say that having soft, ‘milky’ feet is a pretty firm goal of mine – feet that make you proud to wear sandals.

From nearby pampering (because it’s still the races) to pre-brunch favourites; cosy wine bars and local bars—here is your ultimate pre 'n post Relaxed Racing guide!

“There are way too many puppies around here,” said no one in history, ever. Get ready to strap in your four-legged buddy and wave out summer—the Coburg Drive-In is hosting a puppy-friendly drive-in on Sunday 13 March!

It’s a week of burgers, steak, crab, pork and booze. Soooooo, it’s a pretty standard Melbourne week for most of us then?

Ask any Gold Coast local and they’ll tell you that Burleigh Heads is where the magic happens.

We're back, and more annoying than ever with the Real Housewives of Melbourne live blog.

Home to the Bombers and gatekeeper to Melbourne’s inner north, Essendon is one of the few Melbourne suburbs with an eclectic mix of Victorian and modern architecture. Quietly trendy, here are the best things to do, eat, drink and shop in Essendon.

When we first heard about the Serotonin Dealer, aka. Emily Arundel, and her vision to transform a Burnley corner into a hub of happiness-focused eating, education and exercise, we have to admit that we were a little bemused… Food that makes us happy AND does us good?

Here’s a dummy’s guide to everything F1® you don’t know about, just in case anyone tries to engage you in conversation while you’re sipping wine and looking amazing.

Fight for a spot at the Vikings Table Feast this weekend! From 2pm-6pm this Saturday, the Mordialloc beachfront festival will host a Vikings Dining Table with rolls filled with crispy, tender meats cooked on the day.

Throwing open its doors today, House of Crabs has side-scuttled into the underbelly of St Kilda’s Newmarket to bring the good people of Melbourne what is quite possibly the worst first date meal ever: the crab boil.

Dude. Duuuuuude. I love you man, but you've gotta stop making it hard for me.

We're giving two of our lucky readers the chance to eat all of the hot cross buns with us!

The good folk at Pilgrim Bar are all about top-notch drinks. And they want YOU to be all about top-notch drinks.

A clickable smorgasbord of celebrity trash talk, food porn, good-to-knows, generally interesting chat-starters, and anything else we think you should know about from around the Internet. It’s your watercooler cheat sheet for the week. 

So in the highly-caffeinated spirit of pushing you out of your comfort zone when it comes to the most delicious of beans, here are 9 great coffee cocktails that aren't your standard Espresso Martini.

Here are eight of our fave crop tops (six packs not required, but definitely desired).

Whether you’re a licker, a biter, or a spooner (bear with me…), you’d have to agree that ice-cream is the ultimate go-to dessert. Hey, where was your head? We’re talking about ice-cream...

PSA: The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival has finally landed and will be taking over Melbourne for the entire weekend.

Trying to cover up that late night? Had an indulgent weekend? Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you can slap on as much light-reflecting highlighter and foundation as you like (thanks for nothing, YSL Touche Eclat!), your face has no poker face when it comes to showcasing the state of your inners.

Full of energy and constantly re-inventing itself, Las Vegas is the destination city for a seriously good time! From cocktails to canyons, shopping to showtime, there is nowhere else on earth quite like Las Vegas. To get you in the holiday mood, we’re showcasing some of the hidden gems in this great city. If you’re planning a trip to the States, or just need a little vacay inspiration, here’s your ultimate hit list of 50 awesome things to do in Las Vegas!

In what could be the pinnacle of good ideas, Melbourne is getting its very own AVPN Pizza Festival as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival! 

We’re truly #blessed with some incredible cultural influences here in Melbourne—it’s what makes eating out in this beautiful city so exciting. So, what happens when you take Melbourne’s best food trucks and hawkers, and transport them to Dandenong, one of Victoria’s most multi-cultural food hubs? An incredible day-long food festival, that’s what. If you’ve needed an excuse to break away from your usual weekend haunts, this month’s Dandenong World Fare is it.

It's time once again for overheard—bringing you all the ridiculous conversations we've sneakily jotted down whilst you were talking unawares. 

In March, Caulfield Racecourse is transforming into a Gourmet Cinema. Melbourne foodies and movie lovers rejoice as two of our most-loved cultural passions band together harmoniously.

Open 7 days a week, Kuu Café serves breakfast, lunch and an early dinner. Ditch the 10-hour flight to Japan, don your favourite Hello Kitty t-shirt and make the far shorter trip to this South Melbourne treasure. 

Worried about how much cash you’ll have to splash to get your style game together? We have the solution…

For those who are just getting back into the swing of adult-ing, in no particular order, here are 20 FREE things to do this March. For the sake of your wallet.

Here are your horror-scopes, including suggestions for where to drown those mystical sorrows when you find out what you're *really* in for this week.

Along with our pals at General Assembly we're giving two lucky readers the chance to WIN a trip to the festival event of the season.

Here are our top picks for your Ultimate Weekend Away across regional Victoria to celebrate the 2016 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival.

It’s time to kiss those (unlikely) 'I'm going to run a marathon' goals goodbye—because Welcome To Thornbury is throwing the ultimate burger bash this March. I’d recommended commencing burger-thon training now instead, for preparation of course.

After many memorable years as an international playboy (cough), I’m getting married in a couple of weeks. Stop wailing, ladies, you had your chance. There are plenty of other (albeit inferior) guys out there.

We’ve officially hit March, folks. Just take a few deeps breaths and remain calm… we don’t think we’ve even been awake for the most part of 2016 either. Oh well, we’re shaking it off and you should too, because once again we’ve got a killer line-up of awesome things to do in Melbourne. Yet again.

We begin the second episode of the season by fondly remembering the beautiful train wreck that was Episode 1. Much drama, many LOLs. Oh god, I wish this was my life, I’d be so entertained.

Without further ado, here are five great inner-city running routes, with post-run café suggestions included.

It has been one of the big fads to hit the dieting scene in the last couple of years, but now Australian scientists are warning that the Paleo diet can actually make you larger.

We’ve done the hard yards for you—here are the best 2016 Melbourne breakfasts!

Let’s face it, Melburnians love food and sport, and this is a one-time only pop-up experience at Australia’s biggest sporting event—with some of the best things to do this autumn (or like, this year). 

Earlier this week, we headed to the Kookai AW16 runway event to schmooze with the fashion crowd and drink champers—but, perhaps more importantly, we snuck backstage to give you a sneak peek of the collection, and chat to key influencers at Napoleon and L'Oreal about the latest beauty and hair trends for the coming season.

When you’re strapped for cash (and when are we not??) and need a night out, don’t settle for that cramped little excuse of a bar. Have a budget-friendly, classy night out with the best happy hours in Melbourne.

Melbourne’s favourite homewares store, Third Drawer Down, is hosting their annual sale gala with a day completely dedicated to the pawfect puppy unions. Only in Melbourne.

A clickable smorgasbord of celebrity trash talk, food porn, good-to-knows, generally interesting chat-starters, and anything else we think you should know about from around the Internet. It’s your watercooler cheat sheet for the week.

There’s no doubt in our minds, brunch is the best meal ever created: bigger than breakfast, more exciting than lunch, we love all things involving coffee, eggs, and croissants.

Basics are the hardest thing to nail in life, let's be honest: exactly how many white tees do YOU have in your cupboard right now? I have 7... and I hate all of them.

Here at The Urban List we’re all about being healthy (or pretending like we are). But when it comes to keeping the environment healthy, we get serious. 

It’s no secret that we absolutely love enjoying all that Melbourne has to offer, whilst also sipping on a glass of something tasty, and snacking on some mouth-watering delights. It’s the perfect way to spend a weekend, no?

This is NOT a drill. Uber puppies. In Australia. Today.

Eat some Doughnut Time goodness, dance like Bey, take a boozy life drawing class, eat free food at Tokyo Tina and head to the Greek Festival.

Las Vegas. Home to jaw-dropping accommodations, incredible views and celebrity concerts, this desert mega city is also rich in history, has character and charm in spades, and a food scene like nowhere else on earth!

We all know season 2 of Serial had nothing on season 1, but it has still left a hole in our hearts on the morning commute to work. Luckily everyone is crazy about podcasts these days and upon mentioning that I was doing a second round-up of the best podcasts (see version one here), the recommendations started flying in. I now have 10, 780, 921 weeks’ worth of listening to do, so let's make this snappy. Here are 14 more podcasts you should be listening to now.

Victoria has some of the best, high-quality cuts around and we ain’t about to let someone else eat it. What kind of foodies would we be? Here are the 50 meat dishes you need in your life right now.

It's time once again for overheard—bringing you all the ridiculous conversations we've sneakily jotted down whilst you were talking unawares.

The drool worthy/life changing Doughnut Time is officially opening its first standalone Melbourne store TODAY, and thus all of our doughnut-shaped prayers have been answered.

Think Surfers Paradise and the Gold Coast are one and the same? Think again.

Seriously, if you have not rediscovered the fun of childhood choo choo trains filled with your favourite seafood (that is, until your former bestie grabs the last salmon roll), get on-board. The next stop is sushi heaven central.  

We’ve put together a comprehensive list of the best pampering studios in Melbourne so you can say goodbye to bad animal breath, persistent fur in the carpet and scratch marks on your floorboards, animal lovers.

There’s no two ways about it: Food allergies suck. Nothing’s worse than getting lumped with a lacklustre substitute because your body is a tad more sensitive to particular ingredients than others. Luckily for those of us who suffer from sensitivities, we’ve rediscovered one Melbourne café and restaurant that’s doing allergy-friendly food right, and its head chef is dedicated to designing dishes that burst with flavour. Boring, tasteless stand-ins, be gone!

Here are your horror-scopes, including suggestions for where to drown those mystical sorrows when you find out what you're *really* in for this week.

We asked our friends at Youfoodz to help us put together some awesome healthy places to eat in Bali, so you don’t have to break your healthy streak.

It may not be green, and it may not be as easy to re-create at home, but it tastes just as good piled on toast and teamed with your fave toppings. The best part? It comes with a much lower price tag too. Introducing the smashed pumpkin… because three's a trend.

Running your first marathon (or any marathon!) is no easy task. It takes weeks of preparation, some serious motivation and also a really great pair of sneakers.

This week we recommend tasting a Tiki cocktail, building your own #flowercrown, hitting up the relaxed races at Caulfield Racecourse and finishing up with a final goodbye at Polepole’s Zoofari Goodbye Summer beach party.

It’s a new season of Melbourne’s favourite housewives, and as we prepare ourselves for episode one we’re teased with a baby, a wedding, a new housewife, and a whole lot of drama. Basically, it’s our very own real life soap opera – but maybe worse. Which of course means better.

Armadale is often the unfairly overlooked middle child. Well we’re putting the upscale back into Armadale—here are the best things to drink, eat and do! 

White Night is Melbourne’s 12-hour celebration of all things culture, creative and colourful. Make it last with our guide to White Night 2016.

Here it is. All of Gelato Messina’s flavours, ranked.

What is this arty-drinky wonderland we speak of? Well, it’s just an amazing new concept from Paint-and-Sip entrepreneur Melinda Janiszewski.

Whether you're time-poor, a Saturday night agoraphobe, or a drinker with special tastes, drinks on demand have arrived in Melbourne.

Dear autocorrect, I really, truly hate you. You ruin my life on a daily basis. And you won't even let me swear at you.

A clickable smorgasbord of celebrity trash talk, food porn, good-to-knows, generally interesting chat-starters, and anything else we think you should know about from around the Internet. It’s your watercooler cheat sheet for the week.

Coordinate dressing is a must this season and we’re crushing hard on the mix and match options currently available.

The wonderful world of dating is a tough one to navigate. When it’s good it’s great but when it’s bad it’s so very very bad.

We’ve all been there: You’ve had a Thursday evening catch-up with your mates pencilled in the diary for weeks, but finding a venue that does cracking cocktails, delicious nibbles, some more substantial bites for those hungrier mates, AND has the potential for a bit of late-night fun is proving near impossible. 

Australia's finest BBQ, a live performance from alt-rockers British India, and drinks on the Summer Lawn? Sounds like the perfect day out to us... until you add a little Group 1 racing into the picture to sweeten the deal.

As always Melbourne’s putting on a spectacular show complete with a White Night CBD takeover, the Apollo Bay Seafood Festival (#musselme) and a Jungle Party at the Terminus Hotel in Abbotsford.

We've joined forces with Four Pillars Ambassador, Sam Ng, to give you three ultimate gin cocktails that you can mix up yourself. Hello DIY cocktail time.

St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival boasts arguably the most eclectic line-up of any Australian festival, making it a smorgasbord for music lovers of all tastes and inclinations. So it came as no surprise that this year’s line-up did not disappoint!

Well, we may have just found a hangover cure... Not the (ridiculous) type that involves two Aspirins, a Berocca, an espresso, 3L of water and 17 jumping jacks after a night out; a serious hangover cure. There’s doctors involved and all. Intrigued? Us too.

As someone who busies herself eating her way around Melbourne, it’s rare that I get hit with a bad case of food FOMO. Order anxiety? Never heard of it! From early morning breakfasts to accidental late night ‘snacks’ (i.e: entire double stack burgers, and don’t scrimp on the pickles…), my ordering skills have been honed to perfection. I can glance at a menu, weigh up the novelty factor of exotic items against the trademark staples, and order what is widely regarded as the best dish in the house. Or, rather, I thought I could...

‘A new year. A new me’. That’s what we all told ourselves on Jan 1. Fast forward 6 weeks, and let’s face it, it’s highly likely that your spiffy new yoga mat is catching dust under your bed, and your devotion to all the superfood groups have, let’s say, waned… To get us back on track—and to help us understand that setting goals is great for productivity and confidence (a win-win situation we say!)—we hung out with the founders of Mi Goals, creators of beautiful, inspirational (and highly functional) stationery.

This week we went to the Yeezy Season 3 premiere, and heard quite a few crackers... And then we got hit with the Grammys red carpet last night. Talk about bonus.

Stuck for a new-season look? Had a particularly tough week? Or literally spent the entirety of 2015 feeling like the most fashionable thing you owned was your pyjamas? Sometimes, Listers, you’ve just got to shop it out. We’ve found exactly the place to go for all of our favourite brands… And you’ll NEVER guess where it is.

Over here at The Urban List, we heard an enticing rumour: a rumour that some enterprising young man had created a room in Brunswick where you could just go and smash a bunch of crap with a baseball bat. Obviously, it sounded amazing, so we did some investigating—and after an agonising week's wait we headed over to The Break Room to give it a go.

This March, Bank of Melbourne celebrates its partnership with Melbourne Food and Wine Festival by hitting the road with Melbourne’s most democratic food truck—and serving seven of the best home-cooked dishes in the state. 

We’ve put together a list of 47 indoor, temperature-controlled activities that you can do in Melbourne when you just don’t know whether to sweat, shiver, sneeze or scream.

“Not another burger joint,” said no Melburnian, ever. Especially not this beef-and-bun-obsessed Lister, who was eagerly anticipating good things when local burger baron Dani Zeini’s latest venture, Royal Stacks, opened on the bottom end of Collins Street last month.

Here are your horror-scopes, including suggestions for where to drown those mystical sorrows when you find out what you're *really* in for this week.

Did you blow $525 of your hard earned money on the Fat Duck pop up last year at Crown? You're about to regret that decision imminently.

Sadly, for most of us, the holiday season has come to a grinding halt. But that doesn’t mean we’ll want to stop constantly reliving the memory of the how hot we looked as an uber bohemian beach babe in Byron and beyond.

While I might have lofty ambitions of breakfasting on all seven continents, my bank balance can only just about cover the average Melbourne brunch and an Uber to the other side of town. So, without further ado, here are Melbourne’s Best Round-The-World Brunches, Part 2.

So you binge watched all of the 7 Netflix Docos You Need To See Now. You signed the petition to Free Steven Avery. You had more intense conversations than you expected for your #netflixandchill dates. Want more? Here’s another seven titles that you’ve gotta check out…

To truly understand boredom, you have to be flat broke. Sure, rich people can get bored, what with their vacuous lifestyles and large amounts of recreation time, but it’s nothing compared to the tedium of having no money and nothing to do.

Take yourself from 1000£ Bend’s Morning Gloryville fit-rave to a Moonlight Cinema Tarantino flick, and maybe then you can dash to Howler’s New Orleans inspired jam. Oh yeah, did we mention White Night is hitting the CBD?! Yeah it’s a big week.

Dear culture vultures; did you know the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival is not entirely about faaarshun and catwalk shows? The program is packed with art, performance and creative ideas (plus a lot of it's free!) We've rounded up the very best off-the-runway events at VAMFF 2016 for you to devour.

We popped along to the preview screening of Zoolander 2 this week with some trepidation - I mean, how do you meet the hilarity of the first one? And will Kristen Wiig be as funny as we hope she is? And how do they make the idea seem fresh all these years later?? Ok, I'll tell you right now: It's good. Maybe it's great. Maybe it's even as great as the first one - and I don't say that lightly. 

Well, the Yeezy circus came to Melbourne this morning, and if you were one of the lucky fans who snapped up a ticket to the Hoyts’ screening you’d have to agree that he did not disappoint. From a full stream of his latest album, ‘The Life of Pablo,’ to his Yeezy Season 3 fashion collection launch – live streamed from New York’s Madison Square Gardens – we saw rappers, rants, nipples and matching Kardashian outfits. Everything you could want at 8am on a Friday morning, really.

Melbourne’s love of food isn’t exactly a new thing – some of our favourite spots have been alive and kicking since the 1920’s.

Valentine’s Day comes but once a year folks, and if your romantic record is anything like mine – full of 'points for trying' rather than actual A grades – you’ll be looking forward to the dreaded 14th about as much as you do having your freakshake-induced fillings reset. So, want to know how to make the day pass as quickly and mercifully as possible? Read on for our top 5 activities that will help you survive everyone’s favourite gross-out day of lurve.

With so many possibilities and so little time to get organised, we're bringing you this easy, why-didn’t-we-think-of-that guide to help you continue being the winner at life that you were born to be and have the best night out humanly possible - including our top 5 picks of the February sessions. 

Look, I’m going to be really upfront here: fitness isn’t really my thing.

At long, long last, Melbourne is finally taking some baby steps to becoming a truly 24-hour city. So, with trains and trams running through the night, what can you do in Melbourne around the clock? Here are our top picks for making the most of those extra hours.

At The Urban List we’re all about makeup being fun. Thanks to these seriously adorbs offerings from a host of Korean brands makeup can be just that: super flippin’ fun. 

Whether you love it or loathe it Melburnians, Valentine’s Day is here. So, to help everyone out, we’ve thrown together a list of amazing events for singletons, relationship junkies and everyone else who falls into some new-age dating set-up.

Swapping meals is easier than you might think.

The count down is over, Melbourne burger fiends, as Motorhome Majestic throws open its doors today to deliver epic burgers, hard shakes and doughnut ice-cream burgers to the fine folk of Ascot Vale.

With Valentine's Day lurking just around the corner, forget all the cheesy clichés and focus on what’s really important about 14 February… what foods are going to get you and your lucky date feeling 50 shades of frisky?

We’ll do just about anything for cake, especially if it’s a totally drool-worthy cake that’s come straight from the Instagram feed of one of Australia’s most creative cooks. Listers, meet Miss Trixie Drinks Tea, Melbourne’s superstar baker who has been cooking up a sugar-coated storm for parties and events since 2012, when she started her blog which turned into a bona fide business in 2014.

It's time once again for overheard - bringing you all the ridiculous conversations we've sneakily jotted down whilst you were talking unawares. 

Dogs are just the cutest, you guys. There’s no greater joy than seeing a cute pic of a pooch in your feed when you’re scrolling through acai bowl after acai bowl. While we all scoff at the thought of making an Insta for our pets, deep down we know our laughter is because we know our pets will get more followers than us. 

Sometimes your wardrobe needs a little somethin’ somethin’ to get it through the seasonal transition. Not too dressed-up, not to dressed-down, we are loving the trend of kimono jackets popping up in some of our favourite labels’ new season collections. Check out seven ways to rock this awesome piece in your day-to-day wardrobe.

If you spend as much time on Netflix as us (a lot) you probably know the site inside out. But we’re here with some exciting news: there’s a whole secret section you haven’t even seen yet. We present to you: Netflix’s hidden genres.

The Super Bowl was on last night, and yes Beyonce slayed. And yes, some team won, something something sportz. But much, much more importantly, there was the annual airing of the hilarious (and often offensive) Super Bowl commercials!

A week of no gluten, dairy, corn, soy, caffeine, alcohol, added sugar, red meat, shellfish, white rice, or nightshades (tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, potatoes) awaits. Looks easy enough. I am gonna own this detox game! Or am I...

This Collingwood gem is not afraid to admit that they’ve thrown a bit of a creative twist on their Thai cuisine, and the result is Thai-riffic! 

Melbourne’s latest fusion food venture is bringing together inspiration from all over the globe in its jaw-droppingly beautiful southside venue. Listers, meet St Kilda’s latest newcomer: United Kitchen Dining & Tapas.

Here are your horror-scopes, including suggestions for where to drown those mystical sorrows when you find out what you're *really* in for this week.

Over here at the Urban List, we decided you might need some fashion inspiration for your Relaxed Racing ensemble - so we are prepping you with our top ten style tips for guys and girls to take in the fillies this February. Relax away!

We were pretty intrigued, to say the least, when a new cold, creamy confection hit our radar. But what exactly is this newfangled frozen custard business?

Don’t fret, you last minute Valentine’s Day lovers. We’re here to give you a round up of the best last-minute Valentine’s Day plans.

Did you know that most of our ‘boring’ everyday fruit and veg contain the same nutritional benefits as these new sassy superfoods? So, what about the original superfoods? 

Yup, fermentation-mania has spread from the kitchen to the beauty salon, with probiotic skincare set to be one of the hottest beauty trends of 2016.

We don’t want to scare you, but this is going to be a BIG Melbourne week. There are just too many great events on and we’re determined not to miss any of these sweet, sweet February vibes.

From hidden design-savvy cafes to the best bourbon chicken sandwich we’ve ever tasted, here’s everything to eat, drink, shop, and do in Collingwood.

Pull up a stool and order a pint while we present our pick of Melbourne’s best pub meals.

Last night we dropped into the Lunar Markets to sample all the fares on offer over the 11 day celebration of delicious food - and the last few nights of summer. 

We're making like the Peruvians this weekend, and celebrating their national drink: the exquisite Pisco Sour.

Whether you’re after some R’n’B-fuelled grinding with a cocktail in hand, an evening of drag trivia in a cosy pub, or a dancefloor that quite literally doesn’t close until dawn, here’s the essential hit-list of hangouts that are making it big on the gay and queer scene.

An eyebrow specialist is like a great hairdresser; once you’ve found the one, you’re done searching. You immediately delete your brow-dedicated Pinterest and glance affectionately at your brows in the mirror. It’s a serious quest.

Melbourne Water has made all of our childhood dreams come true at once. After a non-starter last year due to a last-minute shut-down by authorities, the Yarra River Inflatable Regatta is back on 27 February - and it’s bigger and better than ever.

Hipsters. Has anyone ever enlisted as much worldwide inter-generational rage as thou? (Except maybe beatniks. And hippies. And goths. And emos... Well, you get my point.)

Relaxed Racing is about to kick off in totally relaxed style this month – and it all starts on Saturday 13 February with Family Day at Caulfield. 

It’s February and Melbourne’s Chinese New Year Festival is officially underway. The entire city is about to enter celebration mode, with this year dedicated to the Monkey. There are SO MANY amazing events to choose from, Listers.

Where can you get this seal kiss, you ask? Melbourne Zoo, of course. On Sunday 14 February - a.k.a Valentine’s/Galentine’s/Brolentine’s Day – there are going to be some slippery seal kisses up for grabs.

Sure, there are the obvious big hitters at Melbourne Food and Wine Festival presented by Bank of Melbourne, but we’re here to tell you what you simply can’t miss at this year’s event – so here are our top 15 picks of MFWF in 2016.

Hands up who’s fallen victim to a smashed phone screen after a drunken night out (or just being a clumsy thumbsy in my case)? As much as we love the look of our sleek and shiny phones sans cover, it’s not worth the hassle or extra cost of having to get your screen replaced several times a year.

Why Google it…when you can Urban List it? We've got a brand new search that makes it SO darn easy to find the best eats, drinks, shopping, and fitness near you.

Take a deep breath and prepare yourself for a BIG February weekend complete with Weis Sorbet Cocktails, outdoor flicks, a tomato appreciation festival and pre-Valentine’s Day preparations.

The best thing about starting a new year should be treating yourself to a fabulous new wardrobe, especially when you want to look glam at work. Unfortunately for most of us, that just doesn’t happen…

It’s recently come to our attention that a bunch of Melbourne’s coolest and most history-soaked places will let you stay overnight, or get up to after-dark antics on their premises.

If you’re on the hunt for a taste of something a little more exotic than the usual bircher bowl or smashed avo on toast, you’re in luck: We’ve rounded up Melbourne’s best internationally inspired breakfasts, whether you’re in the mood for a trip to Thailand, Mexico, Japan, or somewhere entirely different.

For a period last year, it felt like every Melbourne restaurant and their pop-up side-project was serving American BBQ in some shape or form. Needless to say, the quality was varied and, by the end of 2015, the last thing the Melbourne food scene needed was yet ANOTHER Americana-inspired joint. 

It's time once again for overheard - bringing you all the ridiculous conversations we've sneakily jotted down whilst you were talking unawares. 

You cynical person, you. I’m going to give you a little bit of free advice. You probably don’t want to hear it, but I’ll give it to you anyway: In girl-world, Valentine's Day is a big deal.

Here are the best gigs in Melbourne this month with tickets still available. Let's kick off February in style!

Run by the same team behind Ichi Ni, St Kilda, and Ichi Ichi Ku, South Yarra, the latest addition to the Ichi empire is situated in Fitzroy’s buzzing 127 Brunswick Street development.

Thai street food is among the most intriguing and flavoursome the world over, and Melbourne has plenty of hot spots that would do the Thai’s proud. Here is where to pick up Melbourne’s perfect pad thai.

If you want to find out which suburbs have started bursting at the seams with awesomeness over the past few months, we’ve got you covered.

Over here at The Urban List, we want our readers to know what's in store for them for the week ahead. So we're bringing you horoscopes for real people - who want their cosmic predictions with a side of honesty. Here are your horror-scopes, including suggestions for where to drown those mystical sorrows when you find out what you're *really* in for this week.

What kind of V-Day dater are you? We’ve teamed up with Glasshouse Fragrances Candles to let you know. 

Summertime is THE season for cocktails, and nothing could be more refreshing than an incredible drink mixed up by one of Melbourne’s top bartenders - with sorbet as the star ingredient.

If you want to be a real human man with bona fide man-credentials, then you simply must be able to throw out quotes from any of the following movies, at any appropriate moment.

Oh no, guys! It is officially February and we still haven’t ticked off any of our New Year’s Resolutions or made any significant life changes to grow up a lil’ bit. Well, we’re here to say it’s not too late, because Melbourne is giving you the chance to win your dignity back this week.

Here's our list of the 20 best FREE things to do in Melbourne this February.

Neglecting our skin is one of our biggest post-holiday downfalls: So we headed to the very chic Hud Skin And Body for their trademark DMK Enzyme Therapy Face and Body Treatment.

We’ve been swept up in every new age workout trend possible, Listers. Over the last few years we’ve all sweated bullets in a Zumba dance class, passed out in Cross Fit, and over extended ourselves in a Barre sesh.

Breakups are a nuisance for everyone. So try grabbing some of Melbourne’s best post-breakup food to ease the pain!

I've asked myself the ultimate question: Who's the best Joker? Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger or Jared Leto?

Another year, another excellent line up of things to do/places to go/food to eat. Strap yourselves in, folks, here is what 2016 has got in store for us.

Until recently, the concept of moonshine conjured up thoughts of Deliverance and duelling banjos for me.

It's time once again for our new overheard column - bringing you all the ridiculous conversations we've sneakily jotted down whilst you were talking unawares. That makes us a gossip columnist perhaps? Excellent.