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There’s a new bar and eatery on the Sydney Road block, thanks to the team behind CBD hotspots Chuckle Park, Chuckle Deli and New Guernica. Meet Joey Smalls, Brunswick’s latest bar-kitchen that’s combining the three key ingredients needed to make a new venue pop—awesome food, tasty cocktails and great tunes.

Ah, tacky hens parties. You know the kind I mean, the ones brandishing entire casks of cheap rosé and handfuls of straws shaped like penises (penii?). Seriously, who even invented those?! I’m no prude, and I’m certainly no stranger to letting loose and quaffing cocktails into the small hours, but really, is THAT how you want to spend your last night of non-married freedom? I thought not!

Listers, the social event of the year is just around the corner! Melbourne’s very first pug wedding (yup, that’s two pugs, dedicating the rest of their four-legged lives to each other) is happening at the West Beach Bathers Pavilion in St Kilda on Sunday 17th May, 1pm till 5pm. Time to get your Sunday best out and get ready for some romance!

Having grown up in a small town, I can clearly see the benefits of living in a big city. Cities have a higher proliferation of Hungry Jack’s than rural areas and they even have escalators so you don’t get tired walking up stairs. But it’s also clear to me that cities are full of crazy people and fuckwits. Living in a massive hive seems to rob some individuals of their rationality and basic human empathy. Here is a list of city folk who are really goddam annoying.

This week is the start of May, Listers! A new month brings a whole new array of eats, events and things to do in Melbourne. Here are our picks for the best events this week if your diary is looking a little sparse.

Brunswick Street’s Brother Burger and the Marvellous Brew are opening up a second store southside, because when you’re flipping some of Melbourne’s best burgers, it’s only fair to spread the love. 

Are you among the Prahran uninitiated? Let us introduce you to our top picks of our beloved ‘burb—yep, you’ll find TUL Melbourne HQ here—with our latest Pick of the Precinct.

Whether it’s fresh produce, scrumptious street food or a hard-bargain you love, we’re sure one of these distinctly Melbourne markets will get you up and excited! 

Tacos are basically the perfect food—a mouthful of delicious spicy veggies, fish or meat, a pinch of seasoning and a healthy portion of hot sauce, all wrapped up in one tasty corn taco. We’ve hunted down some of the best tacos in Melbourne so that you know where to head for your next Mexican snack attack!

Do you dream of eating epic burgers and drinking local beers in a graffiti-covered train carriage that’s perched on a rooftop? I know I certainly do. Well, we’re all in luck! Grab your wallet and get yourself to Collingwood because that very specific and altogether amazing dream has finally come true—Easey’s rooftop burger bar is open for business.

With juicy new openings and festivals galore, we’ve done the hard yards to present to you the May MINI edition—counting down the top 10 things to do in Melbourne this month. Get involved, Listers!

Knifes, forks and bibs at the ready, Listers….your monthly meal inspo awaits!

Recently every menu worth its cured meats has let lardo have its day. And rightly so. Having fallen for the buttery charms of jamon, it’s about time you locked your lips on this goodness. It is melt-in-the-mouth tender adding a richness and glorious mouth feel that little else can in one single mouthful.  

All hail the glorious ankle boot! As perfect with jeans as they are with dresses, these versatile bad boys are a wardrobe essential. Here are 8 of the best.

Iconic Sydney burger shop Mary’s Burgers will pop-up at Belle’s Hot Chicken on May 24th—yes, you have permission to freak out!

From foodie feasts and oysters galore, to an out-of-the-ordinary fundraising event and a festival all about dogs, here are our picks for things to do in Melbourne this weekend!

If you’ve read the headline, you’ll know EXACTLY what this is about. Yes, that’s right, Listers, the side-achingly hilarious musical that’s taken the world by storm is hitting Melbourne in...

Bless the Italians who invented this sweet hazelnut and chocolate spread! Here are Melbourne’s best places to satisfy a Nutella craving, no matter what time of day.

If you are looking to get hands-on with Melbourne’s top producers, there’s a new boutique food and wine tour in Mornington Peninsula that should be top of your list!

Don’t you hate it when your favourite restaurant gets rid of your favourite dish? The dish you so desperately love and continue to go back for…until it’s cruelly ripped away. It’s a form of torture I tell you!

We’ve scoured the entire, swirling maelstrom of the food blogging world and from it we have fossicked these beautiful six whose lives we would steal in a heartbeat.

If you’re looking to be transported to a magical tropical island (or perhaps a tiki den of sin…), this brand new bar in Collingwood is going to be your new watering hole of choice...

This Mother’s Day in Melbourne, forget the standard breakfast in bed and shoddy card (I probably should’ve given that up looong ago) and treat your Mum to an indulgent High Tea, Mother’s Day lunch or dinner instead.

The Town Mouse owner, Christian McCabe, is in the midst of gutting a former cafe on Russell Street and transforming it into a new two-level joint. Get excited, Listers!

Hands up if you remembered that Sunday, 10th May is Mother’s Day? Don't fret, we've got you covered with the best florists in Melbourne for Mother's Day. 

It may be the new season of House of Cards talking, Hillary Clinton’s recent announcement to run for the White House in the 2016 U.S. election, or the fact that it’s Monday again, but recent events had us thinking about power dressing here at The Urban List.

What’s that saying about the eyes being the windows to the soul? Well if that’s true, we say you’d be a fool not to play up your peepers courtesy of a visit to Melbourne’s best brow and lash studios.

We love a bargain breakfast here at The Urban List HQ, and word travels fast when one of our team has discovered a top brekkie spot that does a delicious meal for under $10. To help you stay smart with your cashola, we’ve compiled 25 of the city’s top breakfast cheap eats from some of the best restaurants and cafes in Melbourne—go forth and save, people!

Sad the weekend’s over? Don’t be, Listers, cos Melbourne is pumping out rad things to do all over town this week!

The world is full of weird and wonderful things. This is especially true when it comes to food. Are you a “picky” eater or are you the kind of gung-ho “I’ll try anything once” kind of person?

Listers, the rise of Abbotsford continues with news that two of Melbourne’s most in-the-know restaurateurs, Dan Zeidan and Maurice Manno, are set to open Mavis The Grocer, a new Melbourne cafe and artisanal grocer.

Keen to sink your teeth into this mindfulness thing that everyone’s talking about? Wanderlust, a global lifestyle group that focuses on fitness of the body and mind, hits Melbourne this May, bringing together a host of our beautiful city’s fitness and wellness gurus in the one-day event, Wanderlust 108. The festival includes organic food, crafts, aeroyoga, slack-lining (like tightrope walking but a million times more difficult, I kid you not) and a triathlon, but not as you know it!

It’s a well-known fact that my love for skateboarding knows no bounds, so when I heard about this one, Listers, I was excited to the point of selling a kidney to be one of the first people through the doors. Beach Burrito Fitzroy, in case you haven’t heard (seriously, which rock have you been hiding under?!), is a brand new skatebowl-Melbourne Mexican restaurant that’s popped up on Fitzroy’s Gertrude Street. 

If you love your seafood, crave seafood, dream of seafood, but just can’t get enough because of high prices and a small budget, we feel you. Thankfully, Clamms Seafood & Chandon’s Oyster Frenzy is your event of the year. 

There are few items we love (and love to wear to death) quite as much as the Breton or striped top. Here are 8 of the best. 

This Saturday, thousands will be getting up at the crack of sparrows to attend ANZAC Day services in Melbourne. Inevitably, there’ll be a desperate rush for coffee after, which is where we come in!

Melbourne sweet-tooths, get pumped. The trendy team behind Chez Dré is set to open a second (no doubt equally delectable) boutique this May

Let’s face it: When it comes to American BBQ in Melbourne, the northside is where it’s at, and this new Collingwood restaurant only serves to reinforce that reputation. Want to know what we're talking about? Read on...

This weekend in Melbourne is all about food, film, art, and—you guessed it—more food. You can wet your whistle with a whisky, chow down on some yum cha, or dine in the open-air at a drive-in movie—amazing! 

Each month one member of The Urban List team will be sharing their current obsessions, and—shock—not all of it’s edible! This month our Melbourne Editor, Pip Jarvis shares her new favourite everythings.

South-siders, hold hands, form a circle and rejoice because the food trucks are a comin’!

One of South Korea’s classic dishes, which coincidentally is also fun to say, is the bibimbap. Here's where to get Melbourne's best!

There are a bunch of international acts hitting Australian shores, plus a few local heroes promoting new releases over the coming months, but you’d better snap up tickets before they pass you by. 

Lygon Street is getting a healthy serve of Latin American street food this July, with Paul Wilson’s latest venture, Lady Carolina.

Keen to know about our shortcuts to plump, bright, youthful skin without injectibles? Read on for a list Melbourne’s best facials that tackle our three key skin peeves.

The Public Bar team has announced its latest kitchen venture...Say hello to Sir Chicory St. Claire's Sanctioned Digestive Parlour.

Move over Zumba, see ya later water aerobics, sayonara Body Attack; we’ve just found our new favourite Melbourne workout.

Melbourne film lovers will be simply spoilt for choice this week, with festivals and cinema events left, right and in Coburg (ha). Even if you’re not a movie buff Listers, we’re quite certain at least one of these events will pique your interest, there’s just so many!

Imagine a life where you don’t have to see what that one random friend is up to ALL THE TIME. You know, the one who thinks the ‘What’s on your mind?’ thing is a genuine question that someone is asking them and which needs to be answered regularly.

Mindful in May returns next month—the perfect chance to hop off life’s treadmill for just 10 minutes a day, all for a good cause. 

Hawthorn is moving on up in the desirable postcode stakes, with a bunch of awesome cafes popping up at a rate of knots, my all-time favourite wine bar, and some of the best spots for gift shopping in Melbourne. Go the Hawks!

It may be something you do with hardly a second thought, but the way you order your coffee gives an astonishing insight into who you are as a human being. You might think you ask for a flat white or a macchiato because you like the way it tastes. False. As your friendly barista knows perfectly well, the choice you make at the café in the morning reveals everything about who you are, where you have been and what is running through your head. Here is what your coffee order says about you.

Hold the phone because Collingwood barbecue experts Bluebonnet Barbecue are set to bring their juicy, meaty goodness to all-round live music and booze venue The John Curtin for the foreseeable future. 

Oh MBFWA, the one week of the year where many of Australia’s most beautiful and stylish people congregate in one ridiculously well-dressed mass.

We’ve got rooftop bars, rooftop restaurants, rooftop cinemas, rooftop pools…So to be honest, Listers, we weren’t that excited about this new opening when we first heard about it. UNTIL WE REALISED IT INVOLVES CAMPING ON A ROOFTOP. 

As a city that’s full of smart people with kind hearts, Melbourne has fast become a hub of awesome social enterprises (businesses that give back to society, whether through charities or other means). We’ve tracked down our favourites, whether you’re in need of a coffee, an art print or some loo roll.  

Want to turn your mood, and your efficiency levels, up to eleven? Here are our top things to do in Melbourne to make the most of that lunch hour. Go!

If you read the headline, you’ll know exactly why we’re so excited about this one, Listers! Melbourne’s top burger gurus, Huxtaburger, are re-releasing their mouth-wateringly delicious but rarely-seen Tonkatsu burger for ONE WEEK ONLY.

Smith Street icecream sensation, Gelato Messina is opening in Richmond! We’re predicting chaos, madness and mayhem from Richmond locals when the gelato giant opens, predicted to be in June.

Autumn feasts—tick. Live music—tick. Sample sales—tick. It’s shaping up to be a killer few days, Listers! This weekend is crammed full of awesome things to do in Melbourne, and here are our top picks of the bunch

Miss Katie's Crab Shack, the brainchild of Katie Marron, first opened in North Melbourne’s Public Bar in 2012. Now she’s grown out of her shell and crab-walked across town to the recently reopened Melbourne pub, the Rochester Hotel in Fitzroy (#sorrynotsorry).

Get excited nature lovin' foodies—the much loved, homely Grown & Gathered farm is hosting a long table Autumn Harvest Dinner this Saturday!

Our beautiful city is a hotbed for delicious, creative and healthy cuisine, but sometimes you can end up shelling out a fortune for that quick lunchtime meal. We’ve rounded up Melbourne’s best healthy lunches under $15 in this awesome list of healthy Melbourne cheap eats. Pass me a fork...

Listers, it’s no secret that I love cheese. Just one mention of a double cream blue and I go weak at the knees; a washed rind and I’m yours for the night. So without further ado, here are 50 of the best dishes that contain cheese in Melbourne. 

Say what you want about normcore (the bad Mum jeans, the Seinfeld haircuts), but one thing we can thank it for is that sneakers have now become a legit and acceptable piece of footwear, appropriate at (almost) every occasion you can think of. While you might need some serious fashion chops to pull off sneakers at a wedding, we do believe you can wear them every day of the week. Yes, we’re advocating sneakers at the office. And no, you won’t get fired.

Veer off Geelong's beaten track and you’ll soon find a vibrant culinary culture that rivals even the trendiest Melbourne suburbs. At just 50-minutes drive from Melbourne, it’s worth jumping in the car to taste what all the fuss is about...

Fresh, fun and savvy, there’s plenty to like about new kid on the block, Woody P. Opening in May, this new Melbourne restaurant is not to be missed, Listers.

As guardians of the beacon of the high fashion old guard, and purveyors of brilliantly perceived effortlessness, no one has received more accolades for style than the French. Whether you’re just trying it on for size, emulating Jane Birkin or just hoping to achieve your #lyfegoals of looking a little more Parisienne, effortlessness requires, well, for lack of a better word, a lot of effort. To make matters simpler, here’s our quick cheat sheet to guide you on how to separate the true authentic miches from all those unoriginal baguettes, so that you too can look truly Francophile without even trying. 

Cheerleaders, mathlethes, popular kids, freaks and geeks: if Mean Girls has taught us anything (and I can safely assume it taught us a lot), is that we all have a tribe, a clique, a herd—one to belong to, to be defended by and to defend from: the primal instinct of safety in numbers. What may or may not have started in high school (after all, one must group to survive) has since gotten a lot more complicated. 

What’s this?! A full week in Melbourne?! Yep, Listers, everyone’s back in town from their long weekend adventures, which is AWESOME considering the amount of brilliant things to do in Melbourne this week!

The Spanish Film Festival is back this autumn, hitting up a cinema screen near you. Get your culture on, and brush up on your subtitle speed reading (unless you speak Spanish, you overachiever you).

We’ve compiled all our favourite hit-lists in one ridiculously handy email – all of Melbourne’s best eateries, broken down by dish/cuisine, sent conveniently to your inbox.

In our search for the best croissants in Melbourne, we’ve uncovered some cracking sweet treats, but how about savoury? Who’s dishing up those bad boys?

Autumn BBQs are AWESOME. There’s nothing that beats rounding up a group of your nearest and dearest, cooking up a storm under the stars, and using the evening chill as an excuse to snuggle up to your other half/that mate you’ve had a crush on for the past year and a half (tried and tested, trust me, it works).

With some of the best cafes in Melbourne hopping aboard the ‘healthy eating’ train, these days it takes more than just your average barista to appeal to foodie loving patrons out there!

Feel good this weekend, with a range of comedy, art and culture events packing your social calendar. Of course there are feasts for the foodies (hello seafood and cheese) and a film or two too. 

Melbourne's best bars offer flights of everything from gin to cheese—with flights like these, you won't need a boarding pass to put your tastebuds on a higher plane!

No matter how great the main course is, one must ALWAYS leave room for dessert. Melbourne’s tasty dessert offering is second to none, and there’s a smorgasbord of sweet treats out there waiting to be discovered, so here's 26 of them to get you started.

In our search for perfect skin, we’ve visited some of the best beauty salons in town trialling a variety of high-tech, innovative and, let’s be honest, fancy pants skin treatments.

We caught up with Chernae and her Arch Angels from The Brow Bar to tell us the secrets behind achieving Australia’s best eyebrows, and why they are totally worth it.

Vertue of the Coffee Drink is Carlton’s latest awesome-sauce cafe, having opened its doors just six weeks ago and already witnessing a roaring trade. Read on, dear Listers, for our verdict on the virtues of, er, Vertue. 

The long weekend’s almost over, folks. But fear not! There’s a tonne of amazing things to do in Melbourne this week, ranging from the artistic to the physically gruelling!

Good Beer Week 2015 is on the horizon and, in spite of the name, there’s more than just drinking going down! Check out our must-do's for the awesome Melbourne beer event.

Ah, Brunswick. With your plethora of pubs, cafes and awesome foodie haunts, what a special place in our hearts you hold! Here’s our pick of the shops, bars, cafes and restaurants in Brunswick—everything you should be eating, drinking, buying and doing when taking a trip to the northside.

If you’re gearing up for a foodie long weekend, this new Melbourne restaurant opening might just be the cherry on top of your Easter sundae!

Get excited, Listers—everyone’s favourite vegan vamps are opening a shiny new Melbourne deli!

Here are eight of the best venues within walking distance of the MCG and Etihad Stadium where you can enjoy a pre-match dinner, a quick drink before the game or some celebratory beers after your team’s next big win.

If you’re on the hunt for tasty cocktails in Melbourne, but don’t want to deal with the CBD masses, this new cocktail bar in the Bayside 'burbs is for you!

This Easter long weekend in Melbourne isn’t JUST about filling up on chocolate, Listers (but we’re cool if that’s how you want to play it). Here’s what’s on for the Easter long weekend in Melbourne! And by long, we mean super-sized!

We’ve compiled a list of some of our favourite cafes and restaurants and their opening hours over Easter. It’s by no means exhaustive, but should give you plenty of Easter eating inspo!

We’ve had toast cafes, we’ve had cereal cafes, and now, Melbourne is getting the world’s first crumb cafe! Say hello to Oh, Crumbs!

We’re back, bigger and better than ever, with an even more epic April MINI Edition—the ONLY guide you’ll need to the top things to do in Melbourne in April. Get amongst it!

We’re the ‘ain’t nobody got time for that’ generation. Our idea of a relaxing night in involves simultaneously texting, waxing, microwaving, and reading Who Weekly, and we know we’re not alone.  

In what is anticipated to be one of THE social events of the year, we announce Melbourne's first Pug Wedding.

What to do when you’re staring down the barrel of pigmentation, dull skin, and wrinkles? Send it to skin boot camp, that’s what! Here's how to get perfect skin without photoshop!

When it comes to cheap eats in Melbourne, it's a known foodie fact that the best bargain bites come from our city’s top-notch Asian eateries.

Bring on the Booza!

In the words of the Vengaboys, we like to party! And by party, we mean eat our way through the menus at Melbourne’s best restaurants and cafes in order to bring you the tastiest, absolute must-try dishes each month.

Wondering what’s on in Melbourne this week? Wonder no more cos we’ve got the hippest happenings for you right here!

April sees things cooling down and you chilling out. But even the colder weather won’t stop you from checking out these ripper Melbourne markets!

When it comes to foodie things to do in Melbourne, April is chock-a-block with some epically tasty events!

A night of the finest cocktails in Melbourne, complemented by some moreish, tasty bites?! Heck yes, Listers, we’ll drink to that!

New opening alert: new vegetarian restaurant, Transformer Fitzroy—the latest project from the Vegie Bar, Panama Dining Room and Rice Queen team—opened its doors this week.

There’s soon to be a new Huxtaburger in Hawthorn, bringing some of Melbourne's best burgers to the hungry suburb. 

If you're reading this, I imagine you're already familiar with the mighty Berocca and its all-powerful effects. Here's where to get yours, along with brunch, in Melbourne.

Clear the schedule and head straight to your closest Mecca Maxima, because Urban Decay finally hits Australian shores tomorrow!

Wondering who to follow on Instagram to get you in the spirit of chocolate week Easter? We’ve got your back, our sticky fingered friends.

There’s nothing quite like a perfectly crafted sweet treat. At The Urban List, we’ve come to the conclusion that there’s only one name worth talking about when it comes to DIY vegan desserts in Melbourne...

Melbourne is mixing it up for you this weekend, Listers! From comedy, to films, to flowers. Go vegetarian for Meat Free Week, and switch off the lights for Earth Hour (dancing optional). 

While we love going out for dessert, sometimes there’s nothing more satisfying than kicking back in our trackies and chowing down on a top gourmet ice cream. Pass me a spoon…

Say whaaaat?! You can get some of Melbourne's best tacos in the 'burbs?! Heck yes you can, Listers!

Your best mate, your work pals, your mum…EVERYONE wants to dance like Queen Bey. And now, Melbourne dance group, Bey Dance, are showing you how!

Sitting pretty opposite Station Pier, this Port Melbourne pub offers one of the best pizzas in Melbourne...but not as you know it!

Love a good ol‘ boogie and care about the environment, too? Global dance institution, No Lights No Lycra, celebrates Earth Hour 2015 with an event this Saturday at Schoolhouse Studios in Collingwood.

What do you get when you combine a scenic picnic location with food, wine and live music? Aside from some very happy Vegemites, you get The Peninsula Picnic!

Seeing deconstructed on a menu usually makes me want to vomit in my handbag. You deconstruct art or post modernism, not dinner. But in this case I really can’t think of an alternative. So here it is a three-minute dairy-free Easter extravaganza—a deconstructed crème egg. And because it’s ‘deconstructed’ it must of course have a ‘schmear’ of some kind (the coconut yoghurt) and the odd edible flower thrown in for the obligatory prettiness factor.

Forget huffing your way around the CBD in search of a well-priced dinner; we’ve got the best cheap eats on speed dial! In fact, we’ve tracked down a bunch of the most delicious dinners in Melbourne CBD for less than $15. Thank us later!

We love Asian food—the more authentic the better—so Lost Heaven, the new Melbourne Chinese restaurant from HuTong Group that’s specialising in Sichuan style dishes, has been on our hit list since it opened. We’re happy to report that it doesn’t disappoint!

We hit up the best beauty salons in Melbourne for some expert advice on the treatments to make you look instantly younger. If you’re looking for a #beautyhack or two to help you turn back the clock, then keep reading!

A new week means a new list of killer things to do in Melbourne...Laughs, lunges and beauty launches, with some cracking foodie events thrown in for good measure.

If you’re looking for the hottest fashion trends for winter, look no further than our VAMFF runway report.

Chin Chin, Baby and Kong maestro, Chris Lucas, is bringing the hawker market cultures of Singapore and Malaysia to Melbourne with his new Windsor restaurant, Hawker Hall. 

We know you’re always on the lookout for places to get your long lunch on, so we’ve rounded up our top 5 picks so you and your crew can head straight out and feast!

Jerk. Chicken. No two words get my tastebuds tingling quite like the mention of this Caribbean delicacy. And at last, Melbourne is getting its very own Caribbean inspired restaurant and bar!

With so much to eat, see, and do, we took a trip to this gem of a neighbourhood to bring you the very best of Kew.

Melbourne’s best European food matched with Japan’s best drop? That’s one food and drink mash up we’ll get behind, Listers!

Don't have the time or dime to trawl through every art gallery out there? Here are our top picks for buying art online, featuring artists from Australia and all over the world!

Defined shoulders, buff biceps, and lack of ‘fadoobidas’ (you know, tuckshop lady arms)…it’s no wonder Michelle Obama gets her guns out at every opportunity possible!

With films in all forms, from French to secret, queer to botanical, there's lots to see in Melbourne this weekend. But don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten the food!

Meat lovers, have you ever wondered about a club that gives you access to awesome grass fed meat? Well, dreams do come true! Introducing The Meat Society.

Great things happen when delicious foodie inspiration and sought-after top-shelf spirits collide. Here are some of the best cocktails in Melbourne that combine culinary treats with alcoholic beverages. 

Who ya gonna call when you want to transform your skin? Keep reading, Listers, because we’ve hunted down five exceptional skin treatments Melbourne’s best beauty salons and clinics are offering.

A happiness cafe?! Melbourne entrepreneur, Emily Hazell, talks to us about Serotonin Eatery, her new healthy Melbourne cafe, fitness and wellness project. 

We’ve hunted down three of the very best smoothie and acai bowl recipes—all are a cinch to make, totally #foodporn worthy, are packed full of good-for-you ingredients, and taste downright delicious!

When it comes to brekkie, Melbourne cafes are killing it, dipping it in batter, and frying it. We know you’re a hangry lot, so without further ado, here are our Fave 5 wow-factor Melbourne breakfasts.

Listers, for the ENTIRETY of the month of April you can score free parking in Melbourne CBD!

Listers, there’s an awesome new Melbourne Mexican restaurant opening on the cards—the legendary Beach Burrito Company is coming soon to Fitzroy!

If one thing’s for sure, it’s that the suave Spaniards sure know how to throw a party!

Our team of events hotshots has hand-picked five of the most awesome things to do in Melbourne over the next five days, including food, film and French champagne.

Here’s our list of brand spanking new digs to check out this March. Get cracking on these awesome new Melbourne restaurants and bars.

We’ve found just the thing to float your blow-up boat—the Inflatable Regatta, setting sail along the Yarra on March 28th! 

Because it's almost St Patrick's Day, we thought we'd explore what else the nation that invented the potato crisp sandwich can teach us.

Got a taste for the best food and craft beer in Melbourne? There's a brand new beer garden that you need to visit this weekend.

You gleefully describe yourself as a “Foodie” in your Facebook, Instagram or Twitter profile, but which especially annoying kind are you? We have identified the major categories of irritating Foodies, and face it, if you think about food constantly, you can probably identify with a few of these.

Since no good meal is complete without a sweet treat, we took it upon ourselves to eat our way through the best desserts in Melbourne so that you’ve got a hitlist of things to try for the month ahead.

Heading to Tokyo soon? You lucky thing. Dreaming of heading to Tokyo? Reading The Urban List guide to Tokyo might make you want to book your tickets ASAP.

Don’t sit around this weekend; if you’re looking for things to do in Melbourne, there's plenty of super foodie events and fun-filled festivals!

Call us lazy, but we’re firm believers in the jeans-with-everything approach to getting dressed. We’ve teamed up with the black denim experts at Nobody to find out how to wear denim every day of the week, and get away with it.

Here, my dear friends, are 65 of the very best Melbourne cafes you should have had breakfast at if you call this city home.

Finding Melbourne’s best hot cross buns is a cause close to our hearts (and stomachs). So without further ado, here are the best buns for 2015! NOM!

Listers, we’ve done the rounds of gyms in Melbourne and uncovered a host of places that offer wicked workouts that are 45 minutes or less!

The latest Pan-Asian restaurant and bar to hit Melbourne CBD is Chow City. Now is the time to settle into a banquette, stare out from their big fold-up windows into the Melbourne sunset, while chowing down on a bowl of something pretty and/or pretty spicy.

With summer slowly fading away (sob!) and autumn hot on our heels, here at The Urban List, we’re gearing up to rock some awesome autumn beauty trends.

With some people going so far as to call Brae the best restaurant in Australia, we knew we had to make the trip out to the Otways and see for ourselves what all the fuss is about.

From food and booze to faaashun and art, here are 5 awesome things to do in Melbourne this week! #thankuslater

Guinness. Irish dancing. Green wigs. More Guinness. Here’s what you should be doing with yourself to celebrate St Patrick’s Day in Melbourne.

Fitzroy restaurant, Belle's Hot Chicken, is getting a twin sister with a classy twist.

Oyster ice-cream, anyone? Or how about a bit of banana, cream cheese and chilli pizza? Read on for a killer round-up of Melbourne’s most WTF eats…

Look out fine diners, there’s a new kid on the block! To say we’re excited about the coming-soon South Melbourne restaurant, Lûmé, would be enough of an understatement to send foodies into fits. 

Could one of these be the best Paleo shop in Melbourne? Here are our clean eating shop picks for Melbourne.

As much we love our digital day jobs, we’re big fans of occasionally ditching the desktop in favour of some old-school pen-and-paper action. But finding a stationery line that’s worth your chicken scratch is a challenge in itself—this is one occasion when Office Works just isn’t going to cut it. 

We've found a skin treatment that delivers the type of model-worthy skin we’ve always dreamed of. Want to know more?

Keen to know what’s on in Melbourne this Labour Day long weekend? We've got all the best events and things to do!

Fretting over what's open this coming Monday? Here's a list of Melbourne's best cafes open on Labour Day 2015.

Grab your apron and clear your calendar because Flavours festival has just announced its live kitchen line-up!

Tired of the same old workout? We've found a killer Melbourne pilates studio with a nightclub vibe, pumping tunes, and high intensity pilates, elliptical and cross trainer classes!

Release your inner wino without taking a road trip, Listers! Vinteloper, run by artisan winemaker David Bowley, is hosting an Urban Winery Project in Melbourne that will last for three nights only.

Cocktail guru Matthew Bax's latest venture, Bar Exuberante, might be Melbourne’s best cocktail bar to open this side of the millennium. 

Motivated by the amount of organic veg I bought in January and failed to eat (kale, I’m death staring you) I decided to embrace one of the latest diets: the 5:2. The basic premise of which is, you eat ‘normally’ five days a week and fast two days per week eating a maximum of only 500 calories, can’t type this is making me feel anxious. It is meant to mimic caveman, result in longer limbs, longer life, and generally all round awesomeness. The French version of this tres hip diet includes wine, so of course it seemed the far more logical choice.

This month, for the first time ever, we’ve teamed up with the super-cool folk at MINI to bring you the ultimate guide to what's on in Melbourne in March. Forget everything else on your calendar—from the hottest new Melbourne restaurant openings, to the must-book food, booze, and cultural events, here are our top 10 things to do in Melbourne in March.

Us vegans are tired of being lumped with the fruit salad, so we’ve rounded up the best vegan desserts in Melbourne in this handy hit-list. Without futher ado, welcome to the very first TUL vegan dessert awards*!

From the team behind Bentleigh's Little Tommy Tucker, comes an exciting new Melbourne cafe. Glovers Station opens in Elsternwick today!

We’ve handily paired some great VAMFF happenings to delicious venues around Melbourne for you. Simply matching your shoes to your bag is SO last season. Accessorising fashion with food, anyone?

If you’re looking for things to do in Melbourne, places to shop, or just some inspiration, then check out this round up of Melbourne markets to visit in March.

February was full of damn fine food, from savoury to sweet, and breakfast right through ‘til dinner. Yep, Melbourne’s best restaurants have delivered once again, and we’re singing their praises!

As far as Mexican restaurants in Melbourne go, it’s fair to say that you, dear Listers, are obsessed. I mean, what's not to like?!

Get revved up for March, foodies! Here’s our round up of what’s on for all you crazy carnivores, cheese champions, truffle tasters and anyone bonkers for beer.

Unless you’ve been hiding under a swag-repellent rock this week, you’ll know that our boy Drizzy’s just touched down on Australian shores. Listers, the hunt for Drake is on!

As seasoned experts in the art of bourbon cocktail drinking, we know there are countless ways to enjoy this amber liquid in all its glory.

Keen to impress your #cleaneating clique? Grab a straw and hydrate yourself with one of 2015’s hottest health drinks!

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.