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Whilst its two story restaurant is undergoing renovations, the team at Pure South Dining has brought its renowned menu and dining ethos to Southgate with a pop-up restaurant: 7000 by Pure South Dining.

A new eatery has opened up in Blackburn North, and it’s as homey as it is delicious! Serving up a seasonal menu of all day breakfast and lunch, this place is sure to impress both locals and travellers alike.

This spanking new all day eatery has just arrived in Collingwood, and it’s the latest project from the team who brought you Wide Open Road and Heartattack and Vine. This refined southern American hot-spot is part returaurant, part bar, and part party, so it definitely guarantees a good time.

Hanoi Hannah (and her beautiful Vietnamese cuisine) have made the move to Elsternwick, setting up shop on Glenhuntly Road, just a stones throw away from the Elsternwick Station. You'll still be able to get all your favorites, including soft shell crab rolls with pickled carrot and fresh herbs, crispy lime and pepper squid, tender beef pho and Hanoi style pork belly wraps, but Hannah's Elsternwick location is open until late! 

Opening Soon.

These realistic escape rooms will test your mind and have you addicted within minutes! LXM has three rooms containing a set of riddles and puzzles that’ll have you thinking visually, quantitatively, spatially, linguistically and practically. Will you opt to investigate a kidnapping, solve a conspiracy or escape your own kidnapping? Be warned, the Mason Kidnapping only has a 35% success rate, so round up your cleverest friends to escape! 

Unlike most escape rooms around Melbourne, you’re not locked in, but instead led into the beginning of a mystery. Set in an old wool factory, The Mystery Rooms have Tomb Raider, Ned Kelly and medieval themed experiences to keep you on your toes. All the mysteries are designed by local film set producers, writers and artists, providing you with a night you’ll never forget! Oh and did we mention the secret escape room bar? The guys at The Mystery Rooms will even shout you a drink at the end of your adventure - does it get any better than that?

Ever wondered if you’d make a good bank robber? Here’s your chance to find out with Small Time Criminals’ realistic simulation of stealing diamonds, gold and coins from a corrupt investment bank. You’ll need to work out where the loot is hidden, how to access it and what’s worth the most while avoiding the security guard. You'll be briefed on the heist, given some gear and sent into the bank. There’s no right or wrong strategy, so you can keep heading back with a different game plan to improve your score! 

Forget what you think you know about escape games! LOST is rewriting the rules with tech-savvy rooms that’ll bamboozle even your most confident friend. There are four rooms to choose from, each one with a unique theme, like Alcatraz and freeing slaves in Egypt, developed by game developers to create a more realistic experience. Each room is also able to accommodate up to ten people, so it’s the perfect group get-together if you’re tired of the standard wine and dumpling catchups.

Fancy yourself as a bit of a detective or decoder? Well here’s your time to shine with one of Melbourne’s best escape rooms. Choose between three themes based on The Da Vinci Code, Lost in Paradise and Mission Impossible. The experience starts before you even reach reception with a voice asking for a password to get in then you’ll have an hour to crack the code in your escape room, and trust us, you’ll need the whole hour. So get the squad together and put your sleuth skills to good use!

Saint Lucia brings a little slice of exotic paradise to Chapel Street. This Windsor kitchen and bar takes it’s name from a beautiful little island in the Caribbean.  Saint Lucia adds a modern spin to the fresh and exciting flavours of the Carribean, Cuba and Southern America.  

With a forever changing food menu and extensive wine, beer and cocktail list, Cafe Paradiso is a welcomed addition to the Hawthorn area, complete with one of the best beer gardens in the area, perfect for an arvo Sunday sesh in Summer. 

Just when we think we’ve got a handle on all the really top-notch café in Melbourne, we find a new caffeine wielding venue that has us totally hooked.

Mentone, you’ve got someone new to meet. This snazzy new venue is serving up some of the most enticing burgers and milkshakes we’ve ever seen! Folks, say hello to Meet Patty.

We all know this beloved restaurant as providing us with some of the best steaks and ribs across Melbourne and Sydney, and now they’re opening up a new location in South Yarra!

You’ll come for the food and stay for the view! The Boatbuilders Yard is right on the waterfront, creating the perfect backdrop for your Insta #selfies and #foodporn snaps. The nautical theme is continued into the café and bar’s décor with recycled wood and steel, creating the ultimate trendy space.

Are you a fan of coconut, lemongrass, birdseye chillis, and all the other good stuff that we know and love about Asian fusion food? If so, Melbourne CBD newcomer Kuaizi is going to blow your tastebuds away with it's delicious dishes, served morning, noon and night. The petite cafe-bar-restaurant on Manchester Lane, tucked between Flinders Lane and Collins Street, has come out of nowhere with a menu that contains a host of new favourites, from roti-wrapped Asian breakfast omelettes to espresso glazed pork belly that will have you drooling for days.

We know what you’re thinking—when will this Pokémon madness end!? But Pokéd is dishing out a different kind of Poké.

When you first pass this Carlton patisserie, you’ll be enchanted by the vast array of decadent cakes. After trying a delicious sweet (or two) inside The French Lettuce Bakery and Patisserie, you’re sure to come back for more. The French Lettuce is a humble, yet lively patisserie on Nicholson Street. It is also home to one of Melbourne’s best and most famous vanilla slices.

Oxford Larder is a contemporary corner store that brings together all the things we love in a traditional café and grocer's.

EZY PZY is a pumping new cafe with a banging seasonal menu, brew bar, function space and wholesale network. Created by the brains of Soldier On and exclusively stocking their smooth Soldier On Espresso, EZY PZY is you’re new fun, fresh, fast and friendly café.

This CBD venue is redefining the traditional yoga studio experience. Partnering with bespoke Japanese cuisine from Izakaya Den, pampering sessions from Organika Hair, and custom designed cleansing programs from the Greene Street Juice Co. LA-style boutique fitness is being brought to Melbourne.

A bunch of happiness has arrived to Caulfield North, and it comes in the form of some of the prettiest flower arrangements we’ve ever seen!

OPENING LATE 2016

Humble Patisserie is a cosy café in the inner east that specializes in cakes, pastries and confectionary. This small, but charming venue will have you reveling in nostalgia over its mouth watering range of traditional homemade sweets. We are already drooling just over the thought of their homemade wagon wheel! Humble Patisserie is the perfect little spot for an afternoon treat and freshly poured coffee.

This badass barber shop has brought all the things we love about inner city barbershops to the outer eastern suburbs. Bossman offers a premium barber experience, specializing in trims, shaves and all things dapper. 

We don’t know why, but food just tastes better when it’s served from a truck! Welcome to Thornbury is a permanent food truck park where up to six trucks drive in and cook up a storm each day. The menu depends on their daily schedule (check their website), but we guaranteed it’s always good and regularly features Mr Burger. There’s also an undercover bar, serving a massive range of ciders, wines, craft beers and cocktails to warm your insides.

Pilgrim is the perfect place to wind down after a busy working week or to escape the hustle and bustle of the inner city. Located by the Yarra River, Pilgrim is an intimate waterfront venue that stocks a boutique range of Australian wines and spirits.

If coffee or wine is your poison of choice, then this cosy bar and cafe is for you. Little Drop of Poison is tucked away in one of Eltham’s few laneways and is the perfect backdrop for your Saturday night or lazy Sunday morning. Choose between breakfast, lunch or just snack on the delicious bar food while enjoying natural wine and craft beer (okay, maybe not for breakfast!). With a constantly changing menu, you'll never be bored or without a well-mixed drink. It's also right next to the train station for your convenience. Too easy!

Whether it's due to the student population or because it's a thoroughfare for commuters, Carlton is making a name for itself when it comes to handy eats, and if you’re looking for a delicious bento box or donburi bowl, look no further than Shukufuku.

This northern suburb favourite has perfected the art of Melbourne coffee, breakfast and lunch. Across from Fairfield train station, Fifteen Pounds has a laidback, rustic atmosphere. Their gorgeous courtyard is the ideal spot to sip your latte on a Sunday morning and with an extensive menu, you won’t be stuck for choice. We love the breaky board so you can try a bit of everything and definitely grab one of their amazing muffins to go!  

Only a two-minute walk from South Yarra train station, this brunch hotspot is beautifully decorated with hints of Scandinavian and industrial décor. The menu is equally enticing, focusing on quality ingredients. With both classic and contemporary dishes, the menu is bursting with an abundance of sweet and savoury options. We went with the sticky date pancakes with butterscotch ice-cream, seasonal fruits, palm sugar caramel and malted crumble. It’s safe to say we’ll be back very soon!

THR1VE isn’t your run of the mill lunch spot, instead serving fresh flavour bombs that are vibrant and tasty. Built on the mission to deliver real food, real fast, THR1VE is the ideal hit-and-run spot for a healthy lunch, or breakfast which they serve all day from 7am. Their inner city locations mean that you no longer have to make do with unhealthy and uninspiring lunches in the middle of your workday and can instead make your first choice, conveniently the healthiest choice. 

The Oasis Bakery that we all know and love has expanded! A new popup kitchen has launched in Mornington, serving all day breakfast, lunch as well as delicious pastries and sweets. They’ve continued with an extensive menu and as usual, the staff of this Middle Eastern cafe are more than happy to give you advice on what to try if you're unsure (we suggest their Nutella baklava). With a great, relaxed atmosphere, we can't wait until they set up shop for good.

Here is the ultimate PSA for you all – our favourite doughnut shop has made its way south, so now even more Melburnians can enjoy their finger lickin' (and artery-clogging) creations!

Love a cocktail? You'll want to add this South Yarra bar to your list of cool places to be seen.

I don’t know about you guys, but winter daylight hours, busy work times, and this little thing called life, are seriously getting in the way of me eating proper, real food.

Macaron-whisperer Adriano Zumbo is yet again the best thing to happen to the southside since sliced bread. Oh, you know, and because he's Adriano Zumbo and he just couldn't help himself—so he has taken it to the next level with SOFT SERVE DONUT CONES! They are probably the one of the most 'grammable desserts we have ever laid out food porn obsessed eyes on. We recommend a nice Mayfair filter to really make the colour pop.

From the guys who brought you the Prahran Hotel, Bridge Hotel and many others, Garden State Hotel is where all the hype’s at in the Melbourne CBD.

Fisrt up, Too Many Chiefs is not your average café! Instead of serving up the usual fare, Too Many Chiefs focuses on creating extremely delicious and healthy alternatives. The all day menu makes it the perfect spot for a late breakfast or even an early lunch.

Sometimes, you're looking for a gift for that special someone that's just a liiiittle bit unusual. What about a custom-designed silver necklace that incorporates a crow's wing, or a taxidermy fox that’s got rubies for eyes? If this strikes a chord, you’ll want to pay a visit to the incredible workshop and showroom of world-renowned artist, jeweller and (vegan) taxidermist, Julia DeVille.

Opening June 2016 is the second S3 Studio, this time in South Melbourne (the original is in Yarraville). The core workout that inspired S3 is the incredibly popular barre workout, i.e a cardio workout that is a spin-off from ballet. 

One of Coburg's hippest cafes, True North, has had a face lift and we couldn't be more excited! Not only can you still indugle in the usual suspects of rich tacos and decadent breakfast burritos, but the team behind the cafe have also served up a brand new dinner menu, $10 curry and beer nights, an array of local beers and a cheeky new range of cocktails (including the Cyndi Lauper) that pair brilliantly with it's newly extended opening hours on Thursday - Saturday.

Something great has come to the inner-northwest, and it’s got some of the best food and wine in the neighbourhood! Union Food and Wine is serving up a modern European, seasonally inspired menu for you all to enjoy.

The crew from The Kettle Black and Top Paddock have opened up a new café in Melbourne’s CBD, and it’s even open evenings! Propped right on the corner of Little Bourke and Spencer Street, Higher Ground is upping the street cred of Melbourne’s café scene (not that is necessarily needs to). The café has an industrial feel, with the exposed brick walls contrasting the plants and light wooden tables.

For Middle Eastern brekky and pastries done right, visit this Northside gem. You can grab yourself a wood-fired pizza, or some housemade labne with spiced rhubarb!

Attention healthy food lovers! Celebrity nutritionist Lola Berry is delivering the goods with her new café. Located in the South Melbourne markets, this paleo, vegan friendly café is your new best friend.

The prettiest, most ‘grammable soft serve has arrived in Melbourne. Yep, this might just be the most beautiful ice cream in the land!

Low and slow American BBQ has come to the south-eastern burbs—beef brisket, pulled pork and smoked chicken have arrived to Moorabbin!

On a side street just off Church Street, you'll find a warehouse. Once you step into this warehouse, you wouldn't have any idea people are lining up for hours at Top Paddock or Pillar of Salt just a few hundred meters down the road. This converted warehouse on Albert Street is home to Universal Practice, your new favourite all round fitness and mindfulness location. 

South Melbourne, you’ve got a new kid on the block – and she looks mighty fine. Serving up lobster bisque benedict and fairy floss French toast, there's something for everyone to drool over at stunning new cafe, The Crux & Co.

With over 20 years of hospitality experience between barista, Alana Morris, and restaurant manager, Cory Mitchell, you're in great hands at Warntina South hot spot, Hey Mikey Espresso. With a mutual passion for coffee and great food, Hey Mikey Espresso was born out of the duo's main loves, and they've never looked back. 

This new Mount Waverly cafe is the love child of amazing architectural design and delicious, paired back European style cuisine with a modern Melbourne twist. The minute you step into this cafe, you can tell that Poacher and Hound is a cafe unlike any other around. 

A spanking new skin and laser clinic has opened up in Armadale, so get ready to get pampered with the best beauty peels and facials in the industry.

One of Fitzroy's most long-standing hair salons, Sogo Hair is our go-to for everything from a pre-party blow wave to a full new look, delivered with a smile. The family run salon—yup, unlike some of the city's bigger chain salons, it's privately owned by three hair-loving sisters—has taken pride of place on Brunswick Street for over 15 years. Offering colouring services, treatments, restyles and men's cuts, the salon's ethos is simple: Keep it real, have fun, and never be afraid to try something new.

French classics are being taken up a notch by Café De La Ville. Serving some of the best French food Melbourne has to offer, this is the perfect place to grab a feed, or snag a pastry if you’re on the go! 

You'll find La Petite Crêperie dishing up sweet crêpes to take away, from their kiosk on the corner of Swanston Street and Little Collins Street. The kiosk is a teeny-tiny affair, but it punches well above its weight when it comes to flavours and quality of the sweet treats that it spoils its customers with - there's a reason that La Petite Crêperie is Melbourne's most popular French takeaway. 

George's Bar is essentially a well thought out (if slightly intense) homage to George Costanaza from Seinfeld. So naturally, you'll find stickers of George's face, framed quotes from George, and images and murals of George throughout the Fitzroy venue. There's even t-shirts for the die-hard fans. But now for the non-Seinfeld related stuff. A surprisingly non George Costanaza looking DJ spins rock and party tunes every Friday and Saturday nights so you can get down... Like George?

They say misery loves company, and at Misery Guts you'll definitely be in good company, but there won't be a hell of a lot of misery going on.

Sometimes, the ol' avo and toast just doesn't cut it. If you're drifting around the Brunswick area, looking for a brunch venue that's shaking things up, you can't go wrong with Lankan Tucker, a Sri Lankan-inspired cafe that's serving up some delicious breakfast plates, lunchtime feasts and baked goods.