Restaurant · CBD
Pellegrini's Espresso Bar
Melbourne's oldest surviving espresso bar (opened 1954), where the counter culture, the spaghetti bolognese, and the short blacks have barely changed in seven decades — this is the city's Italian…
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Restaurant · East Melbourne (Fitzroy Gardens)
Yiaga
Hugh Allen's debut restaurant — the Vue de Monde executive chef cooking a $295 set menu in the Fitzroy Gardens, with Australian produce sourced from farmers and fishers and a 44-seat dining room…
CBD North
Queen Victoria Market
Heritage-listed market sheds with 600+ traders — wander for fresh produce, deli food, and the Saturday/Sunday bookseller stalls that Melbourne regulars treat as a weekend ritual.
Landmark · Melbourne
Under The Clocks (Flinders Station)
The meeting spot Melburnians have used for a century — 'meet me under the clocks' is as ingrained in the city's social fabric as the station itself.
Shop · Prahran
Greville Records
Open for over 40 years and born at the height of punk, this Greville Street institution remains a cornerstone of Melbourne's independent record culture — still the place for punk, indie and local releases.
Shop · CBD
Hill of Content Bookshop
Open since 1922 and still on Bourke Street, this century-old independent bookshop stocks a carefully chosen range across every genre — one of the few genuinely historic book institutions left in the city.
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