You know that The Manse, a Tynte Street fixture for as long as anyone can remember, is no more, don’t you? But are you on to Ruby Red Flamingo? Everyone else is…
Howard’s End
So, as Mr Morrison once observed, this is The End.…
Review: Barrio Uno
Barrio Uno is cannily placed on Waymouth Street. It is at number 108, where the business sector peters out and the boom boom nightclubs grab the baton.…
East Taste Cafe
The restaurant biz is rough. The last list of dead restaurants rattled me. Rarely, but reassuringly, there are restaurants that survive for years and continue t…
Review: KoBa
Soup, a scattering of noodles, kim chee, chilli sauce, maybe a mussel or two, an un-cooked shaving of beef, tofu. That’s what I get on my shirt at KoBa.…
Review: The Curious Squire
The Curious Squire has gone off from Day One. We went on the first Saturday night. Come nine o’clock: boom. Rollicking. No yobs.…
Review: The Mac Factory
Prices range from $2.50 each to $30 for 57. Or a multi-coloured feast with a well made coffee at The Mac Factory.…
Viet L’Amour and Wassail
What’s happened to Prospect? It used to be skeletal remains of shops that could be open but probably weren’t.…
Cheong’s adventures at The Botanical
Mentoring at The Botanical, one of Melbourne’s best-known gastro pubs, has been a novel and rewarding experience for Chef Cheong Liew over the past two years. R…
Review: Park Lok
Fans of the legendary Mr So, ex shining light of T-Chow, will be pleased to know he is still in the game.…
Review: Feliciano
Everyone dreams of a little restaurant opening around the corner from their house. If you live in the South-West crook of the city, you are living the dream.…
Review: Hentley Farm
Top of the wozzer fine dining establishments in the eastern states are crying out for voluntary administrators.…
Review: ETICA Ethical Pizzeria e Mozzarella Bar
Mozzarella? We know what mozzarella tastes like: nothing.…