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11 new and revamped venues making the inner east cool (at last!)

From a new hatted wine bar in Balwyn to a sleek rooftop bar in Kew, it’s fair to say Melbourne’s inner eastern suburbs are having a moment.

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Sea perch with iri mai crust and katsuo bushi beurre blanc.

Bansho is Armadale’s sleek new French and Japanese-style bistro

  • Sasha Geyer
The Reuben sandwich at Ruben’s Deli, Armadale.

Armadale’s new Ruben’s Deli might just be serving Melbourne’s best Reuben sandwiches

  • Dani Valent
Owners James and Gosia Gibson of Lennox Wine, the only wine bar in Canterbury.

Canterbury finally gets a wine bar. Raise a glass to Lennox Wine

  • Emma Breheny
The Skinny Dog Hotel’s atrium space will work in any weather.

Things are looking up as Kew’s Skinny Dog pub opens a slick new rooftop bar

  • Dani Valent
Diavola pizza, its thin crust blistered by the oven.
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Come for a pint, stay for the pizza at Guy Grossi’s new Puttanesca pub in Kew

  • Besha Rodell
Sesame-encrusted crab toast is a play on Cantonese prawn toast.
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Armadale’s Albert’s is the neighbourhood wine bar everybody would love

  • Besha Rodell
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Agnolotti filled with Moreton Bay bug meat and served with a lobster bisque and butter sauce at Little Black Pig & Sons.
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Heidelberg’s Little Black Pig & Sons will please everyone’s inner nonna

  • Larissa Dubecki
Chef Joe Vargetto is moving his restaurant to another site in Kew.

Mister Bianco moves to a bigger, better location in Kew

  • Dani Valent
Behind the marble bench, chefs slice salumi and shuck oysters.
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Climb the stairway to Italian snacking heaven at Balwyn’s Enoteca Boccaccio

  • Larissa Dubecki
Yuca occupies two shopfronts in a 1930s mock-Tudor development in Toorak Village.

Toorak village finally gets seriously good coffee (and food) at new cafe Yuca

  • Dani Valent
Head of wine Matt Skinner, and executive chef Christian Abbott, at Studley Park Boathouse.

Historic Studley Park Boathouse is back on deck after stunning renovation

  • Dani Valent