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Margherita pizza slice at Sunnyside Sliced in Docklands.

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Here’s your June dining hit list, Melbourne (featuring this New York-style pizza slice)

Second locations for pizza (Sunnyside Sliced) and noodle (Yamamoto Udon) favourites, Con Christopoulos launches his latest CBD venue, Roma, and we revisit Melbourne stayers Bar Ampere and Rockpool. Plus: Rosheen Kaul’s new pop-up and two fried chicken sandwiches in Fitzroy (Nico’s and ChickyBoi).

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Pasta baronessa, a sauce of mushroom and chicken liver served on paccheri.

Roma is the city’s hot new Italian, with large pastas and a shrine to antipasti

  • Quincy Malesovas
The OG sandwich with dill-flecked ranch sauce.

Always juicy, sometimes humongous: Does ChickyBoi live up to the hype?

  • Sanka Amadoru
Joris Zhao (standing) opened the shop with her retired parents.

Eight seats, three staff: Tiny shop Aunty’s Dumplings leaves a big impression

  • Emma Breheny
Margherita pizza slice at Sunnyside Sliced in Docklands.

Southside cult favourite pizzeria Sunnyside Sliced opens a second slice shop

  • Tomas Telegramma
At Little Rose, Joe Jones is on drinks and Rosheen Kaul is cooking French-meets-Chinese.

Superstar chef Rosheen Kaul is back with her new pop-up bistro Little Rose

  • Tomas Telegramma
Taco platter with lamb barbacoa.
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Mercadito’s Mexican food is so good, I want to go out on the street and drag people in

  • Besha Rodell
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The space seats 150, with a bar for solo diners and booths for groups.

Noodle joint Yamamoto Udon opens a spin-off Izakaya that’s a dream for groups

  • Tomas Telegramma
Cafe Ogawa imports its broth from Yokohama.

Yokohama import Cafe Ogawa brings its Ie-kei ramen to the suburbs

  • Harvard Wang
Pani puri at Bombay Meri Jaan Indian restaurant in Richmond.
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Bombay Meri Jaan is in Little Saigon, but its street food will transport you to Mumbai

  • Dani Valent
Chauvel citrus-fed wagyu rib-eye steak, pictured with beans with tarragon and feta.
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Does Rockpool still sizzle? Good Food revisits the steak stalwart 20 years on

  • Besha Rodell
Bar Ampere's concrete tunnel swept with bohemian artworks.

Laneway institution Bar Ampere serves reliably good food and booze till 3am daily

  • Tomas Telegramma
Wagyu shin and cheddar croquettes.
13.5/20

There’s plenty to love at stripped-back Sydney Road local spot the Forager’s Fork

  • Besha Rodell
Wine Maker Rory Lane at The Story Wines tasting room.

Head to this industrial estate for a weekend bar crawl starting at The Story Wines

  • Tomas Telegramma
Pad kee mao made with rolled rice noodles.
13.5/20

Ari.BKK and its imaginative menu joins Melbourne’s maturing Thai food scene

  • Dani Valent
Nico's sandwich vending machine Night Shift.

The verdict on Fitzroy’s futuristic late-night snack stop Night Shift by Nico’s

  • Tomas Telegramma
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Arepas have serious cheese pull.

Truffles cafe is having an identity crisis, but its cheesy snack will pull you in

  • Dani Valent
Barrett describes the 60-seat dining room as "an intimate, homely space".

Former Good Food Guide Chef of the Year swaps bowlo for Torquay’s Surf Hotel

  • Dani Valent and Emily Holgate
Fresh bread and pastries to-go.

Swanky sandwich shop and providore Breadcetera lands on the Mornington Peninsula

  • Emily Holgate