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24 Mayfield Street, Abbotsford VIC 3067

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Black garlic and cheese scrolls at Urbanstead in Abbotsford.

Urbanstead

Warehouse space serving impeccable baked goods, by the Tivoli Road team.

  • Aastha Agrawal
The burgers at Macgregor's are excellent but so are the beef tallow fries.

Macgregor’s Original

For smash burgers and crackly tallow fries.

At the bar at Cam's Kiosk.

Cam’s Kiosk

All-day diner with an adjoining gallery bar.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Mikey’s is a new bar in Abbottsford featuring a martini stained-glass window (right).

Mikey’s

A cocktail-forward bar by two ex-Bodriggy bartenders.

  • Tomas Telegramma
It took decades for Patricia Sykes to find the courage to return to the Abbotsford Convent, where she lived in an orphanage as a child.

Art and ghosts meet as women reclaim the shadows of Abbotsford Convent

The faint echoes of the Magdalene laundries still linger in the convent’s walls. Some former residents have been brave enough to return; others will never cross the threshold again.

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Simeon Ash gets some help gardening in the pumpkin patch at Collingwood Children's Farm.

Iconic inner-city farm set for takeover after insolvency threat

The beloved Collingwood Children’s Farm is facing major changes after the state government appointed a service provider to take over management.

  • Rachael Dexter
The former State Savings Bank building at 231 Victoria Street – the site of the proposed rooming house.

Rooming house granted permit despite drug fears

VCAT has green-lit a 13-person rooming house near the injecting facility in North Richmond, dismissing social concerns as not relevant.

  • Rachael Dexter
Vendor Sharon Wells says she poured a lot of herself into the home.

Historic Abbotsford home with one-of-a-kind renovation fetches $2.2m at auction

The house’s owner, who spent 26 years at the property, renovated it into a home that suited her tastes and values.

  • Jim Malo
Julie’s menu is built around produce from the surrounding gardens.
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Julie

Julieanne Blum’s kitchen follows her garden’s lead.