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Fitzroy Town Hall is among Melbourne’s grand old relics, under-used since council amalgamations in the 1990s.

Dust, decay and a multimillion-dollar bill: The battle to save Melbourne’s forgotten town halls

Once-grand inner-Melbourne town halls have been marooned in history and largely left to rot for almost three decades, but there is hope that new life awaits them.

  • Cassandra Morgan

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The OG sandwich with dill-flecked ranch sauce.

Always juicy, sometimes humongous: Does this chicken ‘sandwich’ live up to the hype?

Looking like a crag of glowing meteorite and dripping with ranch, the OG fried chicken bun is worthy of gravitas. Just don’t call it a burger or ask for fries.

  • Sanka Amadoru
Brunswick Street in Fitzroy would be part of the inner Melbourne activity centres.

Fitzroy and Collingwood’s modest tower limits revealed in planning overhaul

Height limits in Collingwood, Fitzroy and North Melbourne are lower than those proposed in many middle and outer suburbs.

  • Daniella White
Outside Marios in Fitzroy.
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Marios

The restaurant that pioneered breakfast on Brunswick Street celebrates the big 4-0.

Trams on Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, are slowed down by vehicles - an issue found across the network.

The slowest trams in Melbourne revealed, where it’s almost quicker to walk

Melbourne has the world’s largest tram network but also one of the slowest as carriages battle with cars, buses and pedestrians for priority. See where your tram route ranks.

  • Patrick Hatch and Craig Butt
Marios' walls are lined with posters.
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This 40-year-old restaurant is probably our critic’s favourite in all of Melbourne

And it’s not even because of the food. To love it, you have to understand these unwritten rules of dining there.

  • Besha Rodell
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Moondrop is Fitzroy's new Chinese-inspired bar where the Everleigh once was.

When the Everleigh closed, a very different cocktail bar moved in. How does it rate?

Leaning into owner Steve Chan’s Chinese heritage, Moondrop confidently goes its own way with 1920s Shanghai style and the kind of cocktails you won’t find anywhere else in town.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Blackhearts & Sparrows’ new wine bar.

Blackhearts and Sparrows By the Glass

Try before you buy at this low-fi bar and bottle-o.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Fiona Bell is leading a legal and community revolt against the City of Yarra’s $6 million redevelopment of the Brunswick Street Oval precinct.

Shade v sport: Fitzroy divided over Edinburgh Gardens tennis expansion

The planned removal of three elms has sparked debate over whether a “small minority” of tennis players should benefit at the expense of public land.

  • Rachael Dexter
Ater Good was the eldest child in his family and a capable basketballer.

Trio charged with murdering ‘quiet, hard-working’ Fitzroy basketballer

Homicide squad detectives arrested and charged a third man, at Melbourne Airport, on Monday over the shooting death of 16-year-old Ater Good.

  • Isabel McMillan