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Braised bone-in lamb chops are slow-cooked overnight.
14.5/20

This Greek restaurant’s fork-tender lamb chop will blow your mind

With confident, wood-fired cooking from a former Good Food Guide Young Chef of the Year, Bar Sophia is one of Melbourne’s most compelling new restaurants.

  • Dani Valent

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The perfect spot for group hangs.

Huzzah

A true locals’ bar for the south-east with a supersized, all-seasons beer garden.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Dishes at Bar Sophia including the orzo baked with saffron, leek and Moreton Bay bug.

Bar Sophia

Contemporary Greek dishes inspired by wine bars in Athens, by the Marameo team.

  • Daniela Frangos
The prosciutto panino is filled with San Daniele prosciutto, Floridia Cheese fior di latte, rocket and housemade basil pesto.

Grazia D’Asporto

Serving house-baked schiacciata and a must-try prosciutto panino.

  • Tomas Telegramma
The light-filled dining room at Grazia.
14/20

Grazia

Posh pizzeria and so much more.

Prosciutto panino served at Grazia D’Asporto in Glen Iris.

‘A panino so distractingly good that I don’t notice the oil streaming onto my jumper’

Glen Iris diner Grazia just opened a takeaway joint, where house-baked schiacciata and hidden flavour bombs set its deli-style sandwiches apart from the pack.

  • Tomas Telegramma
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Jamarra Ugle-Hagan at training.

Star Bulldog’s car linked to drive-by shooting

Jamarra Ugle-Hagan has been ruled out as a suspect after his car was involved in a Glen Iris shooting that left a 71-year-old man shaken in what police believe was a case of mistaken identity.

  • Gillian Lantouris
25 Wirilda Way, Fish Creek.

The 10 best homes for sale in Victoria right now

A Grand Designs-featured rural retreat is among the best houses for sale in the state this week, as well as inner-city retreats and leafy family homes.

  • Mary O'Brien and Lou Sweeney
Tiramisu at Central Park Cellars in Glen Iris.
13.5/20

Our critic liked this local hangout in the leafy east so much, she visited it twice in one day

And after tasting the “flawless” tiramisu, she’s already planning visit number three.

  • Dani Valent
Assorted tiramisu at Siora.

Siora Tiramisu

This venue is a finalist for best treats in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.