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Food journalists and critics swooned over Attica. Then their golden boy turned on them
The chef and the critic share a tighter bond than either would like to admit. When Ben Shewry took a kitchen knife to the food media industry, it landed like a nuclear bomb.
- Liam Mannix
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Your April hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month
From newly hatted diners in Melbourne’s CBD to kebab vans worth travelling for, these were the venues that caught our attention in March for you to try this month.
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Hush hour: 20 of Melbourne’s best restaurants for quiet conversation (and great food)
Because sometimes you just want to be able to hear each other speak over a fabulous meal and a great glass of wine, or three.
Melbourne’s best places eat and drink
Drawing influence from around the world, the city’s dining landscape is nothing if not diverse.
- Ellen Fraser
An ode to Bunnings sausage sizzles and other things we’ve missed in lockdown
Melbourne, we’re nearly there. We’ve done the responsible thing. May we continue to see this through, and never stop smiling at each other behind our mask.
- Melissa Leong
Three Calombaris restaurants picked from liquidator's firesale menu
The original Hellenic Republic will become an American barbecue joint after three of George Calomaris's restaurants are sold off.
- Chip Le Grand and Gemima Cody
The five restaurants that changed my thinking about food
Certain establishments go way beyond simply serving food and wine, carving out their own space in their own time.
- Terry Durack
Easy being green at breakfast, lunch and dinner at Miss Kneady
More Melbourne eateries are making it possible to be an accidental vegetarian, even if only for one meal.
- Dani Valent
Sonny Chiba: a freewheeling approach to modern Japanese
Armadale's newest Japanese restaurant is playful and promising.
- Dani Valent
Dicey Topics: Martin Benn talks bodies, death and money
The English-born chef, who is regarded as one of Australia's best, discusses the topics we are told to keep quiet.
- Benjamin Law