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Restaurant And Wine Bar
It also has the Brunswick Artist’s Bar next door, which doubles as a lovely quaint cafe and bakery. If you’re on the other end of Sydney Road, check out our list of the best bars and pubs in Coburg. Drinks selections must work commercially, whilst enticing and intriguing guests, Williams says.
With three beer taps and two wines on tap, there’s always something delicious being poured, while more than 600 bottles are on offer to take away or drink in. A showcase of our expansive wine list to perfectly pair with any meal. Includes a Asian Fusion Melbourne variety of white, red, dessert and fortified wines, Champagne, beers and cocktails. Leave Thornbury’s trams behind for the cobblestones of Italy at Joanie’s Baretto. Skip lunch and come for aperitivo, then stay for a vino, birra and grappa.

Henry Sugar prides itself on showcasing local produce, native Australian ingredients and interesting alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks, presented in honest and delicious food and drinks. Our team prepares everything fresh and in house - from fermenting our soft drinks to baking our famously light sourdough and that’s why we are rated among Melbourne’s best wine bars. You'll see the lively informality and sincere hospitality before you even walk in the door. Slink inside this small, spirited wine bar and it's all dim and cosy with snacky, shareable food. You might start with mussel dip on a crisp chip, or prawns doused with smoked chilli.
The perfect spots to grab a beer, sip some wine, eat amazing pub food or watch live music from Brunswick East to Brunswick West. Cheese Tasting in Melbourne’s Suburbs We’ve pulled together a list of our team’s favourite cheese shops, delis, wine bars and fromageries around Melbourne that we visit on the regular. The shelves are stocked with boutique wines that are carefully chosen by owner Jeremy Honisett, from local and international growers.
Sitting outside sipping on a delicious Prosecco which was recommended by our waiter. Waiter - I think I heard his colleagues call him Lachie - was understated, attentive and managed a couple of other difficult customers well. I like to give a heads up when staff do a good job in an often very demanding environment. With no one waiting for our seats, we were able to stay a bit beyond the allowed 1.5 hours.

If it’s late-night drinking and dining you’re after, head to this bustling basement spot, the sort of French-style brasserie you’d find in New York. A good wine list with plenty by the glass, mini Martinis, and arguably Melbourne’s best late-night burger on the supper menu are ensuring that Bar Margaux is packed to the rafters every night . Early birds can check in for ‘Golden Hour’ between 4pm and 6pm for bargain oysters and Champagne instead, while night owls get the same deal from 12am. As a proud Victorian winery, we love supporting the wine bar scene in our Melbourne and you’ll often find Best’s wines on these lists. So to help you plan your next night out, here is a list of our favourite Melbourne wine bars that we’ve compiled with our distributorFesq & Company.
Housed in a two-storey 1920s Art Deco building, Patsy’s is absolutely stunning and has received a full restoration that celebrates its previous glory. Downstairs, wine bottles line the walls, the entire space has a slow-pace and inviting nature with polished concrete floors, exposed brick and beams and a long bar with antique stain glass. Upstairs is a more quiet and intimate experience with hand-painted walls, frosted windows, and quaint marble tables, perfect for a couple of plates and a few glasses of wine. A neighbourhood favourite since day one, at Atlas Vinifera it’s all about the wine. To browse through their 400-strong shelves is to take a trip to every winemaking corner of the world, starting with a lowkey local Chardy and ending with a drop-dead gorgeous Chablis.

If you were looking for a through-line, it might be full flavours foregrounded in peak produce. Soft little buns hold prawns poached simply and well, accented with horseradish, while the warmth of chilli oil and tang of basil show summer tomatoes at their best. Get the share-style 'chef's selection' set menu for $65 or $85 a head. You'd be forgiven for thinking Congress is a restaurant rather than a wine bar, considering their pigs head sandwich was one of the most sought-out snacks of 2018. But, they encourage carefree drinking through their wine list featuring large, classic producers of austere wines nestled amongst some trendy, local producers from the Adelaide Hills. The idea for The Valley Cellar Door [18–20 Hall Street, Moonee Ponds] was born during a family dinner — and a glass of wine or two — when brothers Tony and Mark Pendreich dreamed up opening a bar.
With Summer only a mere 2 weeks away we thought we would take some time to reflect on our top 10 Rooftop bars. The toughest thing you will have to endure is where to start on the 300+ wine selection. Named after the legendary bon vivant, Lord Lygon Wine Shop packs a bucket list of wines with top grapes from Australia and beyond.
The wine list covers all regions with staff always on hand to help – without making you feel like an idiot for asking the difference between Shiraz and Syrah. It’s a brave thing to open a wine bar across the street from Neighbourhood Wine, and a couple of blocks from Gerald’s Bar. But Little Andorra in Carlton North has proven itself worthy, carving out its own identity and nailing the cosy neighbourhood style in an area heavy on options. Mark Hopkinson and Lyndon Kubis have worked their magic on an old milk bar on Commercial Road, turning the skinny terrace into a sexy slip of a wine bar. Along the wall, some 400 wines, largely boutique Australians and interesting importsare available for you to drink in or take away.

You get a world-class drinking experience here at Bar Liberty amidst the grunge and derelict of Fitzroy. Use them for a bit of banter to soothe out any nerves between you and your date at the start. In the food and drink crazed/obsessed/deranged city of Melbourne, you actually can have it all.
Join us in the dining room, and enjoy our $130 celebratory menu – which includes a glass of Champagne & an amuse-bouche upon arrival – before enjoying a three course dinner. Just opened in Melbourne's $1.24 billion Collins Arch Building is the city's first ever W Hotel. After you've checked out the top floor pool and cocktail bar, head all the way downstairs to Curious. Wander past walls of ticking clocks and emerge in a neon-lit, cocoon-esque cocktail wonderland.
Choose a bottle to nurse at the long counter bar over a cheese and charcuterie board or a plate of Spanish anchovies. Wines to suit every palate sourced locally and abroad, craft beers and cocktails from the classics to the experimental. Our Sommelier and bar team can guide you in your selection. Luton Lane Wine Bar is a unique find offering great wines, fun cocktails and easy relaxed food. Despite the homely feel and friendly staff, the wine list is impressive and varied. With a selection that changes frequently, and on the whim of the management, a safe bet is to go for a glass from one of the open bottles in the silver ice buckets that line the back of the bar.
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