RESTAURANT REVIEWS
Match Bar & Grill
Music and can-do staff are highlights of this Collingwood
restaurant.
Gigibaba
Ismail Tosun's exciting new bar/restaurant is already humming.
Baba Levantine Trading Company
Mazlyn Salt (Section8) - has opened somewhere to eat.
Portello Rosso
There is something reassuringly inner-city about the view through
barred windows over planters of geraniums.
Half Moon
There's not much about Half Moon you'd want to change, really,
except perhaps the location and a beach-house interior that's a bit
safe.
A greenie diner with dash
Council House 2 City, an innovative and largely satisfying
newcomer.
It's a Bard buisness
'ONCE more into the sleepy suburban streets that lace between
Fitzroy North and Clifton Hill dear friends, once more.'
A greenie diner with dash
Council House 2 City Innovative and largely satisfying newcomer.
Brief respite for new chef
Bottega is a restaurant I've always liked, but it would be foolish
to try to gloss over a kitchen that, at times, has prompted the
image of a revolving back door when it comes to head chefs.
Views without peer
This modern glass box is dubbed Little Blue (after the local
penguins), shares the view, and has its own deck with slightly
smarter seating.
Fratellino
It's all about the dough at this pizzeria which boasts it has the
most authentic Italian-style pizza in Melbourne.
Mirka at Tolarno Hotel
When Mirka at Tolarno works - and it usually does - eating here is
a holistic, heady experience.
Red Pocket
Red Pocket is expensive and the food utterly unremarkable given the
expectations those prices and glamour create.
Palms Food Court
If you yearn for something edgier than the usual suburban Chinese, head out here for a bargain and mixed-bag feed.
Warran Glen Garden Centre Cafe
Perched above and beyond the garden stuff, over a rushing creek, is
the sprawling cafe that has been in this serene spot for nearly 30
years.
Sloaney Pony
You can't fault the ambition and the enthusiasm at the Sloaney
Pony.
Mixed Business
Mixed Business is a prime example of a modern dumpster chic
interior.
Baba Levantine Trading Company
Baba's a fun, frisky eating barn, with clever and approachable
food at pretty good prices.
Penny Royal
Cafes are herd animals. You need look no further than Brunswick and North Fitzroy for evidence of this
Svago
Svago is cafe-like in its compact, attractive simplicity. It's fast
and fun. The Italian MoVida.
Sake and Grill Maedaya
Restaurants sometimes get a little serious, so it's a joy to rock
up to somewhere as optimistic and offbeat as Maedaya.
Tooraking
This food is further proof of the saying, "China is paradise for
eating; Sichuan is paradise for flavour".
Bellbrae Harvest
There is a lot of good cooking happening at Bellbrae Harvest and
the tilt at becoming a destination restaurant is certainly on
track.
European
European is endlessly accommodating: good for wake-up eggs,
minute-steak at noon, gossip at five and dinner till whenever.
Julio
Julio, the cafe, is a good-looking modern spot on a residential
street corner.
Quay
Quay has just smashed the records to become the Michael Phelps
of the Australian restaurant world.
Tea Rooms at Yarck
The only way you could be disappointed by a visit to these Tea
Rooms might be to turn up expecting scones.
Royal Mail Hotel
While Hunter’s food stretches the imagination, he’s not
about too-clever deconstruction.
Range
The district is very lucky to have Michael Ryan and his restaurant.
