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Left to right - Annie Cannon-Brookes, Andrew Carbone, Andy Allen and Darren Robertson at Burradoo.

Quay chef joins Three Blue Ducks to create ‘our most elevated experience yet’

Without copying The Farm in Byron, the Ducks are transforming a Southern Highlands farmhouse in partnership with billionaire philanthropist Annie Cannon-Brookes.

  • Bianca Hrovat
The signature at Pizza Studio Tamaki in Tokyo.

One of Tokyo’s best pizzerias, Pizza Studio Tamaki, is opening in Sydney’s CBD

It’ll be its largest global location to date and will sell its famous five-cheese pizza sweetened with honey, plus local-inspired options.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Artist’s impression of Roccella Lido which will feature a central lemon tree in the dining room.

Sicilian style comes to Frankston’s waterfront (plus nine hot and new-ish venues to try)

The Frankston Yacht Club’s shiny new restaurant is part of a wave of changes rippling through the sometimes scoffed-at bayside suburb.

  • Donna Demaio
The trio in costume with some of the panini they’re trialling.

Popular Johnny, Vince and Sam crew are opening a nonna-style sandwich shop in Lygon Street

Their restaurant always has lines stretching down Lygon Street. Soon, there’ll be a grab-and-go spot nearby that feels like walking into nonna’s kitchen.

  • Donna Demaio
James McBride (left) and Marc Gurman, who opened Gilson, are working on a new project.

The Gilson crew will open a late-night hang on Chapel Street (plus four more hot openings)

The Frog Club will spark up Melbourne, with charcoal-grilled steaks and seafood until midnight, timeless cocktails and music every night of the week.

  • Quincy Malesovas
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Jo McGann and Andrew McConnell (pictured) will open Cote Basque in Crossley Street.

Revealed: Andrew McConnell’s plans for well-known heritage restaurant in city laneway

The successful restaurateur shares a name, the opening date and his grand plan for a CBD site that’s been a key address for Melbourne diners for nearly 30 years.

  • Emma Breheny
Carnation Canteen chef Audrey Shaw and Gerald’s Bar co-owner Gerald Diffey out the front of the 386 Rathdowne Street premises.

‘Incredibly flattered and slightly terrified’: Who’s taking over the original Gerald’s Bar?

The beloved Carlton North wine bar is on the move and its owners have offered their old Rathdowne Street digs to the team behind one of Fitzroy’s hottest venues.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Egg hoppers at Many Little.

Regional Restaurant of the Year nominee Many Little to change hands

It’s delicious news for fans of Gayan Pieris’s cooking, with the Sri Lankan chef to become the restaurant’s owner next month.

  • Frank Sweet
Edition Hospitality outside Grossi Florentino: executive chef Brendan Katich, CEO Rebecca Yazbek, culinary director Michael Greenlaw.

Nomad’s owner to take over Grossi’s embattled empire, with plans to add pizza, gelato

Many existing staff will remain, but the new owners, who are behind Nomad and Reine & La Rue, hope that “any sort of cultural issues, there’ll be a line drawn under them”.

  • Emma Breheny
El Columpio’s Ricardo Garcia Flores at his new “taqueria and marisqueria” in St Kilda.

Fitzroy Mexican favourite El Columpio opens ‘risky’ seafood spin-off in a St Kilda kiosk

Expect “next level” surf ‘n’ turf tacos, marvellous messy seafood towers, micheladas and burritos the likes of which Melbourne has never seen.

  • Dani Valent