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The four-person timber booth in the front window (right) is the best seat in the house.

Is Donny’s, is good: This new neighbourhood ‘pub’ holds its own in a boozy little pocket

Westgarth watering hole joins a new generation of venues broadening our horizons on what exactly a modern public house can look like.

  • Tomas Telegramma

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Councillors in Bendigo raised concerns about McDonald’s signage for its proposed development site in Strathfieldsaye.

Town and country: The bunfight over McDonald’s in two very different locations

Local councils have rejected the fast food outlet at two separate sites, but opponents say a legal challenge is inevitable.

  • Benjamin Preiss
Yarraville

ABC’s Michael Rowland sells Yarraville home for $2.47m at auction

The renovated house on a double-fronted block netted the high-profile journalist and his wife nearly $200,000 more than the reserve.

  • Jim Malo
The disused site on High Street where a McDonald’s may be built.

Council rejects plan for 24/7 McDonald’s in Northcote

Council officers warned the disused Ruckers Hill site was zoned for commercial use, meaning McDonald’s had a right to use it as a restaurant and Darebin had limited grounds to block it.

  • Lachlan Abbott
15 Mitchell Street, Northcote

‘Beautifully designed’: Northcote renovation sells for $2.3m to young family

The 1930s home near the High Street cafe strip last traded as a pint-sized cottage and has since been extended and transformed.

  • Sarah Webb
Auctioneer John Galea selling the Footscray home.

How a Footscray vendor topped their neighbour’s recent sale by $233,000 at auction

Extra interest brought on by the expanded first home buyer scheme could have helped to push the price past expectations, the agent says.

  • Jim Malo
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Vex’s light, bright dining room.
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Vex

High Street haunt doing the most with minimal meat.

Mesob restaurant in Northcote. Dishes: Omnivore combination platter, dips. 25 July 2018. The Age Good Food. Photo: Eddie Jim.
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Mesob

Lively room for communal eating.

After nailing Melbourne brunch, all-day diner Ophelia is moving into nights.

Ophelia Westgarth

Part-cafe, part-wine bar from the crew behind Terror Twilight and Convoy.

The bar.

Goodwater

Northcote hangout for whiskey-forward cocktails.