A selection of fried chicken,including the sweet-and-spicy special (left),at Joy Fried Chicken.

RecipeTinEats said it was Australia’s best Korean fried chicken. So why is it closing?

When this fine-dining chef turned to fried chicken,the results were so good customers were “grabbing at each other and yelling” for a table. Find out where,and when,you can expect more.

  • Bianca Hrovat
A restaurant in Abbotsford less than a year old is being rebooted,after its owners say they missed the mark.

Why this much-talked-about restaurant is being overhauled in its first year

The owners admit the original menu “missed the mark” with locals – now they’ve gone back to the drawing board,revealing a new all-women leadership team with impressive international credentials.

  • Dani Valent
Crumbed scallop with sauce gribiche.

‘We want people to eat with one hand’:Porcine and P&V teams open French-inspired wine bar

L’Avant Cave will expand on Porcine’s “whole beast” approach in the kitchen while letting diners select wine from P&V’s extensive bottleshop collection.

  • Scott Bolles
Hugh Allen,Vue de Monde’s executive chef,at the site of his new restaurant in Fitzroy Gardens.

Top chef at three-hatted Vue de Monde to open ‘destination diner’ this year

A once-derelict pavilion is being rebuilt as a fine diner. Here’s what’s in store for Melbourne’s hottest restaurant opening of 2025.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Marie-Louise Salon shopfront on Enmore Road.

Beloved inner west Spanish restaurant Bar Louise to close

The team behind Porteno will hand over the keys for the eye-catching Enmore Road property to a top Italian chef.

  • Scott Bolles
Advertisement
Justin Hemmes pictured outside one of his Sydney venues in 2022.

What’s happening with Merivale’s original Melbourne restaurant?

The Sydney-based hospitality giant has just snapped up a new site in Melbourne,with grand plans for a drinking and dining precinct. Where does that leave its first purchase,made nearly four years ago?

  • Emma Breheny
Italian comedy trio Sooshi Mango is expanding their Lygon Street restaurant.

Gimmick proves golden as Sooshi Mango expands Lygon Street restaurant

The comedy trio add a new level to their nostalgic Italian diner – and they’re not the only Melbourne hospitality operators scaling up on-site.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Chris Lucas at the site of Grill Americano Sydney,set to open in September 2025.

Melbourne restaurateur Chris Lucas moves in on Rockpool’s Sydney turf with glam grill house

Grill Americano may be elbowing into a precinct already overflowing with steakhouses,but it promises a different take on the genre.

  • Scott Bolles
St John’s first restaurant in Smithfield is known for its stark and understated dining room.

‘They’re restaurant royalty’:Trailblazing London eatery coming to Melbourne

Chefs love it – but so do artists,bankers and everyone in between. It has created dozens of iconic dishes. What’s in store when this decades-old favourite comes to town?

  • Emma Breheny
Loulou’s boulangerie-style croissants are made with a sourdough starter,says Sebastien Lutaud of Etymon Projects.

Buttery battle royale takes shape in Sydney’s CBD as heavyweight croissant contender Loulou moves in

Milsons Point’s Loulou Bistro reveals its miniature spin-off Petit Loulou above Martin Place metro station,just around the corner from Lune Croissanterie.

  • Scott Bolles