‘How good are pubs?’:The return of a legendary Fitzroy favourite feels like a triumph

‘How good are pubs?’:The return of a legendary Fitzroy favourite feels like a triumph

The revival of this Brunswick Street landmark also raises the question:Why isn’t kangaroo schnitzel an Aussie staple?

  • byBesha Rodell

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First home buyers outbid investors,nabbing $1.931m Fitzroy North terrace

First home buyers outbid investors,nabbing $1.931m Fitzroy North terrace

A parent bidding on behalf of a first home buyer couple outbid three other buyers,including an investor,during a competitive auction.

  • byAlexandra Middleton
Why this ‘killer’ charred cauliflower stopped our reviewer in her tracks
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Amarillo

Why this ‘killer’ charred cauliflower stopped our reviewer in her tracks

It didn’t look that different from a hundred other vegan offerings around town. Eating it was a different story.

  • byDani Valent
‘The best tacos Melbourne has ever seen’:This inexpensive Fitzroy diner is changing the game

‘The best tacos Melbourne has ever seen’:This inexpensive Fitzroy diner is changing the game

The most memorable,soul-quenching single bite of food I’ve had in weeks was at modest shopfront diner El Columpio.

  • byBesha Rodell
I used to think the north v south rivalry was silly. But I reckon there’s a winner
Opinion
City life

I used to think the north v south rivalry was silly. But I reckon there’s a winner

When I first arrived in Melbourne,I thought the south of the river v north of the river rivalry was ridiculous. But I went along with it because I wanted to be in on the joke.

  • byRoby D'Ottavi
No room at the inn:The Fitzroy hotel that always refused sports fans

No room at the inn:The Fitzroy hotel that always refused sports fans

The Brooklyn Arts Hotel was one of a kind,and a new documentary captures the last days of this unique and now-gone institution.

  • byKarl Quinn
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Daffodils,olive oil,custard cake:This tiny restaurant in a corner store is a pot of gold

Daffodils,olive oil,custard cake:This tiny restaurant in a corner store is a pot of gold

Lovely,light and almost ethereal,Carnation Canteen glows like a beacon in Fitzroy’s backstreets.

  • byDani Valent
The Cubbies:the junkyard that became home to children’s dreams
Perspective
Early childhood

The Cubbies:the junkyard that became home to children’s dreams

An empty block in Fitzroy became a place of adventure for the children of the tower blocks. Scrounging cast-offs,they built their dreams:cubby houses.

  • byTony Wright
How a teacher and IT pro turned a rotting terrace into a colourful haven

How a teacher and IT pro turned a rotting terrace into a colourful haven

When Nicholas and Zahra first saw the Fitzroy fixer-upper,it was ‘barely liveable’. Now,it has been transformed.

  • byJessica Golding
This tiny Fitzroy eatery is a buzzy hot spot for home-style southern Indian dishes

This tiny Fitzroy eatery is a buzzy hot spot for home-style southern Indian dishes

Toddy Shop,Mischa Tropp’s popular Melbourne version of a Keralan eating house,pays fond homage to the food stands of the same name.

  • byDani Valent
Flood risk for more than 22,000 inner Melbourne properties,new modelling shows

Flood risk for more than 22,000 inner Melbourne properties,new modelling shows

Blindsided residents in Fitzroy,Collingwood and Richmond will be told their homes are at risk of flooding from overflowing drains.

  • bySophie Aubrey