Where everybody knows your name - Melbourne Restaurants and Bars - Eat Drink
From morning to midnight and back again, EAT/DRINK is ThreeThousand's guide to cafes, bars and restaurants in Melbourne. We know the best coffee because we drink 20 a day (each), we know the good restaurants because we can't cook, and we'll tell you where to find hidden bars and other places that still let you smoke so that we can ask you for a cigarette when you get there. EAT/DRINK is as voracious as our appetites and a much better filter than our livers, which stopped working a long time ago. Email your EAT/DRINK suggestions to: talk@threethousand.com.au
Next Door Diner
In 2007, Kati Bottomley realised there was nowhere to get a decent cup of coffee around her ‘hood, so she opened a sweet café called the Breakfast Club in the front room of her house. A few years on, she is not only sorted for caffeine and celebrity-themed breakfasts, but also a nice glass of Shiraz and pigs cheek on toast at her brand new bar/diner.
Jules
French style. It's what you do with something plain. And zut alors! the elegant babes at Jules have done it. A trio of talent, Moi Rogers purveys the other kind of jewels at Glitzern, Jasmine MacGowan thinks and writes a lot about the intellectual side of gay zombie porn and Michelle Dufty crafted Jules's Spanish cousin, Julio Cafe, out of an old milk bar, a bit of money and a generous dose of witty charm.
Embassy (aka Taxi) Cafe
A friend of mine used to rent a cabbie's licence. Under the pretence of research for a second year sociology essay, I once coaxed him into letting me drive it for a night. It was the most terrifying experience of my life. At one point, a rough looking couple I'd picked up got into a domestic in the backseat, then the Lucy pulled a knife on the Ricky.
Catfish curry stew
Let's try this again, this time with foods that are actually available within 5000 miles of Australia. Why not make a fish curry? Start with any cheap, fresh fish - already in fillets, if you want to keep your life easy, which I do. Maybe three fillets. Cut them up in smallish bites, throw it in a pot, sauté it with garlic and olive oil.
The Victoria Hotel
I must admit, I was less than confident as I approached the Carlton Draught-clad exterior of the Victoria Hotel, a classic pub frontage that you might charitably describe as 'inauspicious'.
But, in a sensible move, it seems new owner Gin - in her first solo project after years of dutiful employ at Brunswick icon A Minor Place - has decided to forego the Vic's familiar old man pub vibe in favour of a welcome degree of grandmotherly chic.
The Tote back open!
UPDATE: Email just received from Joel (i=it); "The Tote is officially back open! They got the news from LL officially just then. Chaos. Not sure what it means for our launch yet whether it will go ahead or be rescheduled. Let you know asap."
ORIGINAL POST: What is going on? The Tote has all just cancelled all gigs after May 18.
Tyranny of Distance
Well it's true about Windsor, there is a bar or bar/cafe opening on every corner round here, but that doesn't mean they're all good. Once upon a time there was a pub called 'Duke of Windsor', long before the cheap pizza armies invaded. It has been sadly missed, but there is new blood. Nestled next to Alter Design (a.
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