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  1. Unwrapped

    Lefko

    Helenic Greek Kalamaki bar serving affordable, contemporary street food in a relaxed setting.

  2. Close-Up

    Matt Lane of Mamasita

    Co-owner of Mamasita, Matt Lane, has a pretty simple formula for this success, insisting, consistency and accessibility are everything.

  3. URBAN WALKS

    Matt Lane's Melbourne Eats

    Matt Lane takes you out for breakfast lunch and dinner in Melbourne

  1. Melbourne CBD

    Duck into the many laneways and side streets to find the real Melbourne: a soulful, inspiring city where lasting encounters trump cheap thrills. This consummate city is a labyrinth of art, fashion, culture and food. Meet it once, and know you’ll be smitten forever.

    Highlights: Longrain, Gallery Funaki and Eastern Market Fabrica.

  2. Fitzroy/Collingwood

    This former working class heartland is also the spiritual home of its artists, lovers and visionaries. From bars and bookshops that pulse with their freewheeling energy and vintage industrial furniture stores will make you fall in love with the past to secret art shows and speakeasies that cast a spell that lasts well beyond tomorrow.

    Highlights: Et Al, Cutler & Co, Third Drawer Down.

  3. South Yarra/Prahran/Windsor

    Hedonists and the well heeled flock to South Yarra, Prahran and Windsor, the inner-city enclave where style rules and the good times roll. High-street trends and worn-in glamour face off on Chapel Street whilst Prahran and Windsor’s cluster of cocktail bars and cafes offer a seductive antidote to South Yarra’s sparkle.

    Highlights: Eau De Vie, nANA jUDY and Handworks.

  4. St Kilda

    Melbourne's bay side playground is a place for technicolour dreaming, where musicians, artists and travellers go to lose their heads and hearts. Its Old Europe cafes and wine bars are soulful, dark and inspiring and its bookshops are the type you know you'll be lost in for hours.

    Highlights: Dot and Herby, Ism Lighting and Mr Wolf.

  5. Hawksburn/Armadale

    Gracious, elegant and inviting, Hawksburn and Armadale are a study in stately charm. The leafy villages are home to world-class French bistros, boutiques that offer a flawless edit of fashion and jewellery and artisanal bread makers who rise at dawn to bake the perfect baguette.

    Highlights: Jac+Jack, Market Import, The Orchard.