Atmosphere, gab, tweets, news...

November 10, 2011
 

I had the BEST time at Red Lantern!!http://www.foodieabouttown.com/vietnamese/red-lantern.html thanks to everyone @markredlantern

@FoodieAboutTown

Becasse has been named Restaurant and Catering Association's Restaurant of the Year. Nationally.

@JohnandNecia

Good regional produce is becoming far more than an idea around County Victoria.

Broadsheet

Check out new Aussie travel journal The Travel Almanac.

ThreeThousand

A screening for rock documentary Autoluminescent on Aussie post-punk figure Rowland S. Howard on Oct 27.

The Three Thousand

see & do

Enjoy Melbourne's Asian influences at the Japanese Bath House Japanese Bath House

Short story project set in Melbourne's lanes MyStory

More to see & do

A guide to trendy bohemian area Fitzroy at VisitMelbourne.com, the city's quite good tourist site

Hipster rooftop cinema starts in November.

A daily e-mail from Love Bento offers deals and cool recommendations.

Find out about events and culture on White Hat.

That's Melbourne has event listings, tourist info, and walking tours.

eat

The best dumplings ever HuTong Dumpling Bar

Top ten child-friendly cafes in Melbourne The Age

A well constructed beer tour... Broadsheet

Beautiful, delicious, sceney mod-Asian at Coda Melbourne Gastronome

More to eat

Coffee-houses are the big thing here—think wildflowers, timber and slow-food brunch.... The Real Melbourne has great listings.

Food + Wine article by our favorite local foodie, John Lethlean

The Tomato Food + Drink blogger will also get you a table.

Print only: The Foodies Guide to Melbourne

Food coverage in local paper, the Australian

Forage.net.au is an Aussie food-blog search engine.

Urban Spoon's 100 best restaurants in Melbourne

The unfortunately named BUG Backpacker's Guide to cheap eats

stay

Chesterfield sofas and a cantilevered pool: Three hip hotel recs Travel + Leisure

Midrange prices, historic Italianate mansion down by the parks The Hatton

Expensive, 5 stars, plus spa and modern-Oriental decor The Lyall

Affordable boutique hotel Pensione Hotel

More to stay

Tablet Hotels lists only the best-looking and luxury boutique hotels and often has good deals.

Lonely Planet hotel listings

Craigslist has Melbourne vacation rentals.

The Bakpak Group has cheapity-cheap hostels & dorm rooms.
 

scene

A guide to the city’s jazz bars. Broad Sheet

Schmancy-trendy lounge, restaurant, roof-deck The Emerald Peacock The Emerald Peacock

More scene

Find a bar on Melbourne Pubs.

Visitvictoria.com has an overview of the big bars, clubs and live music.

Barfinder is semi-helpful for getting suggestions.
 

World’s Best Bars Melbourne list

Citysearch has a guide to the top 10 fringe bars

media guide

Local Media

Broadsheet Fashionable city paper

Love Bento Weekly deals and culture e-mail

The Age Newspaper Daily paper

The Australian Daily paper

ThreeThousand.com Alternative culture guide

Triple R Independent radio

White Hat Events site

Travel Guides

City of Melbourne Maps

OnlyMelbourne.com Events and tourist info

That'sMelbourne.com Events and tourist info, walking tours

The Compulsive Traveler A video introduction to Melbourne

Travel and Leisure 2003 article on chic Melbourne

Wikitravel Decent Melbourne page

Culture Blogs

ANZ LitLovers LitBlog Novels set in Melbourne

Food Blogs

Melbourne Coffee Review A window into the coffee culture of Melbourne

Melbourne Gastronome Nice blog, one girl foodie-eater in Melbourne

Off the Spork Personal, some cooking, try posts tagged "restaurant"

The Real Melbourne Locally-produced restaurant listings

Tomato Food + Drink

Trotski & Ash Cooking blog with pretty pics

Personal Blogs

Simon Goudie Personal