Guidebook for Brunswick
Food Scene
Some of Melbourne's best dumplings
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Shanghai Street Dumpling & Mini Juicy Bun小街小籠館
342 Little Bourke StSome of Melbourne's best dumplings
The B.East
80 Lygon StAmazing burgers, cheap drinks
HuTong
14-16 Market LnGreat xiaolongbao and chilli dumplings
Green Refectory
115 Sydney RdOne of the best cafes in Brunswick
400 Gradi - Brunswick
99 Lygon StGreat, albeit expensive, pizza
Trunk Diner
275-285 Exhibition StAlcoholic milkshakes and American bar food
The Meat & Wine Co Southbank
3 Queens Bridge StreetBest steak you can have
8bit
8 Droop StAmazing hangover food
Le Bon Ton
51 Gipps StGreat food and a really nice outdoor dining area
Laneway coffee shops and bakeries. Try the cupcakes if you're into that
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Degraves Street
Degraves StreetLaneway coffee shops and bakeries. Try the cupcakes if you're into that
Apparently some of the best coffee in Melbourne - worth a try
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Seven Seeds Coffee Roasters
114 Berkeley StApparently some of the best coffee in Melbourne - worth a try
Welcome to Thornbury
520 High StA bunch of food trucks in one place. So good
Looks sketchy, but seriously go inside and try the pizza
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I Carusi Pizza (Brunswick East)
46A Holmes StLooks sketchy, but seriously go inside and try the pizza
Drinks & Nightlife
The Penny Black
420 Sydney RdDecent bar
Father's Office Speakeasy Bar and Restaurant
249 Little Lonsdale StreetCheap drinks, decent bar food
The Retreat Hotel
280 Sydney RdLive gigs, cheap drinks
Section 8
27-29 Tattersalls LnClassic Melbourne bar
One of Melbourne's many laneway bars, this one is science-lab themed
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The Croft Institute
21 Croft AlleyOne of Melbourne's many laneway bars, this one is science-lab themed
Sister Bella
9 Sniders LaneLaneway bar with a nice vibe
Imperial Hotel
2-8 Bourke StOne of the best comedy venues over summer
Arts & Culture
I-Melbourne Museum
11 Nicholson StCool museum
ACMI
Flinders StreetSome really cool exhibits here
Always has good mainstream and indie movies on, plus you can drink in the cinema
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Cinema Nova
380 Lygon StAlways has good mainstream and indie movies on, plus you can drink in the cinema
Sightseeing
Izoo yaseMelbourne
Elliott AvenueThe meerkats are adorable
Iziko Lomuzi Wokuhlala
400 Flinders StOften has some really cool food and alcohol festivals
Melbourne Observatory
Birdwood AvenueThey do tours, really cool place to stare at the stars
Shopping
Where hipsters go to furnish their homes. Like shopping in your grandma's attic. Worth a look
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Lost and Found Market
288 Brunswick StWhere hipsters go to furnish their homes. Like shopping in your grandma's attic. Worth a look
Dejour Jeans
542 Sydney RdThe only place to get jeans in Melbourne
Brunswick Bound
361 Sydney RdIndie book shop
Wunderkammer
439 Lonsdale StMelbourne's equivalent to a medical oddities museum
Everything Else
Peninsula Hot Springs
140 Springs LnSoak in mineral hot springs on the side of a mountain
Gelato Messina Fitzroy
237 Smith StTry the gelato here if you are in the area
Williamstown Beach
One of the nicer beaches close to the city