Food Scene
Really Great coffee shop they also roast on site and make a good breakfast... only two mins walk to our place
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Allpress Espresso
80 Rupert StReally Great coffee shop they also roast on site and make a good breakfast... only two mins walk to our place
American BBQ joint but has great cocktails and is a bit of a late night place for food industry people...
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Le Bon Ton
51 Gipps StAmerican BBQ joint but has great cocktails and is a bit of a late night place for food industry people...
Best burgers Northside, they also have a bar next door that is pretty good. Always busy
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Huxtaburger Collingwood
106 Smith StBest burgers Northside, they also have a bar next door that is pretty good. Always busy
One of the best bottle shops come bar come cafes.... they have really great food all day and the staff are good but its a little pricy...
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Gertrude Street Enoteca
229 Gertrude StOne of the best bottle shops come bar come cafes.... they have really great food all day and the staff are good but its a little pricy...
Trippy Taco
234 Gertrude StI am only putting this down cos its vego tacos,
Great Pizza eat in or takeaway, lovely staff and but not easy to get a table sometimes. Also the roast special of the day is always great.
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Ladro Gertrude
224 Gertrude StGreat Pizza eat in or takeaway, lovely staff and but not easy to get a table sometimes. Also the roast special of the day is always great.
Pub really and its good, we eat and drink at this one pretty often. Good local beers on tap and food is always good they also have a small fancy restaurant and more causal dinning.
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Builders Arms Hotel
211 Gertrude StPub really and its good, we eat and drink at this one pretty often. Good local beers on tap and food is always good they also have a small fancy restaurant and more causal dinning.
These guys have a sister place around the corner called Proud Mary... they have breakfast that everyone loves... but these guys are the roasting site and only have black coffee and its pretty cool to go see if you like coffee.
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Aunty Peg's
200 Wellington StThese guys have a sister place around the corner called Proud Mary... they have breakfast that everyone loves... but these guys are the roasting site and only have black coffee and its pretty cool to go see if you like coffee.
We love this place... its a busy cafe / restaurant / gourmet shop with some good homemade food to take home and heat. Great staff and quality of food is good it its very Melbourne.
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Alimentari Smith Street
304 Smith StWe love this place... its a busy cafe / restaurant / gourmet shop with some good homemade food to take home and heat. Great staff and quality of food is good it its very Melbourne.
Best ramen Northside and they have takeaway as well.. also the rice bowls are good and beer.
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Shop Ramen
329 Smith StBest ramen Northside and they have takeaway as well.. also the rice bowls are good and beer.
very busy....people from all over Melbourne come to this place but we don't see the fuss...
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Proud Mary
172 Oxford Stvery busy....people from all over Melbourne come to this place but we don't see the fuss...
Beautiful looking cafe with good food and coffee, it was one of the first cool cafes in the area... lovely owners also
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South of Johnston
46 Oxford StBeautiful looking cafe with good food and coffee, it was one of the first cool cafes in the area... lovely owners also
Coffee shop two mins walk from our place... but not our fav even though they do good coffee.
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Lemon Middle & Orange
25-31 Rokeby StCoffee shop two mins walk from our place... but not our fav even though they do good coffee.
Very busy cafe... people from all over line up to eat and drink coffee...
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Three Bags Full
60 Nicholson StVery busy cafe... people from all over line up to eat and drink coffee...
best Thai restaurant just off Victoria st that is really well known for thai and Vietnamese food. We love this place go early..
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Jinda Thai Restaurant
1 Ferguson Stbest Thai restaurant just off Victoria st that is really well known for thai and Vietnamese food. We love this place go early..
Essentials
Independently owned grocery store just across the main road of Victoria... they have everything you need but can sometimes be a little expensive. Open late and easy to walk to.
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IGA East Melbourne
446 Victoria ParadeIndependently owned grocery store just across the main road of Victoria... they have everything you need but can sometimes be a little expensive. Open late and easy to walk to.
New major Supermarket on smith st is pretty good we use to recommend people going to the next one up called Woolworths but this is now better..
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Coles Collingwood
172 Smith StNew major Supermarket on smith st is pretty good we use to recommend people going to the next one up called Woolworths but this is now better..
Organic Grocery store that also makes juices and smoothies
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Aunt Maggie's Fitzroy
188 Gertrude StOrganic Grocery store that also makes juices and smoothies
Very Very good butcher... with a few extras like wine and deli goods.
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Meatsmith - Specialty Butcher & Wine Merchant
273 Smith StVery Very good butcher... with a few extras like wine and deli goods.
Woolworths Fitzroy
243 Smith StAnother big supermarket.
Australia Post - Collingwood Post Shop
186-188 Smith StPost office, open till about 4.30pm
Entertainment & Activities
Great Yoga studio if you needed one while on holidays.
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Gertrude Street Yoga Studio
202 Gertrude StGreat Yoga studio if you needed one while on holidays.
Drinks & Nightlife
Very cool new bar with good food as well again very Melbourne and so are the people.
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Rupert on Rupert
73 Rupert StVery cool new bar with good food as well again very Melbourne and so are the people.
Getting Around
Caltex Abbotsford
28-40 Hoddle Stservice station...