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XO pipis with garlic shoots and noodles at Moonhouse, Balaclava.

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The June hit list: Hot and new places to eat and drink in Melbourne this month

A slick new southside Cantonese diner, a charming new bar in Cheltenham, Camberwell finally gets a cool music, pizza and wine bar and more on-the-radar restaurants to check out right now.

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Go-to dish: Hot and sweet chicken wings.
13.5/20

Rug up for a taste of Cameroon in a Melbourne gravel lot

  • Besha Rodell
Sicilian sausage with pickled onions and charred rapini.
13/20

Italian snacks and bitter-edged cocktails at Brunswick's Sig. Enzo

  • Besha Rodell
Co-owner Evan Georgopoulos at Cheltenham’s charming Bar Savarin.
14/20

Bar Savarin is a hidden gem in Cheltenham

  • Besha Rodell
A mini seafood tower holding oysters with finger lime, barbecued abalone skewers and mussel escabeche.
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Audrey's is the cherry on top of a beach-holiday weekend

  • Besha Rodell
Signature black garlic macarons filled with salmon roe are available in the restaurant and its adjacent bar.
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Can't nab a table at Navi? Head next door for world-class bar snacks

  • Besha Rodell
Pizza with pumpkin, stracciatella, pine nuts and fried sage.
13.5/20

La Perla is pretty close to being the perfect neighbourhood restaurant

  • Besha Rodell
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Beef tongue, chicken liver and chicken skin skewers.
13.5/20

Stick around for skewers at Kura

  • Besha Rodell
Gnocchi cacio e pepe.

Sorsi e Morsi's cacio e pepe gnocchi is 'outstanding'

  • Dani Valent
Beef-and-cheese tacos.

Superchido is a super-fun Mexican in Melbourne's inner west

  • Dani Valent
The pub's gaudy interior features 1800 wall-mounted glass domes.

Gertrude Hotel is a gaudy Ziggy Stardust-style fever dream (with tasty food)

  • Dani Valent
The lemon meringue pie of dreams at Holy Sugar.

Former Lune chef opens Holy Sugar cake business in Northcote

  • Dani Valent
Soft-boiled egg, fennel and olive salad, creme fraiche and cured trout from Fenton Food & Wine's breakfast menu.

Tanaka Community Grocer duo open Fenton Food & Wine in Carlton

  • Dani Valent
The Hainanese chicken club sandwich looks destined for cult status.

Moonhouse to bring updated Cantonese classics to Balaclava

  • Dani Valent
The bar's namesake items come from a 500-strong Burgundy collection and a daily line-up of oysters from various producers.

Pearl Chablis and Oyster Bar pairs shellfish and chardonnay in Melbourne's CBD

  • Emma Breheny
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