• Anchovy is doing banh mi every Saturday from 11am till sold out.
• This Saturday, Maker & Monger is slathering Baker Bleu’s sour-cherry-and-dark-chocolate Easter buns with Roquefort-and-cognac whipped cream. On top: freshly harvested honeycomb.
• Want cacio e pepe straight from a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano? Get to Baby Pizza.
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SIGN UP• New dog-friendly dive bar Rebel Rebel brings $10 Bloody Marys and vegan sours to Preston. (Fun fact: it was named in honour of the late, great David Bowie.)
• It’s sandwich season. Here are 10 of the best new ones to try in Melbourne right now, including a fancified Filet-o-Fish, a remixed Reuben and a spicy Sichuan-eggplant number.
• How many bowls of gnocchi can you demolish in two hours? Find out at Mamma’s Boy Trattoria.
• Cheesy empanadas, crisp patatas bravas and $5 tacos await at Repeat Offender, a vibrant new all-day eatery with Latin American inspo.
• An “In-N-Out style” burger pop-up is coming to Sorrento this weekend.
• Grazeland, a mammoth permanent food hub with 50 stalls, has opened at a demolished bottling plant in Melbourne’s west.
• A one-off Tex-Mex extravaganza is happening at Johnny’s Green Room (with Bar Liberty and Capitano’s Casey Wall). Expect smoked-brisket burnt ends, fried-chicken sandwiches and Pidapipo gelato tacos.
• Dom Wilton from Hector’s Deli shares an indulgent cheese-toastie recipe – and it’s a certified umami bomb.
• You’ve (probably) heard of Gin Mayo, but what about Gin Chup?
• The Mornington Peninsula’s Pt Leo Estate has a new culinary director.
• A milk bar at Falco, a feast at Chin Chin and a “Draught Punk” bash: Good Beer Week returns next month.
• Just announced: the finalists for the 2021 Young Gun of Wine Awards. Plus, how to win a year’s supply of vino (that’s 52 bottles).
• Recipe: top Aussie chef (and Netflix star) Mark Best’s Easter roast lamb. Give it a whirl this weekend.
• Summer might be over, but Arbory’s making the most of the sunshine with its BBQ Smokedown.
• After more than a year shuttered, Joseph Vargetto’s popular CBD restaurant Massi is reopening on April 12.
• The AFL is back, and the curry-pie selection at Jessi Singh’s Mr Brownie is bigger than ever.