• First look: Popular Brunswick listening bar Waxflower converts a former cinema into The Atrium, a new bar and gallery space for groups, events and BYO DJ sets.

• First look: Nuvoletta Gelateria, a new spot from a former Kisume pastry chef and her ex-Gelateria Primavera partner, is Melbourne’s next must-visit scoop shop.

• First look: Wang Wang brings the heat (and charcoal-fuelled Northern Chinese barbeque) to Malvern.

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• Coming soon: Shannon Martinez is opening two splashy new venues, Friends of Fire and Amphora, in Docklands next month.

• Coming soon: Your next favourite coffee shop is in Niddrie Quarry.

• Toddy Shop Chef Mischa Tropp on his go-to hangover meal and the pastry he’ll cross town for.

• Coming soon: Queen Vic Market staple American Doughnut Kitchen will open its first new store after over 70 years in business, at the Prahran Market this autumn.

• Rathdowne Street Institution La Porchetta to close after service on Sunday February 11.

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• Ben Shewry’s fine-diner Attica has teamed up with local kombucha brand Remedy on two flavours – lime spider; and apple and rhubarb crumble – which are available to purchase online.

• Windsor and Hawthorn specialty bakery, The Cookie Box, just opened its third location, this time on Little Collins Street in the CBD. Stop by for chunky cookies in flavours like raspberry and white chocolate, macadamia, and vegan dark chocolate.

• Madonna Electric, a bar known for being filled with Franco Cozzo furniture, is offering pizzas to those dining in for just $9.20 per pie all day tomorrow, Friday February 9. Takeaway customers will receive a flat $9.20 off their orders.