• Hector’s Deli, Friday, 11am. The sell-out spicy chicken sanga is back. Gird your loins.

• Piccolina is dialling up the booze with its Four Pillars granitas. What’ll it be – Negroni, Southside or Singapore Sling?

• Lona Misa is Shannon Martinez and Ian Curley’s soon-to-open vegan and vego spot.

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• Brunswick’s Waxflower combines music, food and wine in a way Melbourne has never seen. Go for Brazilian tapioca dumplings, skewered meats and an on-point natural wine list.

• Baker Bleu’s sour-cherry-and-dark-chocolate Easter buns are next level. Learn how to make them this month.

• Speaking of Baker Bleu, it’s opening a new store. (And Carlton Wine Room’s head chef is getting in on the action.) Get bready.

• At celebrity chef Karen Martini’s new all-day diner, expect potato focaccia with a Noma edge, an exceptional crumbed-fish sandwich and spicy crab cavatelli.

• Enter a beautifully restored bluestone building to find Axil Coffee Roasters’ newest cafe.

• Ready, set, slurp. Four top chefs have made limited-edition condiments to zhoosh up your next delivery of Sydney rock oysters.

• Scott Pickett’s created three show-stopping silver leaf desserts – at Longrain, Chancery Lane and Matilda – for Melbourne Fashion Festival’s 25th anniversary.

• There’s a new chef, menu and fit-out at New Quarter, a Vietnamese-inspired diner by the Hanoi Hannah and Tokyo Tina team. And Laughing Cow cheese is on the menu.

• After a tumultuous 2020, Pizza Pony has landed a regular spot for its food truck.

• Hochi Mama is all grown up. It’s just moved to a grand new home in the CBD.

• Gin-making via Zoom? It’s a thing. Four Pillars has collaborated with an Indian distillery on a spicy new tipple.

• This hefty muffuletta is a walloping giant packed with cured meats, cheese and salad. Make it this weekend.