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• Windsor’s Neptune Food & Wine is doing Frites Night every Tuesday, which mean endless – yes, endless – fries, with a $35 Scotch fillet smothered in jus.

• First Look: Swish 30-seat oyster and chablis bar Pearl is hidden in a CBD arcade. There are oyster degustations and 500 burgundy wines to choose from.

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• “Mammamisu” is Pidapipo’s limoncello- and gelato-filled take on tiramisu for Mother’s Day. Buonissimo.

• First Look: El Jannah’s legendary charcoal chicken makes its Melbourne debut at a drive-through in Preston. The Lebanese chain deals in god-tier chook and a secret-recipe garlic sauce you’ll want to slather on everything.

• Cute Kew patisserie Frank & Harri is holding a good old-fashioned bake sale for Mother’s Day. Its cabinet will be stacked with all sorts of cakes, pastries and cookies.

• Longsong, but not as you knew it: Scott Pickett has reopened – and reimagined – Longrain’s upstairs bar. Find a $10 drink-and-snack happy hour, crispy popcorn chicken, and DJ sets till late.

• Bao, but make it Mexican: Melbourne’s Wonderbao has teamed up with Fonda on a limited-edition menu of Mexican-inspired bao buns. Go for the crisp fried chicken.

• Now open: Green Cup brings velvety acai bowls and vibrant smoothies to its first north-side cafe, on a sunny Carlton corner.

• Now open in the CBD: Hikari, a new pint-sized Japanese coffee and homewares shop. It’s a minimalist, timber-clad bolthole where you can sip a mesmerising matcha latte and snack on a Mork cake while you browse.

• Welcome to Brunswick’s Hot Sauce and Chilli Festival is back. There’s a hot-sauce-eating competition, and the winner will take home a keg and a trophy.

• The striking indoor waterfall at new Melbourne bar Yarra Falls – in the ornate, heritage-listed Tavistock House – isn’t a gimmick. It’s a journey back in time.