• Now open: phenomenal chicken sandwiches and oven-ready dinners at Blakeaway’s sleek new grocer in South Yarra. It’s by leading Melbourne caterer Blakes Feast.

• Essendon milk bar Bam is hosting a delicious collaborative party this weekend to celebrate its first birthday. There’ll be three types of shawarma (charcoal chicken, barbeque lamb and vegan cabbage) by top chef Tom Sarafian, plus birthday-cake ice-cream by Sundae School.

• These are all the new Melbourne restaurant, cafe and bar openings we got excited about last month.

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• A world-first hangover treatment, Swedish supplement Myrkl, launches in Australia and New Zealand.

• Now open: a topnotch takeaway sushi joint – by an ex-Nobu chef – on Glenferrie Road in Hawthorn. Go for all sorts of maki rolls, a colourful chirashi bowl or an impressive sushi platter for six.

• How much pasta is too much pasta? New Fitzroy pasta bar Solo sells classic, beetroot and spinach pasta by the metre. Three is the standard order, but you can go for as many metres as you’d like – with your choice of sauce.

• Meet Jayda, Shane Delia’s CBD cocktail bar with art deco flair and a strong snack game. We’re talking beefy borek buns, taramasalata tarts and a saucy lamb sanga inspired by a late-night staff meal.

• Open till 3am: Mejico’s new pink-lit, glass-walled bar is pouring more than 400 different tequilas and mezcals. And 10 variations on the Margarita.

• Now open: Thyme, an all-day indoor-outdoor diner – with a menu by celebrity chef Karen Martini – at new hot springs and spa destination Alba. The star of the show is undoubtedly the crumbed-fish sandwich, a Japanese spin on the one from Hero.

• After a fire, Pt Leo Estate’s vast restaurant and its fine diner Laura are reopening – just in time for summer. And you can book right now.

• Almighty’s caffeinated sparkling water is pitched as a coffee alternative – but how’s the buzz?

• Six chefs and six artists have created beautiful new recipe posters to help provide meals to people in need. Including recipes from Etta’s Rosheen Kaul and Beatrix Bakes founder Natalie Paull.