Smith & Daughters have been feeding vegans and other hungry humans alike on Brunswick Street for a while now. Owners Shannon Martinez, former head chef of The Sweetwater Inn, South and The Gasometer Hotel, and Mo Wyse (the brains behind the original Collingwood People’s Market) have seen that people are digging what they’re doing and thought...
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Going French at L’Hotel Gitan
A gastro pub in a remodelled 1930’s art deco space? Check. Accessible French food? Check. Beautiful wine? Check. The experienced and loved Reymond family behind it all? Check. L’Hotel Gitan seems to have it all. Taking the place of Prahran’s Hotel Max, L’Hotel Gitan, thanks to SJB Architects and Leeda Projects, creates a space that nods...
Laugh Out Loud at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The comedy festival is a place for many lols, excellent nights out with friends, an occasional awkward first date – proving you have very different senses of humour, and of course a lot of local and international talent. But like many a large festival, choice can sometimes be too much. And there is nothing worse...
Our Guide to Eating & Drinking in Fitzroy North
Some people are Northside through and through, while others are die-hard Southside fans. Where do you fit in? Either way, we think both sides of our fair city have a lot to offer in the eating and drinking department. While Fitzroy is known for Brunswick Street and many killer restaurants, this guide takes us...
Our Easter Chocolate Buying Guide
Easter is such a wonderful time of the year. That’s what we think over here at Daily Addict anyway. Chocolate is in constant abundance – which isn’t that much of an unusual occurrence in our world, but we’re encouraged to eat copious amounts of it at this time of year. Oh the joy. We could...
Swan Street is Getting All Kinds of Sweet With Noir Bar
Do you ever feel like a super fancy dessert at 1am in the morning? Don’t worry, us too. And now Noir, the One Chef Hatted Swan Street restaurant in Richmond, is giving us a space to do just that. The owners of Noir, Peter Roddy and Ebony Vagg, saw a gap in the Swan Street...
8 Cool Companies With Big Hearts
Don’t you just feel better about yourself when you’re drinking a beer that you know is also funding a worthy cause? Or when you find out that bottle of water that rehydrated you also helped give a third world country access to clean water? It’s karma eating made possible by some truly special companies. Whether it’s a small charity...
Two Times the American Fun on Elgin Street
When two good things come together, it makes double the fun, right? That is exactly how we feel about 5 Points Deli and Longhorn Saloon. Opened on Elgin Street in Carlton by American brothers Will and Mick Balleau (known for Le Bon Ton and Chingon) it’s bringing together a lot of American goodness in the...
Fries and Shakes But No Burgers at Boy & Co.
Burgers are a much-loved Melbourne staple. We get that. But, if you take a look around any suburb, you’ll realise that the stuff has been done and is being done again and again. So the team behind Boy & Co thought it was time to give the ‘sides’ a time to shine. And by sides...
Stay Awhile at Arbory Bar & Eatery
Slow down and stay awhile. That’s the motto at Arbory Bar & Eatery and we’re all for it. Not that it’s going to be too hard once you sit yourself down and take in that Yarra riverside views of the city that most restaurants can only dream of. Found in the unused Sandridge train line, the new eatery is located...