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City Guide to Melbourne by The Melbourne Cheapskate
Melbourne is a fun, festive, and cultured garden city, but it’s a big city nonetheless. There’s enough to do in spectacular Melbourne to overwhelm your average tourist, roused by the attractions but unsure where to start....
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Melbourne is a fun, festive, and cultured garden city, but it’s a big city nonetheless. There’s enough to do in spectacular Melbourne to overwhelm your average tourist, roused by the attractions but unsure where to start. Working through all the museums, theatres, parks, observation decks, and sporting events of such a lively city surely works up a strong appetite and stronger thirst. That’s where we come in.
You need to know where to find the city’s tastiest restaurants, hippest bars, and most beloved coffee shops. Plus, why use Yelp to search the best on the block when you could have the best in the city? That’s why the Venue Report snagged the best in the business to tell you what places you can’t miss and why. Behold Melbourne’s thorough and wondrous City Guide by Taylor Beaumont-Whiteley, curator & purveyor of the city's best cheap eats, drinks and must-do's from the website The Melbourne Cheapskate.
Written by Jake Kilroy
You need to know where to find the city’s tastiest restaurants, hippest bars, and most beloved coffee shops. Plus, why use Yelp to search the best on the block when you could have the best in the city? That’s why the Venue Report snagged the best in the business to tell you what places you can’t miss and why. Behold Melbourne’s thorough and wondrous City Guide by Taylor Beaumont-Whiteley, curator & purveyor of the city's best cheap eats, drinks and must-do's from the website The Melbourne Cheapskate.
Written by Jake Kilroy
What is the best venue for cocktails to start the night?
Tucked just off Chapel St is Abstract 157.
Tucked just off Chapel St is Abstract 157.
Every day you’ll find $10 espresso martinis at Abstract 157 during their 4 hour long happy hour. Combine this with their fantastic service and you’re left with the perfect venue for you and the crew to start your night at
Where do you go to eat when your appetite knows no bounds?
Hate visiting a restaurant and leaving hungry? Father’s Office, a 1920’s styled bar with a beautiful view of the State Library.
Hate visiting a restaurant and leaving hungry? Father’s Office, a 1920’s styled bar with a beautiful view of the State Library.
Father’s Office offers all you can eat tacos every Monday night. There’s chicken, pork and beans, and it all comes accompanied with a schooner. It’s an adventure best shared with your amigos.
Where is the best place to escape it all and relax?
Smith St is home to many incredible bars, one of which is Forester’s Hall, a prohibition styled venue that has the perfect soundtrack for jazz lover.
Smith St is home to many incredible bars, one of which is Forester’s Hall, a prohibition styled venue that has the perfect soundtrack for jazz lover.
Sit back, tap your foot and enjoy their daily happy hour with $5 schooners.
Where can you find the best free live music & cheap food in Melbourne?
Home to one of the best beer gardens in Melbourne, The Penny Black is a Brunswick icon. This former post office is now a super relaxed bar that puts on free gigs and cranks out cheap feeds.
Home to one of the best beer gardens in Melbourne, The Penny Black is a Brunswick icon. This former post office is now a super relaxed bar that puts on free gigs and cranks out cheap feeds.
Tip: Come on a Monday where you can devour pizzas, tacos and Coronas for just $4 each.
Where would you go to cure a bad case of Monday-itis?
Enjoy your drinks with a view of the city? The European Bier Café has half price tap beer every Monday on their massive CBD rooftop.
Enjoy your drinks with a view of the city? The European Bier Café has half price tap beer every Monday on their massive CBD rooftop.
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