Melbourne’s Hottest New Bars, Free Dumplings in the CBD Today, a Family-Run Macedonian Diner, What's Open Tomorrow

Plus half-price vintage Chanel.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   [Broadsheet]( 27 September 2019 [Weekend] Friday [Showers]17° | Saturday [Partly Cloudy]16° | Sunday [Showers]16° Fri [Showers]17°|Sat [Partly Cloudy]16°|Sun [Showers]16° [[ ] Food & Drink The 18 Hottest New Bars in Melbourne Right Now A cosy diner serving grown-up Macca’s-brekkie-style sangas and natural wine; arguably the most beautiful bar in town, with creative cocktails and $7 fried-chicken sangas; and a retro Italian-American spot with wood panelling, terrazzo floors and pizza by the slice.]( [[ ] Food & Drink Macedonian Meze at Le Lee, Northcote’s Cosy New Family-Run Diner Enter for hand-rolled layered leek and cheese pastries, vegetarian moussaka, and clay pots filled with slow-cooked meat – all prepared by a chef with 45 years’ experience. When the dishes arrive they’ll be spread out across the table, because everything is for sharing.]( [[ ] Food & Drink What’s Open for Tomorrow’s Grand Final Public Holiday Make the most of the first long weekend we’ve had in three months with Lebanese pizzas at a bustling Middle Eastern eatery, Sichuan pork and tofu jaffles at a playful Chinese diner, or Panko-crumbed-prawn burgers at a light and airy corner cafe.](   New openings we’re loving [ ]( [Fashion A Bright New Make-Up Studio All About Natural Looks "I don’t want to go and put a full coverage on you when you don’t feel like you. We’re not about masking." It offers classes, too, so you can learn how to master the winged-eye.](  Sales Wrap - best of the week [ ]( [Fashion Up to 80% Off Kenzo, Romance Was Born, Isabel Marant and The Row Plus half-price vintage Chanel; Superga and Converse sneakers from $30; 50% off at the NGV design store; and 65% off at Glue Store.](  Your last chance [ ]( [Fashion Cult Perfumery Le Labo Releases 13 City Exclusive Scents Usually Impossible to Buy in Australia You’ve got until Monday – after that, you’ll have to jet off to Paris, Tokyo, Moscow or Dubai to buy them.]( [ ]( [Food & Drink Free Dumplings in the City Today for International Dumpling Day There’s also a yum cha banquet at Neil Perry’s Spice Temple, $1 dumplings at ShanDong MaMa, free sake shots at Tokyo Tina and more.](  What we’re cooking this weekend [[ ] Fancy Footy Thermos Snacks: Coney Island Hot Dogs By Bad Frankie In the thermos in 20 minutes, serves 4 Even if your team doesn’t lift the trophy on Grand Final Day, you’ll still be a winner with these dogs smothered in an easy-to-make, better-than-Big-Mac-sauce. And you won’t miss any big plays while lining up for a snack. Win-win.](   [ ]( [Fashion How to Bedazzle Your Shoes (in a Grown-Up Way) Spend this long weekend getting crafty with some tips from Australia’s queen of tinsel, Rachel Burke.](   Our picks for this weekend [26 Thursday]( [ ]( [A Midnight Visit A 36-room choose-your-own-adventure theatre show in the vein of New York’s acclaimed Sleep No More. 222 Macaulay Road, North Melbourne]( [27 Friday]( [ ]( [AFL Footy Festival Don’t settle for overpriced pies and lukewarm chips – get snacks from some of Melbourne’s most popular food trucks. Yarra Park (outside Gate 3 of the MCG)]( [27 Friday]( [ ]( [Bathe in Cinema Spend your Friday night floating in a hot spring under the stars, watching a classic film. This is relaxation at its peak. 140 Springs Lane, Fingal]( [28 Saturday]( [ ]( [Ballarat Foto Biennale An exhibition by a prominent Chinese activist, a haunting installation in an old bank and more. Ballarat]( [28 Saturday]( [ ]( [Katena Luminarium by Architects of Air Explore a glowing inflatable labyrinth at Bunjil Place. 2 Patrick North East Drive, Narre Warren]( [29 Sunday]( [ ]( [Schoolhouse Market Swing by for handmade goods, spruced-up second-hand treasures, plants, Mankoushe falafels and Bloody Marys. 81 Rupert Street, Collingwood]( [29 Sunday]( [ ]( [Knox Immerse Arts Festival Lie on a giant slice of toast, watch snails gradually devour an artwork, or take a blindfolded tour along Blind Creek. Various locations]( [Check out more things to do](   What we’re reading this weekend [The climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it.The New Yorker]( [The first ever labradoodle wasn’t a designer dog, he was a guide dog.ABC]( [Cameras that feel like extensions of my brain.Gobe Magazine](    - [Food & Drink]( - [Fashion & Style]( - [Art & Design]( - [Entertainment]( - [Travel]( - [Active]( - [Things to do]( - [Forward to a friend]( - [View online]( - [Update Preferences]( - [Unsubscribe]( - [Privacy Policy]( - [Contact]( - [Advertise]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Broadsheet]( - [Food & Drink]( - [Fashion & Style]( - [Art & Design]( - [Entertainment]( - [Travel]( - [Active]( - [Things to do]( - [Forward to a friend]( - [View online]( - [Update Preferences]( - [Unsubscribe]( - [Privacy Policy]( - [Contact]( - [Advertise]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram](  © 2019 Broadsheet Media Design by [The Company You Keep](