Bordered by Merri Creek and beautified by Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy North is characterised by stately terraces and some creative boutiques and cafés. Well worth a visit just for the large continental deli, Piedimontes.
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Fitzroy North highlights
The best restaurants in Fitzroy North
Restaurants
Malaymas
This popular family-run Malaysian restaurant has been keeping hungry locals happy since the ‘80s
Restaurants
Pinotta
With a new chef on board, this Italian stayer in Fitzroy North reasserts itself as a pasta-fuelled beacon of righteousness
Bars
Neighbourhood Wine
A Northside institution is still nailing the brief after years at the forefront
Restaurants
Good Times
Good Times offers up $9 pastas in Fitzroy North – and it’s open for your late-night cravings
The best bars in Fitzroy North
Bars
Public Wine Shop
Public Wine Shop is part bar, part restaurant and part bottle-o – all wrapped up in a charming Fitzroy North exterior
Bars
Neighbourhood Wine
A Northside institution is still nailing the brief after years at the forefront
Bars
Terminus Hotel, North Fitzroy
Craft beer champions of Queens Parade, the Terminus retains the virtues of the old-school pub
Bars
The Empress Hotel
Once a live music haunt favoured by the rock’n’rollers of North Fitzroy, the Empress has reopened as a friendly, food-focused local
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Shopping
Fazeek
Shop colourful, thoughtfully designed homewares and fragrance at Fazeek's first brick-and-mortar store
Attractions
Bargoonga Nganjin North Fitzroy Library
Who could resist the opportunity to read out in the fresh air, surrounded by greenery, on a glorious sunny day? Bargoonga Nganjin, or ‘gather...
Things to do
Edinburgh Gardens
Not far from the North Fitzroy cafe strip, these 140-year-old gardens are an ideal place to laze about.
Things to do
Free to Feed Fitzroy North
Free to Feed is a not-for-profit social enterprise in Melbourne that empowers asylum seekers and refugees
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