North Melbourne area guide

Interior at Twenty and Six Espresso — Photograph: Graham DenholmTwenty and Six Espresso

In a little pocket on its own, this ’burb has the wide-hipped streets of a country town and is fiercely loved by locals for its communal feel. The Drunken Poet, The Last Jar and Twenty and Six Espresso draw in interlopers like us, but there’s much more to discover.

The best restaurants in North Melbourne

Restaurants

Beatrix

This cozy North Melbourne cafe is sure to please. Although slightly hidden from the main street view, Beatrix is well worth the search

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Mork Chocolate Brew House

Cacao is the new coffee, according to Mörk’s new concept store-cum-chocolate lab

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Auction Rooms Café

Full of hot young things and cool old things, the Auction Rooms café and roastery serves tram-trip-worthy coffee

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Code Black Coffee North Melbourne

Melbourne’s coffee roasters believe the true measure of a café is the quality of its roast, and they’re opening their own cafés to prove it

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The best bars in North Melbourne

Bars

Prudence

The comfort and clutter of your own lounge room, with a touch more class and a stack more booze

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The Third Day

These spunky brewsters have converted an old warehouse into a roofless café, bar and event space

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Turf Club Hotel

Bev and Mick’s Turf Club Hotel on Flemington Road hosts My Mate Monday’s from 7pm – 1am with free entry, drink specials for students, and $10 burgers with a...

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Joe Taylor

Cool and cultured drinking on the northern edge of town

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More great venues in North Melbourne

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Zero Latency

Team up to take down zombies at the world's first multiplayer, free-roam virtual reality arcade

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Theatre

Arts House

Arts House splits its program across two venues: the North Melbourne Town Hall and the Meat Market (5 Blackwood St, North Melbourne). Committed to...

Attractions

Meat Market

Meat Market is a historic event and creative space that hosts some of Melbourne's most exciting festivals, events and showcases.

Comedy

The Comic's Lounge

With the main show room providing full table service during shows, free parking nearby, and Joe's bistro open from 7pm, The Comic's Lounge has you covered...

What's on in North Melbourne

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Bastille Day Soirée

The team behind So Frenchy So Chic are throwing an adults-only French disco dance party in honour of Bastille Day

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Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk]

This dynamic new dance work tugs at the thread between Indigenous incarceration and the detention of asylum seekers

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