Tag: Collingwood

Sustainable Wine Without the Wank: Glou Opens on Smith Street

Want something fun for your holiday festivities? Stop by Glou, Smith Street’s newest bottle shop/tasting room/wine bar for wine on tap — sold by the growler or the glass. There’s a rainbow of red, white, rose, and orange wines on…

Modern Chinese Degustations for both Vegans and Meat Eaters

Looking for a fun and affordable degustation? Shu Restaurant just launched a new ten course Sichuan degustation menu. It’s the meatier counterpart to their long running vegan degustation. Chef Shu incorporates the flavours of his hometown in the Sichuan province…

A new craft brewery for Collingwood

Collingwood just got craftier! Fixation Brewing’s new tasting room, The Incubator, is now open for business. Friends, family, dogs, beer enthusiasts, and industry pros filled the brewery on opening night to raise a glass in celebration. Managing Partner Tom Delmont…

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A winter feast for vegetarians at Stomping Ground Beer Hall

The Stomping Ground team keeps enticing Melburnians. This winter the Collingwood brewpub served up a rare treat in the beer scene – a vegetarian feast matched with their locally brewed beers. It was a cold Melbourne night, but the spacious…

Ticket to Taste by Plumm Wine Glasses

Whoever says size and shape doesn’t matter is lying. At least when it comes to wine glasses and wine tasting. Ticket to Taste – an exclusive food and wine masterclass presented by Plumm Wine Glasses at Project 49 – explored…

Tall Poppy fashion lable launch for taller women

Tall Poppy is a collection of, in the words of founder Cathy McDonald, ‘clothing for the vertically blessed’. A lovely tall lady herself, measuring in at 185cm, she noticed there was a gap in the market for well proportioned, stylish…

Dingo’s Bar brings a touch of Australiana kitsch to Smith Street

I never thought I’d ask to be served Passion Pop at a bar. And to think that I would enjoy it…Buckley’s chance. Dingo’s dares you to give it a burl. Where Collingwood and Australiana kitsch collide, it’s retro tuck-shop/teenage guilty pleasures…

Croctails and Thai with a twist at Chalawan

There’s a new crocodile king on Smith Street and his name is Chalawan. Opening its doors a few months ago, Chalawan is a cosy, contemporary ‘croctail’ bar and eatery that’s adding some pizazz to the ever-expanding Collingwood dining scene. Cocktails…