Guidebook for Fitzroy

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Guidebook for Fitzroy

Food Scene

Excellent breakfast
17 locals recommend
Arcadia Cafe Restaurant
193 Gertrude St
17 locals recommend
Excellent breakfast
THE best crepes ever. Their savoury crepes are all gluten free and made with buckwheat.
6 locals recommend
Breizoz French Crêperie
Gertrude Street
6 locals recommend
THE best crepes ever. Their savoury crepes are all gluten free and made with buckwheat.
Ridiculously yummy grilled fish, brown rice, bok choy with chips and/or salad. The Asian Sambal and pesto sauces are the best.
9 locals recommend
Hooked Fitzroy
384 Brunswick St
9 locals recommend
Ridiculously yummy grilled fish, brown rice, bok choy with chips and/or salad. The Asian Sambal and pesto sauces are the best.
Great Asian restaurants and groceries.
35 locals recommend
Victoria St
35 locals recommend
Great Asian restaurants and groceries.
Their Flounder dish is out of this world. Great selection of Sake too. Nice place for an intimate dining experience.
26 locals recommend
Wabi Sabi Salon
94 Smith St
26 locals recommend
Their Flounder dish is out of this world. Great selection of Sake too. Nice place for an intimate dining experience.
Good coffee.
43 locals recommend
De Clieu
43 locals recommend
Good coffee.
Coffee. Croissants.
19 locals recommend
La Niche Cafe
67 Smith St
19 locals recommend
Coffee. Croissants.
My absolute fav. Great coffee. Great breaky. Lovely waiters. Wifi.
22 locals recommend
Slowpoke Espresso
157 Brunswick St
22 locals recommend
My absolute fav. Great coffee. Great breaky. Lovely waiters. Wifi.
The most incredible selection of Spanish tapas. Anywhere. Ever.
52 locals recommend
Anada Bar & Restaurant
197 Gertrude St
52 locals recommend
The most incredible selection of Spanish tapas. Anywhere. Ever.
Cheap pizza! Gluten free too.
61 locals recommend
Bimbo
376 Brunswick Street
61 locals recommend
Cheap pizza! Gluten free too.
GREAT Tamale and taco's. Gluten free options. Nice close cheap eat. New address is actually 234 Gertrude St.
81 locals recommend
Trippy Taco
234 Gertrude St
81 locals recommend
GREAT Tamale and taco's. Gluten free options. Nice close cheap eat. New address is actually 234 Gertrude St.
Incredible menu of of raw and organic dishes.
52 locals recommend
Yong Green Food
421 Brunswick St
52 locals recommend
Incredible menu of of raw and organic dishes.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great local pub with the best kangaroo meals in the southern hemisphere.
103 locals recommend
Napier Hotel
210 Napier St
103 locals recommend
Great local pub with the best kangaroo meals in the southern hemisphere.
Great bar. Often packed. Good food.
381 locals recommend
Cookie
252 Swanston St
381 locals recommend
Great bar. Often packed. Good food.
Just above Cookie. Small booths for intimate drinks and conversation. Good music too.
45 locals recommend
The Toff In Town
252 Swanston St
45 locals recommend
Just above Cookie. Small booths for intimate drinks and conversation. Good music too.
Nice place for a drink
6 locals recommend
Southpaw
189 Gertrude St
6 locals recommend
Nice place for a drink
Great food music and atmosphere.
88 locals recommend
Grace Darling Hotel
114 Smith St
88 locals recommend
Great food music and atmosphere.
Really awesome kangaroo, beetroot and macadamia nut dish. And very yummy polenta as well. Very unpretentious decor.
50 locals recommend
Union Club Hotel
164 Gore St
50 locals recommend
Really awesome kangaroo, beetroot and macadamia nut dish. And very yummy polenta as well. Very unpretentious decor.
Very stylish deluxe bar.
109 locals recommend
The Everleigh Melbourne
150-156 Gertrude St
109 locals recommend
Very stylish deluxe bar.

Arts & Culture

The Abbotsford Convent is an arts precinct with plenty of galleries, cafe's, arts organisations, clothes markets, farmers markets etc. A great place to go on the weekend.
280 locals recommend
Abbotsford Convent
1 St Heliers St
280 locals recommend
The Abbotsford Convent is an arts precinct with plenty of galleries, cafe's, arts organisations, clothes markets, farmers markets etc. A great place to go on the weekend.
This gallery space will usually have projections on in the window at night. Always an interesting array of artists exhibiting inside too.
9 locals recommend
SEVENTH
215 Church Street
9 locals recommend
This gallery space will usually have projections on in the window at night. Always an interesting array of artists exhibiting inside too.
Excellent selection of movies.
321 locals recommend
Cinema Nova
380 Lygon St
321 locals recommend
Excellent selection of movies.
Cultural epicentre of food, arts, events, galleries.
797 locals recommend
Federation Square
797 locals recommend
Cultural epicentre of food, arts, events, galleries.
Best little venue for local bands from jazz, gypsy, bluegrass, old time, folk, improv, experimental.
53 locals recommend
Open Studio Cocktails & Live Music
204 High St
53 locals recommend
Best little venue for local bands from jazz, gypsy, bluegrass, old time, folk, improv, experimental.
Often has free music events in summer.
33 locals recommend
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Linlithgow Avenue
33 locals recommend
Often has free music events in summer.

Everything Else

Whether you're a child or not, this is a really lovely place to visit. Cows, donkeys, pigs, chickens, peacocks right in the middle of the city. Also has a great cafe with excellent food and coffee.
181 locals recommend
Collingwood Children's Farm
18 St Heliers St
181 locals recommend
Whether you're a child or not, this is a really lovely place to visit. Cows, donkeys, pigs, chickens, peacocks right in the middle of the city. Also has a great cafe with excellent food and coffee.
A lovely place to take a stroll, soak up some sun or walk through the gardens in to the city.
227 locals recommend
Fitzroy Gardens Playground
Wellington Parade
227 locals recommend
A lovely place to take a stroll, soak up some sun or walk through the gardens in to the city.
Very deep and relaxing. Bookings taken at short notice.
40 Smith St
Very deep and relaxing. Bookings taken at short notice.
Great selection of classes for a good stretch and a variety of excellent health practitioners.
13 locals recommend
Gertrude Street Yoga Studio
202 Gertrude St
13 locals recommend
Great selection of classes for a good stretch and a variety of excellent health practitioners.
A Melbourne icon. Great books, magazines, music.
74 locals recommend
Readings Carlton
309 Lygon St
74 locals recommend
A Melbourne icon. Great books, magazines, music.
A really lovely public garden. Walk through Fitzroy Gardens and across Treasury to arrive at Fed Square and FLinders St Station in less than 20 minutes.
40 locals recommend
Old Treasury Building
20 Spring Street
40 locals recommend
A really lovely public garden. Walk through Fitzroy Gardens and across Treasury to arrive at Fed Square and FLinders St Station in less than 20 minutes.
Heaps of lovely picnic spots and loads of gorgeous pockets of the gardens to explore.
1262 locals recommend
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
1262 locals recommend
Heaps of lovely picnic spots and loads of gorgeous pockets of the gardens to explore.
The closest, cheapest and best laundromat with very good music to listen to while you wait.
16 locals recommend
My Beautiful Laundrette
153 Brunswick St
16 locals recommend
The closest, cheapest and best laundromat with very good music to listen to while you wait.
Awesome artist run initiative featuring art exhibitions and music.
Conduit Arts Initiative
83 Brunswick St
Awesome artist run initiative featuring art exhibitions and music.
Nearest post office.
7 locals recommend
Australia Post - Collingwood Post Shop
186-188 Smith St
7 locals recommend
Nearest post office.
Another post office nearby.
Australia Post Fitzroy South LPO
54 Brunswick St
Another post office nearby.

Essentials

FOE is a great place to get vegies and bulk wholefood produce. They also knock out a delicious organis vegie lunch every day.
14 locals recommend
Friends of the Earth Melbourne Food Coop
312 Smith St
14 locals recommend
FOE is a great place to get vegies and bulk wholefood produce. They also knock out a delicious organis vegie lunch every day.
Best hommous on the planet! Also great haloumi, fetta, vegies, nuts, turkish delight, halva, fresh juices, bread, eggs. Pretty much anything you need they have it. At a great price too.
152 Smith St
152 Smith Street
Best hommous on the planet! Also great haloumi, fetta, vegies, nuts, turkish delight, halva, fresh juices, bread, eggs. Pretty much anything you need they have it. At a great price too.
Fresh organic produce, bulk grains organis wine etc.
29 locals recommend
Organic Wholefoods Fitzroy
277 Smith St
29 locals recommend
Fresh organic produce, bulk grains organis wine etc.
My local bakery. Huge selection of gluten free breads, sandwiches, pizza's, cookies, brownies, pies. Nom nom nom.
42 locals recommend
Fatto a Mano
228 Gertrude St
42 locals recommend
My local bakery. Huge selection of gluten free breads, sandwiches, pizza's, cookies, brownies, pies. Nom nom nom.

Shopping

Dangerous to step inside this place. So much good music!
TITLE Store
183 Gertrude St
Dangerous to step inside this place. So much good music!
Locally designed and made clothes and accessories.
Queen Clothing
71 Smith Street
Locally designed and made clothes and accessories.
Need a dapper hat? Michael will sort you out.
235 Gertrude St
235 Gertrude Street
Need a dapper hat? Michael will sort you out.
Great range of organic produce.
38 locals recommend
Aunt Maggie's Fitzroy
188 Gertrude St
38 locals recommend
Great range of organic produce.
Sweet little tea shop.
7 locals recommend
Storm in a Teacup
48A Smith St
7 locals recommend
Sweet little tea shop.