Guidebook for Carlton North
Food Scene
Open all the time - great coffee, good (but slightly exy) food, nice friendly crew running it!
56 locals recommend
Park St
815 Nicholson StOpen all the time - great coffee, good (but slightly exy) food, nice friendly crew running it!
Green Park too busy, too noisy? Great place just around the corner - great sunny courtyard out the back.
30 locals recommend
Carolina
11 Nicholson StGreen Park too busy, too noisy? Great place just around the corner - great sunny courtyard out the back.
Great sushi - reasonably priced - atmosphere is OK, grab takeaway and head to the park!
14 locals recommend
Matsumoto Japanese Restaurant
48 Lygon StGreat sushi - reasonably priced - atmosphere is OK, grab takeaway and head to the park!
Great Mid Eastern food - not cheap but its worth it for a special occasion
65 locals recommend
Rumi Restaurant
2 Lygon StGreat Mid Eastern food - not cheap but its worth it for a special occasion
OK its owned by a celebrity TV chef - but its consistently great - some of the best Greek (.....OK Greek Cypriot) food in Melb. Worth the walk!
73 locals recommend
Hellenic Republic Brunswick
434 Lygon StOK its owned by a celebrity TV chef - but its consistently great - some of the best Greek (.....OK Greek Cypriot) food in Melb. Worth the walk!
It's small - but once you try the cakes and Italian pastries, baked goods you'll be hooked! A treasure of a place - one of Melb's best in our view!
35 locals recommend
Sugardough
163 Lygon StIt's small - but once you try the cakes and Italian pastries, baked goods you'll be hooked! A treasure of a place - one of Melb's best in our view!
OK its busy - but great place, ice peeps, excellent value, good coffee - very Sydney Rd, very Brunswick!
76 locals recommend
Green Refectory
115 Sydney RdOK its busy - but great place, ice peeps, excellent value, good coffee - very Sydney Rd, very Brunswick!
You'll swear you've been transported to the Mid-East - cheap, delicious Lebanese/Mid East food, great local (...can be noisy) scene, good coffee ($2.00!)
81 locals recommend
A1 Bakery
643-645 Sydney RdYou'll swear you've been transported to the Mid-East - cheap, delicious Lebanese/Mid East food, great local (...can be noisy) scene, good coffee ($2.00!)
AKA the Bangkok Butcher - great busy place to get your Thai on - a Brunswick institution.
34 locals recommend
Thaila Thai House Restaurant
82 Lygon StAKA the Bangkok Butcher - great busy place to get your Thai on - a Brunswick institution.
Gelobar
74 Lygon StGreat gelati/desert place - havent tried the restaurant however
Brewery has been there awhile but now there's a permanent food truck (a converted Silverstream doing a small TexMex menu) on site with a cool seated area that opens onto the street - Friday night and weekends only. Gets great reviews but haven't eaten there yet so please let us know if you do!
8 locals recommend
Thunder Road Brewery
130 Barkly StBrewery has been there awhile but now there's a permanent food truck (a converted Silverstream doing a small TexMex menu) on site with a cool seated area that opens onto the street - Friday night and weekends only. Gets great reviews but haven't eaten there yet so please let us know if you do!
Shopping
Melbourne's best bread? Maybe - but only if you like sour dough (that's all they do)
7 locals recommend
Natural Tucker Bakery
809 Nicholson StMelbourne's best bread? Maybe - but only if you like sour dough (that's all they do)
It's big, got everything - Coles/ Woollies, Booze, Fish, Chicken Man, Meat Guy, Kmart and J&B HiFi - we hate it, but we're glad its only 1 km away! Parking can drive you mad - walk or take the bikes!
160 locals recommend
Barkly Square
90-106 Sydney RdIt's big, got everything - Coles/ Woollies, Booze, Fish, Chicken Man, Meat Guy, Kmart and J&B HiFi - we hate it, but we're glad its only 1 km away! Parking can drive you mad - walk or take the bikes!
Essentials
Local grocery shop - good deli, not the cheapest but it's a nice 750 metre walk (go along the bike track East for 400m then turn south and you'll find it)
130 locals recommend
Piedimonte's Supermarket & Liquor, North Fitzroy
49A Best StLocal grocery shop - good deli, not the cheapest but it's a nice 750 metre walk (go along the bike track East for 400m then turn south and you'll find it)
Drinks & Nightlife
It's OK - bit of a beer barn, average food for the money - courtyard can be cool in winter (no sun late pm) and gets really busy.
39 locals recommend
Great Northern Hotel
644 Rathdowne StIt's OK - bit of a beer barn, average food for the money - courtyard can be cool in winter (no sun late pm) and gets really busy.
Better location/aspect than the Great Northern, food is slightly better - great location across from Curtain Square.
18 locals recommend
Kent Hotel
370 Rathdowne StBetter location/aspect than the Great Northern, food is slightly better - great location across from Curtain Square.
The Alderman
134 Lygon StIts hip, its cool - check it out
Pubs not your scene? Super cool local place for locals- but it can get busy! Great cocktails. great people watching on a warm night in the heart of Rathdowne Village.
73 locals recommend
Gerald's Bar
386 Rathdowne StPubs not your scene? Super cool local place for locals- but it can get busy! Great cocktails. great people watching on a warm night in the heart of Rathdowne Village.
OK its a step back in time - but the foods actually good (Italian home cooked) , its quiet, friendly and you'll feel like a local (....in 1975). One of the few owner operated pubs around untouched by gentrification! There's a pool table in the back and jukebox that does a nice line in hairspray rock anthems...Rock out! A retro gem.
18 locals recommend
Railway Hotel
35 Anderson StOK its a step back in time - but the foods actually good (Italian home cooked) , its quiet, friendly and you'll feel like a local (....in 1975). One of the few owner operated pubs around untouched by gentrification! There's a pool table in the back and jukebox that does a nice line in hairspray rock anthems...Rock out! A retro gem.