

You need to know where to find the city’s tastiest restaurants, hippest bars, and most beloved coffee shops. Plus, why use Yelp to search the best on the block when you could have the best in the city? That’s why the Venue Report snagged the best in the business to tell you what places you can’t miss and why. Behold Melbourne’s thorough and wondrous City Guide by Taylor Beaumont-Whiteley, curator & purveyor of the city's best cheap eats, drinks and must-do's from the website The Melbourne Cheapskate.
Written by Jake Kilroy
Tucked just off Chapel St is Abstract 157.
Hate visiting a restaurant and leaving hungry? Father’s Office, a 1920’s styled bar with a beautiful view of the State Library.
Smith St is home to many incredible bars, one of which is Forester’s Hall, a prohibition styled venue that has the perfect soundtrack for jazz lover.
Home to one of the best beer gardens in Melbourne, The Penny Black is a Brunswick icon. This former post office is now a super relaxed bar that puts on free gigs and cranks out cheap feeds.
Enjoy your drinks with a view of the city? The European Bier Café has half price tap beer every Monday on their massive CBD rooftop.
There are some days when the only food we want is fried. Mr Scruff’s on Smith St have mastered the art of dude-food with their selection of burgers, chips, fried chicken and nachos.