Melbourne's original creative suburb: brick terrace rows, vintage shops on Smith Street, a natural wine bar every block and the brunch cafe as a serious daily institution.
Food experience in Fitzroy
Private Melbourne: Fitzroy, Collingwood, Culture, Coffee, History
Order Seasonal raw bar plate and house bread with cultured butter
Bar Liberty in Fitzroy holds one Good Food Guide hat: Melbourne's natural-wine bistro of record, with small plates, biodynamic pours and a polished kitchen.
Order Seasonal raw oysters and the cheese course
Bar Liberty in Fitzroy holds one Good Food Guide hat: Melbourne's best natural-wine bistro with seasonal small plates and a list that rewards exploration.
Order Experimental filter and espresso menu
Industry Beans in a Fitzroy warehouse combines roastery and flagship cafe: a seasonal brunch menu alongside a coffee bar pushing processing and brew methods.
Order Classic croissant with cultured butter
Lune Croissanterie in Fitzroy is Kate Reid's engineering-informed pastry project: technically exacting croissants cited among the world's best by food media.
On this list, shown aboveIndustry Beans
Neighbourhood Wine in Fitzroy North fills a double-fronted terrace with Victorian producers and low-intervention pours from a thoughtful and well-priced list.
Blackhearts and Sparrows is Melbourne's best independent bottle shop for discovering something new: natural and biodynamic wines across six Melbourne stores.
The Builders Arms on Gertrude Street does a double life as a local pub and a seriously chosen wine room: natural bottles, good food and a courtyard.
Marion on Gertrude Street is the Fitzroy neighbourhood wine bar: an ever-changing natural wine list and snacks designed around what was opened.
Also on this listBar Liberty
Drink Seasonal bartender's choice cocktail
Black Pearl on Brunswick Street has been named among the world's best bars: serious craft cocktails in a Fitzroy corner pub built around technique above.
Drink House vermouth and soda with olive
Naked for Satan on Brunswick Street is the Fitzroy rooftop bar: pintxos, cheap vermut and a top-level terrace that draws weekend queues from midday onwards.
Order Huxtaburger with American cheese and pickles
Huxtaburger on Smith Street launched Melbourne's smash burger era in 2012: the double patty, American cheese and secret sauce that started the city format.
Tallboy and Moose in Northcote makes unconventional craft beer: hazy IPAs, session lagers and some of the city's most distinctive can packaging.
Rose Street Artists Market in Fitzroy runs weekends with independent makers and street food: the inner north's Saturday institution for craft and culture.
Free to Feed in Northcote runs cooking classes taught by newly arrived migrants and asylum seekers: regional cuisines, genuine hospitality and a social.
Lune Croissanterie in Fitzroy offers croissant-making workshops on laminated dough technique, beurrage and the science behind the world-famous croissants.
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Evie's Disco Diner on Gertrude Street is the Fitzroy disco-diner: American comfort plates and cocktails in a converted ironworks open until 1am Fri-Sat.
Naked for Satan's rooftop deck above Brunswick Street is Fitzroy's most-used outdoor drinking terrace: vermouth, pintxos and a city skyline view from a building that feels like it should charge more than it does.
The Attic above Black Pearl is Melbourne's most refined small bar: a 20-seat upstairs room at one of the world's best-rated bars, accessible only through the ground-floor venue, with a cocktail list built for unhurried drinking.
The Old Bar on Johnston Street is Fitzroy's authentic dive: live bands most nights from local and touring acts, sticky floors, a pool table and a crowd that knows the difference between a venue that has character and one that has only designed itself to look like it does.
