Da Bepi: Venetian Wine Bar -- New Restaurant in Brunswick (2026)

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Da Bepi: Venice on Sydney Road

There is a moment, standing at the bar at Da Bepi with a glass of skin-contact something-or-other and a plate of salt cod crostini, where Sydney Road disappears. The traffic noise fades. The tram bells stop. For a minute you are in a bacaro on a Venice side street, elbow to elbow with strangers who are all there for the same reason: good wine, good food, no fuss.

Garfield Pizzeria: Pizzas, Natural Wine, And Soft-Serve In A Heritage Building -- New Restaurant in Carlton (2026)

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Garfield Pizzeria: Lygon Street Gets Serious About Pizza Again

Lygon Street has a reputation problem. For decades it was Melbourne’s Italian strip – the street where you went for red-sauce pasta, cheap chianti, and the kind of dining that tourists loved and locals learned to avoid. In recent years, the better Italian cooking has migrated to Fitzroy, Northcote, and the inner west. Lygon Street became a punchline.

Garfield Pizzeria is part of the correction. Opened by Jamie Valmorbida – the person behind Pidapipo gelato, which proved that Lygon Street could still produce something world-class – Garfield occupies a restored heritage building at 293 Lygon Street. The offer is wood-fired pizzas, a natural wine bar, and a soft-serve window that tips a hat to Valmorbida’s gelato roots. It is the kind of venue that Lygon Street needed: serious about food, unstuffy about atmosphere, and priced fairly enough that Carlton locals will come more than once.

Wine-Bar on MELBZ

Da Bepi: Venetian Wine Bar -- New Restaurant in Brunswick (2026)

Da Bepi: Venice on Sydney Road

Garfield Pizzeria: Pizzas, Natural Wine, And Soft-Serve In A Heritage Building -- New Restaurant in Carlton (2026)

Garfield Pizzeria: Lygon Street Gets Serious About Pizza Again