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A busy market with lanterns in the city.

The ultimate guide to Melbourne's best markets

Explore Melbourne's iconic markets.

Smiling vendor selling a range of pastries, dips and spreads at Queen Victoria Market.

Queen Victoria Market

This beloved Melbourne landmark is the largest open air market in the southern hemisphere.

Open street frontage of Spring Street Grocer.

Spring Street Grocer

Cheese, gelato, groceries, coffee and gourmet foods all under one roof.

A cubic loaf of bread

Where to buy Japanese milk bread in Melbourne

Find Melbourne's best Japanese cafes and bakeries serving fluffy white shokupan.

A large yellow market building outside some tram lines

A visitor's guide to Queen Victoria Market

Plan your day at Melbourne's most beloved open-air market.

The exterior of the cafe and cake shop Le Yeahllow, with people sitting outside on yellow benches and chairs on the city footpath, eating and drinking.

Le Yeahllow

This second Lt Bourke St branch serves artisan cake and coffee every day, for dine-in or to-go.

People seated at a table by a large window.

Captains of Industry

A laneway cafe, bar and retail space featuring handmade boots, an onsite barber and a jeweller.

Wide range of Asian sauces and condiments lining supermarket shelves.

Tokyo Hometown Japanese & Korean Supermarket

A great range of products from Japan, Malaysia and Asia including groceries, snacks and sweets.

Pair of hands pulling apart a plaited pastry that is covered in poppy-seeds, above a wooden tray that contains other sweet pastries.

Bread Club

North Melbourne bakery specialising in traditional French style sourdough and pastries.

Bags of fruit and nut chocolates on a shelf.

Koko Black

Luxury chocolate store located on the corner of Swanston and Collins streets.

Street entrance to the Melbourne Mixue shop with exterior signage visible, and a glimpse into the interior.

Mixue Bubble Tea

The viral Chinese bubble tea and ice cream shop is now in Melbourne.

The interior of a wine store with bottles of wine displayed on wooden shelves and benches.

Act of Wine

Boutique wine store selling natural wine, craft beer and small batch artisan spirits.

A Melbourne city laneway, with blurred pedestrians walking along it and past the exterior of BakeStand, a small bakery.

BakeStand

BakeStand is a cookie shop, serving Melbourne-style cookies.

The shopfront of Asian grocer, East West Marketplace.

East West Marketplace

Discount food and traditional Asian snacks.

Sweet products on display on a shop counter.

LeTAO

The first Australian boutique store from the famous Japanese dessert makers.

Exterior of Bill's Farm with man serving customers.

Bill's Farm

Delicatessen with farm-fresh and gourmet produce from Australia and around the world.

A woman (no head visible) carrying a Queen's Harvest tote bag over her shoulder touching a pyramid of oranges at a market stall.

Queen's Harvest

Offering an exceptional range of fresh fruit and vegetables,

A plate with three icing-topped cupcakes next to a box of branded cupcakes.

The Cupcake Queens

For people who are serious about cupcakes.

Exterior of the main entrance of the Queen Victoria Market, looking upwards.

Melbourne City Meats

Specialising in free-range chicken, juicy turkeys and locally-grown duck meat.

Display of blue and white ceramic teapots and mugs.

McIver's Coffee & Tea

A family-run coffee and tea shop, located in the Dairy Hall at the Queen Victoria Market since 1951.

Exquisite square of chocolate cake.

Le Petit Gateau

An indulgent French patisserie serving sweet and savoury treats.

Person scooping ice cream.

Ice cream

Gelato, sorbet or ice cream – find your favourite flavour at one the city's many ice cream stores.

Several custard-filled Italian bomboloni sweet pastries.

Baker D Chirico

Artisan bread and sweet and savoury pastries including Italian bomboloni.

The exterior of a deli with street art painted on the walls.

Melbourne’s best local delis and general stores

Find artisan cheese, fresh produce and loaded sandwiches from these local Melbourne delis.

Two square-shaped white appliances with black hot plates side by side on a wooden table, one with a silver bowl of ramen on it, a microwave on top of them both and a large water container beside.

Ilura Mart Asian Grocery Store

Welcome to your neighborhood Asian grocery and DIY Ramen Bar.

Brid's-eye of three cups of swirled yoghurt with various toppings.

llaollao QV

Europe's number 1 natural frozen yogurt comes to Melbourne.

Decorated cupcake.

Little Cupcakes

This bakers and frosters at on William Street lovingly handcraft their gourmet cupcakes daily.

Outside entrance to Books For Cooks store at Queen Victoria Market.

Books for Cooks

A specialist culinary bookstore at the Queen Victoria Market.

Interior of shop showing rows of large wooden wine barrels behind the shop counter with two staff members, and a shop patron sitting on a stool.

ReWine

An environmentally conscious bottleshop with barrels of Australian-made wines.

Close-up of round lemon tarts with pleated edges.

Maxims' Cakes & Pastry

No-frills Chinatown bakery famous for its egg custard tarts.

Seven assorted wines with colourful labels.

Parkhill Cellars

Find rare back vintages of wines, as well as craft beer and artisanal spirits.

Three iced cupcakes on a plate next to a box of cupcakes.

The Cupcake Queens

Baking and delivering thousands of cupcakes fresh every week.

Cake shop interior with orange walls, circular ceiling and display cases.

Le Yeahllow

Take a break from shopping and enjoy a cake and coffee in Collins Arcade.

Boxes and bags of chocolates.

The Chocolate Box

An Australian-owned gourmet chocolate store located in Collins Place.

Close-up of pieces of yellow cheese.

The Corner Larder

An expert cheese and deli at the Queen Victoria Market.

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Exterior sign for The Block Arcade.

Shopping

Discover Melbourne's best shopping, from laneway boutiques to elegant arcades and flagship stores.

Three different bao buns in a tray.

Dining events

Find the best food events in Melbourne, from food festivals to wine tastings and cooking classes.

Two sculptures either side of a low wooden chair, against aqua wall.

Kulture Garage

African arts and culture pop-up gallery and exhibition site.

Vintage photo of the Royal Botanic Gardens showing lawns, trees, and ornamental lake from A. W. Jessep 'A Descriptive Guide to the Botanic Gardens Melbourne' of 1951.

Guided by Jessep Walk, 75 Years On

Follow the walking routes set out by Alexander Jessep, former Director of Melbourne Botanic Gardens.