There’s a cosy retro hideaway cafe, a second location of a popular south-east sandwich deli, and a hard-to-find bakery with Paris-meets-Tokyo style.

There’s a cosy retro hideaway cafe, a second location of a popular south-east sandwich deli, and a hard-to-find bakery with Paris-meets-Tokyo style.

You could visit Cote Basque five times and feel you’ve eaten at five different restaurants.

You could visit Cote Basque five times and feel you’ve eaten at five different restaurants.

Pub classics with a Swiss touch.

Pub classics with a Swiss touch.

A beacon of slow-fermented sourdough and pastries.

A beacon of slow-fermented sourdough and pastries.

Lobster rolls, steak frites and a raw bar join the culinary line-up this year, while a big local restaurant group is making a splash.

Lobster rolls, steak frites and a raw bar join the culinary line-up this year, while a big local restaurant group is making a splash.

In an exclusive sit-down interview, the prolific restaurateur talks about the busiest period of his career, including overhauling and opening two venues in 25 days, and why he had to dive back into tricky St Kilda.

Suburbia Deli’s sandwiches are “a perfect Melbourne story” between two slices of bread. And for Besha Rodell, they also take her straight back to New York’s delis.