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The Bar Crawl: Fitzroy North (illustration: Ol Elliot).

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Best bars in Fitzroy North

With homey wine bars punching above their weight and lived-in local haunts that have more than earned their stripes, Fitzroy North’s secret weapon is understated excellence.

The Footscray Bar Crawl (image: Ol Elliot).

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Best bars in Footscray

Over the last decade, Melbourne’s beloved west has become a magnet for cocktail, craft beer and natural wine drinkers alike.

Carlton North Bar Crawl including such favourites as Gerald's Bar, Henry Sugar and more

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Best bars in Carlton North

Leafy Carlton North is the perfect place for a weeknight wine – the canopied home of some of Melbourne’s best casual wine bars.

Fitzroy bar crawl: where the snacks are salty and bars are bountiful

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Best bars in Fitzroy

Greetings from Fitzroy: where the snacks are salty and bars are bountiful.

Collingwood: a one-time backwater turned nightlife wonderland.

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Best bars in Collingwood

Welcome to Collingwood: a one-time backwater turned nightlife wonderland

The upper end of the Melbourne CBD is a bar-goer's paradise.

Drink Victorian

The Bar Crawl: upper CBD

Congratulations, you have selected perhaps the richest bar crawl of this series.

It's time for a big trip to Chinatown with some of the best eats in Melbourne.

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The essential guide to Chinatown

Melbourne is home to the southern hemisphere’s oldest Chinatown, dating back to the gold rush, but Little Bourke Street and its tributaries are no yesteryear relic.