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MILAWA: Milawa
Cheese Factory Restaurant $$
Winery Restaurant
17 Milawa–Bobinawarrah Rd,
VIC 3678
Tel (03) 5727 3589
Amazing bread and handmade
cheese are just two of the
highlights served in this bright,
simple café. Pizzas and simple
bistro fare are also available.
Cheese tastings on request.
MILAWA: Patricia’s Table
Restaurant $$$
Modern Australian/French
Brown Brothers Winery,
239 Bobinawarrah Rd, VIC 3678
Spacious, modern interior of Ten Minutes by Tractor, Mornington Peninsula Tel (03) 5720 5540
Every dish at this family-owned
BEECHWORTH: DANDENONG RANGES: restaurant is designed to comple-
Provenance $$$ Café de Beaumarchais $ ment Brown Brothers’ own wine.
Modern Australian Café/French First-rate local barramundi and
86 Ford St, VIC 3747 Shop 1, 372 Mt Dandenong Tourist lamb on the menu. Booking
Tel (03) 5728 1786 Rd, Sassafras, VIC 3787 is essential.
Highly acclaimed restaurant in a Tel (03) 9755 1100
stately 1856 bank building with The dark, elegant decor MORNINGTON:
a shady courtyard. The old gold lends a Baroque edge to this The Rocks $$
vault is now a cellar, stocked inviting café. Fresh salads, filled Seafood
with fine Australian wines. baguettes and a wonderful 1 Schnapper Point Drive, VIC 3931
selection of cakes on offer. Try Tel (03) 5973 5599
BRIGHT: Coral Lee $ the pistachio and orange cake or This award-winning restaurant
Café indulge in a rich chocolate offers pleasant waterfront dining
8 Barnard St, VIC 3741 brownie served with cream. and contemporary dishes, with
Tel (03) 5755 5113 Wonderful coffee. an emphasis on fresh seafood
This friendly little café is a great and Asian flavours.
lunch spot. House specialities DANDENONG RANGES:
include a twice-baked cheese The General Food Store $ MORNINGTON PENINSULA:
soufflé, spicy sausages and Café Montalto Vineyard and
beetroot tart. Great retro feel. 377 Belgrave Gembrook Rd, Grove $$
Emerald, VIC 3782 Winery Restaurant
BRIGHT: Simone’s $$$ Tel (03) 5968 3580 33 Shoreham Rd, Red Hill, VIC 3937
Italian One of the best places in the Tel (03) 5989 8412
98 Gavan St, VIC 3741 area for coffee or a cooked Contemporary architecture
Tel (03) 5755 2266 breakfast. Good lunches and with French-inspired cuisine
Located in a renovated heritage cakes, too. The menu is updated and views over the olive
building. Signature dishes include monthly according to available grove, vineyard and gardens.
Umbrian-style home-made pasta, seasonal produce. Friendly staff. This is a picturesque spot for
rabbit, duck and Welsh black beef, a picnic, too.
enhanced by local produce such FALLS CREEK:
as wild spinach. Astra Lodge $$$ MORNINGTON PENINSULA:
Modern Australian Ten Minutes by Tractor $$$
BRUTHEN: Bullant Brewery $$ 5 Sitzmark St, VIC 3699 Winery Restaurant
Brewery/International Tel (03) 5758 3496 1333 Mornington Flinders Rd,
46 Main St, VIC 3885 Beautifully designed ski lodge Main Ridge, Red Hill, VIC 3928
Tel (03) 5157 5307 with a restaurant that uses locally Tel (03) 5989 6080
Cheerful contemporary café grown ingredients, such as bush Remarkable wine list with
decked out in timber and tomatoes and wild berries, to around 400 options from
corrugated iron. Serves tasty create delicious dishes. all over the world. The food is
bites such as cheese, rustic chips accomplished Modern Australian.
and pizza to accompany the LAKES ENTRANCE:
beers brewed on site. Ferrymans Seafood Café $$ NOOJEE:
Café The Toolshed $$
DINNER PLAIN: Graze $$$ Middle Boat Harbour, Princes Hwy, Bistro
Bistro VIC 3909 The Outpost Retreat,
Rundells Alpine Lodge, Tel (03) 5155 3000 38 Loch Valley Rd, VIC 3833
Big Muster Dr, VIC 3898 This floating café and restaurant Tel (03) 5628 9669
Tel (03) 5159 6422 is set among the fishing fleet of Noojee’s landmark watering
Appealing à la carte and tasting Lakes Entrance and offers the hole has an appealingly rustic
menus. After dinner, relax by the freshest seafood from the local feel and fare to match.
fire with a warming glass of area. Sit outside and admire the The lamb pot roast and hand-
schnapps from the Wildbrumby view while eating creative dishes crumbed chicken parmigiana
distillery in the Snowy Mountains. with prawns, calamari and fish. are always popular.
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