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Lasagne Lab is serving four different lasagnes in a deep-fried “pasta pocket”.

Novelty or necessity? Our verdict on Melbourne’s new lasagne pocket sandwiches

The creator has never seen anything like them in Italy, and they’re billed as “Australia’s first lasagne sandwich”. But does anyone need a lasagne you can eat with your hands?

  • Tomas Telegramma and Daniela Frangos
Pioneering restaurateur Doreen Orsatti of Chianti Restaurant.

Pioneering restaurateur who shaped Sydney’s Italian dining scene dies at 93

Doreen Orsatti wasn’t born into an Italian household, but she cultivated a fine-tuned nose for the cuisine.

  • Scott Bolles
Si Paradiso’s kitchen team of Ben Ing and Larissa Goncalves.
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New talent and an ex-Noma head chef sees Beaufort Street fave ready for a new chapter

Pizza and party, long lunches and lo-fi wines: la dolce vita takes many forms at Si Paradiso.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
The lasagne is made from a recipe handed down from Nick Giannopoulos’ grandmother.

‘Always order the lasagne’: The inner-west 20-seater locals can’t get enough of

A serious snack section leads the menu at Sippenham in Sydenham, which was built on a passion for music, food and community.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Decca restaurant in Alphington.
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Locals are flocking to Italian restaurant Decca, where a top chef is dishing his greatest hits

Restaurateur and former Tonka and Coda chef Adam D’Sylva leans into his heritage and plates up an eclectic menu of pasta and curry.

  • Dani Valent
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Bistecca al pepe - eye fillet steak topped with a pepper sauce-filled raviolo - at Gambino restaurant in Glen Waverley.
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Bet you’ve never had steak and pepper sauce like this before, Melbourne

Gambino restaurant and rooftop bar brings tricksy Italian dishes and Big Night Out energy to the ’burbs.

  • Dani Valent
D.O.C’s soppressa pizza with pesto di casa.

D.O.C Pizza & Mozzarella Bar

One of Melbourne’s most iconic spots for wood-fired pizza.

Crab spaghetti with fermented chilli and lemon crumb is a Via Porta favourite that’s come across to Lucci.

An Italian sibling squad lights up Ivanhoe with their latest venue

The family behind Via Porta in Melbourne’s east have created another stunning space for big flavours and warm hospitality. And it’s set to add spark to a sleepy strip.

  • Daniela Frangos
Outside the shop, where sunny streetside seating is available.

Deli Boy

An Italian-Spanish deli serving filled focaccia, pintxos and more opposite South Melbourne Market.

  • Emily Holgate
Giuseppe’s tiramisu.
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In a city with too many tiramisus on menus, this is the original (and perhaps the best)

Blackboard specials, a serious meat-slicer and a legendary dessert: tick, tick, tick. Cicci is the cosiest of cosy neighbourhood trattorias.

  • Callan Boys