Published every Thursday, Snack Bar is a bite-sized guide to everything happening in Melbourne food and drink, including new menus, events, pop-ups and special offers. Plus, we round up every new restaurant, bar and cafe we covered over the previous seven days.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s on around town<\/p>\n
\u2022 Collingwood Japanese restaurant Chotto Motto and Indonesian-accented sanga joint Warkop have teamed up for a three-day collab. Specifically, a sweet and spicy soft shell crab roll. It consists of tempura-battered soft shell crab, crispy chilli hot honey caramel, fennel salad and sauce verte on a potato roll. Available September 4\u20136 at Warkop Melbourne<\/a> and Richmond<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 \u201cMaking Swan Street lit again, one charcoal barbeque at a time\u201d \u2013 that\u2019s the tagline for Masterchef runner-up Petro Papathomas\u2019s weekend pop-up at Hugo\u2019s Deli<\/a>. He\u2019ll be cooking one-off sheftalia (Cypriot sausage) muffins with pomegranate molasses, cumin salt and harissa butter. 8am until sold out, September 5 & 6 at Hugo\u2019s Deli, Richmond.<\/p>\n \u2022 Smith & Daughters is reserving the first Sunday of every month for Spanish long lunches \u2013 starting this weekend. Book in for a generous set menu alongside live music and big, shareable jugs of cocktails and wine. The convivial vibe is specifically for lingering. $80 per person. 12pm, September 6 at Smith & Daughters, Collingwood. Book here<\/a> and see the menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 Trisha Greentree is one of Sydney\u2019s finest chefs. She currently steers the ship at Potts Point Italian institution Fratelli Paradiso. Andrew McConnell\u2019s Cumulus is bringing her to town for a four-course set menu. Highlights include potato doughnuts with anchovy, a green and white asparagus salad, and saffron risotto with roasted scallops. <\/a>$150 per person. 6pm, September 8 at Cumulus Inc, Melbourne. Book here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2022 Rolo\u2019s Pizza Club is coming to Hot Listed<\/a> brewery Molly Rose<\/a>. Nama\u2019s Geoff Marett and Raph Hyams are popping up with a menu of four pizzas and four snacks, paired with special drinks from the brewery. The duo\u2019s take on the margherita features smoked olive oil, parmesan and black pepper. Other options include stracciatella and hot honey; zucchini and \u2019nduja with pine nut pangrattato; and a very intriguing prawn and nori pizza that speaks to Nama\u2019s Japanese roots. <\/a>From 4pm, September 11 at Molly Rose, Collingwood. Bookings are essential<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2022 If you\u2019re old enough (50-ish), you might recall spending Friday nights at Preston Market. For the rest of us, it\u2019s a complete novelty. This spring the sprawling site is putting on three hours of food, live music, pop-up stalls and kids\u2019 activities<\/a>. Acts appearing at Night Festival include Jessica Wilson<\/a> of Fools and Ventura, Latinx DJ collective Bellaqueo<\/a> and Sri Lankan band Dynamics<\/a>. 6pm\u20139pm, September 11 at Preston Market. See the full list of participating traders here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 Hot Listed<\/a> wine bar Public Wine Shop<\/a> has a knack for hiring the most interesting chefs\u2019-favourite-chef types in the country. And when it can\u2019t hire them, it brings them in for one-off events. On September 13 the name is Aaron Turner, the lauded chef behind Geelong restaurants Igni, Songbird, Tacos y Liquor and Hot Chicken Project. He\u2019ll cook a four-course lunch menu. $95 per person. <\/a>1pm, September 13 at Public Wine Shop, Fitzroy North. Book here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2022 Greek wines are easy to find and drink in Melbourne, if we\u2019re talking about classic varieties like assyrtiko. Nice Eyes Wines is an importer that deals only with the country\u2019s most exciting emerging winemakers, and it\u2019s bringing that knowledge to Tzaki for a one-night dinner. There are just 34 seats available across two seatings, which include four courses by head chef Yianni Papanatsios, plus matched wines. $110 per person. 5.30pm and 8.30pm, September 15 at Tzaki, Yarraville. Book here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 Mesa Verde and Nama\u2019s Mexican-Japanese dinner for our second Dine Out festival was such a hit, they\u2019re bringing it back<\/a> less than three months later. Book now for a four-course, six-dish menu paired with free-flowing magnums of sak\u00e9. $94 per person. 7pm, September 17 at Mesa Verde, Melbourne. Book here<\/a>.<\/p>\n New openings we covered this week<\/p>\n \u2022 Afloat, Melbourne<\/a>. The city\u2019s favourite floating bar has launched for another season with Baklava Negronis and Greek island vibes.<\/p>\n \u2022 Bar Gabi, Yarraville<\/a>. Fine-diner Navi is about to welcome a sister to the world. Chef Julian Hills and his team are a month off opening the two-storey, charcoal-powered restaurant and bar on Anderson Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2022 Bar Tenko, Brunswick East<\/a>. A sommelier with two decades of experience is behind this Japanese wine bar, where you can pair udon carbonara with rare sak\u00e9 and \u201cphenomenal wine\u201d .<\/p>\n \u2022 Itera, Brunswick<\/a>. The Kudo team has brought its breads and gluten-free canel\u00e9s to a full-size bakery in the former Hard Yakka factory.<\/p>\n \u2022 Nina, Northcote<\/a>. Less than 18 months after opening Suze in Fitzroy North, Giulia Giorgetti and Steve Harry are expanding with handmade pastas, classic spritzes and 20 wines by the glass.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2022 Scroll Lab, Brunswick West<\/a>. Melbourne\u2019s scroll craze might have peaked. But this experienced newcomer isn\u2019t worried, thanks to flavours like Thai milk tea with crispy rice and palm-sugar caramel, and Vegemite with honey, parmesan and olive oil in laminated croissant dough.<\/p>\n \u2022 Better Now Bakes, Brunswick East<\/a>. Great Australian Bake Off\u2019s Jai Johns has opened a vegan bakery with za\u2019atar scrolls, Persian love cakes and glossy miso-caramel apple turnovers.<\/p>\n Closures<\/p>\n \u2022 Mensho Tokyo Ramen in the CBD has mysteriously shut<\/a>.<\/p>\n Other food and drink news<\/p>\n \u2022 20 years on, is Bar Lourinh\u00e3 Melbourne\u2019s most consistent restaurant<\/a>?<\/p>\n \u2022 The 26 hottest dishes in Melbourne right now<\/a>. We asked Suze, Taqueria Sin Nombre, Daybaker and more what their customers can\u2019t stop ordering. From a coffee-braised pork cheek to cereal milk croissants and roast duck dishes, here\u2019s what they said.<\/p>\n \u2022 Where Chefs Eat: Melbourne\u2019s best ice-cream and gelato, according to 23 top chefs.<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Where Chefs Eat: Zareh head chef Josh Fry loves this one-man kitchen that\u2019s like \u201cyou\u2019re in his living room\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Beef smash burgers are everywhere in Melbourne. This pickle dust chicken smash burger <\/a>is something fresh.<\/p>\n