Guidebook for Footscray
Food Scene
Great coffee and breakfasts/lunches. Only a few metres from our place.
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West 48
48 Essex StGreat coffee and breakfasts/lunches. Only a few metres from our place.
Japanese restaurant and takeaway. The pork belly bento is awesome! Just over the road, nice selection of Japanese beers if you're eating in.
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Ebi Fine foods
18A Essex StJapanese restaurant and takeaway. The pork belly bento is awesome! Just over the road, nice selection of Japanese beers if you're eating in.
Excellent coffee! Pretty good breakfasts/lunches too.
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Common Galaxia
130 Victoria StExcellent coffee! Pretty good breakfasts/lunches too.
The Little Man Cafe
158 Victoria StMore good coffee!
Roti Road
193 Barkly StExcellent Malaysian restaurant.
A social enterprise vegetarian restaurant. No prices, pay what you think is appropriate (or what you can afford).
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Lentil As Anything, Footscray
229-233 Barkly StA social enterprise vegetarian restaurant. No prices, pay what you think is appropriate (or what you can afford).
Drinks & Nightlife
Friendly gastropub with contemporary Australian menu and good beer and wine selection.
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Plough Hotel
333 Barkly StFriendly gastropub with contemporary Australian menu and good beer and wine selection.
Taco Tuesdays - $3 tacos and $3 beers! Also a great live music venue - music in the front bar some nights and a full-on band room out the back. Favourite pub in the area.
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Reverence Hotel
Taco Tuesdays - $3 tacos and $3 beers! Also a great live music venue - music in the front bar some nights and a full-on band room out the back. Favourite pub in the area.
A new bar in the area. Friendly vibe, asian inspired tapas. Where all of Footscray's hipsters hang!
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Littlefoot Bar
223 Barkly StA new bar in the area. Friendly vibe, asian inspired tapas. Where all of Footscray's hipsters hang!
A nice little bar with a huge wine selection. All wines are for sale to take home end enjoy also.
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Seddon Wine Store
101 Victoria StA nice little bar with a huge wine selection. All wines are for sale to take home end enjoy also.
Essentials
Full size supermarket within walking distance. Open until around 9pm each day.
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Sims West Footscray
Full size supermarket within walking distance. Open until around 9pm each day.
Sightseeing
Home of the Melbourne Cup - Australia's biggest and richest horse race.
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Flemington Racecourse
Home of the Melbourne Cup - Australia's biggest and richest horse race.
Arts & Culture
Art gallery, theatre space, cafe on site. FCAC has classes in many of the arts. Worth a visit, there's usually something on show.
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Footscray Community Arts Centre
45 Moreland StArt gallery, theatre space, cafe on site. FCAC has classes in many of the arts. Worth a visit, there's usually something on show.