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From BYO nights to happy hour, cheap steak to gnocchi, plus more tips for budget eats and drinks around Melbourne in Richmond, Footscray, Melbourne CBD, South Yarra and more.

When will our hospitality heroes get a reprieve? First the pandemic, then a crippling staff drought and now the Prime Minister has said our inner-city wine bars will have no part in the fight for climate change. Which is a shame. Because Melbournes wine bars are not really bars at all; more restaurant-bar hybrids that champion concepts of sustainability, low waste and small-scale food and wine production. Look at Embla, Old Palm Liquor and Marion. Their support of regional businesses is pretty ...