The former home of once-loved, now-gone Michael The Deli at 50 Leeds Street, Footscray, is getting a revamp and a new life.
According to the building permit notification in the window, the new business here will be “a cafe during the day” and “a bistro during evening hours specialising in European cuisine”.
How intriguing!
In Stephen Street, Yarraville, the old takeaway shop at No.127 (opposite Yarraville Village Animal Hospital) is getting a makeover that definitely suggests “cafe”.
I am reliably informed this will be a second cafe for the owners of the popular and classy Kodama Coffee in Williamstown.
I wonder what’s become of the shark?
On Vernon Street in Kingsville, Dukkah has opened – though I’m told they won’t be running at full strength until a week or so into the new year.
The menu has the expected Middle-Eastern content, but also some touches of North African/Moroccan that have us even keener to try.
Review/story coming!
Get updates here.
At Central West in Braybrook, the ongoing saga of the fresh produce space will see an outlet of the Sacca’s chain “opening soon”.
In Moonee Ponds, the former home of the Ripples F&C joint – subject of the first ever CTS story – is being remade.
It will be taken over by Gourmet Kitchen Cooking School, which has been living a few doors away for years.
Right next door, Kingyo Izakaya has opened.
Run by the same folks who captain I Dream Of Sushi, also on Margaret Street, I’m told it’ll be more along the lines of grills/Japanese “tapas”.
Also in Moonee Ponds, the Pratt Street place once home to a Chinese eatery and (before that) a branch of China Bar, is now Dee Dee Thai Cuisine.
What looks like it may be a temple of mediocrity surprises Bennie and I when we drop in for lunch.
Choosing from the $15 lunch deal menu (which includes a can of soft drink), we are delighted by the sticky, rich panangĀ beef curry with rice and …
… the papaya salad with Dee Dee wings.
Fresh, good, cheap.
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50 leeds one to watch for.yummy euro
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footscray leedsš
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holiday surprises!
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soone tha expected.why leeds st,not my first option,but like euro peeking out in leeds st
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is this another of your invisible rest charging Euro the coffee!
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great leeds st needs good European cafe.
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we welcome this,,good for multicultural footscray
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ALL new openings listed the bloger we welcome.
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wonderful news. in 282 springvale rd is nice too.50 leeds st will be memory too.congratulations,gopd place to footscrayš
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282 springvale rd is good pho.good words zakaria.
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portions is large.best vietnam cuisine in springvale
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128 mitchell st maidstone,little hipster gem wow!!
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Do bots write the comments on this site? Half of them make no sense.
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Hi Luke! No bots here! The wordpress boffins – who provide the platform for me and countless bloggers around the world to use – are way smarter than that. The posts to which you refer come from Consider The Sauce readers and fans in non-Anglo Melbourne, many of them Somalian, though there are others, too. They come here because CTS has championed the cause of Somalian eateries in the west as well as many others that get no coverage from any other media in Melbourne. And, yes, they do have their own idiosyncratic style.
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Ahh. Makes sense then. Keep up the great work promoting the Somalian eateries. They make great food!
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sorry luke,yes it sometimes makes no sense,alot of it community food chat.if you want try somalian food there is plenty cafes in flemington.
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Gourmet Kitchen is Open The Food was Amazing, Beautiful Venue and Very Friendly Staff.
awesome addition to Moonee ponds.
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