Food & restaurants
Melbourne is well known for its variety of food and restaurants. Most supermarkets stock many foodstuffs including specialty items used in Chinese, Greek, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish cooking. Melbourne also has numerous specialty grocery stores. For detailed information on specialty food shops please visit http://www.melbourne.citysearch.com.au/.
Melbourne is also home of a number of markets including the Queen Victoria Market. The market is centrally located (5 minutes walk from business school) and stocks fresh fish, vegetables, grains and meat. The market is open on Tuesdays and from Thursdays to Sundays.
Melbourne is home to many excellent restaurants and has a thriving café culture. Eating out is a great way to socialize with your class mates. For more information please refer to http://www.visitvictoria.com/. Numerous cafes and restaurants are grouped along the following streets:
- Little Bourke Street: Chinatown is full of enticing restaurants. (15 minutes walk from MBS)
- Little Collins Street: Patisseries and cafes abound along the street and in the arcades running off the street. (15 minutes walk from MBS).
- Southbank Promenade: A variety of river front dares and restaurants with street performers, the city skyline and a view of the Yarra River. (20 minutes walk from MBS)
- Fitzroy and Acland Streets, St Kilda: Home of some of the best cake shops in Melbourne, a cosmopolitan area with trendy cafes and wine bars. (30 minutes by tram from MBS)
- Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: Pubs, bars and stylish cafes line this Latin and Bohemian area. (20 minutes by tram from MBS)
- Smith Street , Collingwood: Inexpensive Asian, Greet, Moroccan and Middle Eastern cuisine. (20 minutes by tram from MBS)
- Lygon Street , Carlton : the ‘little Italy' of Melbourne with many restaurants, cafes and coffee bars. (5-10 minutes walk from MBS)
- Victoria Street , Richmond: the home of Vietnamese food culture in Melbourne. (15 minutes by tram from MBS)
- Nelson Place, Williamstown: Coffee bars, cafes and restaurants in a maritime setting. (30 minutes drive from MBS)
