Guidebook for Brunswick
Food Scene
Wide Open Road
274 Barkly StGreat coffee and vibe, delicious fresh breakfasts.
Green Field Restaurant
376-378 Sydney RdCheap and cheerful, fresh and delicious Vietnamese food.
Quirky, character filled atmosphere, great drinks and delicious food.
52 locals recommend
The Brunswick Mess Hall
400 Sydney RdQuirky, character filled atmosphere, great drinks and delicious food.
A local landmark, a hidden gem, in amongst a host of other fascinating and cultural shops, well worth the short tram ride up Sydney Road, or the 25 minute walk. Fantastic and authentic Lebanese food at a budget price.
81 locals recommend
A1 Bakery
643-645 Sydney RdA local landmark, a hidden gem, in amongst a host of other fascinating and cultural shops, well worth the short tram ride up Sydney Road, or the 25 minute walk. Fantastic and authentic Lebanese food at a budget price.
Shopping
Really handy shopping centre with two supermarkets, fresh food, K Mart, cafes and fast food outlets.
160 locals recommend
Barkly Square
90-106 Sydney RdReally handy shopping centre with two supermarkets, fresh food, K Mart, cafes and fast food outlets.
Essentials
Really handy shopping centre with two supermarkets, fresh food, K Mart, cafes and fast food outlets.
Barkly Street
Barkly StreetReally handy shopping centre with two supermarkets, fresh food, K Mart, cafes and fast food outlets.
A very handy organic wholefoods story 5 mins away, with organic sour dough, coffee and a wide range of groceries and others things you'd expect in a big wholefoods store.
10 locals recommend
Pachamama Wholefoods + Kitchen
74-78 Sydney RdA very handy organic wholefoods story 5 mins away, with organic sour dough, coffee and a wide range of groceries and others things you'd expect in a big wholefoods store.
Getting Around
Five minute walk, trains every 20 minutes, you're into the city in 13 minutes.
40 locals recommend
Jewell Station
Five minute walk, trains every 20 minutes, you're into the city in 13 minutes.
Parks & Nature
The zoo is a 15 minute walk through parkland, and there you see all the wonders of nature from cute as buttons meerkats to roos and tigers and butterflies.
389 locals recommend
Melbourne Zoo
Elliott AvenueThe zoo is a 15 minute walk through parkland, and there you see all the wonders of nature from cute as buttons meerkats to roos and tigers and butterflies.
This oval is 300 metres away and if the beginning of parklands that stretch for acres and acres, to the edge of the city, North Melbourne, the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Royal Children's hospital, the Zoo and Royal Park.
McAlister Oval
750 Park StThis oval is 300 metres away and if the beginning of parklands that stretch for acres and acres, to the edge of the city, North Melbourne, the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Royal Children's hospital, the Zoo and Royal Park.
This park has some beautiful fountains and manicured gardens, it has Ikon Park where they play women AFL and leads onto the Melbourne Cemetery.
121 locals recommend
Princes Park
200-590 Bowen CresThis park has some beautiful fountains and manicured gardens, it has Ikon Park where they play women AFL and leads onto the Melbourne Cemetery.
Arts & Culture
Readings is a Melbourne literary institution and your quintessential brilliantly stocked bookstore. It now has a separate store next door dedicated to children's books.
74 locals recommend
Readings Carlton
309 Lygon StReadings is a Melbourne literary institution and your quintessential brilliantly stocked bookstore. It now has a separate store next door dedicated to children's books.