Rosa's Canteen

Simple, fresh dishes may be found at this cozy bistro. Produce cultivated on chef and owner Rosa Mitchell's family property or gathered from the gardens of her friends and family is used in the dishes. With sweeping views across the dome of the adjacent Supreme Court, this light-filled area is located in the city's judicial sector. Mitchell's Sicilian-inspired cuisine emphasizes basic, yet flavorful cooking, earning it a spot on the 2019 delicious 100 lists and the Good Food Guide's 2022 ranking.

Rosa's Kitchen's founding ideas reside here. The biggest distinction is a snack-friendly cuisine tailored for the wig-heavy law neighborhood, which specializes in lunch and beverages. There's always a special, and the fritters change daily, but it's comforting to know that the chicken livers – finely chopped and fried with onion, bay leaf, and marsala, stacked on oiled croutons like meaty mushroom duxelles – are always available. Or the beef carpaccio, which has crimson slices of flesh served at room temperature with capers, parmesan curls, silverbeet leaves, and a creamy horseradish sauce.

Location: The Court, Level 1, Corner of Little Bourke & Thomson Street, Little Bourke Street, CBD, Melbourne Victoria 3000

Website: rosascanteen.com.au