Guidebook for Footscray

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Guidebook for Footscray

Food Scene

Great coffee and breakfasts/lunches. Only a few metres from our place.
23 locals recommend
West 48
48 Essex St
23 locals recommend
Great coffee and breakfasts/lunches. Only a few metres from our place.
Japanese restaurant and takeaway. The pork belly bento is awesome! Just over the road, nice selection of Japanese beers if you're eating in.
7 locals recommend
Ebi Fine foods
18A Essex St
7 locals recommend
Japanese restaurant and takeaway. The pork belly bento is awesome! Just over the road, nice selection of Japanese beers if you're eating in.
Excellent coffee! Pretty good breakfasts/lunches too.
25 locals recommend
Common Galaxia
130 Victoria St
25 locals recommend
Excellent coffee! Pretty good breakfasts/lunches too.
More good coffee!
8 locals recommend
The Little Man Cafe
158 Victoria St
8 locals recommend
More good coffee!
Excellent Malaysian restaurant.
26 locals recommend
Roti Road
193 Barkly St
26 locals recommend
Excellent Malaysian restaurant.
A social enterprise vegetarian restaurant. No prices, pay what you think is appropriate (or what you can afford).
21 locals recommend
Lentil As Anything, Footscray
229-233 Barkly St
21 locals recommend
A social enterprise vegetarian restaurant. No prices, pay what you think is appropriate (or what you can afford).

Drinks & Nightlife

Friendly gastropub with contemporary Australian menu and good beer and wine selection.
21 locals recommend
Plough Hotel
333 Barkly St
21 locals recommend
Friendly gastropub with contemporary Australian menu and good beer and wine selection.
Taco Tuesdays - $3 tacos and $3 beers! Also a great live music venue - music in the front bar some nights and a full-on band room out the back. Favourite pub in the area.
20 locals recommend
Reverence Hotel
20 locals recommend
Taco Tuesdays - $3 tacos and $3 beers! Also a great live music venue - music in the front bar some nights and a full-on band room out the back. Favourite pub in the area.
A new bar in the area. Friendly vibe, asian inspired tapas. Where all of Footscray's hipsters hang!
37 locals recommend
Littlefoot Bar
223 Barkly St
37 locals recommend
A new bar in the area. Friendly vibe, asian inspired tapas. Where all of Footscray's hipsters hang!
A nice little bar with a huge wine selection. All wines are for sale to take home end enjoy also.
27 locals recommend
Seddon Wine Store
101 Victoria St
27 locals recommend
A nice little bar with a huge wine selection. All wines are for sale to take home end enjoy also.

Essentials

Full size supermarket within walking distance. Open until around 9pm each day.
17 locals recommend
Sims West Footscray
17 locals recommend
Full size supermarket within walking distance. Open until around 9pm each day.

Sightseeing

Home of the Melbourne Cup - Australia's biggest and richest horse race.
271 locals recommend
Flemington Racecourse
271 locals recommend
Home of the Melbourne Cup - Australia's biggest and richest horse race.

Arts & Culture

Art gallery, theatre space, cafe on site. FCAC has classes in many of the arts. Worth a visit, there's usually something on show.
31 locals recommend
Footscray Community Arts Centre
45 Moreland St
31 locals recommend
Art gallery, theatre space, cafe on site. FCAC has classes in many of the arts. Worth a visit, there's usually something on show.