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Wheat
Ph: (03) 9642 0288; 534 Lonsdale St, Melbourne 3000
Italian, $$
Open mon-Thu 1am-5pm fri 7am-10pm; Licensed; EFT
Other published opinions
The Age Cheap Eats 2008 "You may well overhear tales of scandal and intrigue inside this swisho dining room as it's smack bang in the legal precinct"
The Age Cheap Eats 2007 "Say 'wheat', and rorts, wars and AWB deals spring to mind. But one meal here, with its dark banquettes, booths and stylish balsa candelabras, and you'll put those connotations back in the silo."
Age Epicure Unexplored Territory, Matt Preston, 16-5-06 "While Wheat's trade is primarily during the day, it is open on Friday evenings, when the place is as much a bar as a restaurant. Then the wine list of about 50 bottles, frull of dependable names, probably gets itheaviest work out. At lunch there are more than a dozen wines by the glass.Wheat's look is undeniably stylish. With a shiny, polished concrete floor flecked with black stone and muted olives, the space is dominated by an island bar fronted in rough-stacked sandstone. The banquettes are around the back, and wooden tables and cafe chairs in the front."
The Age Cheap Eats 2006 It might be situated in the old Wheat Board building, but there's nothing corny about this joint. Inside it's sleek and sophisticated, with polished concrete floors, a muted beige colour scheme, and coveted booths at the back.
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