The Melbourne hospitality scene is always in flux. Here are the new venues we got excited about this month, and the ones we were sad to see go.

• First look: Junda Khoo’s Malaysian beer hall Ho Liao is finally open.

• Everything is made in-house at the new South Melbourne shop of Luke’s Banh Mi.

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• First look: find custard-filled Sicilian doughnuts at Kobi Kafe in Brunswick West.

• First look: two Everleigh alumni open Pendant, an inviting bar with a relaxed pub feel.

• First look: Preston wine bar Peaches is the casual “older goth sister” of daytime diner Skinnys.

• First look: Martinis and falafels go together at Nobody’s Baby in South Yarra.

• The Coffee Bar has opened behind a roller door in Brunswick East.

• First look: Crop (formerly Green On) brings its $16 salads to Fitzroy.

•First look: Beneath Driver Lane’s new sibling Baby Driver has Latin American street snacks and DJs spinning funk.

• An ex-DOC chef makes pizza three ways at South Melbourne Market’s Pizzateca Lupa.

• First look: To Be Frank brings focaccia sandwiches and dulce de leche “bombs” to Brunswick East.

• First look: Clifton Hill scores a new laid-back cafe and bar, Raffy’s.

• Breadcetera is the curated grocer Malvern East was missing.

• First look: an ex-Builders Arms chef delivers French bistro classics at 98 Lygon.

• First look: Darling Group opens a 350-seat venue at the Botanic Gardens.

• Formerly Hot-Listed North Melbourne restaurant Earth Angels closed just over a year after opening.

• Tarts Anon Cremorne is now closed – but a new location is on its way.

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