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Fitzroy is a district of Melbourne, Australia. It is the inner city home to the tragically hip and to the eating and cafe strip of Brunswick Street.
[edit] Get in
Fitzroy lies immediately to the north-east of Melbourne's City Center and can be easily reached by tram, road and even on foot.
[edit] By tram
- Tram 86 runs along Gertrude Street (the main east-west thoroughfare in the area) and Smith Street. In the City Center, it can be caught along Bourke Street. The two end stations for this line are the Telstra Dome in the Docklands, and RMIT Bundoora campus.
- Tram 96. This tram does not bring you into the heart of Fitzroy but runs along Nicholson Street, the weastern border of the suburb. It is useful for the Nunnery backpackers. In the City Center, catch it along Bourke Street. The tram runs between St Kilda and West Brunswick.
- Tram 112 runs along Brunswick Street in Fitzroy. It can be caught along Collins Street in the City Center. The tram runs between Fitzroy Street in St Kilda and West Preston in the northern suburbs.
[edit] By road
Fitzroy can be easily reached from the City Center via Nicholson Street, which connects to Spring Street in the eastern edge of the CBD, or Victoria Parade, which forms the southern border of the area. Gertrude Street runs off Nicholson Street while Smith and Brunswick Streets run off Victoria Parade.
In the northern part of Fitzroy, both Brunswick Street and Smith Street intersect with Alexander Parade which leads on to the Eastern Freeway.
- Brunswick St, Smith St and Gertrude St. When the bohemian lifestyles left Carlton, they went to Fitzroy (however, they have since moved out to Northcote and Brunswick). Brunswick St has a mixture of weird and interesting shops, clothes and food. If street art is your thing, the surrounding alleyways and backstreets are also interesting as there's an ever-changing array of graffiti, stencils, stickers etc on show. In recent times locals bemoaning the gradual gentrification of Brunswick St have transferred their attentions to parallel Smith St, and nearby Gertrude St, where the bohemian charm, vintage clothing stores and great cafes are still at their scruffy best.
Fitzroy is well-known as a restaurant as well as a cafe prescinct of Melbourne. Most outlets concentrate on Brunswick Street [1], although many are starting to spill over to Smith Street, where you will see more ethnic food, and other neighbouring streets. Johnston Street in the northern part the suburb is known as the Spanish quarter of Melbourne. Napier street runs parallel to Brunswick Street and contains a series of friendly residential pubs.
- Babka's Bakery wonderful for breakfast
- Atomica another place to head to for breakfast
- Fusion
- Vegie Bar: Brunswick Street. Great wheat-free meat-free dishes.
- Trampoline for ice-cream
- Red Chilli for friendly Thai Food.
- Bimbo Deluxe: 376 Brunswick Street. Largely undiscovered budget gem. $4 gourmet pizzas every weekday between 12pm and 4pm and Sunday to Thursday after 7pm. It is hard to miss, with a giant baby stuck to its roof.
- Nyala African Restaurant: Get a taste of Ethiopia here.
- Joe's Garage: 366 Brunswick Street. An all time favourite which is always busy.
- The Napier Hotel: 210 Napier Street, Fitzroy. For huge pub meals. Try the steak sanga.
[edit] Budget
- The Nunnery, 116 Nicholson St (between Hanover St and King William St; near the Museum; catch the 96 tram from Spencer St Station, get off at stop 13 on Nicholson St), Fitzroy, 9419 8637, 1800 032 635 (infonunnery@bakpakgroup.com, fax 9417 7736). 24 hour reception. Dorm beds $23-$27, single $60, double/twin $65-$75, other options also. http://www.bakpakgroup.com/nunnery
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