Carlton’s top dining spots are mostly clustered along Lygon Street, near the corner of Elgin. This stretch – which extends all the way down to Victoria Parade in the south – isn’t the force it was in ...

Lygon is one of Melbourne’s best-known streets, but it cops a lot of unfair flack. It’s true that the Italian restaurant precinct – which roughly occupies the blocks between Carlton’s Queensberry and ...