Food & Shopping
Melbourne is well known for the variety of cuisines it can offer. There are many places where you can buy various types of food. This includes supermarkets, specialty grocers, butchers and open air markets. Cafes, restaurants, food courts and convenient stores also operate across Melbourne.
There are also a variety of top end department stores and designer or branded stores, discount department stores, retail and factory outlets around Melbourne.
The amount you spend on food depends on what you include in your shopping basket. You will find fresh fruit and vegetables, grains and pulses, meat, fish and poultry in supermarkets, specialty stores and in many fresh produce markets in Melbourne.
Queen Victoria Market is one of the large and centrally located fresh produce markets – locally known as the Vic Market. Food and goods in the Vic Market is very competitively priced. The Market is open on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
There are many other markets in Melbourne. Some may only open on certain days of the week, so you need to check before you go.
Halal food is available in the Union House food hall at the University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus. There are also many restaurants, cafes, supermarkets and butchers in Melbourne that serve or sell halal food.
Useful Links & Contacts
Queen Victoria MarketCorner of Queen Street and Victoria Street (5 minutes walk from Parkville
Campus)
W: www.qvm.com.au
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