Swan St · Richmond · 3121

What’s new on Swan Street

The street never sits still. Here’s every opening and closing we’ve tracked, newest first, 13 new venues and counting. Spotted something we’ve missed? Tell us.

2026

  1. Opened

    Remo's Pasta & Tiramisu opens at 167 Swan St

    The cult Little Collins Street pasta and tiramisu bar lands its second home in Richmond, everything under $20 and every tiramisu gluten free.

  2. Opened

    Spaghetti Club opens at 95 Swan St

    Mamas Dining Group's first Italian restaurant, a Sicilian trattoria built around a nonno's recipe notebook, takes over the long-empty former Benny Burger site.

2025

  1. Closed

    Bar 9T4 closes at 94 Swan St

    The late-night party bar shut for good after being bought by Australian Venue Co, folded into an expansion of the neighbouring Richmond Club Hotel.

  2. Opened

    Nixie Nox opens at 141 Swan St

    Three veteran Melbourne publicans open what they call Richmond's smallest pub, capacity 80 across a public bar, a covered atrium and an upstairs dining room.

2024

  1. Opened

    Casa Mariotti opens at 258 Swan St

    Four siblings from Rome open a Roman wine bar and cucina named after their mother, in the site long held by Korean barbecue stalwart Mrs. Kim's Grill.

  2. Opened

    Odeon Richmond opens at 267 Swan St

    A soundproofed live music and arts venue from two Melbourne music industry veterans gives the street a second stage alongside the Corner Hotel.

  3. Opened

    Pastarami opens at 175 Swan St

    Noir's owner and his former apprentice reopen the black-walled French bistro as a sunny handmade pasta bar, six pastas a day all at $26 or less.

  4. Opened

    300 Grams opens at 184 Swan St

    The smash burger brand on the Financial Times' best-in-the-world list moves into the old Foxes Den shopfront, trading until 2am on weekends.

2023

  1. Opened

    Hecho en Mexico takes over 115-117 Swan St

    Street-style Mexican with a rooftop bar moves into the former Feast of Merit corner, inheriting the site and even its old Facebook page.

  2. Opened

    Farro opens at 112 Swan St

    Pizza on 100% organic spelt bases fermented for 72 hours joins the strip in the former Beer and Burger Bar site, with big vegan and gluten-free menus.

2022

  1. Opened

    Tartine opens at 105 Swan St

    The Meatball and Wine Bar's owner replaces his own venue with an all-day French bistro and provedore, keeping the same phone number.

2021

  1. Opened

    Waygood opens at 213 Swan St

    Saint Urban's owner reinvents his own wine bar as a hybrid bar and bottle shop, a wall of 80 local wines you can drink in or take home.

  2. Opened

    Lady T Bar opens at 104 Swan St

    A Latin American party bar with a speakeasy hidden behind a vending machine takes over the narrow shopfront that once housed Buddha's Banquet Thai.

2020

  1. Opened

    Hochi Mama opens at 63-65 Swan St

    The CBD cult Vietnamese-fusion diner opens a 125-seat Richmond warehouse with an open-air greenhouse, in the converted space Botherambo left behind.

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