Patrick Lumes

Patrick writes half-drunk in a vintage YSL blazer and tracksuit pants, covering food, wine, fashion and subculture. Bylines: MORE PLATES, to Be, Harrolds. Instagram: @houseoflumes

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Melbourne used to do dinner at 3am, now it’s meth and Uber Eats

Members July 19, 2026 by Patrick Lumes in Food

Melbourne used to do dinner at 3am, now it’s meth and Uber Eats

We’ve lost the night’s grubby little magic.

Spotlight Food

Your run club is boring, lesbian mud wrestling isn’t

Your run club is boring, lesbian mud wrestling isn’t

I bought dinner from strangers on Facebook Marketplace

I bought dinner from strangers on Facebook Marketplace

I didn’t realise how dead my suburb was until the kebab shop shut

I didn’t realise how dead my suburb was until the kebab shop shut

Honey, we have Europe at home

Honey, we have Europe at home

‘From the heroin population to the yuppies of today’: a review of Melbourne’s best street

‘From the heroin population to the yuppies of today’: a review of Melbourne’s best street