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What could be more Melbourne?
A modest pedestrian arcade in one of the “little” streets, with a semi-secret entrance into the ornate Royal Arcade lined by affordable, no frills multicultural food and a decades-old family shoe repair business, next to an iconic little laneway bar making use of the tiny alcove serving local craft beers and cocktails in jars, guarding another semi-secret club for live electronic music and experimental performances upstairs … what could be more Melbourne than this?
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