Across from Fawkner Park sits Bistro Gitan, the warmly lit South Yarra dining room by the Reymond family—siblings Edouard, Antoine and Nathalie, with patriarch Jacques Reymond in the story’s roots....

Coda’s menu leans modern and produce-led, the kind of food that’s equally at home with a glass at the bar or a long, lingering dinner. Tonka, meanwhile, celebrates Indian flavours...