Dino's Deli

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• Dino's Deli

  John Lethlean, Reviewer

  Tuesday, June 03, 2008

  Dino's is a multi-tasker: part cafe, part wine bar and part flexible restaurant.

  Wine has been causing gentle heartburn lately, and not because I drink too much of it. No, it's because some of the markups we're seeing in restaurants about town - that is, the multiple charged on the cost to the restaurants of that wine (wholesale price plus wine equalisation tax, with GST added to the final list price and paid by the diner) - have been silly. Wines that cost the restaurateur $21 on wine lists for $85? Let's see now. Take off $8.50 for Mr Swan and the real sale price is $76.50. Which leaves $55.50 contributing to costs, and profit. Nice work if you can get it, and they are getting it, mostly in the entertainment precinct of Crown. And this kind of economic smoke and mirrors means, increasingly, that entry-level wines are starting at $40-$45 on wine lists and changing gears fast. The gear-change metaphor is apt; one of many images used on the various menus at Dino's is the sixspeed "gate" of a Ferrari centre console (not a Dino, they would have all been fi...

  Source: The Age

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• Dino's Deli

  Ultimate Melbourne

  Sunday, August 02, 2009

  This cafe-cum-winebar-cum-bistro in Windsor has a definite European allure complete with good tunes and an affable vibe. Francisco Valles and Kristine Becker, of Hairy Canary fame, have created an unpretentious space away from the hustle and bustle with a crowd more interested in having a drink with their wine-friendly food, including the celebrated Iberico ham and the ever-so more-ish crema Catalana. Order that and get a side of friendly banter.

  
  

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