Staff writer
Priya Sundaram is a staff writer at MelbourneLyf.
She covers the city’s food and drink, its arts and culture, and the weekly business of working out what is actually worth doing. She has lived across Melbourne’s inner north and writes, for the most part, about places she has been to herself.
Her approach is simple: describe what somewhere is genuinely known for, check the details against a venue’s own page before pointing readers at it, and be honest about the things - opening hours, prices, menus - that change often enough to be worth confirming before you go.
She can be reached at priya@melbournelyf.com.
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