The new Le Meridien features 235 rooms across 12 storeys, a spectacular rooftop pool and several dining spaces, including a restaurant and ground-floor cafe-slash-wine bar. Broadsheet contributor James Williams joins the podcast with all the details (including Prince tribute cocktails). Plus, Pidapipo launches a range of single-origin chocolate bars finished in a temperature-controlled room at Fitzroy HQ Pidapipo Laboratorio. 

Featured on today's episode: 

• Le Meridien 
• Pidapipo Cioccolato

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