Category Archives: News

New restaurant opening late March 2021. Chris Lucas and Martin Benn have announced further developments in their creative partnership with the launch of SOCIETY, a landmark establishment of diverse dining and drinking experiences. Located at the prestigious and historic 80 Collins Street building in Melbourne, this long-awaited project is scheduled to open in late MarchContinue reading “Restaurateur Chris Lucas and Chef Martin Benn reveal plans for SOCIETY”

TheFork, a leading global online restaurant reservation platform, launches 2020 Dished Up – an inaugural wrap-up of the most sought-after restaurants for 2020, according to Australian diners. Taking into consideration the opinion and dining behaviour of thousands of Australian diners who have booked restaurants through TheFork this year, the curated list showcases the top 100 mostContinue reading “TheFork dishes up a reason to celebrate with a diner-reviewed list of 2020’s favourite restaurants”

Ostēr: Host. To Host. Noun/Verb. The ones who host. Ostēr Eatery was named for the Italian word “to host”. For owners Osvaldo Tognella and Nicola Romano, it has been a long time waiting to return to what they do best. On November 4, after months of forced hiatus, the Bridge Road restaurant welcomed back dinersContinue reading “Hosting back on the menu for Ostēr Eatery”

Krispy Kreme fans rejoice! For one day only on Friday, 20 November, 7-Eleven is shouting Aussies to a FREE six-pack of Krispy Kreme Original Glazed® Bites to kickstart the weekend on a sweet note. The perfect size to satisfy cravings one bite at a time, customers need to simply download the My 7-Eleven app toContinue reading “7-Eleven is giving away FREE Krispy Kreme Original Glazed® Bites for one day only”

Yum cha at David’s is a Prahran mainstay, and while bookings might be filling up quickly this side of the new year, let David’s come to you with the ultimate Yum Cha Favourites box available through Providoor for $65 per person. Each yum cha feast comes with a soybean bok choi and chilli salad, prawnContinue reading “Gift a yum cha experience from David’s Prahran”

Italy, Japan, Mexico and Spain … destinations we can only dream of visiting right now. But with Australian Venue Co’s Staycations launching across five venues in Brisbane, guests can escape for a while through internationally inspired food, drinks and experiences – no passport required. A calendar of events and unique activations at some of Brisbane’s favourite bars,Continue reading “Staycations coming to five Brisbane venues this summer”

We can’t get to Italy at the moment, so Amalfi is coming to South Melbourne with ST. ALi’s summer outdoor dining festival, including ST. ALi NIGHTS. To celebrate the brand new ST. ALi NIGHTS, owner Salvatore Malatesta will introduce the Italian Artisans in Residence program, featuring a classic menu of Italian favourites from Tony NicoliniContinue reading “Celebrate with ST. ALi Summer”

TheFork will offer AHA Victoria members zero subscription fees to use the platform, helping them to attract customers and manage guest reservations and data seamlessly on TheFork Lite Plan.  Restaurants who take up the plan will get access to TheFork Manager, an essential tool for all hotels and pubs to make managing reservations even easier.Continue reading “TheFork launches partnership with AHA to support the Victorian hospitality industry”

This World Sourest Day (yes, it’s a thing!) on October 25, it’s time for Aussies to pucker up as 7-Eleven releases some of its sourest Slurpees yet. The Slurpee Sours range has been keeping our tastebuds tantalised with a variety of epic flavours, and now 7-Eleven is releasing new Sours flavours across the country inContinue reading “7-Eleven releases new Slurpee Sours to celebrate World Sourest Day”

Sydney steakhouse, Chophouse, has announced it will reopen on 28 October, with Matt Moran at the helm of an all-new menu. Under Moran’s guidance, the menu has been stripped back, with locally sourced produce and premium Australian meat taking centre stage, most of which come from the Moran family farm in NSW Central Tablelands.  AContinue reading “Chophouse returns with Matt Moran at the helm and Moran Family Beef at its heart”

A utopian world of Australian bubbles, beer and cider from the Champagne Dame, Kyla Kirkpatrick The Champagne Dame is moving into a new utopia of fizz with the launch of Fizztopia – a curated online store offering a ‘best in class’ range of craft beers and ciders, seltzers, sparkling wines and non-alcoholic drinks, available for deliveryContinue reading “Fizztopia : an online store for all that fizzes”

 $5.5 billion food distribution peak body formed to counter supermarkets. Three of the largest independent food distribution organisations in Australia have decided to form their own peak body to raise the profile of independent family-owned businesses, represent their members views and issues to Government and to counter the aggressive and opportunistic behaviour of the largeContinue reading “Introducing Independent Food Distributors Australia (IFDA)”

Image Credit: Michael Gribbin Worship at the altar of El Camino Cantina during its 2020 Day of the Dead fiesta and celebrate delicious foods of the Días de los Muertos holiday, sinful margarita flavours, loud music, colourful costumes and elaborately face-painted staff. The colourful celebration runs from Tuesday, 20 October to Saturday, 7 November. TheContinue reading “Calling all ghouls: get ready for Day of the Dead and Halloween at El Camino Cantina and The Argyle”

Gerard’s Bistro will be reopening for Friday lunch service for dine-in guests from Friday, 2nd October. Perfectly in time with the warmer weather, guests will be able to drink and dine al fresco in the picturesque laneway or inside the restaurant for a long Friday lunch that will perfectly top off a big week. TheContinue reading “Gerard’s Bistro is reopening for Friday dine-in lunch service”

In news that will make local-produce fans all over Brisbane jump for absolute joy, the family-owned Harris Farm Markets will open not one, but two stores in Brisbane, beginning with Clayfield in November before opening the flagship store at West Village in West End in May next year.  Acclaimed champions of the value and freshnessContinue reading “Harris Farm Markets announces two Brisbane stores in historic return to Queensland capital”

Captain Cook Cruises launches Sydney’s first ever hop-on-hop-off floating gastro-pub and restaurant Captain Cook Cruises, one of Sydney’s pre-eminent tourism and hospitality businesses for the last 50-years will emerge from a cocoon of reinvention this week to launch the city’s first ever hop-on-hop-off floating pub and dining experience – the Harbour Bar & Restaurant – forever changingContinue reading “Captain Cook Cruises launches Sydney’s first ever hop-on-hop-off floating gastro-pub and restaurant”

Sailing in with some good news for a city in lockdown, Melbourne’s largest outdoor floating bar and restaurant Arbory Afloat has confirmed it will return to the Yarra River on Monday 26 October. The much-loved floating bar and eatery will welcome Melburnians back on deck, in line with Victoria’s roadmap and social distancing guidelines forContinue reading “Arbory Afloat Beach House, launching 26 October”

NOMAD – Surry Hills’ much-loved restaurant and cellar door – will reopen in their original Foster Street home on Tuesday, 20 October. A fire broke out at NOMAD last September, causing severe damage throughout the venue. Owners Al and Rebecca Yazbek have since undergone extensive renovations to the venue. The new-look NOMAD features a larger kitchen, twiceContinue reading “NOMAD is home for good this October”

Australia has been in a bit of a tailspin lately.  The fires, the pandemic, the lockdowns and now a recession – it all adds up to a pretty stressful year so far. Whilst reports show that anxiety, panic, depression, anger, confusion, uncertainty and financial stress affect up to 35% of the community, under the conditionsContinue reading “No.5’s new campaign ‘Pays It Forward’ to Aussies doing it tough during COVID”