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After tough times, Republic of Fremantle distillery and bar on Packenham Street is ready to relaunch.

🍕🍕🍕CommentsFree pizzas and spritzes to celebrate relaunch of Freo bar

Less than six months after facing liquidation, the once popular venue will relaunch with free pizzas and spritzes.

Simon Collins

In the cup noodle museum.

asiaHong Kong Cup Noodles Museum celebration

Stephen Scourfield on an unusual place

Stephen Scourfield

Dunkeld is a neat and tidy village in Perthshire.

tips & tricksPremiumSecret hideaway in Scotland

Steve McKenna checks into a delightfully-located rural retreat

Steve McKenna 

A bowl of Australian Black Limes.

western australiaPremiumFrom black limes to black holes

Sue Yeap just north of Perth

Sue Yeap

Seppeltsfield Estate in the Barossa Valley.

South AustraliaSeppeltsfield is a textbook story of migrant success

Stephen Scourfield looks at the past and the present of a Barossa Valley winery

Stephen Scourfield

Perth bartender James Connolly makes a paloma cocktail using tequila at El Publico.

Food & drinksCommentsMexico’s famous spirit a favourite with young Aussies

The local market for tequila has doubled in the past five years as Australian companies attempt to cash in with home-grown agave spirits.

Simon Collins

The long vacant Jamie’s Italian restaurant on William Street is set to be leased by a Byron Bay restaurateur.

Commercial PropertyCommentsPremiumNew diner finally takes Jamie’s Italian building

The long vacant Jamie’s Italian restaurant on William Street is set to be leased by a Byron Bay restaurateur, amid a raft of other new eateries set to open in Perth over the next few weeks.

Kim Macdonald

Aussies will eat more junk food and less fruit by 2030, according to new research. 

HealthCommentsAussie diet in 2030 will have less fruit and more junk food

‘We can see that our eating habits are falling well short of the target in our National Preventive Health Strategy,’ Dr Hendrie said.

Artemisia Blythe

with new owners Rose and Chris Stewart at the helm the once-bustling pub has again opened its doors for business.

Back in actionCommentsPremiumFamily favourite roadside pub reopens after five years

The tavern closed its doors in 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but with then-owners unable to reopen the popular pub it was put on the market last year. 

Craig Duncan

Poppy Ioannakis (left) and Grace Jensen (right) enjoying Galentines Day at Catalano Family Kitchen in Highgate, Perth.

WA NewsCommentsPerth venues putting on events to celebrate Galentines

Forget roses and a box of chocolates on February 14: women are increasingly marking their calendar a day early and calling up a friend to celebrate instead.

Kate Emery

Nabil’s Lebanese Sweets, which also operates as Nabil’s Acai Station, has seen a massive increase in customers since it started making and selling Dubai chocolate.

Viral sensation CommentsPremiumWhere to get viral Dubai chocolate in Perth

Chocoholics have been beating a path to Ballajura where an unassuming Lebanese sweet shop has suddenly become a social media hit.

Jay Hanna

One of the modern copper stills at the Glen Garioch distillery.

SCOTLANDA whisky tour with a difference

Steve McKenna tries a forward-thinking and immersive experience in one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries

Steve McKennz

The Sesh Mafia hospitality team, including Benny Tua, Chase Weber and Phil Weber, are poised to launch several new venues in 2025.

FOOD & DRINKS CommentsPremiumPerth’s hot hospitality scene shows no signs of cooling

Rooftop and underground bars, fine diners, charcoal chicken joints and big brewpubs among the bumper crop of exciting new venues set to open in a year shaping up to keep our dining and drinking scene sizzling.

Simon Collins

Sodexo's office in Balcatta

MiningPremiumFIFO caterer’s bottom line buried under parent payments

The Australian division of Sodexo had yet another unprofitable year, but a large stream of cash flowing out of the country blurs the true financial picture.

Adrian Rauso

Louis Blott with girlfriend Alejandra Cifuentes read the menus instead of using the table QR code to see whats on the menu at The Elford in Mt Lawley.

WA NewsCommentsAre QR codes convenient or a loss of old-fashioned service?

Love them or hate them, QR codes have become a fixture of WA pubs, bars and restaurants since the peak of COVID.

Kate Emery

Megan and her family with the teapot she fell in love with instantly

teaPremiumThe world’s biggest private collection of teapots

Megan French makes an unexpected discovery

Megan French

Carving a roast pig at Babi Guling Slingsing.

tastePremiumPig town in Bali

Dave Smith tackles big meat

Dave Smith

Australian Thermomix pioneer Grace Mazur, right, with daughter Bianca Mazur.

RetailCommentsPremiumThermomix sales fall to five-year lows before buyout

New annual accounts for the company behind the all-in-one blender in Australia and New Zealand show annual net profit more than halved to just $2.04 million as revenue fell 8 per cent to $99.7m.

Sean Smith

Henry Summer, which opened at 69 Aberdeen Street in Northbridge, will close after seven years on December 21.

‘Bittersweet’CommentsPopular Northbridge bar calls last drinks ahead of New Year

Lavish Habits boss Clint Nolan described the spot as a ‘game-changing’ venue when it opened in late 2017.

Simon Collins

Bodnant Welsh Food Centre.

footlooseA road trip around Wales

Steve McKenna picks five of his food and drink highlights in Wales

Steve McKenna

Mackenzie Arnold has called for Milo to be oficially recognised in the Australian citizenship test.

Sign the petitionVideoCommentsAre you a true Aussie if you don’t know how to make Milo?

Mackenzie Arnold and millions of Aussies are supporting a move for the Australian citizenship test to include knowing how to make Milo.

Kellie Balaam

Gabriel Fratini at Gab’s GastroBar.

TastePremiumWhat’s it like eating at Bali’s ‘dark menu’ restaurant?

Dave Smith on a trend

DAVE SMITH

Award-winning chef Chase Weber has left the Parker Group, which includes Fleur at the Royal and Dandelion.

WA NEWS PremiumChef ‘remorseful’ for joking about deterring rough sleepers

A Perth chef who bragged about ‘getting the hose out’ to stop homeless people from sleeping in front of hospitality venues says he is ‘deeply remorseful’ for his comments. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Co-general managers Ryan O'Meara and Andries Mostert with executive chef Ali Osborne.

Hotel restoration CommentsDenmark Hotel rejuvenation bringing venue back to heyday

A historic Great Southern hotel is in the throes of receiving a much-needed face lift, with the new management team stripping back layers of the “totally underutilised” venue to reveal its heritage fabric.

Melissa Sheil

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