Alan Bond would eat the fish of the day at his favourite table. Rene Rivkin dished out investment advice at the venue. John Langford, the sizeable force behind Kalgoorlie’s Diggers & Dealers mining summit, favoured the steak and was rarely seen without a glass of red wine in hand.

If the monotone walls of Coco’s Riverside Bar and Restaurant could talk, they would have fascinating tales to tell of Perth’s mining elite and their boozy “working lunches” of bygone days. Coco’s will close on Saturday after 35 years, two resources super cycles and several busts.