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Even as prices rise, new venues – like Guy Grossi’s Settimo – are still opening around the city.

Menu prices tough to swallow, but how much are customers willing to cough up?

Inflation has been falling, but that doesn’t mean prices are coming down – and Brisbane venue owners say they’re working harder than ever.

  • Courtney Kruk

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Marcus Lemin, the girls’ father, claimed a citronella-based insecticide was handed to him from the drinks fridge. (Nine)

Mother, daughters hospitalised after insect repellent allegedly served at restaurant

A Perth mother and her two daughters spent hours in hospital after they were allegedly served insect repellent instead of juice at a restaurant in Nedlands.

  • Josh Hohne
Philip Leong, from TWS Gai Wong chicken restaurant, holds a counterfeit $100 note at his restaurant in North Melbourne.

‘The fakes are getting better’: Restaurants hit with counterfeit money crime

With their credit cards maxed out, more diners are using cash – some of it fake in another blow to the struggling hospitality industry.

  • Dani Valent
The ageing apartment block and deli at Whale Beach are owned by the Cassar tourism family.

Step aside Palm Beach: Court rules on another northern beaches restaurant saga

The maximum number of patrons allowed at the Whale Beach restaurant will vary by the hour in an attempt to protect scarce parking at the idyllic coastal hamlet.

  • Michael Koziol
Michele Curtis, owner of cafe Frankie’s Top Shop.
Cafes and restaurants adding card surcharges onto cost. Frankies does not do this and absorbs the cost.

Restaurants say surcharges are necessary. But experts say extra fees are ‘running rampant’

One expert says unsuspecting diners are being “totally whacked” with added surcharges on restaurant bills, while some eateries claim they are necessary to cover payment fees and rising costs.

  • Cara Waters
Diners at Lotus restaurant can tip staff in addition to a service charge added to the bill of group bookings.

Why restaurants are automatically adding tips to your bill

Sydney restaurants are increasingly adding service fees to group bookings, but if they aren’t up front they can be “at risk of breaching consumer law”.

  • Andrew Taylor
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Stamford Plaza’s Spirit of Brisbane High Tea is designed to showcase Queensland produce.

Live like royalty with Brisbane’s best high tea

Spoil your mum, your partner, your friends and yourself with Brisbane’s best high teas.

  • Nick Dent
Column 8 granny dinkus

Obfuscating with the best

Six degrees of readership.

Nathan Sasi and Morgan McGlone are opening Bar Copains in Surry Hills.

Morgan McGlone closes takeaway chicken shop in Potts Point

Former Belles Hot Chicken chef to turn rotisserie chicken place into a bar.

  • Scott Bolles
New laneway spot Beau Bar is a moody, shadowy space built around a swish black granite island bar.
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A walk down culinary lane at Beau Bar in Surry Hills

The best laneways are, of course, lined with little tables topped with glasses of wine and plates of food.

  • Terry Durack

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