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

  • by Courtney Kruk

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Mother, daughters hospitalised after insect repellent allegedly served at restaurant

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.

  • by Josh Hohne
‘The fakes are getting better’: Restaurants hit with counterfeit money crime

‘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.

  • by Dani Valent
Step aside Palm Beach: Court rules on another northern beaches restaurant saga

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.

  • by Michael Koziol
Restaurants say surcharges are necessary. But experts say extra fees are ‘running rampant’

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.

  • by Cara Waters
Why restaurants are automatically adding tips to your bill

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”.

  • by Andrew Taylor
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Live like royalty with Brisbane’s best high tea

Live like royalty with Brisbane’s best high tea

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

  • by Nick Dent
The moody restaurant cellar giving Australian plays a second life

The moody restaurant cellar giving Australian plays a second life

Playwrights get paid very little and never get to see each other. Playwright, director and restaurant owner Wendy Beckett says they deserve to be celebrated.

  • by Hannah Story
Obfuscating with the best
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Obfuscating with the best

Six degrees of readership.

Morgan McGlone closes takeaway chicken shop in Potts Point

Morgan McGlone closes takeaway chicken shop in Potts Point

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

  • by Scott Bolles
A walk down culinary lane at Beau Bar in Surry Hills

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.

  • by Terry Durack

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