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Avocado prices, demand put pressure on Australian cafes and restaurants

Cafes around Australia are starting to feel the pressure of the rising price of avocados — a fruit that is a staple on breakfast menus. Supermarkets...

Australian seafood - our palate is too limited, and seafood restaurants are too few

I’m sitting waterside, supping a dozen oysters of three varietals from six regions and sipping a glass of white wine as the warm summer sun smiles on...

Robbers armed with tomahawk and machete caught on CCTV raiding pub tills

Two robbers armed with a tomahawk and machete have been caught on CCTV punching a security guard in the head and demanding cash from bar staff. Police...

AirService, Meter Maids launch Australia’s first beachside food delivery service

Australian startup and mobile ordering technology company AirService is partnering with the Gold Coast’s iconic Meter Maids to launch Australia’s first ongoing...

Denmark’s best restaurant opens in Sydney

by Leon Gettler   The Michelin starred Noma restaurant based in Copenhagen opened in Sydney today. Fittingly, it’s on Australia Day - perfect timing...

Sydney fire: High-rise blaze which sent plume of smoke over CBD extinguished

An oil fire which started in the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant inside a high-rise building in Sydney's CBD has been extinguished after earlier blanketing...

40 sickened, probably more: Sydney bakery shut, chicken schnitzel suspected

A bakery in Sydney’s south has been closed down pending an investigation after up to 40 people fell ill with food poisoning over the past week, with...

Fine wine investment is bouncing back

by Leon Gettler   After stabilising in 2015 following massive falls in prices, the fine wine industry could be entering a good 2016. The Liv-Ex Fine...

Nepalese student says she was underpaid $23,000 because she is “not an Aussie”

An international student who was underpaid thousands of dollars claims she was told she would be paid less because “you are not an Aussie”.  She...

We never banned breastfeeding, it's 'courtesy', says cafe

GYMPIE'S Chatz Cafe has been cruelly misrepresented in reports suggesting it is anti-breast feeding, supporter Yuan Miller said yesterday. "My wife has...