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Local cafes embrace cordial living with home

IN SOME of Sydney's cafes and restaurants, diners who ask for a bottle of Coke receive a polite but firm refusal. An increasing number of eateries are...

Social media can prompt heartburn

Award-winning restaurants are being forced to defend their reputation online as faceless diners use social media to complain about everything from the...

Singapore manager takes hotel ownership

A 100-year-old hotel in Flinders Street, Melbourne, the Rendezvous, has been bought for $61 million by a Singapore property group as part of its expansion...

The West End at Crown now open

Melbourne's Crown complex has opened its latest destination, The West End encompassing two new restaurants - The Merrywell and Cotta, two new bars - Lumia...

Union fails to attend Coles dispute hearing

Union representatives have failed to attend a Supreme Court hearing over the industrial dispute at a Coles distribution centre in Melbourne's north. Workers...

Lamb sliding onto US menus

For the first time Australian lamb burgers will be commercially produced and readily available for the foodservice industry in the US, thanks to a partnership...

Historic Melbourne pub for sale

One of Melbourne's oldest pubs is up for sale in an investment opportunity in the heart of the city's financial and legal precinct. The heritage-listed...

Don't blame pubs for Kings Cross woes: AHA

Licensed premises cannot be held responsible for violence in Sydney's Kings Cross entertainment district, according to AHA NSW boss Paul Nicolaou, who...

Kent Town six-star hotel proposal loses major project status

The Palazzo Versace, Gold Coast, is one of Australia's few hotels listed as six-star. Urban Construct plans to build a six-star hotel development in Kent...

Gambling prison sentence focuses attention on pokies

A woman has been jailed for at least two years for stealing more than $800,000 from her employers to feed her gambling habit. Leanne Michelle Scott, 42,...