Sunset Events has been given the go-ahead by the City of Fremantle to develop the J-Shed area at Arthur Head into a concert venue, despite considerable community opposition to the plan.
Perth is the most expensive city in Australia for a pint of beer, and the 13th most expensive in the world, according to international statistics group Numbeo.
Qantas has struck a deal with a restaurant booking service enabling customers to earn frequent flyer points when making a booking at the likes of Rockpool, 1907, Sushia Izakaya and Bar, and Must Winebar.
Gage Roads Brewing says it is considering rebuilding or upgrading its packaging facilities to maintain record growth levels after mechanical issues in December resulted in lower-than-expected produ
Fast food franchise group Competitive Foods has reported a $21.4 million profit for the year to July 2013, including a $4.9 million profit from the KFC division that it sold last year.
An independent committee may have taken more than a year to review the Liquor Control Act and recommended 141 changes, but industry participants are skeptical over whether it will herald any business benefits.
The New York Times has ranked Perth number nine on a list of 52 places to visit in 2014, praising the city's new range of restaurants and small bars and the "up-and-coming neighborhoods" of Northbridge and Mount Lawley.
Cooking appliance distributor Thermomix will move into a near-2000 square metre new headquarters in Balcatta later this month, coinciding with the 150,000th sale of the appliance in Aust
The hype around Victoria Carbone’s new Health Freak Cafe indicates one of two things, or maybe both – Perth is becoming more health-conscious, or a large number of punters partial to kale smoothies rather than caramel lattes are finally getting what they ordered.
Curtin University is in discussions with the founders of the Mundaring Truffle Festival about hosting the event at its Bentley campus in 2014, but the Shire of Mundaring hasn't given up hope over r
Karratha's first small bar owner, Bart Parsons, has realised his dream of opening among the traditional pubs and hotels in the northern town, but it has come with a costly sting in the tail.
The state's peak hospitality lobby has welcomed a commitment by the competition watchdog to enforce penalties against businesses that post fake online reviews.
Patrons of The Grocer will have to change their shopping habits next year if they want to enjoy the Claremont purveyor’s range of Australian chorizo, French and Belgian chocolate, and Spanish jamon, among other specialty items.
Undeterred by the high level of competition in the space, a Perth entrepreneur has launched an app which allows users to skip the queues and get onto guest lists at bars and clubs.
Queensland-based food group Collins Foods will pay $55.6 million to acquire Competitive Foods’ KFC business, which is the franchisee of 44 KFC restaurants in Western Australia and the Northern Terr
A plan for a small bar in Claremont devised by John Poynton, Adrian Fini and The Wine Store’s Robert Bates-Smith has hit a hurdle with local councillors rejecting the initial plan.
The Kailis family is planning to start its redevelopment of the Trigg Island cafe site next year, but it will be at least two years before it’s completed.
Australia sells more of its top-shelf wine to China than any other country but the industry is going to great lengths to convince drinkers there it has even more to offer.
The grocery industry has warned that a price war between the nation's big two supermarket chains could hurt consumers in the long run if food suppliers don't have money to invest in their businesses.
Crown chairman billionaire James Packer says an ambitious program to expand the number of its integrated hotel and casino resorts in Asia and Australia is affordable.
National private equity group Catalyst has made its second acquisition in Western Australia, buying frozen foods manufacturer Vesco and announcing plans to merge it with an east coast food business
