Tag: Adelaide hospitality
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‘Better late than never’: Beachside eateries wade through bloom
Kuti Shack is located on the Goolwa Beach front and had a front row seat to the algal bloom when it started effecting the Fleurieu Peninsula in March. “While that was happening, obviously it was really uncomfortable to be down here, the respiratory [impact] people coughing and sneezing and eye watering and all of that,”…
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Traders brace for bird season as tree nets challenged
Trees on a popular Adelaide dining strip were netted in August last year to deter thousands of tiny tree martins from annoying traders and impacting hospitality health and safety, sending the birds to Rundle Mall, where they died in droves. After reports of the birds dying and injuring themselves against the Adelaide Apple Store window,…
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Pub grubs: New plan to tackle predatory behaviour in SA’s hopso scene
The Malinauskas government will introduce mandatory industry-wide training to combat sexual harassment, harassment, gender-based violence and drink spiking in South Australian hospitality venues. The aim is to improve safety in the hospitality industry and support workers to prevent and respond to instances of harassment, assault and discrimination at work. This follows research finding that approximately…
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Roxie’s crew take over West Oak Hotel
For Tom Skipper, managing director of the Crown & Anchor Pty Ltd., a lot of “misspent youth of [his] uni days” was spent at the West Oak premises (then Worldsend Hotel), “playing pool and drinking pale ale”. “It’s pretty close to home. 20 years ago, I used to spend almost all my days in here,”…
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SA restaurant icon Sharon Romeo announces ‘retirement’
She may be small in stature, but Sharon Romeo’s impact on South Australia’s hospitality scene has been huge. Now, after nearly 40 years in the industry – from Pizza Hut “dishie” to multi-award-winning restaurant manager – Romeo has served her last table. The 53-year-old, who co-owns acclaimed restaurants Fino Vino in the city and Fino…
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Mochi donuts and ice cream hit St Peters at Shmochi
When we walk in the doors of Shmochi – the new dessert bar by the Shibui crew – the team prepare four spoons, each with a taste test of their new ice cream flavours. One is ube cookies and cream, which is lilac with purple biscuit chunks spread throughout. Another is Earl Grey and strawberry,…
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Cielo in the Adelaide Arcade is closing but the cakes will live on
When Chaveli Goya announced in April via Instagram that her tea room Cielo would be closing its doors in the Adelaide Arcade, regular customers were heartbroken. This coming Saturday will be Cielo’s last day in the Adelaide Arcade. “The thought of closing Cielo has really never come to mind until having my son River,” Chaveli…
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East End wine bar mixes wine, cheese and tunes
The last time we spoke to Ian Coker was a sweltering 34-degree day. We sat inside what was soon to be Septimus House of Cheese and Wine and shared a bottle of Rieslingfrieak No. 7. Fast forward three months and the East End venue is a fully fledged hospitality venue with a heavy focus on…
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Viral barber takes on sweet venture out west
Docee acai and smoothie cafe is not Luay Fandi’s first rodeo, but it’s certainly his most flavourful one. The barber by trade has joined forces with his partner in life and now business, Kareema Elbhalakani, to follow a dream first hatched in Dubai. It was there the couple were first introduced to the purple berry…
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Cheers to 10 years of Hains & Co
Marcus Motteram says when deciding to open bar Hains & Co 10 years ago, the introduction of the Small venue liquor license sealed the deal for him and his partner Marissa Galatis-Motteram. “Marcus used to run bars and clubs in Melbourne for 10 years, had a nightclub, had a cafe, had a couple of bars,…