For a few years I’ve been mulling over whether to start a restaurant deadpool because there are obvious signs that places will fail before they have torn the butcher’s paper down from their windows to reveal their fresh circus-themed French diner fitout. The most obvious is if a string of restaurants have already failed in… Continue reading Why do restaurants fail?
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Melbourne’s Oldest Restaurants
Melbourne’s oldest restaurant is Florentino (est.1928), if you count restaurants opened on the same site, serving the same cuisine under the same name. The oldest continuously running restaurant (as far as I could find) is Cuckoo Restaurant in Olinda (est.1958) which took over the site from Quamby (est.1914). Even though they’re important to local cuisine,… Continue reading Melbourne’s Oldest Restaurants
I want to eat here
1950s and 60s restaurant postcards via SwellMap. Click left and right on the photo to scroll. So many white people.
Food Blogger Tip: New Melbourne restaurants with no reviews
A short while ago Fitzroyalty thought that I might be up to the challenge of building some sort of site that churned out lists all of the unreviewed restaurants in Melbourne. I quite clearly wasn’t. I tried a few approaches and none were at all accurate. I couldn’t think of an immediate way to legally… Continue reading Food Blogger Tip: New Melbourne restaurants with no reviews
Indentured Labour: Camy Shanghai Dumpling House’s secret, part 2
Last time that I mentioned Camy Shanghai Dumpling House, I conjectured that the popularity was due to its open secret status and cheapness. At least now we know where the cheapness comes from: not paying their staff. From the Herald-Sun: Mr Chang worked 13-hour days from 9.30am-10.30pm with only five-minute breaks, which had to be… Continue reading Indentured Labour: Camy Shanghai Dumpling House’s secret, part 2
Melbourne Restaurant Name Generator
Not sure what to name that new cafe or restaurant that you’ve lovingly crafted from rotting couches in a Melbourne laneway? Can’t find an fitting piece of pornocracy or Italian horror film to print on your disposable coffee cups? All you need to do is combine an honorific of some kind with the name of… Continue reading Melbourne Restaurant Name Generator
The worst food in Melbourne
The worst food in Melbourne is here: View Larger Map At least it is, if you believe in the power of mob-driven restaurant reviewing and search Google Maps for the worst food in the city. Welcome to social media hell, Melbourne restauranteurs. Try litigating against that moving target.
Gordon Ramsay’s Melbourne Restaurant
Unless you’ve been bound up in real news in Australia (e.g. remember Iraq? there’s still a war there), you’ve probably heard the words Gordon Ramsay Lesbian Tracy Grimshaw combined in some unholy fashion with great density. Chef Gordon Ramsay has been in town, stirring up the sort of misogyny that could only be surpassed by… Continue reading Gordon Ramsay’s Melbourne Restaurant