“It feels more real. It feels closer to home”: for the South Australian hospitality industry, this lockdown carries a different kind of shock
“It all needs to happen, but that doesn’t make it any easier."
South Australia restaurants, cafés and pubs to close for six days as state enters lockdown
The restrictions come into effect from 12:01am Thursday 19 November.
“Hopefully it won’t all go to McDonald’s”: operators express cautious optimism about NSW restaurant vouchers scheme
The state government’s plan to offer $100 vouchers to spend at dining and entertainment venues is welcomed by restaurant operators, but questions are being raised about its long-term effects.
Melbourne cafés, restaurants and pubs allowed 40 indoors, 70 outdoors
The latest news brings Melbourne venues into line with regional Victoria, with Premier Daniel Andrews flagging a further easing of state-wide restrictions in two weeks' time.
Three Sydney venues crack The World’s 50 Best Bars list for 2020
Including one standing-room only bar in the CBD making its début appearance at the international awards.
“It’s either not feasible, or it’s weird”: the new reality for restaurants in Victoria
Restaurants are reopening and the lifting of the “ring of steel” is on the cards. It should feel good, but it also feels strange.
Just in: Melbourne hospitality venues allowed to reopen from Tuesday October 27, 11:59pm
The newest reopening date for the hospitality industry is five days earlier than first announced by the Victorian government.
First look: Bennelong to reopen with a new string in its bow
It’s been closed for seven months, but the Sydney establishment is ready to serve diners again. And for the first time, it’s hosting live chamber music performances.
After 100 days of takeaway, Melbourne restaurant operators decide whether to open in November
After enduring the longest and strictest lockdown in the country, some in the city's hospitality industry are ready to be hospitable again. Others are playing the waiting game.