Food, Drink & Dining Out The Perth Thread - Part 3

[Chief]

Part 4 is here:

The Perth Thread - Part 4

Did you see that article in the local paper (not The West Aus) about a forum on the 15th to discuss ways to make crossing Charles st safer/better? I personally don't and have never (even as a child) had an issue with crossing it. Don’t even get me started. Yes it’s difficult to cross and I’m...

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[Off The Couch]

I’m sure that law only applies to restaurants not pubs

 

[Silent Alarm]

At the local what

Aaaahh bridge club. The local pub ffs. Is it a riddle I'm speaking? Pretty much been a term for about 70 years in Australia and England to refer to your closest or most patronised pub as 'the local.'

https://www.watoday.com.au/national...what-the-community-wants-20190408-p51bvt.html

Pubs weren't allowed to trade whatsoever prior to a few years ago. Now hotels and bars must close by midnight Thursday and only clubs can stay open past that. On the Good Friday proper, if you want a quiet pint, you have to get a meal with your order. So you can't even have a counter meal and a few beers. I can't imagine too many people even bothering to grab a parma or burger if you can't have an ale while you wait for your food and then one after.

Basically it's going to be a nice bitter old day and I wanna watch the footy in a jacket with a dark ale while watching the hit rain the window.

Kind of ludicrous how much pull a religion has in this money, business obsessed world and in a country where there's so much sensitivity given to all religions.

 

[Off The Couch]

Aaaahh bridge club. The local pub ffs. Is it a riddle I'm speaking? Pretty much been a term for about 70 years in Australia and England to refer to your closest or most patronised pub as 'the local.'

https://www.watoday.com.au/national...what-the-community-wants-20190408-p51bvt.html

Pubs weren't allowed to trade whatsoever prior to a few years ago. Now hotels and bars must close by midnight Thursday and only clubs can stay open past that. On the Good Friday proper, if you want a quiet pint, you have to get a meal with your order. So you can't even have a counter meal and a few beers. I can't imagine too many people even bothering to grab a parma or burger if you can't have an ale while you wait for your food and then one after.

Basically it's going to be a nice bitter old day and I wanna watch the footy in a jacket with a dark ale while watching the hit rain the window.

Kind of ludicrous how much pull a religion has in this money, business obsessed world and in a country where there's so much sensitivity given to all religions.

So now you’ve got your pissiness out of the way, you are specifically referring to Good Friday liquor laws not standard trading

 

[Silent Alarm]

So now you’ve got your pissiness out of the way, you are specifically referring to Good Friday liquor laws not standard trading

?!

I'm pretty sure no pub in Australia mandates you need a meal to buy a drink.

And ya know, yeah, with Good Friday three days away I am referring to that...

...why would I ask if pubs require you to buy a meal to get a drink?

Feel like I'm being wound up here or I'm already on the piss but I'm sure it's not you, it's me...

 

[Taylor]

I've not had a problem getting alcohol anywhere whether there is food involved or not.

Maybe places called hotels get away with some loophole?

 

[perthblue]

Do I have this right? If I want a beer on Friday at the local, I have to buy a ******* meal with it?

Ludicrous s**t.


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The fact that they gave exception to one pub is a complete joke

 

[Silent Alarm]

I've not had a problem getting alcohol anywhere whether there is food involved or not.

Maybe places called hotels get away with some loophole?

It's probably one of those things that's pretty loosely enforced.

Maybe.

Because, then again, it's not 1970. It's pretty easy to walk into a pub and demand to see the till receipts for the day – beers being bought without a meal in the same transaction could probably be enough to sting you. The fact everywhere has to have CCTV means you can't make up horseshit excuses either. And liquor licensing are some harsh mother*ers.

 

[JackOutback]

It’s not a new law. A stupid one, sure, but not a new one. Just buy some ******* chips and you’re away.

 

[Nothing]

It’s not a new law. A stupid one, sure, but not a new one. Just buy some ******* chips and you’re away.

Indeed.

Or say you are planning on buying a meal, order your drink and be as happy or miserable as you want to be.

 

[Silent Alarm]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't work like:

Rock up, go order a round, sit down and look at the menu, go up and order your food and a beer, finish your meal, then order four more pints.

You have to order drinks with a meal.

As opposed to just having to buy a meal at some point and having as many drinks as you would usually.

So you have to go up, order your drink and meal, and that's it. If you want another pint, you'll have to grab something else.

I'd imagine this is why barely anywhere opens. You don't have regular income, it's basically getting $35 from every customer and that's it. And there's less customers because... well it's not the most casual atmosphere. And considering you have to have food, you're going to be paying a few people in the kitchen, three or four staff at the bar. Even in the hospitality world where plenty of places will barely pay you penalties on public holidays, it's just not worth it. You'll be losing money. The only place open in Freo is the Sail & Anchor – and that's because it's owned by Woolworths.

 

[ioppolo]

So this law is specially Good Friday then?

Meh, it's one day. You'll live. On Saturday you can go grab a drink. Even Thursday night you can head down there and drink some pints and watch Brisbane vs Collingwood.

 

[Billy ray]

Grab some ales on Thursday, chill overnight, wake and put jacket on and watch footy at home.

Is sports bar at casino open and able to serve?

 

[Beerfish]

Crucify yourself Thursday night. Friday recovery. Rise again Saturday. Praise.

 

[Plugger35]

Grab some ales on Thursday, chill overnight, wake and put jacket on and watch footy at home.

Is sports bar at casino open and able to serve?

In previous years there were no pubs open at all so if you wanted to hit the piss on Good Friday you had to stock up on the Thursday and drink at home.

There wasn't any footy to watch back then either so there wasn't really much point going to a sports bar anyway.

 

[Scotland]

I think the restrictions are silly. If you need laws to prevent people from going to the pub on a day that is supposed to be sacred then surely that tells you that the day isn't that sacred to a lot of people. If the Catholics want to eat fish, not drink, get married at 18 and whatever then that's cool but I don't think we need liquor laws separate to any other public holiday. Bottle-os are closed on Good Friday and Christmas Day, no ifs no buts. ANZAC Day they are closed until midday. Any other day you can open if you want. Labour Day, Foundation Day, Boxing Day... all fair game and you are only subject to industrial relations laws for wage loadings. I mean Labour Day is probably the most watered down of public holidays and is a public holiday to recognise the achievements of the labour movement. WTF.

I'd rather pubs were just allowed to open or not allowed to open instead of the funny compromise we have now.

 

[Off The Couch]

?!

I'm pretty sure no pub in Australia mandates you need a meal to buy a drink.

And ya know, yeah, with Good Friday three days away I am referring to that...

...why would I ask if pubs require you to buy a meal to get a drink?

Feel like I'm being wound up here or I'm already on the piss but I'm sure it's not you, it's me...

Because it’s been law for years and I thought the law in general must have changed because it didn’t even register to me the whole Good Friday whinge as it doesn’t figure on my radar of things to give a * about

I think you enjoy whinging just for the sake of whinging

As for the Camfield getting special permission, it’s a joke. But then, them being the only food and beverage outlet in the zone says it’s Packer and the government doing another back scratch for one of their boys

 

[JackOutback]

Because it’s been law for years and I thought the law in general must have changed because it didn’t even register to me the whole Good Friday whinge as it doesn’t figure on my radar of things to give a **** about

I think you enjoy whinging just for the sake of whinging

As for the Camfield getting special permission, it’s a joke. But then, them being the only food and beverage outlet in the zone says it’s Packer and the government doing another back scratch for one of their boys

Reckon it's actually less a backscratch and more just practicality. The State Government wanted a Good Friday football game, you can't reasonably expect everyone who rocks up to the ground to have nowhere to drink unless they buy a full meal (and the Camfield wouldn't be able to cope with thousands of people ordering a meal. Hopefully, it's the beginning of the end of the law.

 

[Beerfish]

I think the restrictions are silly. If you need laws to prevent people from going to the pub on a day that is supposed to be sacred then surely that tells you that the day isn't that sacred to a lot of people. If the Catholics want to eat fish, not drink, get married at 18 and whatever then that's cool but I don't think we need liquor laws separate to any other public holiday. Bottle-os are closed on Good Friday and Christmas Day, no ifs no buts. ANZAC Day they are closed until midday. Any other day you can open if you want. Labour Day, Foundation Day, Boxing Day... all fair game and you are only subject to industrial relations laws for wage loadings. I mean Labour Day is probably the most watered down of public holidays and is a public holiday to recognise the achievements of the labour movement. WTF.

I'd rather pubs were just allowed to open or not allowed to open instead of the funny compromise we have now.

Is this what you meant to say SA?

 

[Off The Couch]

Reckon it's actually less a backscratch and more just practicality. The State Government wanted a Good Friday football game, you can't reasonably expect everyone who rocks up to the ground to have nowhere to drink unless they buy a full meal (and the Camfield wouldn't be able to cope with thousands of people ordering a meal. Hopefully, it's the beginning of the end of the law.

My comment around back scratching was the allocation of only one outlet In the footy zone that sells food and drink not the Good Friday game.

 

[JackOutback]

My comment around back scratching was the allocation of only one outlet In the footy zone that sells food and drink not the Good Friday game.

I assume there will be more to come; it wasn't practical to open several outlets at a time when there was nothing there. As it was, the Camfield opened months before the footy season started. Can't imagine it did a roaring trade until the season started.

 

[Scotland]

Camfield is just an expanded Burswood golf course tavern and pro shop.

 

[Plugger35]

Reckon it's actually less a backscratch and more just practicality. The State Government wanted a Good Friday football game, you can't reasonably expect everyone who rocks up to the ground to have nowhere to drink unless they buy a full meal (and the Camfield wouldn't be able to cope with thousands of people ordering a meal. Hopefully, it's the beginning of the end of the law.

It will probably be hard to get a drink there anyway if it's the only pub open on Good Friday where you don't need to buy a meal.

 

[Scotland]

Also their microbrewery kinda sucks.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Why do people keep asking if this is Good Friday specific?!

Like... why would Fridays just suddenly have some weird stipulation? And surely everyone knows Good Friday is coming up, that there's trade restrictions, etc etc. What the *?!

Bizarre.

I get yeah it's just one day but Australia is more and more secular, inevitably this'll go. It's just pretty confronting how much pull the Catholic church has. Most people are over the moon to get four days off work and I think plenty of them would love to be able to get a wine or two, head out with their friends on Friday night. It's just archaic and fuddy-duddy for a country that's moved on.

 

[Beerfish]

Some of us get 10 days off.