Blake Street Merchant – Kitchen – Drinks – Shop

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Blake Street Merchant, 4 B & C Blake Street, North Perth, Phone 9201 9895.

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop Grooving … Blake Street Merchant opened it’s doors five or so weeks ago. The venue itself has seen quite a few incarnations and I’m hoping this one is going to stick.

Blake Street Merchant

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Island Market Trigg – Wood Fired Eats

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Island Market Trigg, 364 West Coast Drive, Trigg, Phone 9447 0077.

Girl And The Sea … The Sea dominates Island Market Trigg. An incredibly long bench extends the length of the Café with seats facing that great greenish blue Sea. Just beautiful.

Island Market Trigg

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Chilli Orange – Asian Fusion – Lunch Specials

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Chilli Orange Asian Fusion Restaurant, 21 Angove Street, North Perth, Phone 9228 3814.

Hold Everything … Wait just a second here, Chilli Orange is open for lunch! You could have knocked me over with a feather when I saw a lunch menu sitting outside this fabulous fusion Restaurant.

Chilli Orange

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The Queens Hotel – Est. 1898 – Heritage Listed

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The Queens Hotel, 520 Beaufort Street, Highgate, Phone 9328 7267.

It Feels Like Home To Me … Ah, fond memories of The Queens Tavern from way back. Hadn’t visited in a long while and Easter Sunday saw us heading to Highgate. Did I mention the all day $10.00 cocktails?

The Queens Hotel

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Sixth Senses Gourmet Thai Restaurant

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Sixth Senses Gourmet Thai Restaurant, 135 Oxford Street, Leederville, Phone 9444 0321.

One Brief Moment In Time … Leederville said a quiet adieu to Thai Spice on Oxford. The restaurant was open only a short while and then like a flash of lightning it was gone. The good news is that Six Senses Gourmet Thai Restaurant has taken its place.

Sixth Senses Gourmet Thai Restaurant

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Solo Pasta – Flavours By The Metre

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Solo Pasta, 628 Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley, Phone 9227 9898.

One Singular Sensation … Solo Pasta is a breath of fresh air. Monte Fiore have reinvented themselves and the result is something quite special. A light and airy venue and some pretty inventive Pasta by the Metre.

Solo Pasta

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El Grotto – Tequila Bar – Mexican Restaurant

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El Grotto, 5 / 148 The Esplanade, Scarborough.

Andale! Arriba! … Which just means “hurry up” or “get going”. If ever there was somewhere to get you going it would be El Grotto a Mexican Taqueria and Bar on the Beach.

El Grotto

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Mister Gills – Seafood – Fish & Chips

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Mister Gills, 175 Rokeby Road, Subiaco, Phone 9381 1700.

Rock Lobster … Mister Gills opened about four weeks ago now so the time was right to pay a visit. The café is the brainchild of Murray Gills the co-owner of popular Subiaco Café Juanita’s.

Mister Gills

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Posto Matto – Food – Wine – Coffee – Pizza

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Posto Matto, 2 / 211 Main Street, Osborne Park, Phone 93444748.

Mad World … Posto Matto literally means “The Mad House.” Absolutely nothing crazy happened while I was there. Although the menu offered a written promise that their food was a little mad but in a good way.

Posto Matto

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Arthouse Dine – AGWA – CLOSED

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Arthouse Dine, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Cultural Centre, James Street Mall, Perth, Phone 9228 3100.

Love Is The Drug For Me … And Arthouse Dine has so much to give. Love the new spacious venue, with its light, bright, crisp, clean décor and the visual traces of AGWA all around the place.

Arthouse Dine

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