Greenhouse was a
bar
Bar or BAR may refer to:
Food and drink
* Bar (establishment), selling alcoholic beverages
* Candy bar
* Chocolate bar
Science and technology
* Bar (river morphology), a deposit of sediment
* Bar (tropical cyclone), a layer of cloud
* Bar (u ...
/
restaurant
A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearan ...
at
100 St Georges Terrace
100 St Georges Terrace is a 24- storey skyscraper located at 100 St Georges Terrace in Perth, Western Australia.
It is a mixed retail and commercial property. The retail component, named enex perth (formerly enex100), is made up of three floo ...
in
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, Western Australia. Designed by Dutch-born florist, artist, builder and environmentalist Joost Bakker, and opened in 2009,
it is a ''"quirky, eco-friendly restaurant"'' concept,
which has been described as ''"... a breath of fresh air and a brilliant example of innovation in the restaurant sector."''
The head chef at Greenhouse was Matt Stone.
As a concept, Greenhouse had a mission to improve vastly on the ways restaurants are created, to have better design, better operation, and to be "completely waste free from the ground up".
Amongst other things, Greenhouse ''"... has its vegetable garden on the roof, grinds its own organic flour, has walls made of hay bales and boasts a zero-carbon footprint."''
Both Stone and the restaurant have won a number of awards. In 2010, Stone was named Best New Talent at the national Gourmet Traveller Awards;
then was awarded Young Chef of the Year by ''
The West Australian
''The West Australian'' is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, ''The Sunday Times''. It is the second-oldest continuousl ...
Good Food Guide'' in 2011
and 2012.
The restaurant was given a one star rating, and the award for Best New Restaurant of the Year, by ''
The West Australian
''The West Australian'' is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, ''The Sunday Times''. It is the second-oldest continuousl ...
Good Food Guide 2011'',
and retained its one star rating for 2012
and 2013,
but lost that rating for 2014.
The Greenhouse concept has also appeared, in temporary, "pop-up" restaurant form, at
Federation Square in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
in 2008–09,
at
Sydney Harbour
Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The harbour is an inlet of the Tasman Sea (p ...
in 2011,
and at the
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, run by Food and Wine Victoria Ltd. is an event held in March annually since 1993 to promote Melbourne and Victoria's food and wine culture.
Operating on a not-for-profit basis, the festival's charter is to p ...
in 2012.
Greenhouse also featured in an episode of
''MasterChef Australia'' series 5 in 2013.
The restaurant was sold to Red Rock Leisure in partnership with chef Chris Taylor around 2012.
The restaurant closed in May 2017. Managing partners of the venue claimed decreased revenue and high operation costs as contributing factors.
See also
*
Australian cuisine
*
Western Australian wine
Western Australian wine refers to wine produced in Australia's largest state, Western Australia. Although the state extends across the western third of the continent, its wine regions are almost entirely situated in the cooler climate of its sou ...
References
External links
*{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813202730/http://www.greenhouseperth.com/, date=13 August 2016, title=Official website
''By Joost:'' Greenhouse Perth– article on Joost Bakker's website describing the restaurant's construction
– review of the Sydney "pop up" restaurant
– reviews of the restaurant originally published in ''Qantas The Australian Way''
''The Australian'': Green and gold– review of the restaurant by John Lethlean
2009 establishments in Australia
2017 disestablishments in Australia
Culture in Perth, Western Australia
Restaurants established in 2009
Restaurants in Perth, Western Australia