Fast Eddys

Fast Eddys was founded in 1979 at the west end of the Perth CBD, on the corner of Hay and Milligan streets by Christopher and Con Somas. The restaurant moved to a new location at 454 Murray Street in the early 1990s, where it remained until its closure in 2019.

By the mid-1990s, Christopher and Con Somas had sold the business. In the following years, the new owners Ernie and Mark Galloway opened new restaurants across Western Australia, and by 2001 the company expanded into New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. However, in 2002 the company was placed in receivership, with most of the restaurants closing down in the eastern states, and the Western Australian restaurants being sold off as franchises.

Apart from the original Perth CBD restaurant, other locations of Fast Eddys restaurants in Western Australia included Morley, Armadale, Cannington, Midland, and Kalgoorlie. The Melbourne restaurant operated at 32-38 Bourke Street, in the Melbourne central business district. It closed in February 2003.

In 2018, the remaining 454 Murray Street location was sold to a Chinese investor for $4.8 million; the restaurant's tenancy of the property was reported to expire in June 2019, with options to extend. However the restaurant would ultimately close for good in May 2019. The vacated building and the Fast Eddys facade would remain untouched as of September 2026; however there are plans to clear the site and replace it with a mixed-used development.