Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

LAUNDY FINDS GOLD AT THE QUARRYMAN’S

Posted on February 28th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Colin M. Parras is back on the ground, taking The Quarryman’s Hotel in Pyrmont from Arthur Laundy in the latest mid-market transaction. Laundy bought the Quarryman’s, located on the corner of Harris Street and Pyrmont Bridge Road, in 2011 for

WILLOW TREE FOR SALE IN THE HUNTER

Posted on February 28th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

The Willow Tree Hotel in the NSW Hunter region has hit the market, offering a well-presented local in one of the State’s booming regions. The two-storey Willow occupies a 1,556sqm site on the New England Highway (Kelly Street) through town,

BRITAIN’S WORST PUBLICAN

Posted on February 28th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Steve Cotton, proprietor of the Poltimore Arms, is the self-confessed least interested publican in Britain, making patrons serve themselves and having eyes only for his feral rescue cat named Hitler. The 59-year-old former engineer encountered opportunity to take over the

DE ANGELIS LISTS BIG BLIGH PARK

Posted on February 26th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

The evolving De Angelis group has put up its very large-format Bligh Park Tavern site in south Windsor, offering a strong business and major development opportunity. The De Angelis family holds the titles to De Angelis Hotels & Investments (DHI),

ROYAL OAK CLOSED AS HARVEY BATTLES ATO

Posted on February 26th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Doctor-publican John Harvey has unleashed a David and Goliath battle against the ATO, which has already seen the closure of his Royal Oak Hotel at Cessnock. John Harvey operates the Hunter Valley Dental Practice, and in 2011 bought the nearby

JOHNSON BETS A MULLET FOR BRAIN CANCER

Posted on February 26th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

The Chelmsford Hotel’s international drawcard – Mulletfest – is back for its third and biggest year yet, with publican organiser Laura Johnson putting her own locks on the chopping block for charity. Mulletfest began as an idea over drinks in

LIVINGSTONE FINDS CAPTAIN COOK IN BOTANY

Posted on February 24th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Fanatic hotelier Warren Livingstone has landed in Botany through acquisition of the strong-performing Captain Cook Hotel. The Captain is a heritage-listed pub built 1906 in the retail heart of Botany by Oscar Nielson, who went on to become local Mayor.

VIC LICENSEE DISQUALIFIED OVER MORE THAN A DOZEN BREACHES

Posted on February 24th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

A Victorian licensee has slipped from warning to five years’ disqualification, following a litany of breaches over a fourteen-month period. Records show the licence to operate the Ararat Hotel, around 200 kilometres west of the Melbourne CBD, was transferred to

MANTLE PUTS UP TWO PIG n WHISTLES

Posted on February 24th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

The high-profile Mantle Group has listed another two of its flagship Pig N’ Whistle venues in Brisbane, as it faces media inquiry and a pivot to larger premises. Godfrey Mantle and wife Jenny oversee the large family-operated Queensland pub group,

SIGNATURE MOVE INTO DARLING HARBOUR BREWPUB

Posted on February 21st, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Melbourne-based pub group Signature Hospitality has burst into Sydney with purchase of All Hands brewpub in Darling Harbour from Red Rock Leisure. The site at 22 The Promenade was formerly the King St Brewhouse, built to showcase John Singleton’s Bluetongue