QUEENS ARMS EXTENDED TO MARKET

The regal Queens Arms Hotel of Bendigo is seeking a suitor, as long-timers look to time off and the city benefits from post-pandemic regional migration. Set on a 625sqm corner of Russell and Steel Streets, enjoying combined street frontage of

FIRE DESTROYS HISTORIC KY WEST HOTEL

Investigators are treating as suspicious a fire that destroyed the historic and beloved Ky West Hotel in northern Victoria. Just before midnight on Monday (20 March), emergency services were summoned, and police and more than a dozen CFA vehicles rushed

PUBS STOP THE MUSIC IN PROTEST

Election Eve, and pubs, bars and clubs across Sydney are protesting via a bout of silence, as a reminder to revellers what nightlife looks like without live music and entertainment. The ‘Turn it Down, To Turn it Up’ initiative is

LEWISHAM UP FOR GRABS

The Lewisham Hotel on bustling Parramatta Road is being sold, representing a rare entry-level freehold pub in a roiling market. The two-storey pub resides on a substantial 1,157sqm site on one of Sydney’s major arterial roadways, between the CBD and

GERNER EXITS, VIA SORRENTO

Melbourne hotelier Julian Gerner is bowing out of the industry with sale of his last asset, Morgan’s Sorrento. Originally named the Mornington, becoming the third ever hotel in Sorrento, in 1876 the current building was constructed, dubbed the Koonya Hotel,

HL PUTS NEW TWIST IN PYTHONS

Hoshizaki Lancer has launched its revolutionary python manufacturing machine, which will significantly upgrade the capabilities of beverage dispensers such as beer taps and soft drink fountains. While they are not often thought about, beverage dispensing trunk lines, often called python,

GORDON OFFERS UP FAIR SCARBOROUGH

Ninety-four-year-old rich-lister Bruce Gordon is not to be left out of the pub market frenzy, bringing his idyllic oceanside Scarborough Hotel to the game. The landmark pub was established in 1886, residing on a 3,904sqm lot in the coastal precinct

OWNER ORDERED TO REBUILD DEMOLISHED HISTORIC PUB

Developers who illegally demolished the cherished Punch Bowl Inn of Hurst Green, have been fined and ordered to rebuild the heritage-listed landmark to original plans, from the rubble. Built near the crest of a hillock on Longridge Road, in the

I LOVE PUBS: MEL BUTTLE

This is an open love letter to pubs. By Mel Buttle, comedian A good pub makes you feel both at home and comfortable, but a great pub makes me feel like getting a tattoo. Going out for dinner to a

PUB BRAWL LEADS TO GUNS, DRUGS AND SIX ARRESTS

A pub brawl in outer Newcastle prompted a police investigation, resulting in officers from the Raptor anti-bikie gang task force arresting four men and two women. The incident took place mid-afternoon on Saturday, 18 February, starting when 36-year-old Blair John