Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

RIVERSDALE RIDES ELEPHANT TO MARKET

Posted on October 25th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Riversdale-operated Australian Pub Fund has listed its Brisbane behemoth The Elephant for sale as part of its “ongoing disposal strategy”. The $300 million pub investment vehicle created by business moguls John Singleton, Mark Carnegie and Geoff Dixon, APF purchased the

BALMAIN’S CAT & FIDDLE FINDS NEW LIFE

Posted on October 25th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

The Cat is back with a hat, sporting a shiny new coat, gun chef and all-new outlook on life. Balmain institution the Cat & Fiddle is a two-storey brick interwar pub on a corner of arterial Darling Street. After generations

AVC BRINGING BACK SARAH SANDS

Posted on October 25th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Australian Venue Co. has announced a new addition to its portfolio with purchase of Brunswick’s historic, newfound Sarah Sands Hotel. Located in Melbourne’s eclectic north-side neighbourhood, the Georgian-style Sarah Sands has stood sentry on the corner of Brunswick and Sydney

ALBURY’S ALBION AND ASTOR AWAY

Posted on October 25th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Thriving border city Albury has seen two recent pub transactions, with sale of both the Astor Hotel and Albion Hotel. Hugging the Murray River and NSW-Victorian border, Albury LGA boasts populace of almost 80,000 residents, counting a diverse mix of

SUMMER TREND ALERT: WHISKY HIGHBALLS

Posted on October 25th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

By Emma Castle Whisky Highballs are the drink of this summer, according to Diageo National Whisky Ambassador, Katie Nagar. Whisky’s popularity has been on the rise for a while now, but a recent survey of bar owners, cocktail enthusiasts, bartenders

WALKERS EXITING RISING RABY TAVERN

Posted on October 23rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Kent Walker and family have listed their big Raby Tavern in booming Campbelltown LGA to focus on other acquisitions. The Tavern is the only pub in the catchment of Raby, with 20,000 residents, between Ingleburn and Campbelltown. It forms part

PARTNERS LIST REBOUNDING ROYAL

Posted on October 23rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

John McAuliffe and partners have put to market their Royal Hotel at Taree, on the banks of the Manning River, as business back in Sydney calls. Taree LGA is a mid-north NSW precinct around 300 kilometres north of Sydney, with

SOLOTEL GOES CUCKOO AT THE MARLY

Posted on October 23rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Solotel has refreshed and transformed the upper Marly with the weird and wondrous world of Cuckoo. Venturing up the stairs and down the rabbit hole patrons are greeted with what is promised to be a “new kind of venue experience”

BIG WINNERS AT CHEUNG’S CBH GOLF DAY 2019

Posted on October 21st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Chris Cheung’s annual Coogee Bay Hotel Charity Golf Day achieved new heights this year, reaching another million-dollar milestone and the first-ever hole-in-one – taking a $100k prize. In 1993 the Coogee Bay Hotel (CBH) began its ‘POWcH Day’ in support