Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

ORANGE WHIP? RINGWOOD’S LATE-NIGHT VENUE ON OFFER

Posted on January 16th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

The toast of Ringwood has come to market, as three partners offer up their pumping bar-nightclub Orange Whip. Overlooking the Maroondah Highway at Ringwood, 28 kilometres east of the Melbourne CBD, the Orange Whip is a renowned late-night venue, operating

MANTLE EYES IPO FOR EXPANSIVE GROUP

Posted on January 16th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Hot on the heels of Redcape’s long-awaited IPO, Queensland pub king Godfrey Mantle has divulged plans toward floating his Mantle Group portfolio mid-2019. Mantle owns a string of successful Queensland operations, including five Pig 'n' Whistle pubs, one of which

FLOWER EXPANDS IN PORT AND LAKE CATHIE

Posted on January 14th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Celebrated community publican Alistair Flower has further expanded a growing portfolio with the purchase of the Lake Cathie Tavern, near his Port Macquarie haven. Current AHA National titleholder for Community Service & Achievement and winner again in 2018 at the

BITTERS DEBATE OVER NEW ZERO ALCOHOL LAWS

Posted on January 14th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Victorian venues are steeling themselves over new zero alcohol laws, with some going so far as to ban the ever-popular Lemon, Lime & Bitters. New rules have come into effect across Victoria banning licensed premises from serving any liquor to

ILGA ORDERS CLOSURES FOR SERVING MINORS

Posted on January 14th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

The Camden Hotel and Liquorland Bondi are the latest licensed premises to be closed for serving liquor to minors, under the NSW Government’s Minors Sanctions Scheme. The Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) has ordered the Camden Hotel shut for

THE BOURBON ROCKS THE CROSS ALL DAY

Posted on December 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

The Bourbon is sustaining its reputation as one of Sydney’s hubs for music, launching a regular all-day dance party on its new rooftop bar. Toward the end of 2017, uber-after hours nightclub Afters opened in Darlinghurst’s Club 77, offering a

STRIKE FOR PALISADE FOR DRUNKEN ANTICS

Posted on December 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Jewel of Millers Point the striking Palisade Hotel has been slapped with a strike for the drunken behaviour of two middle-aged women, one of whom tried to bite her helper. The Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) heard the case

STOCKLAND BUILDING NEW TAVERN IN AURA MEGA-DEVELOPMENT

Posted on December 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Large-scale developer Stockland has announced construction of a $6.5 million tavern, to be located in the heart of its massive Aura community, on the Gold Coast. Aura is the largest master-planned community ever built in Australia under single ownership, projected

HO HO FARMER’S HOTEL TO DO SANTAS ON A BUS

Posted on December 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

The Farmer's Hotel at Vacy is mustering its own Christmas celebrations, marching to the tune of Santas in kilts and seeing how many of the jolly fellas it can pack onto a double-decker bus. Proprietor Dr Maurice Harden is part

THE GLENMORE PRESENTS THE ALTERNATIVE TO SILLY SEASON

Posted on December 19th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Marty Short’s The Glenmore is jumping on the festive wagon, presenting a party for all the non-Christmas people of the world – Festivus, For the Rest of Us! From the Latin, Festivus, meaning ‘jovial’ came an alternative to the oft