Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

TOUGH TIMES CLOSE TWO QUEENSLAND PUBS

Posted on August 27th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Queensland regional pubs are doing it tough amid rising costs for transport and utilities, with two stories of planned revival resulting in recent closure. Wendy and Bruce McFarlane own and operate the Royal Hotel at Rubyvale in Queensland’s gem fields,

GALLAGHER GOES NORTH FOR MOONEY’S MEADOWBROOK

Posted on August 24th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Patrick Gallagher has joined the ranks of the banana-benders, buying Jaz Mooney’s thumping Meadowbrook Hotel in the Queensland golden mile. The Hotel is a large-format pub built in the late 90s on a 5,934sqm site in Meadowbrook, in Logan City,

MEMORABLE MONTH FOR MOMENTO

Posted on August 24th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

The Colosimo’s Momento Hotels has been celebrating a big month, writing big cheques and making the news, just a month after agreeing to sell flagship, the Australian Hotel & Brewery. In July Momento announced a deal to sell its pride

MARY’S COMMERCIAL HOTEL DALBY RAZED

Posted on August 24th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

The iconic Commercial Hotel in the heart of Dalby has been destroyed by fire, after emergency services were called early Wednesday morning to a blaze engulfing the building. The tile-fronted two-storey brick Commercial Hotel was built in 1909, replacing the

SMART SOLUTIONS SHOW NO-COST SHOE-SHINING VENDING MACHINE

Posted on August 24th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Polishoe is an innovative kiosk-style product offering customers a free three-step shoe polish in just under two minutes, as they watch instructions and a few ads. The stand-alone machine features a place to put the shoe being polished, beneath a

LEVY SELLS SEABREEZE NELSON BAY TO HUNT

Posted on August 22nd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Following an extensive renovation, Marcus Levy has sold his sea-change Seabreeze Hotel business to Coast king Steven Hunt, as Marvan keeps moving. The Seabreeze is a broad offering pub on a generous block intended as the perfect setting in which

BALGA MAN SENTENCED OVER PUB CAR PARK FATALITY

Posted on August 22nd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

A man has been sentenced for his role in a fatal punch-up outside the Brook Bar & Bistro last year, after the Danny Green v Anthony Mundine rematch boxing event. In a hearing last week, WA’s District Court heard there

WARDS PUT UP SUPER TROUPER TRUNDLE HOTEL

Posted on August 20th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

The commanding Hotel at the centre of the town of Trundle has come to market, overseeing the widest main street in NSW and Australia’s first dedicated ABBA festival. The National Estate-listed Trundle Hotel is a sprawling two-storey brick and timber

NCAT RULES AGAINST ILGA OVER HOTEL LICENCE USE

Posted on August 20th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

A recent decision by the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal has denied ILGA’s challenge around a Young hotel licence, and secured another option for struggling operators. Supermarket disruptor Aldi purchased a dormant hotel liquor licence within the town of Young,