Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

HEMMES REOPENS LATEST MERIVALE MECCA, THE COLLAROY

Posted on May 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Merivale’s much-anticipated The Collaroy has swung open its new doors over the weekend, bringing some Pavilion magic to the Northern Beaches, and gratitude from Mr Hemmes. The Waugh’s Public House Management Group listed the beachside pub mid-2017, and buoyed by

ALH INVESTIGATES GAMING PRACTISES AS SHAREHOLDERS PONDER INVESTMENTS

Posted on May 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

The controversy over ALH’s gaming room practises continues, but at least one stakeholder has voted with financial results over purported ethical obstacles. Earlier this year anti-pokies campaigner Andrew Wilkie MP unveiled allegations that Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH), majority owned

WEST WINDS GIN SETS SAIL INTO CROWD-FUNDING

Posted on May 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Bolstered by the Australian ‘gin revolution’ and constant offers to invest, West Winds Gin has kick-started a crowd-funding campaign to allow fans to literally put their money where their mouth is. Based in Western Australia, West Winds began in 2010,

CLOSE SHAVE FOR LAUNDY

Posted on May 18th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

The Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave continues as one of the world’s great charitable initiatives, this year counting Arthur Laundy and grandchildren into the ranks of the bald. The World’s Greatest Shave began in Lismore in 1998, inspired by a

HAY POINT HOTEL FOR SALE AS BOOM LOOMS

Posted on May 18th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

The huge Hay Point Hotel is being offered to market, as the massive Queensland coal industry picks up steam through the Hay Point Port. The Hay Point Hotel Motel is a big Queenslander, occupying a 2.025-Ha (20,250sqm) oceanfront site in

SCANDALOUS WIN FOR BEST STEAK SANDWICH

Posted on May 18th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

The hotly contested competition to find the best expression of the humble Steak Sandwich throughout WA has been fought – and controversially won by a ring-in. Every year the Australian Hotels Association (WA) proudly sponsors the quest for WA’s Best

MASSIVE MERIVALE MONTH AS SYDNEY NIGHTLIFE LOOKS TO REVIVAL

Posted on May 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Merivale has announced a monster Happy Hour throughout June across all its venues – as the City of Sydney convenes the much-awaited Nightlife Advisory Panel. For all of June, the trailblazing Merivale presents Bottoms Up, Sydney, offering 49 per cent

SOUTH MELBOURNE’S THE MONTY SELLS – AGAIN

Posted on May 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Just weeks after the freehold sold, Bon Vivant Group has sold its lease at South Melbourne’s popular local The Montague. In February the Fermanis family announced the sale of the freehold of the Park Street pub, following an unsolicited offer

BIMBO DELUXE RAZED OVERNIGHT

Posted on May 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

A fire has gutted Colonial Leisure Group’s inner-Melbourne institution Bimbo Deluxe overnight. Emergencies services were called to the Brunswick Street pub around 1:20am, and 24 firefighters battled the blaze into the early hours. The fire is said to have been

REGULATOR CONVICTS WAGERING COMPANY AND WARNS OF FUTURE

Posted on May 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Liquor & Gaming NSW has announced the conviction of wagering company Neds, ahead of massive increases to penalties to rogue companies breaching NSW gambling advertising laws. Neds.com.au faced Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney on Tuesday (15 May), pleading guilty