Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

ALH IN DAMAGE CONTROL FOLLOWING WILD ACCUSATIONS

Posted on February 28th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Fairfax has published a damning expose on the alleged workings of Woolworths-backed ALH and its approach to optimising gaming revenue through patron monitoring and inducements. Yesterday’s story in the Sydney Morning Herald alludes to a company-wide system of recording and

JDA SEEK BIDDERS FOR PADSTOW PARK

Posted on February 28th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

John Feros’ JDA Hotels has listed Top200 pub the Padstow Park Hotel, with new extended trading and price expectations in the high $20 millions. After executing sale-and-leaseback of the Group’s Allawah Hotel last September, and record-breaking auction of the development-ready

OPERATOR COPS 10 YEAR BAN AND $50k FINES FOR LIQUOR BREACHES

Posted on February 28th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

UPDATE: A former operator of Replay karaoke bar has been slapped with some of the “heaviest sanctions imposed for liquor licence breaches in recent years” for major infractions around sale of alcohol and trading hours. An investigation by undercover inspectors

HIBERNATING TERMINUS HOTEL TO RECOMMENCE

Posted on February 26th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Pyrmont’s time-warp Terminus Hotel will soon reopen, sporting a sympathetic look and Mediterranean menu alongside memories of nearly 32 years dormant. One of Sydney’s oldest licensed establishments, first pouring drinks on Christmas Eve 1841, the original pub was demolished and

LAUNDY BURGER CHALLENGE TO SUPPORT BREAST CANCER RESEARCH

Posted on February 26th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Laundy Hotels is supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation throughout March, donating money from every one of their burgers sold from Boss Burgers of Sydney. Key Laundy pubs the Long Jetty Hotel, Plumpton Hotel, South Dubbo Hotel and head office

CHELMSFORD HOTEL’S INAUGURAL MULLETFEST ROCKS THE LOCKS

Posted on February 26th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

The Chelmsford Hotel has seen a day of all-too-many bad haircuts and international intrigue over its inaugural Mulletfest event, which took place over the weekend. Laura Johnson’s family have owned the Kurri Kurri pub since 1993, and in 2009 Laura

GRAND VIEW LOOKS TO ‘ENERGETIC’ NEW OWNER

Posted on February 23rd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

The Grand View Hotel overlooking the Blue Mountains is looking for a loving new owner, as its long-standing patriarch throws in the towel in pursuit of retirement. Vendor Ben Tufrey has owned and operated the Grand View for 16 years,

THOMPSON SETS RED LION ON MARKET

Posted on February 23rd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

The Thompson family has listed its newly refurbished Moorooka pub, the Red Lion, in Brisbane’s booming south. The Red Lion occupies a prominent corner block on bustling Beaudesert Road, around nine kilometres from the Brisbane CBD. Simon Thompson and partners

SALE & LEASEBACK FOR COOKE-BEAUMONT AT BLAZING STUMP

Posted on February 23rd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

Peter Cooke and Stephen Beaumont have successfully divested title of their big-format Blazing Stump in another example of the demand for strong commercial assets in Victoria. Occupying 1,780sqm on a 5,708sqm site in the heart of Wodonga, on the Victoria-NSW

ABBOTT’S’ BEER-O-METER SOLUTION TO SUMMER

Posted on February 23rd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

The bold and beautiful Abbotts Hotel Waterloo has unleashed its ‘Beer-o-meter’ offering hot and thirsty Sydneysiders frosty discounted and potentially free beer when the summer temps soar. Set on Botany Road, on the coal face of gentrification’s spread into the