Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

WHAT MAKES PORT MACQUARIE PUBS TICK: ALISTAIR FLOWER

Posted on September 18th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

After years running pubs for large operations such as NLG, Redcape and Public House Management Group, Alistair Flower took the plunge into freehold ownership with the Settlers Tavern in Port Macquarie in late 2015. Quickly adopting the change of pace,

PATONGA BEACH HOTEL SOLD TO BE LATEST BOATHOUSE

Posted on September 15th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Jewel of the central coast the Patonga Beach Hotel has sold to a growing operator, the waterfront pub to become another addition to the acclaimed Boathouse port. Boasting 1540sqm of water frontage overlooking Patonga Beach, facing south-east across Pittwater to

TREASURED COURTHOUSE HOTEL LANGUISHES

Posted on September 15th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

The heritage-listed and battle-trophy Courthouse Hotel Cairns has become a dormant site of itinerants and drug paraphernalia since Council purchased it from Pelathon last December. Built in 1922 as part of a scheme to employ returning WWI soldiers, the building

YOUNG HENRYS COPPING FREE BEER. AND BURGERS

Posted on September 15th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Sydney craft brewer Young Henrys has been behind some innovative “have a beer on us” campaigns popping up in pubs around NSW and Australia. Occupying a post-industrial era warehouse in Newtown, the hipster mecca heart of Sydney’s inner west, Young

LOCAL SNAPS UP MURPHYS’ BELMORE HOTEL MAITLAND

Posted on September 13th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

The Murphy family has parted with Maitland’s thriving Belmore Hotel, with a local businessman picking up the freehold going concern for $9 million. The Murphys have owned the Belmore since 2003, and citing increasing interests in other endeavours made the

PORT MACQUARIE’S FINNIAN’S HITS THE MARKET

Posted on September 13th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Furthering the NSW coastal surge, popular Port Macquarie pub Finnian’s Irish Tavern has come to market. Finnian’s occupies a large 1,223sqm site on the same block as one of Port Macquarie’s largest shopping centres, between a Coles supermarket and a

BRITAIN’S BIGGEST PUB OPENS AND BEST PUB CROWNED

Posted on September 13th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Britain’s largest pub chain has opened Britain’s largest pub, as the Eagle & Child in Ramsbottom is awarded Britain’s Pub of the Year for its work with the community. In 2008, the GFC took its toll on a Victorian seaside

ROGERS TAKE ON HETHERINGTONS’ GUNYAH

Posted on September 11th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Campbell Rogers has grown his footprint of Central Coast pubs, purchasing the Gunyah Hotel from rugby league families the Hetheringtons and the Mullins’. League legend brothers Brett and Jason Hetherington and family have owned the Gunyah in Lake Macquarie with

ROZELLE’S RUBY HOTEL TO MARKET TO BUY OR LEASE

Posted on September 11th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

In a market short of metropolitan opportunities, the Ruby Hotel in Rozelle is for sale or lease following extensive refurbishment and operation by the investor owner. Michael Huang purchased the Ruby in 2015. Commonly known as Ruby L’otel, it enjoys

ABBOTSFORD’S PARK HOTEL HOT SALE BY AUCTION

Posted on September 11th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Melbourne’s tightly-held freehold market has held to precedent, with the Park Hotel in Abbotsford selling at auction for more than 140 per cent of reserve, at a razor-sharp yield. Built in 1864, the Park sits on a big corner block