An old but ‘not heritage enough’ pub in Port Melbourne faces an uncertain future, as authorities quibble over whether or not to protect it from redevelopment. The London Hotel was built in 1861, and has had many embellishments to produce the art-deco styled building overlooking Port Phillip Bay at Port Melbourne. It recently came to […]
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Renowned chef and TV personality George Calombaris will soon open Hellenic Hotel, extending his portfolio bringing authentic-but-modern Greek food to the southern capital. The Masterchef host and culinary celebrity first opened his ‘Hellenic Republic’ eatery experience in 2008 with business partner and fellow chef Travis McAuley. The brand now boasts two venues, in Brunswick and
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The latest list of ‘violent venues’ shows incidents plummeting – again – with just one pub in Tier 1 restrictions, but still no sign of The Star. Liquor & Gaming NSW’s updated list released today shows seven licensed venues falling from the list after achieving fewer than 12 incidents in the past 12 months. Only
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Camperdown’s crafty gypsy brewers have raised over $10,000 for Cystic Fibrosis NSW, largely through a Rose Kölsch brewed the Wayward way. Wayward Brewing recently launched its ‘Craft for a Cause’ program, aiming to “spread the word on giving back to our community” courtesy of delicious boutique beers. The first collaboration was with Cystic Fibrosis NSW
The North Queensland Cowboys’ Dream Believe Achieve hospitality program wrapped up today, with graduates trained and assisted into jobs in bars and pubs. On 5 April the Cowboys’ initiative kicked off, aiming to help 20 unemployed indigenous Australians to achieve their dreams of jobs in hospitality. Dream Believe Achieve provided intensive education by professional trainers
Lion has released the next instalment of its ‘Beer the Beautiful Truth’ education campaign, with an expert panel answering questions in ‘Brew & A’. Beer the Beautiful Truth (BTBT) has sought to educate consumers around common misconceptions, such as the make-up and sugar content of Australia’s most popular alcoholic beverage. The latest instalment of the
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It’s all smiles at Surry Hills, as Peter Calligeros signs on the line for Ray Reilly’s Trinity Bar for $8.5 million. After a busy first half of the year that saw the Irishman both selling and buying, Reilly told PubTIC he’s “over the moon” about the Calligeros clan taking on his beloved Trinity. “It’s been
A Monash University report has highlighted the unfortunate bias so-called independent entities can show toward the gambling industries. In 2015, the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences’ Dr Charles Livingstone and Louise Francis released the Review of VCGLR decisions, and other gambling issues. The report criticised the practises of the Victorian Commission for Gambling
Police are appealing to the public for information about two men that assaulted a hotel owner and set the building alight with people sleeping inside. Around 12:30am on Friday 13 May the owner and manager of Albany’s historic Premier Hotel was grabbed by two bandits as he took out garbage. The men dragged the owner
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Deutsche Bank has released its fifth annual ‘Mapping the World’s Prices’ report, showing Melbourne and Sydney are right in the middle for the cost of a beer and meal at a pub. The report cites that Europe is “an expensive place” for many things, with Swiss and Scandinavian cities the most expensive in the world.
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