Clyde Mooney

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COUNCIL ACROBATICS BUT LONDON HOTEL MAY STILL FALL

Posted on May 30th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
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

MASTERCHEF BRINGING HELLENIC HEAVEN TO MELBOURNE HOTEL

Posted on May 30th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
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

MASSIVE VIOLENCE REDUCTION BODES WELL FOR NSW VENUES

Posted on May 27th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
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

CRAFT BEER HELPING CYSTIC FIBROSIS

Posted on May 27th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
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

COWBOYS HELP YOUNG AUSSIES INTO PUB EMPLOYMENT

Posted on May 27th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
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

CALLIGEROS GRABS REILLY’S TRINITY BAR

Posted on May 25th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
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

ANTI-GAMING CRUSADERS BLAME VENUES FOR PROBLEMS

Posted on May 25th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
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,

POLICE SEEK 2 MEN WHO BASHED HOTELIER AND SET HOTEL ON FIRE

Posted on May 25th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
[caption id="attachment_6127" align="alignright" width="330"] CCTV footage (see below) shows bandits dragging the hotel manager[/caption] 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

AUSTRALIA’S CAPITALS FARE WELL ON GLOBAL PUB SCALE

Posted on May 25th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
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