Brothers Alex, Will and Andrew Cooney have taken on the beleaguered Phoenix Hotel – with plans to reinvent the baby of the Paddington pub scene. With a new pared-back décor and trendy share-style menu more like that of a boutique small bar, the new look may offer a suitable contrast to the big-ticket gastro pubs […]
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The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority has ruled on the noise complaints of one vocal neighbour to Stephen Hunt’s CBD Hotel. The woman that lodged the official complaint was one of a number of residents that overlook the Hotel, on Newcastle’s King Street. The tenant, who did not own an apartment in the modern Civic
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Commercial director of Diageo Australia, David Halliday, has resigned to take up a senior role at one of the company’s biggest competitors. Halliday has spent two years at the helm of Australian commercial operations for Diageo, and is attributed with “driving a more customer-centric focus” at the global giant drinks company. “In the short time
Owners of the uber-successful and crafty Dove & Olive and Keg & Brew have snapped up a Randwick landmark to add to the award-winning portfolio. The burgeoning Good Beer Company (GBC) has bought Newhaven Hotels’ Duke of Gloucester, with plans to “extend” what it already does well. Speaking to PubTIC, GBC owner John Azar says
The Kangaroo Island pub and manager guilty of serving 22 drinks and takeaway to a man who then died driving his car home have finally been sentenced. In June 2013, a regular at the Penneshaw Pub, Anthony Read, drank in the venue for over nine hours and was sold a six-pack of Bundy RTDs as
The ultimate ‘Sea Change’ pub has come on the market in Melbourne, offering potential for a landmark holiday destination development. The St Leonards Hotel, overlooking Port Phillip Bay pub south-west of Melbourne, was once the centre of the ABC’s late 90s TV series Sea Change, under the name the ‘Tropical Star Hotel’. It’s located on
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An Australian bartender saw the winners’ podium at Diageo’s World Class competition, with an event-first levitating cocktail designed “for anyone to make”. Jack Sotti, manager of Melbourne’s Boilermaker House, said the decision to enter the global bartender competition came after a commitment to Bar Week, taking place this week. Speaking to PubTIC at Diageo’s ‘Day
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Greg Maitland’s Independent Pub Group is independent no more, with Blue Sky Private Equity purchasing a majority stake amid a re-brand to become GM Hotels. Formed in 2007, Independent Pub Group (IPG) has held the keys to properties around Australia and currently controls three freehold and seven long leaseholds in Adelaide. The strong operations will
The Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Show crowned a new court of champions Friday night, with a boutique brewery taking two of the top awards. This year sees the ninth instalment of the prestigious beverage awards, and a record number of entries drew a record 15 Gold medals awarded across the 34 major categories. Also,
Twenty-one years ago Broken Hill came into the spotlight as a film about three drag queens put it on the LGBTI map. Priscilla, Queens of the Desert, is about two drag queens and a transsexual that convert an old bus into their transport to a stage show in Alice Springs. En route, they pass through
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