Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

ALEXANDRIA HOTEL CLOSES WITH FAREWELLS AND FIRESALE

Posted on December 18th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Despite community outcries and temporary injunctions, the Alexandria Hotel will close for good this Sunday. Purchased by part of Centennial Property Group plans already lodged will see the pub demolished to make way for an $8 million development, with 28

TOY-WIELDING ARMED BANDIT CRIME SPREE FOILED BY PUB

Posted on December 18th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

A teenager’s crime spree ended when a pub owner and manager called his bluff trying to hold up the hotel with a replica gun. 17-year-old Mitchell Arthur Watts has been charged with counts of armed robbery – the third being

SNAP UFC BOUT SEES PATRONS BYO BRAWL

Posted on December 18th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Virtually denied a UFC bout on Sunday, some Melbourne pub-goers brought their own punch-up. Following perhaps the shortest title bout in UFC history, with Ireland's Conor McGregor taking the World Featherweight title from Brazilian Jose Aldo by knockout in just

$50m ACQUISITIONS FOR QUIET NEW PUB GROUP

Posted on December 16th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

News is emerging of a new pub group with deep pockets, amid the announcement the Waugh family has sold the Banksia Hotel and the Belmore Hotel. [caption id="attachment_4713" align="alignright" width="309"] Image: website[/caption] Quietly entering the industry with the recent purchase

SHORT AND LEACH RE-OPEN IMPERIAL HOTEL

Posted on December 16th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

AHA NSW President Scott Leach and celebrated hotel innovator Fraser Short reopened Erskineville’s troubled Imperial Hotel last night, with big plans for LGBTI interaction. After a series of service breaches including open consumption of drugs that saw OLGR inspectors punish

PATRON PUNCH SEES PATRON DEATH AND NEW CHARGES

Posted on December 16th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

A shameful incident outside a Gold Coast pub a week ago has escalated, with the victim of an assault dying in hospital on Monday. Around 2:30am on Friday, 4 December, two men “unknown to each other” are reported to have

BOMB THREAT CLEARS FITZROY PUB

Posted on December 16th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Fitroy’s Royal Derby was forced to evacuate patrons on Friday night after the venue manager received a threat there was a bomb in the building. Speaking with PubTIC, Rhys Capuano praised the fast work of the bomb detectives and said

FIRE LEVELS HISTORIC PUB – FOR A DAY

Posted on December 14th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

[caption id="attachment_4701" align="alignright" width="291"] Historic photo of the Kandanga Hotel. Image: Facebook[/caption] The historic Kandanga Hotel was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning, and locals determined to not lose their pub had it trading again the next day. Local John

BIG BENDIGO LATE-TRADER SWANS ONTO MARKET

Posted on December 14th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

A popular late-trader in thriving Bendigo has hit the market, as brother and sister owners call time on decades in hospitality. Andreas and Alysia Bazzani opened the Black Swan Hotel in 2001, which incorporates The Perch nightclub and The Icon

LOCALS OUTBID FOR OUTER-MELBOURNE HOTEL

Posted on December 14th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

A Chinese investor has snapped up an outer Melbourne hotel-motel as accommodation-based opportunities continue to attract strong interest around the country. The Sunshine Motor Inn has been owner-operated by father and son John and David Swain for the past 20