After five years and complete reconstruction, iconic sticky-carpet late-night George Street grunge pub Jacksons has reopened as a sophisticated and contemporary venue under DTL Entertainment, fronted by Maurice Terzini. Infamous wee hours destination pub Jacksons on George closed early 2018 when its lease to the Gallaghers expired and Lendlease took back the keys. It was […]
Mountains sweetheart the Alexandra Hotel of Leura is headed to auction, as the satellite town grows ever closer to Sydney. Built in 1903, the two-storey ‘The Alex’ is a quintessential country-style hotel, and a Blue Mountains institution, being the only licensed pub in town. Designed by a local architect, the Edwardian-style Alexandra boasts striking interior
Australian Venue Co has rolled out another two overhauled local watering holes, bringing the Grand Junction Tavern and Browns Plains Hotel back online after multi-million-dollar investments. The Grand Junction of Pennington reopened after a $2 million renovation pitching a new destination for locals, serving up quality food, drinks and live sports. The lid has been
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Ned Kelly and partner are selling their big development opportunity in coastal Corindi Beach to hone in on an alternate prize. Previously known as the Amble Inn, the rebranded Corindi Beach Hotel occupies an enormous 16,120sqm site just half and hour’s drive north of Coffs Harbour. It includes public bar, kitchen and bistro, gaming room
The famed and multi-award-winning St Andrews Beach Brewery on Victoria’s prized Mornington Peninsula is being sold, with major expansion options. Located just over an hour’s drive from the Melbourne CBD, the property is 37-ha (92 acres), and was previously a world-renowned horse training facility known as ‘Markdel’, once owned by the Freedman brothers; some of
Sydney-based Applejack hospitality group has jumped into the next addition to the portfolio, reinvigorating and recreating Darlinghurst’s iconic Taphouse. Following a “serious nip and tuck” top-to-bottom refurbishment, the heritage pub reopens to the public Wednesday (13 September), claiming a concept unlike anything in the area – driven by ‘Taps, Tunes, and Chinese. Applejack is passionate
Chasing the news of two sales in the past fortnight, Redcape Hotel Group has announced the off-market sale of both the Shafston Hotel in Brisbane and the Central Hotel in Shellharbour. The big, multi-level Shafston Hotel is in East Brisbane, close to the Brisbane River and Gabba Stadium. Redcape acquired it from the exiting Delaware
On the heels of Redcape listing two pubs in town, the heritage-listed McGuires Hotel of Mackay is on offer by long-timers for the first time in nearly four decades. A pub has stood on the site since 1882, but the current structure was built in 1938 by Barney McGuire on 1,559sqm in the commercial heart
A pub employee has been convicted and fined for an over-zealous attempt to stop a patron from drink driving. According to police documents tendered in court, 47-year-old Andrew Winter from Catalina, who works at the Bay View Hotel in Batemans Bay, assaulted a regular patron who was drinking with a friend. The bartender was familiar
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Local legends the Dougherty family are winding up at their striking Clocktower Hotel, in the northern NSW town of Grafton. The pub commands a corner in the commercial core of Grafton, on a 1,221sqm site with more than 80 metres of street frontage seeing extremely high foot traffic. It provides a public bar, sports bar
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