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TERMINUS HOTEL CHANGES DIRECTION WITH FASSNIDGE

Posted on April 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The time-warp Terminus Hotel is making up for lost time, engaging celebrity chef Colin Fassnidge to revamp its menu after just six weeks of operation. The Hotel was established in 1841, a Federation-style two-storey structure built in the early 1900s,

MERIVALE CUTS PAPI CHULO FOR QUEEN CHOW

Posted on April 16th, 2018 by Jane Louise
After four years, Hemmes is shutting Merivale’s BBQ meats venue Papi Chulo in Manly Wharf, to open an instalment of its successful Cantonese concept, Queen Chow. Papi Chulo opened in 2014, offering a mix of South American barbecue and Latino

MOMENTO’S HILLSIDE OPENS TO FIRE & BRIMSTONE

Posted on March 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The Colosimo family’s Momento Hospitality has expanded its successful Hillside Hotel, with an impressive on-trend low-and-slow BBQ and bourbon bar now open. Strategizing on how to better activate the upper level of the Hotel, with its retractable rooftop and underutilised

PUB-GRUB AND CASK ALE HITTING THE SPOT WITH SYDNEYSIDERS

Posted on February 19th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The unmistakably British Duke of Clarence in inner Sydney reports a great response to its themed pub, serving up a new home-style menu and flirting with serving warm(er) beer to Aussies. Liquor industry stalwarts Mike Enright and Julian Train are

SHR’S PRAHRAN GETS MENU MAKEOVER TO BEFIT ITS BEAUTY

Posted on July 14th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Not content with international awards for its design, Sand Hill Road has “stepped up” the menu at its Prahran Hotel, bringing a specialty chef and rustic menu to match the ‘wow’ factor. Since the group’s extensive makeover of the 1940s-built

PADDO PUB CELEBRITY CHEF FASSNIDGE BACK IN BANKSIA

Posted on March 17th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Celebrity chef Colin Fassnidge is back in the pub game, steering the pots at the reinvented Banksia Hotel’s ‘Banksia Bistro’. Fassnidge departed his iconic gastro pub the Four in Hand after its sale in late 2015 to Mitchell Waugh’s Public

PHMG LAUNCH MORE MONCUR, DEBUT MOSMAN

Posted on November 11th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The Waugh’s Public House Management Group has officially opened the Mosman chapter of Bistro Moncur, in the newly renovated The Buena. Bistro Moncur Mosman expands on the preeminent installation at PHMG’s Woollahra Hotel, one of the original champions of the

LAUNDY’S LION GOES VEGAN

Posted on September 9th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Laundy Hotels find itself on the cutting edge of dining in Australian pubs as the country’s first vegan pub bistro opens in the Red Lion. Located in the inner west heartland of Rozelle, within cooee of dozens of sophisticated modern

PUB FARE HEATING UP FOR PROSPERITY

Posted on September 2nd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Warm-weather-good-times have begun, and savoir faire fare offerings are opening like spring blooms in pubs around the country. Last night the Good Beer Company launched its new French-American bistro in the DOG (Duke of Gloucester), dubbed Duke’s Bistro. Located in

LAUNDY PUBS EMBRACE GARLO’S PIE FAMILY

Posted on August 3rd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Aussie pub family man Arthur Laundy has teamed up with Sean Garlick and his family’s Garlo’s Pies business to put the tasty pastries in LHG pubs. “Very nice people,” Laundy relayed to PubTIC. “I first met Sean through [Rabbitohs star]