Changing Times

FAT LADY SINGS FOR CAPTAIN COOK

Posted on September 23rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Shortly following the announcement of its sale by receivers, Paddington’s Captain Cook Hotel has been put into drydock, taking its final curtain call over the weekend. Built 1914 on the corner of Flinders Street and Moore Park Road, opposite what

THE LEGEND OF NORMANBY RETURNS

Posted on September 20th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Jaz Mooney’s Pelathon Management Group has revealed its big-budget revival of Brisbane’s historic Normanby Hotel, taking the heritage-listed footy pub ‘back to its roots’. Built 1890, the Normanby embodies the history of Brisbane, in its growth and prosperity. It is

THE OAKS’ $6M RENOVATION REVEALED

Posted on September 16th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Sydney pub icon The Oaks has unveiled the first stage in the biggest upgrade in its 133-year history, welcoming the no excuses good-time Taffy’s sports bar. A landmark of Military Road through Neutral Bay, The Oaks is famously one of

CAMDEN VALLEY INN’S TRIUMPHANT RETURN

Posted on September 11th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The historic Camden Valley Inn has reopened after a major ten-month renovation, ushering in a new era for the heritage-listed former milk bar. The Inn on the corner of the Old Hume Highway through Camden, around 70 kilometres south-west of

ALH GET SAVVY ON SUNSHINE COAST

Posted on August 28th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
ALH has rebranded its former Wharf Tavern as the latest James Squire pub instalment, dubbed the Savvy Squire. Catering to Queensland’s growing love of craft beer, reported by IRI data as seeing 14.1 per cent value growth in FY19, Lion’s

THE KURRAJONG HAS RETURNED

Posted on August 12th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Erskineville’s historic Kurrajong Hotel – aka the Swanson – has returned with a new lease on life after some serious renovation. Built in the 1930s, the big, multi-storey corner pub is one of Sydney’s Art Deco classics, replete with ornate

AUS. VENUE CO. UNVEILS NEW SMITH ST SOCIAL

Posted on July 19th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Australian Venue Company (AVC) has pounced on another new venue, remodelling and rebranding the retired Rorkes to become the sophisticated, all-occasion Smith St Social.  AVC continues its strategic acquisitions, eyeing long-term prospects for the growing portfolio, backed by New York-based

THE BRUNNY IS TRULY NO MORE

Posted on July 12th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
On what would have been its tenth birthday, Melbourne live music doyen the Brunswick Hotel has announced it will never reopen. In the early hours of a Thursday, 22 March 2018, a car collided with and sheared off a fire

NEW ERA FOR OLD FITZ

Posted on July 8th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Tonight sees curtains up for Jaime Wirth and partners’ reincarnation of Woolloomooloo’s famous Old Fitzroy Hotel, with selected new complementing the polished act.  For the past few years, since selling his Drink n’ Dine portfolio, Wirth has joined with Michael

BOTANICA TO CLOSE THIS MONTH

Posted on June 24th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Popular Perth pub the Botanica Bar & Bistro joins the ranks of venues closing, confirming it will cease trade at the end of the month. Earlier this month news emerged Nick Duncan was closing the doors at Perth’s Broken Hill