Changing Times

DECK BAR GOES UNDER

Posted on May 20th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Owner Jason Hanna has posted to social media that Darwin’s Deck Bar is set to shut its doors next month, after a remarkable 14-year run. Hanna is more typically known for heralding new ventures, but shared that “sometimes all good

ROYAL REFURB FIT FOR A KING

Posted on May 20th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Public House Management Group (PHMG) has recently completed a $1 million refurbishment and makeover of its heritage pub The Royal Hotel, at Five Ways Paddington. The building, erected in 1888 and purchased by PHMG in 2015, has seen all floors

HUNT’S KENT GEARS UP FOR MAJOR ANNIVERSARY

Posted on May 17th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
An iconic Newcastle hotel is warming up the plus-size lady ahead of the party for turning one hundred this July. In the lead-up to the centenary celebrations The Kent Hotel, Hunt Hospitality’s flagship venue, has begun extensive renovations refreshing its

THE CHIPPO GOES ALL VEGAN

Posted on May 6th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The historic Chippendale Hotel has entered a new phase in tune with the times, taken over by Mama B to become Australia’s first all-vegan pub. Built in the 1880s, the Abercrombie St watering hole has over the years held the

HURLEYS UNVEIL FULLY RENOVATED ARKABA HOTEL

Posted on April 29th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Hurley Hotels has announced completion and unveiling of the new-look Arkaba Hotel, following a massive $12 million year-long renovation. Peter and Jenny Hurley’s group is a family-owned business that has been operating in South Australia for over 40 years. In

ODD CULTURE LEAVES FITZROY

Posted on April 26th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Less than a year after launching its first venue in Melbourne, Odd Culture Group has announced it has on-sold the Victorian venture in the pursuit of major expansion back home. James Thorpe’s group announced the new endeavour – Odd Culture

MITCH HOTEL: A NEW LOCAL FOR THE INNER WEST

Posted on April 19th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The Mitch Hotel has come to life in Alexandria heartland, as new owners Brett and Clare Davis reinvent the space into a serious good-time local. Balaclava Hotel c.1949 Originally the Balaclava Hotel, opening in 1920, the site at 50 Mitchell

UNIVERSAL LIFTS THE TEMPO IN TEMPE

Posted on April 12th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The Kospetas family’s Universal Hotels has consolidated its broadened appeal with a multi-million-dollar renovation of suburban landmark the Tempe Hotel. A hotel was first established on the Princes Highway site in 1856, and the current two-storey brick building was constructed

HALL AND REILLY UNVEIL NEW-LOOK LOCAL FOR BALMAIN

Posted on April 8th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Tommy Hall, in partnership with Irish icon Ray Reilly, has reopened the group’s vision for The Cricketers Balmain, welcoming the return of a ‘proper local’ to the precinct. The Cricketer’s Arms was established in 1872 and for many years served as

FORMER SOLOTEL PROJECT REIMAGINED BY GASTROPUB PIONEER

Posted on April 8th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
South Bank’s latest Gastropub, The Rose & Crown, opened its doors to a hungry Brisbane populace at the end of February. The historic two-level Queenslander dates back to 1889 and has been a residence, police station, squatters’ den and most