Innovation

WARREN VIEW DISCREETLY UNVEILS TEDDY’S

Posted on December 13th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Teddy's Bar has quietly opened at the Warren View Hotel, promising an exclusive and picturesque experience reminiscent of the prohibition era, with a “touch of mystery”. Located discretely above the Hotel, the new Bar is a nod to the days

OLD GILROY’S RINGS IN NEW BELROY

Posted on December 1st, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
An old north shore favourite has become a new local as the Belroy Hotel takes over and expands the former Gilroy’s Hotel of St Leonards. For the past decade the site has been owned and operated by Garry McGrath’s Sonenco

RAZED TWO STOREY HOTEL RISES AGAIN

Posted on June 24th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Outback icon the Two Storey Hotel has risen literally from the ashes, back and trading after a fire razed it early last year. Built 1882 from local sandstone, the stalwart pub is one of two in the town of nearly 150

PHG UNVEIL NEW OLD-SCHOOL THE STRAND

Posted on May 11th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Ninety-nine-year-old Darlinghurst icon The Strand is welcoming a new era inspired by the roaring twenties, as Public Hospitality Group transform it into a four-level dining and hotel precinct. The extensive refurbishment is taking place in two distinct phases. Open now

AUTHENTIC THEMED DINING SPICING UP PRECINCT PUBS

Posted on November 3rd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
A number of large-format hotels are capitalising on COVID-quashed dreams of travel, opening themed installations, seen in Shoal Bay Country Club’s Atmos Greek restaurant, and Garden State Hotel’s Italian temptation Tippy-Tay. Andrew Lazarus’ Shoal Bay Country Club (SBCC) is whisking

FIVE NEW VENUES, PLUS A DOGHOUSE IN BRISBANE

Posted on March 12th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Major expansion plans herald several new venues and Australia’s first craft beer hotel as BrewDog taps the ongoing successes of its A-NZ antipodean endeavours. An ambitious two-year blueprint foretells of several new sites across Australia and New Zealand by 2023,

LAUNDYS BREAK GROUND FOR NEW LOG CABIN

Posted on March 3rd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
A ground-breaking ceremony took place yesterday to mark the site and start of construction of Laundy group’s brand-new Log Cabin Hotel. A hotel first appeared on the site in the early 1800s, when an enterprising ferryman built somewhere for travellers

RAW REVEALED AS SUCCESSORS TO THE STOCKIE

Posted on February 24th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Raw Group has been revealed as the new operators of Brisbane’s landmark Stock Exchange Hotel, slated to reopen in March. Riversdale were the tenants at ‘The Stockie’ since 2013, after John Singleton’s Australian Pub Fund (APF) purchased it from Independent

HAWTHORN HOTEL BACK UNDER NEW AVC DEAL

Posted on February 8th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Institutional university pub the Hawthorn Hotel will live again in 2021, courtesy of an “innovative partnership” between Australian Venue Co. and Swinburne University of Technology. The 152-year-old pub was built 1868, on a corner of Burwood Rd in the Melbourne