Open & Closed

YOUNG BRINGS NEW ILLINOIS TO INNER WEST

Posted on February 24th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Bill Young’s reimagined Illinois Hotel reopened today following a multi-million-dollar refit and new inner west-centric flavour. Five Dock’s Illinois was snapped up early 2020 by former Wallaby great and respected publican Bill Young for around $15 million. Armed with a

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

THE WITCH TO QUELL THE IPSWICH ITCH

Posted on January 29th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
A couple of old hands have concocted The Witch, in West Ipswich’s former Coronation Hotel, opening a new-look venue for changing times. The well-loved old pub closed abruptly in 2019 after a tenant vacated. Ray Smith and business partner Ron

FRESH LOOK FOR HARBORD’S BEACH HOTEL

Posted on January 18th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The iconic Harbord Hotel, overlooking Freshwater beach, has re-opened following an extensive and sympathetic makeover under its new owners. Formerly the Harbord Beach Hotel, the pub has stood proudly as a community landmark for nearly a century – close to

ALH FINALLY OPENS NEW BUILD FOREST HOTEL

Posted on December 11th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
More than a year after its announcement, ALH’s Forest Hotel at Frenchs Forest officially opened today, forming the cornerstone of parent company Endeavour Group’s $45 million redevelopment of the former Parkway Hotel site. “The day is finally here, and our

THE SPORTING GLOBE KICKS OFF IN CHIRNSIDE PARK

Posted on December 7th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Signature Group has unveiled its latest win for Victorian hospitality with the hugely anticipated opening of The Sporting Globe at Chirnside Park. The latest The Sporting Globe (TSG) swung open the doors to punters on Friday (4 December), just in

MASSIVE CALI BEACH CLUB REVEALED

Posted on December 2nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Surfers Paradise is set for an enormous new hospitality space billed as sun, surf and sand mixed with sophisticated social sass. Cali Beach Club is an internationally-flavoured entertainment precinct on a rooftop in the heart of the Gold Coast, presenting

TILLEY & WILLS CAVORT AT PRINCE CONSORT

Posted on November 30th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Last week Brisbane jumped to the unleashing of Tilley & Wills’ former Elephant, the reworked and newly re-monikered Prince Consort landmark of Fortitude Valley. Around 600 people freed from nine months of pandemic shackles came to celebrate the official launch,

RIVERSDALE CLOSING THE STOCK EXCHANGE

Posted on November 23rd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Australian Pub Fund operator Riversdale Group has announced it will soon close the iconic Stock Exchange Hotel in inner-city Brisbane for good. The announcement came via social media late last week that the “Stockie” would cease trading Sunday 13 December,