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ROCKPOOL OPENS BAVARIAN MAITLAND AND WOLLONGONG

Posted on May 31st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Rockpool continues its quest to bring Bavarian good-times to Australians, opening another two of the beer-based venues this week. On Wednesday, 29 May, The Bavarian Stockland Green Hills Shopping Centre in east Maitland threw open its doors, offering up the

IRELAND’S FIRST ALCOHOL-FREE PUB – THE VIRGIN MARY

Posted on May 31st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Two drinks industry colleagues have teamed up to bring the land of Guinness and whisky its very first no-alcohol pub. The Virgin Mary opened this month in Dublin, becoming Ireland’s first ‘dry’ public house in a city with 750 traditional

BAY HOTEL CLOSES UNDER FINANCIAL CLOUD

Posted on May 29th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The Bay Hotel Mordialloc has closed, with the landlord changing the locks and staff and creditors reportedly owed thousands. Mid-2018 publican Andre Chaaya listed the freehold of his south Melbourne pub, hoping to unlock some capital and invest further in

THE BIMBO IS BACK

Posted on May 24th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
CLG’s Fitzroy favourite Bimbo is back, serving $4 pizzas and local art, after being seriously scorched last year. In May 2018 news emerged that the Melbourne institution known as Bimbo Deluxe suffered a serious blaze, predominantly on the first floor,

SEAMUS O’TOOLE BIDS FAREWELL

Posted on May 24th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Beloved east Melbourne local Seamus O'Toole Irish Pub is closing next week, having failed to reach an agreement with landlords, the Knox Ozone precinct. The bawdy Seamus O'Toole, fondly known as ‘The Irish’, opened in the centre in 2002. It

SLY FOX REOPENS WITH SLY NEW OUTLOOK

Posted on May 10th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Publican Brett Strauss has teamed up with nightclub gurus Kerry Wallace and Benjamin Lepke to reinvent inner-west late-night stomping ground the Sly Fox. Located on the corner of Enmore and Edgeware Roads in Sydney’s inner west, the Fox has been

PARRAS UNVEILS AMBARVALE ‘SUPERPUB’

Posted on May 1st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Culminating years of planning and a massive makeover, Colin Parras has unveiled his Ambarvale “superpub” and micro-brewery. Parras purchased the large-format Ambarvale Hotel on 7,200sqm in the thriving Campbelltown LGA from the exiting Lantern Group in late 2016 for $21.2

NEW BEGINNINGS FOR TAVERN OF KINGS

Posted on April 26th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Jason Marlow’s Group launches its shiny new Sports Bar at the Kings Park Tavern, being stage one of sweeping changes to further patron experience in entertainment and food & bev. The Kings Park Tavern occupies a spacious block on a

ALH FORCED TO RESUME AND REOPEN THE ARCHER

Posted on April 26th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Three years after on-selling the leasehold interest, Australia’s biggest pub group ALH has resumed control and re-opened The Archer in North Adelaide. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) sold the business to Bloody Mary Group’s Huntsman Hotel P/L in 2016. The

ROCKPOOL BRINGS TEX-MEX TO BYRON

Posted on April 24th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Rockpool is opening another of its bespoke El Camino Cantina venues in party town Byron Bay, bringing crafted Tex-Mex to the north coast with a big four-day launch event. The El Camino Cantina concept is grounded in ‘Tex-Mex’ (Texan-Mexican), which