Open & Closed

LAUNDY KICK-STARTS ANOTHER NEW PUB

Posted on October 31st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Arthur Laundy has struck dirt in Olympic Park, yesterday celebrating the start of another greenfield build of a brand new four-level local for his home precinct. Last month Laundy Group celebrated a ‘topping out’ ceremony at the big Marsden Hotel

ROCKPOOL SEIZES OKTOBERFEST WITH NEW VENUE NEWS

Posted on October 10th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Rockpool Group has burst into Oktober, celebrating the month of beer with two new venues, beginning with The Bavarian in Westfield Coomera. Opening Thursday (11 October) the new location will unleash a no-holds-barred extra long weekend of Bavarian hospitality, rolling

UNIVERSAL MODULATION ON MIDNIGHT SHIFT BEGINS TONIGHT

Posted on September 28th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
After much speculation, Universal Hotels is tonight opening its tweaked Midnight Shift, launching a three-day party under a new moniker. The group operated by the Kospetas family acquired the legendary Shift – reputed to have been the first gay bar

HISTORIC SUSSEX HOTEL UNVEILS ROLLING RENO

Posted on September 28th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The historic Sussex Hotel in Walkerville has unveiled the first of several stages of renovation, bringing reinvigoration and new ideas to the classic structure and its retail surrounds. The pub concerned was originally established as the Sussex Arms in 1843.

MERIVALE OPENS ROYAL BONDI WITH BOTTOMS UP

Posted on September 24th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Merivale has reopened its new Bondi icon, the Royal Hotel, ushering a preserved past, pop-up dining concept on the way, and half-price drinks throughout October. Justin Hemmes’ pioneering group snatched the iconic Royal Hotel on Bondi Road in late 2017,

IRIS UNVEILS BIG-BUDGET RENO AT WENTWORTH HOMEBUSH

Posted on September 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Iris has loosed the purse-strings again in the name of optimising its big-format Wentworth Hotel, striking a prominent and handsome pose on Parramatta Road in Homebush. Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital bought the two-storey brick heritage pub beside one of Sydney’s

IRIS UNVEILS NEW BUT HERITAGE PUB AT CAMPSIE STATION

Posted on September 14th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Iris Group has quietly opened a brand new heritage pub in western Sydney heartland, restoring and converting a prime three-storey structure opposite Campsie Station. Sam Arnaout’s Iris bought the site on the prominent corner of Campsie thoroughfares Beamish Street and

HARDIMAN’S REVIVAL SEES NEW OPEN DOOR

Posted on September 14th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Michael Thiele and Craig Ellison are back, with the grand unveiling of their rebuilt Hardiman’s Hotel in Kensington, turning a new page for the duo. Thiele and Ellison were the drive behind the former Open Door Pub Co, which grew

EAST BRUNSWICK TO JUMP AGAIN WITH NEW LOOK

Posted on September 3rd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
After selling at auction late last year for $4.4 million, the iconic East Brunswick Hotel is back with a new look for another encore. The pub is a three-storey corner structure on a compact 380sqm block that was operated for

TOUGH TIMES CLOSE TWO QUEENSLAND PUBS

Posted on August 27th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Queensland regional pubs are doing it tough amid rising costs for transport and utilities, with two stories of planned revival resulting in recent closure. Wendy and Bruce McFarlane own and operate the Royal Hotel at Rubyvale in Queensland’s gem fields,