Open & Closed

PATONGA PUB LAUNCHES AT BOATHOUSE

Posted on November 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The innovative Boathouse Group has unveiled its latest pride and joy – the reinvented Boathouse Patonga, in the former Patonga Beach Hotel. Established 2008 by Pip and Andrew Goldsmith, the Boathouse Group began with a café in Palm Beach, and

McBEATH REOPENS GREAT NORTHERN NEWCASTLE LANDMARK

Posted on November 5th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
After three years closed and a big renovation, Ben McBeath has today reopened the historic six-storey Great Northern Hotel to a thriving new Newcastle. The striking Great Northern on the corners of Scott and Watt streets was built in 1938

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