Open & Closed

BALMAIN ICON EXCHANGE HOTEL REOPENS WITH IDEAL SPACE

Posted on July 25th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Ending more than a year closed, the iconic Exchange Hotel in Balmain has reopened with a pioneering business model, new concept and new first-time publican operator. The landmark pub dominating the corner of classic Balmain arteries Beattie and Mullens Streets

COLOSIMO UNVEILS MACQUARIE TRIBUTE PUB THE GOVERNOR

Posted on July 18th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The Colosimos have opened the doors to their all-new pub for Macquarie Park, The Governor. Lachlan Macquarie was Governor of NSW from 1810 to 1821, and was vital to the State’s transition from a penal colony to a free settlement.

MERIVALE BRINGS THE QUEEN TO THE BEACHES

Posted on July 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Merivale has opened the reinvention of its former Papi Chulo in Manly Wharf, unveiling Cantonese concept Queen Chow. The venue is headed up by the duo behind Queen Chow Enmore, Patrick Friesen and Eric Koh, offering a classic neighbourhood Cantonese

SAND HILL RD UNVEIL PLANS FOR THE ESPY

Posted on July 11th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Sand Hill Road has announced its pending revival of the iconic Hotel Esplanade – The Espy – eyeing a “new cultural destination” for Melbourne and magnificent sunsets over Port Phillip Bay. Melbourne-based pub group Sand Hill Road (SHR) ‘secured’ the

ROYAL MAIL BALLARAT IN RECEIVERSHIP – AGAIN

Posted on July 6th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
A well-known Ballarat pub has closed its doors again, after a second tenant, connected with the first, has had liquidators take over. The Royal Mail was operated by Royal Mail Hotel (Ballarat) Pty Ltd under a vendor finance agreement, until

NEW MURHPYS WITH ROOFTOP BAR FOR GEELONG

Posted on June 20th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Geelong’s Irish Murphy’s has undergone a big transformation, adding a rooftop bar and fine-tuning the offering to become Murphys. The team of Shaun Aspinall, Tom Ward, Ian Nichols and Daniel O’Donghue purchased what was then the struggling ‘Gin & Co’

ROCKPOOL OPEN UP AND OUT IN TOOWOOMBA

Posted on June 15th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Rockpool Group is continuing its record-setting run of brand new venues, opening its first outside a capital yesterday with The Bavarian Toowoomba in Grand Central Shopping Centre. The Toowoomba Bavarian represents Rockpool Group’s (RPG) fifth in the Sunshine State, following

STOCKADE BAR-BREWERY MARRICKVILLE NOW OPEN

Posted on June 13th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Stockade Brewery has cranked up both premises and product, opening a new Marrickville bar and tasting room with a new brewery, complementing cores with dabbles in barrels and all craft beverages. Evolving from a successful operation in south-west Sydney, Anton

ROCKPOOL’S RAPID EXPANSION CONTINUES

Posted on May 25th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Rockpool has taken another step today on its expansion into Queensland, opening Bavarian Beerhaüs at the heritage-listed Royal Snack Bar with a weekend of “carnivalesque escapades”. Bavarian Beerhaüs is the Group’s third new venue this month, following The Bavarian opening