Open & Closed

THE TROUBLED GREYHOUND IS GONE

Posted on May 12th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Despite last-minute attempts by Port Phillip Council to save it, in the wake of public outcry, St Kilda’s iconic 164-year-old Greyhound Hotel is currently being demolished. Built in 1853, the Hotel has been through a number of transformations, renovated in

NEW GROUP’S BIG RETURN TO PUB GAME WITH OPEN ARMS

Posted on May 8th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Back from their big-deal sabbaticals, the team behind Beer Deluxe has launched the next era in their hotel aspirations, announcing Open Arms Hospitality and the pending Public House pub. Former Albury Tigers team-mates and long-time friends Craig Shearer and Jason

PLATINUM GROUP UNVEIL FULL GOLD AT THE MONTY

Posted on April 28th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Platinum Group has gone the full Monty – unveiling its ‘approachable yet refined’ new pub, the Montague Hotel, in Brisbane’s West End. Emerging from a doldrums office building on the corner of Montague Rd and Kurilpa St in the south

ST HOTEL ST KILDA SINKS INTO LIQUIDATION

Posted on April 26th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The star-studded St Hotel St Kilda has slipped into liquidation, said to be owing $1.7m to creditors. Landlord to the pub business, Chris Maiotis, who is also a director of the failed entity, reportedly took possession due to unpaid rent,

ALH TEAM WITH LION FOR ‘CHEEKY’ FRANKSTON PUB

Posted on April 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
ALH will soon launch a new pub collaboration with Lion, rebranding Daveys Hotel in Frankston as ‘The Cheeky Squire’. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) is Australia’s biggest publican, and operates over 300 pubs around the country, in every State and

MASSIVE NEW PUB THE CAMFIELD FOR BURSWOOD

Posted on April 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The West has unveiled plans for the massive new pub being constructed inside Perth’s big new stadium at Burswood. The Camfield will be the all-new 2500 capacity pub adjoining the impressive new Perth Stadium – both slated to be open

NEW IMPROVED LANSDOWNE HOTEL TO REOPEN

Posted on April 19th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
It has been confirmed the team behind Newtown’s Mary’s Burgers will soon reopen the iconic Lansdowne Hotel as a new-look live music venue. The heritage-listed Lansdowne Hotel was one of Sydney’s institutional band pubs, located close to Sydney University and

SHORT’S SCUBAR: TIME’S UP, AND UP

Posted on March 29th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Proving all good things must come to an end, the Short’s party pub Scubar will soon close its doors. Located in Rawson Place, a stone’s throw from Central Station and Chinatown, Scubar began as a project between the late Warwick

NEW FLINDERS HOTEL OPENS TO REVISED SYDNEY MARKET

Posted on March 20th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Looking to the future, long-standing Sydney local the Flinders Hotel has reopened to a new environment in a new year. Located on Flinders Street, close to gay-central Taylor Square and just inside the wet-blanket lockout zone, the Flinders has had

SWEETER THAN SUGARMILL NEW POTTS POINTS HOTEL NOW OPEN

Posted on February 27th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
A new pub group has re-launched Kings Cross’ famous Sugarmill – repositioning it to suit its increasingly gentrified locale as the Potts Point Hotel. Sydney’s original late-night entertainment zone has been decimated by the crowd-killing effects of the controversial ‘lockout’