Open & Closed

‘YOUNG’ BREWER AND MATES TO RELAUNCH THE UNICORN

Posted on September 14th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
One of the founders of Young Henrys has teamed up with fellow hospitality die-hards to make The Unicorn Hotel “a nice place to drink beer”. PubTIC spoke with Oscar McMahon of Young Henrys fame on pursuit of the perfect venue,

TWEED PUB RISES FROM ASHES TO ROUSING RECEPTION

Posted on September 11th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Tweed district sweetheart, the Mount Warning Hotel, has reopened to a veritable horde of adoring patrons. The original two-storey timber structure, one of the Tweed Valley’s oldest pubs, burned to the ground in February 2013 – the year it would

GYPSIE BREWER FINDS ITS WAY AT LAST

Posted on September 11th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A gypsy brewer that has been wandering kitchens and craft beer awards since 2012 has finally settled down, and set to cook their Way. Wayward Brewing is the creative collaboration of Canadian-born Peter Philips, who says his philosophy is “more

LAST DRINKS AT LANSDOWNE’S FINAL GIG

Posted on September 4th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
[caption id="attachment_3605" align="alignright" width="443"] DZ deathrays[/caption] One of Sydney’s most famous live music venues will host its ‘Last Call’ mega-gig next weekend. The heritage-listed Lansdowne Hotel, on City Road, off Sydney’s Broadway, announced it will close as a pub, after

CELEBRITY CHEF BUYS GASTROPUB TO SELL BEER

Posted on August 31st, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Celebrity chef Sean Donovan has bought the Town Hall Hotel business in Fitzroy, with plans to improve its standing as a place “to get a beer”. Operated for the last five years by Melbourne chef Harry Lilai and wife Michelle,

CRUISE BAR WILL WEATHER STORM IN A TEACUP: CHEUNG

Posted on August 28th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
On Wednesday night the much-awaited re-launch of Cruise Bar brought a magnificent new venue, decadently artistic decorations, hundreds of delighted guests, and a tsunami of ignorant and misplaced media coverage – but Chris Cheung is not perturbed. Pitched as a

THE LANSDOWNE CLOSES BUT THE MUSIC PLAYS ON

Posted on August 5th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Another pub icon of Sydney’s live music scene will close – to reopen as a breeding ground for musicians and performers. One of the original ‘sticky carpet’ pubs, hosting a myriad of bands and kick-starting countless careers in music, the

RYANS RAISE THE ROOF ON THE REPUBLIC

Posted on August 3rd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Patrick Ryan has lifted the lid on his chic CBD hotel renovation, with an amazing new roof-less bar atop the four-storey Pitt St pub. The Republic Hotel has come to attract an upmarket clientele of suits and business class customers

IMPERIAL HOTEL DEAD AS FLAWED LOCKOUT LOGIC LOOMS

Posted on July 27th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Erskineville’s Imperial Hotel has closed indefinitely as the spectre of ‘lockouts’ logic seeps into suburban scapegoats. It took just three months for new operators Spice Group to lose control of an institutional venue as it became a hot-spot for Sydney’s

ALH’S BURVALE HOTEL DODGES PROTECTION ORDER

Posted on July 24th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A hotel built in 1968 is finally free to be redeveloped after a bizarre battle to protect it under a heritage order. Languishing on an enormous 45,000 square metre block on the outskirts of Melbourne, the hotel was designed by