Warren Livingstone has thrown open the doors to Laundy’s former Hotel William in East Sydney, rebranded Hyde Park House. The four-level pub on William Street was built 1919, and was once described by Arthur Laundy as having the “best rooftop in Sydney”. Following a half-year JV, Livingstone took over the tired city pub, planning a […]
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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’ in early 2016, and revived the former moniker of Irish Murphy’s to capitalise on its
New proprietors of the Patonga Hotel, the Boathouse Group, have closed the pub for an overhaul and are auctioning off its famous America’s Cup bar that once graced the Sydney Hilton. Andrew and Pip Goldsmith have built the successful Boathouse Group, with its collection of custom licensed venues based in a relationship with sea-living. In
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A tiny town in Western Australia is suffering the effects of the closure of its only pub, with local health workers reporting increased rates of alcohol-related violence and anti-social behaviour. The LGA of Wiluna is 1,100 kilometres’ drive north-east of Perth, with a wider population of just 720 people (Census 2016), 69 per cent of
After languishing for three years, a Ballarat pub has now reopened under the artful curation of Yuge and David Bromley. The imposing Victorian brick building on the corner of Mair and Doveton Streets was originally known as the Royal Highlander, before being sold in 1960 and rebranded the Peter Lalor Hotel, which closed early 2015.
Peter Thomson has successfully revived local stalwart the Brix Hotel in Stawell in time for the running of the town’s famous race, overcoming hurdles left by the exiting tenant. Mid-2017 the Brix Hotel saw the entry of new leaseholders, following an extensive makeover by the owners including all new refrigeration and glycol system, air-con, security
Restauranteurs that took over Adelaide’s fading Hampshire Hotel have quickly been accused of salacious behaviour in the branding of their re-worked and re-named Asian-fusion pub Hotel Longtime, and its Ping Pong Club Room. Alex Fahey and his Vietnamese wife Tin Chu, are the operators behind the successful Vietnamese Laundry street food diner in the CBD.
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The very recognisable Gateway Hotel in Islington has reopened as the Newcastle Hotel, shedding its LGBT reputation to be an all-inclusive late-trader, but retaining its rainbow exterior – for now. The Pertado family has held the title on the Hotel since 1998, taking it on as Club G, before a significant refurbishment in the early
Formerly Sydney-based publican Andrew Lazarus has unveiled the stunning restoration of his sea-change pub, the Shoal Bay Country Club. Proprietor of well-known Sydney venues such as the Eastern and El Toro, Lazarus bought Hamilton’s Beaumont Exchange Hotel from the fading Lantern in mid-2016. Later that year he returned to buy the Country Club in Shoal
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Following an extensive eight month $6m renovation, Fraser Short and Scott Leach tonight reopen Erskineville’s fabled Imperial Hotel, birthplace of Priscilla, right on time for Mardi Gras 2018. Known around the world for its starring role in Priscilla: Queen of the Desert back in 1994, the Newtown-fringe pub became indelibly linked with the good-times vibe
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