Owners of the successful Harry & Frankie wine bar have bought Fitzroy’s Rose Hotel as they take their business model to the next level. Tom Hogan and John Tennent opened their first hospitality venture together mid-2013, and are ready to expand on the formula. Harry & Frankie “celebrates anything and everything vinous” with over 600 […]
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Another live music venue has succumb to financial overwhelm, closing suddenly today as the leaseholders part ways with the business. Lewisham Hotel Booking manager Jon Howell released a statement this week that the pub would close its doors on 2 December, and that unfortunately all existing bookings were cancelled. Speaking to PubTIC, current licensee and
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Celebrity chef Sean Donovan and wife Natalie Fee have reopened Fitzroy’s historic Town Hall Hotel, with a nod to its origins and contemporary smoky-BBQ menu. After taking over in July, the couple traded until late September before a five-week make-over. The result naturally expands on the pub’s reputation as a foodie destination – awarded a
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Four years after taking over, the Malouf family has executed a striking renovation of a Double Bay cornerstone pub, feeding on its history with locals and their desire for great food. Featured in the recent St.George Pub Design Tour (see video below), the Royal Oak has transformed its look, patronage and opportunity, whilst retaining its
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Indomitable west coast footy legend and pub hero Neil Randall has reopened his beloved Paddington Ale House, to “keep up with the times”. Entrenched in the uber-competitive Perth hospitality scene, Randall played over 150 games for teams Subiaco and South Fremantle, and boasts a long connection with the AHA and hotel industry as a whole.
Mitchell and Ben Waugh’s Public House Management Group (PHMG) celebrated a successful first year at The Collaroy on Friday night, as the Beaches shine and the venue seeks industry fame tomorrow. It seemed as though a considerable portion of Northern Beaches residents turned up for the occasion, with both levels packed solid and humming to
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A fire has destroyed a level of a Fiztroy pub, but early reports are it will be back. The fire, on Saturday morning, reportedly started in the Pinnacle Hotel’s lower-ground level, with a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade suggesting it most likely began in a clothes dryer. The spokesperson said it was “extremely common”
Gatton’s heritage-listed Imperial Hotel was destroyed by a fire on Wednesday night, with the cause of the blaze still unknown. The Hotel, in the Queensland town of Gatton, around 90 km west of Brisbane, was well ablaze around 1am, when emergency workers were called. Eleven fire vehicles and 36 firefighters took several hours to bring
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Adelaide’s historic Maylands Hotel has gone into receivership, with specifics yet to be announced. Receivers Ferrier Hodgson have been appointed to manage the freehold going concern sale of the property on behalf of owner Ray Aoukar. The classic two-storey pub, with full frontal balcony, was built in the 1880s around the time of the city’s
Following the scoop purchase last week of pub dining royalty the Woollahra Hotel, Mitchell Waugh spoke to PubTIC on plans for the famous gastro pub. The announcement last Wednesday of the acquisition of the Woollahra, brought the portfolio tally to five for the newly-formed operation, Public House Management Group (PHMG). Still settling in to its
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