Changing Times

HISTORIC PUB QUIETLY GOES INTO RECEIVERSHIP

Posted on October 21st, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
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,

WAUGH REVEALS “ASPIRATIONS” FOR THE WOOLLAHRA

Posted on October 19th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
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

BROTHERS RESURRECT PHOENIX HOTEL WITH BIG SMALL PLANS

Posted on September 25th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Brothers Alex, Will and Andrew Cooney have taken on the beleaguered Phoenix Hotel – with plans to reinvent the baby of the Paddington pub scene. With a new pared-back décor and trendy share-style menu more like that of a boutique

‘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

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,

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