The faded but not forgotten Railway Hotel in Brunswick is set to return under new owners, shaking off its chequered past to become an expansive community-focused venue. The multi-storey Railway was built 1889 beside the train line running north-south through the inner Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. In early 2016 the Hotel was raided by Victoria […]
North Sydney has its first rooftop venue with the opening of the elegant, multi-level Green Moustache. The space is a free-flowing area for dining, drinking and functions offering sweeping views through its glass exterior. The design uses a variety of existing and natural materials alongside assorted plant life, real and faux, for a striking greenhouse-like structure. Outside spaces
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Two drinks industry colleagues have teamed up to bring the land of Guinness and whisky its very first no-alcohol pub. The Virgin Mary opened this month in Dublin, becoming Ireland’s first ‘dry’ public house in a city with 750 traditional pubs. Vaughan Yates and Oisin Davis work together in the drinks industry. Noticing an increasing
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CLG’s Fitzroy favourite Bimbo is back, serving $4 pizzas and local art, after being seriously scorched last year. In May 2018 news emerged that the Melbourne institution known as Bimbo Deluxe suffered a serious blaze, predominantly on the first floor, caused by faulty office equipment. Previously known as the Punters Club, the pub was a
Publican Brett Strauss has teamed up with nightclub gurus Kerry Wallace and Benjamin Lepke to reinvent inner-west late-night stomping ground the Sly Fox. Located on the corner of Enmore and Edgeware Roads in Sydney’s inner west, the Fox has been long known as a well-patronised favourite of the queer community. Wallace, from Solid Circles Touring
Jason Marlow’s Group launches its shiny new Sports Bar at the Kings Park Tavern, being stage one of sweeping changes to further patron experience in entertainment and food & bev. The Kings Park Tavern occupies a spacious block on a stretch of bustling Sunnyholt Road in the Blacktown region. Its new centrepiece is the 275sqm
South Australian hotelier John Meek is pushing to create the Downtown mega-venue, aiming to offer multiple bars, function spaces, a strip club and day-night nightclub. Meek is a sheep and cattle farmer turned hotel operator, being the lessee at Adelaide pubs the Woolshed, Ambassadors, and Black Bull. Early 2018 he took a 20-year lease on
Jaime Wirth and Co have unveiled their tweak modernisation of the time-warped George Hotel in burgeoning Waterloo, serving authentic Mexican and a huge selection of natural wines. The corner of Elizabeth and Wellington Streets in Waterloo used to be a small corner pub flanking three terraces. In the early 60s Tooth & Co purchased the
The pride of Abbottsford has been revived in a sophisticated new concept that “doesn’t cost the earth”. Joel Morrison, Liam Matthews, and Singa Unlayiti took on the Carringbush Hotel following their successes at Fitzroy live music institution The Old Bar. Built 1889, the Carringbush was originally The Friendly Societies Hotel, and the moniker is still
The Nissen family has unveiled its elegant reworking of Glebe’s iconic Australian Youth Hotel, bringing its history up to date with a new look and local moniker. A hotel was first built on the site on Bay Street, which divides Glebe and Ultimo, back in 1862 as the Australian Youth Inn, in recognition of the
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