Bill Young’s reimagined Illinois Hotel reopened today following a multi-million-dollar refit and new inner west-centric flavour. Five Dock’s Illinois was snapped up early 2020 by former Wallaby great and respected publican Bill Young for around $15 million. Armed with a vision of what he wanted the Hotel to be, Young closed it shortly before the […]
Raw Group has been revealed as the new operators of Brisbane’s landmark Stock Exchange Hotel, slated to reopen in March. Riversdale were the tenants at ‘The Stockie’ since 2013, after John Singleton’s Australian Pub Fund (APF) purchased it from Independent Pub Group and installed them as operators. APF went on to divest the Hotel freehold
Institutional university pub the Hawthorn Hotel will live again in 2021, courtesy of an “innovative partnership” between Australian Venue Co. and Swinburne University of Technology. The 152-year-old pub was built 1868, on a corner of Burwood Rd in the Melbourne CBD. It came to be surrounded by buildings of Swinburne University, and in 2015 the
A couple of old hands have concocted The Witch, in West Ipswich’s former Coronation Hotel, opening a new-look venue for changing times. The well-loved old pub closed abruptly in 2019 after a tenant vacated. Ray Smith and business partner Ron Oatley have owned a half-dozen pubs over the years, and re-emerged from semi-retirement to revive
The iconic Harbord Hotel, overlooking Freshwater beach, has re-opened following an extensive and sympathetic makeover under its new owners. Formerly the Harbord Beach Hotel, the pub has stood proudly as a community landmark for nearly a century – close to half of that under the close watch of industry legend and former AHA NSW President
More than a year after its announcement, ALH’s Forest Hotel at Frenchs Forest officially opened today, forming the cornerstone of parent company Endeavour Group’s $45 million redevelopment of the former Parkway Hotel site. “The day is finally here, and our doors are OPEN!” came the cry on social media. Built to replace popular live music
Signature Group has unveiled its latest win for Victorian hospitality with the hugely anticipated opening of The Sporting Globe at Chirnside Park. The latest The Sporting Globe (TSG) swung open the doors to punters on Friday (4 December), just in time for lunch. This is the largest of the growing Victorian franchise, licensed for 742
Surfers Paradise is set for an enormous new hospitality space billed as sun, surf and sand mixed with sophisticated social sass. Cali Beach Club is an internationally-flavoured entertainment precinct on a rooftop in the heart of the Gold Coast, presenting a sophisticated and sassy new adult playground featuring decadent poolside cabanas, multiple premium dining outlets
Last week Brisbane jumped to the unleashing of Tilley & Wills’ former Elephant, the reworked and newly re-monikered Prince Consort landmark of Fortitude Valley. Around 600 people freed from nine months of pandemic shackles came to celebrate the official launch, including actors, performers, musicians, foodies, business leaders and lovers of hospitality. The dress code of
Australian Pub Fund operator Riversdale Group has announced it will soon close the iconic Stock Exchange Hotel in inner-city Brisbane for good. The announcement came via social media late last week that the “Stockie” would cease trading Sunday 13 December, leaving thirty staff out of work. The heritage-listed pub first opened in 1863 in the
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