Good Time Group has added to its portfolio of vibrant venues with the all-new Fat Freddy’s Beach Bar & Diner, under Broadbeach’s 5-star Avani apartment tower. Fat Freddy’s quietly opened its doors on the weekend, delivering an evolution of the classic American diner experience designed by Paul Kelly, with “a kick-ass side of sports” and […]
ALH has rebranded its former Wharf Tavern as the latest James Squire pub instalment, dubbed the Savvy Squire. Catering to Queensland’s growing love of craft beer, reported by IRI data as seeing 14.1 per cent value growth in FY19, Lion’s category-crafting brand has partnered with Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group (ALH) in the revitalised Mooloolaba
Erskineville’s historic Kurrajong Hotel – aka the Swanson – has returned with a new lease on life after some serious renovation. Built in the 1930s, the big, multi-storey corner pub is one of Sydney’s Art Deco classics, replete with ornate parapets and curves constructed in brick, and burnt yellow tiles skirting its façade at street
Merivale has opened its latest addition – the first of four new concepts to arrive in the ivy laneways this year – Little Felix. The newcomer to the ivy precinct channels a “sophisticated and intimate slice of 1920s Paris” in Sydney’s CBD, where guests can escape the hustle and bustle of the city and lose
Australian Venue Company (AVC) has pounced on another new venue, remodelling and rebranding the retired Rorkes to become the sophisticated, all-occasion Smith St Social. AVC continues its strategic acquisitions, eyeing long-term prospects for the growing portfolio, backed by New York-based investment firm KKR. In March AVC announced its long-fought venture to take over operations of
On what would have been its tenth birthday, Melbourne live music doyen the Brunswick Hotel has announced it will never reopen. In the early hours of a Thursday, 22 March 2018, a car collided with and sheared off a fire hydrant outside the popular pub, on the corner of Sydney Road and Weston Street, Brunswick.
Tonight sees curtains up for Jaime Wirth and partners’ reincarnation of Woolloomooloo’s famous Old Fitzroy Hotel, with selected new complementing the polished act. For the past few years, since selling his Drink n’ Dine portfolio, Wirth has joined with Michael Delany in their hospitality business International Worldwide, working toward a new direction in pubs. The
Popular Perth pub the Botanica Bar & Bistro joins the ranks of venues closing, confirming it will cease trade at the end of the month. Earlier this month news emerged Nick Duncan was closing the doors at Perth’s Broken Hill Hotel, after 16 years involved with its ownership and operation, citing a brutal economic downturn
Melbourne’s hallowed Oxford Scholar Hotel has returned after two years in the wilderness, under a new lease by the growing Mahony Group. Built 1857, the Oxford Scholar is on land owned by RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology), on the corner of Swanston and A’Beckett Streets. For 26 years it was operated by Malcolm Wulf
Perth sees another majestic “old girl” gone, with Nick Duncan closing the doors of labour-of-love the Broken Hill Hotel. Duncan began ownership in the pub’s operation in 2003 as a silent partner, taking over a “run down old bikie pub” that had not seen love in years. His other business occupied the upstairs office. The
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