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FIVE NEW VENUES, PLUS A DOGHOUSE IN BRISBANE

Posted on March 12th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Major expansion plans herald several new venues and Australia’s first craft beer hotel as BrewDog taps the ongoing successes of its A-NZ antipodean endeavours. An ambitious two-year blueprint foretells of several new sites across Australia and New Zealand by 2023,

ROBIN HOOD RIDES AGAIN

Posted on March 10th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Waverley’s exultant Robin Hood Hotel is poised to welcome yon locals as it reopens following a multi-million-dollar refresh and nod to its proud past. The Hood, as it is known locally, already had a DA and permissions prior to the

GENERAL GORDON FIRES UP AGAIN

Posted on March 5th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The indomitable General Gordon Hotel has reopened after the multi-million-dollar makeover that followed its defeat by fire nearly three years’ ago. Sydenham’s large-format and beloved General has been reborn in a way that pays tribute to its theatrical and tumultuous

LAUNDYS BREAK GROUND FOR NEW LOG CABIN

Posted on March 3rd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
A ground-breaking ceremony took place yesterday to mark the site and start of construction of Laundy group’s brand-new Log Cabin Hotel. A hotel first appeared on the site in the early 1800s, when an enterprising ferryman built somewhere for travellers

YOUNG BRINGS NEW ILLINOIS TO INNER WEST

Posted on February 24th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
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

RAW REVEALED AS SUCCESSORS TO THE STOCKIE

Posted on February 24th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
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

HAWTHORN HOTEL BACK UNDER NEW AVC DEAL

Posted on February 8th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
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

THE WITCH TO QUELL THE IPSWICH ITCH

Posted on January 29th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
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

FRESH LOOK FOR HARBORD’S BEACH HOTEL

Posted on January 18th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
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