Open & Closed

AVC UNVEILS BIG RENO AT BONNY VIEW

Posted on August 14th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Australian Venue Co is about to unveil its lavishly renovated and rebranded Bonny View Hotel, looking to snag families through kid-focused entertainment and quality dining. Bald Hills’ former Bonny View Tavern, built in the 1930s, has undergone a $1.3 million

MASSIVE TREENDALE FARM HOTEL OPENING SOON

Posted on August 14th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Locals pub group has announced it will open its massive new greenfield site the Treendale Farm Hotel in November, providing a 10,000sqm family-friendly bonanza for the locals of Australind.   The landmark, purpose-built hotel on Australind’s The Promenade, around 160

IRIS MILLIONS REVIVAL AT HOTEL STEYNE

Posted on August 5th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Sam Arnaout’s Iris Group has been busy making hay while the lights were out, significantly including a major multi-million-dollar restoration and expansion of Manly’s iconic Hotel Steyne. Sealing the deal on the Northern Beaches landmark mid-2019, Iris swiftly applied for

MR BROWNIE OPEN AND UNASHAMED

Posted on July 1st, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Restaurant owner Jessi Singh is charging ahead with his opening of the new and slightly controversial ‘Mr Brownie’ in South Melbourne, bringing an unashamedly Indian flavour to the city pub. Singh is already a well-known pot-rattler in Melbourne, fronting his

MORRIS REOPENS ALBERT PARK LOCAL

Posted on June 3rd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The historic Albert Park Hotel is joining the ranks of the re-opened, following an extensive makeover to refresh the offering and usher in another new era for the Melbourne icon. The pub was built 1883 in the southern Melbourne suburb

ROYAL OAK PARRAMATTA GONE AT 197

Posted on May 22nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Parramatta’s iconic Royal Oak Hotel is no more, as demolition begins on one of Sydney’s oldest pubs to make way for the $2.4bn Parramatta light rail. An inn was established at the site, on the corner of Church and Ross

HISTORIC KING’S HEAD WILL NOT REOPEN

Posted on April 29th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The historic King’s Head Hotel is one of the first pubs to formally pronounce it will not reopen after the mandatory closure period, as the financial burden proves too much. The King’s Head has been trading since 1876, and for

HALLMARK REVIVES THE LEFTY’S LEGEND

Posted on March 4th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Brisbane good-time venue Lefty’s is back, Hallmark Group reviving its systemic Americana and swinging the doors open again last week.   Lefty’s Music Hall is a honkey-tonk style venue with rockabilly flair on Caxton Street, in the heart of the

STOMPING GROUND LAND BREWPUB IN MELBOURNE AIRPORT

Posted on February 7th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Melbourne beer doyens Stomping Ground have this week opened their all-new permanent brewery and beer hall in Terminal 3 of Melbourne Airport. The new site is the first working brewery inside an airport in Australia, and the evolution of the

IVY GROWS AND COOGEE IN THE MIDDLE

Posted on January 22nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Merivale has finally unveiled its much-anticipated ‘Middle Level’ of Coogee Pavilion, as well as further iteration of the ever-growing ivy and Hemmes’ proposition to reinvigorate Sydney’s nightlife.  Five years after purchasing the Coogee venue, late 2019 Justin Hemmes’ Merivale design