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GAGE ROADS AND 4PINES BREW UP SYDNEY PUBS

Posted on September 23rd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Gage Roads and 4Pines are the latest in the growing trend of craft brewers growing beyond their brewery sheds into venues, the incoming bringing two new innovations for Sydney. Western Australian beer legends Gage Roads open their new space tomorrow

DORE OPENS RECLAIMED ENMORE HOTEL

Posted on September 16th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Following a punctuated revival renovation, Ged Dore has lifted the lid on the re-monikered Enmore Hotel in Sydney’s vibrant inner west. The former Sly Fox fell foul of liquor authorities early 2020. A pandemic-tainted sales process followed, before news was

BACK IN THE SADLIER

Posted on September 11th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The good people of Morven have a reason to smile again with a clutch of locals opening a local pub – four years after the town’s original and only pub burned to the ground. Popular watering hole the Morven Hotel

NO MORNING STAR FOR MELBOURNE

Posted on September 9th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The purgatory being felt in pubs in Victoria has claimed its first victims, with two popular Melbourne hotels announcing permanent closure in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the past decade and a half the historic Mona Castle Hotel

BETOOTA BOOZER IS BACK

Posted on August 21st, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A tribute to the Australian love affair with the humble pub has “roared” back to life, luring hundreds of people to a spectacularly remote dot on the outback map to experience the Betoota phoenix. The locality of Betoota is a

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